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German Gonzalez, Master Distiller & cigar aficionado. It's a tough life, but somebody's gotta live it!


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You have to like that hat.
 
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Not sure if this is the right place for this (I know the no political rule but that is not what I want)...
American Hat Company made a hat for Donald J. Trump.
My comment to the hat is... they could had used a better hatband.
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Joao, I'm wih you on the hatband but it's very common to use a felted band on these high end western hats. The money is in the buckle set, probably 18-24k gold with a few encrusted jewels. Butch Dorer sells a hat with a felted band and either a gold or platinum buckle set with a few diamonds encrusted for a mere $10,000. I just got one of his lower end hats and it has a felted band with sterling silver appointments.
 

Joao Encarnado

I'll Lock Up
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Joao, I'm wih you on the hatband but it's very common to use a felted band on these high end western hats. The money is in the buckle set, probably 18-24k gold with a few encrusted jewels. Butch Dorer sells a hat with a felted band and either a gold or platinum buckle set with a few diamonds encrusted for a mere $10,000. I just got one of his lower end hats and it has a felted band with sterling silver appointments.
Yes, but it's a bit... hidden... it's a thing on a hat you need to search. My Black Gold Resistols have it also and I find it a bit.... dull...
 
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Charles Goodnight with his favorite buffalo bull 'Old Charlie'
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There used to be a guy out of Ft. Worth that toured doing a one-man play as Charles Goodnight. He was really good & informative. Later actor Barry Corbin picked it up & did it for a while. I never saw Corbin in person but saw it on Public Television a time or two.

Locally we have reenactors that do William Quantrill, Frank James, & Cole Younger. The guy who did William F. Cody with a Wild West show retired (got too old) some yrs back. When he had his auction of props & Cody artifacts there were reenactors from all around the country who came. He had an all white horse that could do 11 tricks just like Cody's horse.
 

Benzadmiral

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There used to be a guy out of Ft. Worth that toured doing a one-man play as Charles Goodnight. He was really good & informative. Later actor Barry Corbin picked it up & did it for a while. I never saw Corbin in person but saw it on Public Television a time or two.
That must be why, whenever I hear the name "Charles Goodnight" (I think the character appears in Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove), I picture Barry Corbin.
 
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That must be why, whenever I hear the name "Charles Goodnight" (I think the character appears in Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove), I picture Barry Corbin.
Of the four novels & miniseries making up the "Lonesome Dove" franchise, Charles Goodnight is only depicted in the sequel, "Streets of Laredo". He was played by James Gammon.

Got to run for now.
 
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Charles Goodnight when he was about 30 yrs old & around the time he formed his partnership with Oliver Loving.

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One of the few pictures of Oliver Loving, since Loving died after the attack by Comanche Indians & having his arm amputated. Loving was ~20 yrs older than Goodnight.

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Charles Goodnight as played by James Gammon (RIP) in the miniseries "Streets of Laredo".

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