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Maybe the title of the thread is too self-important, but I wanted to post a couple of pix in support of wearing an Open Road in the original Cattleman's Bash.
If a guy lives in Colorado, seems to me that wearing a cattleman's bash is appropriate just about any time, any place.
The hat above is my tan Open Road Twenty-Five. I have an identical dark grey Open Road with the same bash, so there's one for any dressy occasion when I'm in the right frame of mind. And in Colorado, I believe that an Open Road with cattleman's bash can be worn with anything up to and including a suit and oxfords.
But lest you think I'm only a cattleman bash guy, below are before and after photos of this evening's project, a late 70's Open Road I've had for about a year. The tag is still in it, identifying it as color #304 Silver Mist. It has a black sweatband and fairly stiff felt. I decided to remodel it this evening, changing from cattleman style to a fedora bash.
Here's before:
And here''s after:
I figure that I have a bit of fine-tuning to do, and perhaps a bit of brushing. It took a fair amount of finger work and steam to moderate the marks of the old bash, and I may have to work on it a bit more.
However, I now have two traditional Open Roads in tan and dark grey, plus one light grey with a fedora bash.
If a guy lives in Colorado, seems to me that wearing a cattleman's bash is appropriate just about any time, any place.
The hat above is my tan Open Road Twenty-Five. I have an identical dark grey Open Road with the same bash, so there's one for any dressy occasion when I'm in the right frame of mind. And in Colorado, I believe that an Open Road with cattleman's bash can be worn with anything up to and including a suit and oxfords.
But lest you think I'm only a cattleman bash guy, below are before and after photos of this evening's project, a late 70's Open Road I've had for about a year. The tag is still in it, identifying it as color #304 Silver Mist. It has a black sweatband and fairly stiff felt. I decided to remodel it this evening, changing from cattleman style to a fedora bash.
Here's before:
And here''s after:
I figure that I have a bit of fine-tuning to do, and perhaps a bit of brushing. It took a fair amount of finger work and steam to moderate the marks of the old bash, and I may have to work on it a bit more.
However, I now have two traditional Open Roads in tan and dark grey, plus one light grey with a fedora bash.
