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Congrats,she certainly appears to have the touch.My daughter just finished making this one for a friend of hers. I'm pretty pleases considering this is only the second hat she's created! I think she may be passing me in abilities in the not too distant future!
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Hey Mike:My daughter just finished making this one for a friend of hers. I'm pretty pleases considering this is only the second hat she's created! I think she may be passing me in abilities in the not too distant future!
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Congrats,she certainly appears to have the touch.
That looks good on you Rick! Flat brims in the 3" - 3-1/4" range are perfect. So are tight pencil rolls.
Australian made Stetson
Thanks HJ! When I first got this hat I wasn't real sure I could get used to it. But it's growing on me!That looks good on you Rick! Flat brims in the 3" - 3-1/4" range are perfect. So are tight pencil rolls.
Worth - Walden w 3-1/8" brim:
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Nice Bob, real nice! Love those hat bands.Kevin O’Farrell.
Rand’s.
I have often heard a flat brim open crown hat referred to as a "Navajo brim".
3" of pure flatness.
Rand's
Dream hat right there.
Serious man. I love this hat.
Love that one!yup, that's some altitude right there.
this arrived today .. Tryfon Hatters, Tacoma, WA. seller thought 50s or 60s but i really haven't a clue. it cleaned up ok, western weight, dark brown. i'm thinking i'm going to leave as an open crown.
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I have often heard a flat brim open crown hat referred to as a "Navajo brim".
Rick, I have recently been reading "Wildwood Wisdom" by Ellsworth Jaeger again, written in 1945 a few yrs after Jaeger had spent 20 yrs exploring the Western US & western Canada. I found this paragraph & plate illustration substantiating the above pic & what I thought to be true:
Dream hat right there.
Serious man. I love this hat.
While traveling among the western Plains Indians and among the Navajos and Apaches I noticed a high-crowned, flat-brimmed hat called the "Tommy Grimes" was commonly worn.
Some of the later Grimes were 7-1/4" crowns. This 7-1/4 was featured in 1936 catalogs even though Grimes had died in 1934.With a 7” crown and 4 1/2’ brim, the Tommy Grimes is some hat. Nice to know where the “Navajo brim” originated.