Sweet Sweats

[alanfgag]

It is the only part of the hat that touches you and a really beautiful sweatband touches you in more ways than one. I could say more, but a picture is worth a thousand words. Share photos of your favorites here.

 

[splintercellsz]

 

[Garrett]

I'll play

 

[carouselvic]

 

[mayserwegener]

Some of my favorites.

 

[Mystic]

Great idea for a thread, Alan.

And....really starting off with the bar set high.

looks like there are quite a few here already that are clearing that bar too.

 

[carouselvic]

 

[carouselvic]

 

[carouselvic]

 

[splintercellsz]

 

[alanfgag]

great, great, great!

 

[Brother cavefish]

They and liners definitely make a difference in the hat

 

[Landman]

Great idea for a thread Alan!

Here is one of mine that isn't really very artistic but is at least reasonably rare. It also happens to be the only sweatband picture I have easy access to at the moment!

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I'll try to get a better pic.

"First in Everything"

 

[Bold1972]

I'll play

Dang - how wide is that one? Seems it would muss the hair LOL

 

[alanfgag]

Photos from this angle tend to accentuate the impression of sweatband width.

You might also enjoy the widest sweatband contest held a few years back.

 

[Landman]

That is a beautiful sweatband Garrett. What type of leather is that?

 

[rclark]

Great idea for a thread Alan!

Here is one of mine that isn't really very artistic but is at least reasonably rare. It also happens to be the only sweatband picture I have easy access to at the moment!

Mike, that is a very unique hat you have there! Very nice. A number of years ago I went quail hunting on the LBJ ranch and stayed in one of the ranch houses. Unbelievable memorabilia in that house.

 

[alanfgag]

Stetson leathers had as many personalities as the hats the were sewn to...

firm (1920s)

soft (1920s)

iron (c.1920)

strong (c.1930)

strong (c.1940)

strong (c.1950)

soft and flexible (c.1940)

soft and flexible and light (c.1940)

plasticky (1940s)

 

[buler]