Show us their hats!

[BobHufford]

Undated photo of the Springfield, Missouri Police Department. Quite a variety of hats ... all but the four must be Detectives. Diggin' the Chief's hat.

 

[BobHufford]

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I'm wondering if he was ambidextrous?

 

[BobHufford]

I'm wondering if he was ambidextrous?

For shouldering a rifle or swinging a sword? I'm wondering if he influenced the 1960s/70s high-fendered western hats.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

For shouldering a rifle or swinging a sword? I'm wondering if he influenced the 1960s/70s high-fendered western hats.

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I like lots of styles, but those vertical fenders are too much for me.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

For shouldering a rifle or swinging a sword? I'm wondering if he influenced the 1960s/70s high-fendered western hats.

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Yes, the riflemen of the infantry & cavalry would roll up or otherwise pin up their hat brim on their dominant side. As far as swords go the infantry would have their bayonets & the way the cavalry used swords was to charge at full speed on horseback holding the sword out to the side, hitting their enemy Inflicting blunt force trauma. They actually preferred their blades to have more of a blunt edge & be less sharp so the sword would not stick in soft tissue.

The next time I can think of hats being worn with high fenders were the stockmen & cutters working the tight cattle pins of the stockyards. They didn't have a lot of room to throw ropes, & they rode very small saddles without skirts, fenders' pommels, etc.

The cowboys of west Texas have taken the style & modified it to a shovel nose with 90 degree high fenders.

 

[Bamaboots]

The cowboys of west Texas have taken the style & modified it to a shovel nose with 90 degree high fenders.

Yeah, and if you visit the AQHA site they offer a tutorial on “how to attain the perfect look”. I’ll not provide a link but here is the pic of the perfect look.

 

[BobHufford]

^^^^^ I've steamed out more than one of those creases.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Yeah, and if you visit the AQHA site they offer a tutorial on “how to attain the perfect look”. I’ll not provide a link but here is the pic of the perfect look.
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Yep.

 

[M Hatman]

^^^^^ I've steamed out more than one of those creases.

AMEN to that!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bamaboots]

Yep.

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Mult-purpose tool. Water your horse and shovel the $#!+ all with one hat.

 

[M Hatman]

Mult-purpose tool. Water your horse and shovel the $#!+ all with one hat.

So true too!!!!!!

 

[hatophile]

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I'm wondering if he was ambidextrous?

Now that's a taco shell.

 

[M Hatman]

Now that's a taco shell.

 

[M Hatman]

And now for something different!!!!! You never know just WHAT you can see when doing a search on the internet...
I bet they break out in a dance...... My eyes now hurt.......

 

[Rmccamey]

But, man, he can play that double-neck, I don't care what hat he is wearing!

For shouldering a rifle or swinging a sword? I'm wondering if he influenced the 1960s/70s high-fendered western hats.

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[deadlyhandsome]

^^^^^ I've steamed out more than one of those creases.

It’s amazing what you can do with some steam...and maybe an iron. I don’t like those sharp angle and high fender brims at all.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Will James (1892 - 1942)

 

[hatophile]

And now for something different!!!!! You never know just WHAT you can see when doing a search on the internet...
I bet they break out in a dance...... My eyes now hurt....... View attachment 239298

Who was that masked man?????

 

[Hurricane Jack]

101 Ranch postcard of a young Tom Mix.