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The Open Road Guild

RBH

Bartender
Hey P O D, that Open Road is looking sharp! Although I favor the fedora style you have that O R looking very classic.
This take on your photo looks as if you could be a Texas lawman from 1935.
Once again very well done!

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HDRnR

A-List Customer
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362
Location
Jersey
Anyone know what year the OR started to come with the factory blocked cattlemans crease ? Seems like the older ones came open crowned and then Stetson switched to the cattleman.
 

Atomic Glee

Practically Family
Messages
628
Location
Fort Worth, TX
My submission to the Guild - my Campdraft:

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Atticus Finch

Call Me a Cab
Messages
2,718
Location
Coastal North Carolina, USA
Hi Folks,

This isn't a great photo of my Open Road, but is it good enough to get me into the Guild?

I've been wearing an OR for about two years. I wear a size 7 3/4, so finding a vintage hat on e-bay proved to be quite difficult. I finally gave up and bought a new one.

By the way, in this photo I'm vainly hunting for a pa'tridge that I was hoping I'd grazed, but who clearly I'd missed. I hate to admit this, but I guess I don't strike much fear into the heart of the average quail.

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Post edit: Here's another photo from the same hunt. It shows my Open Road a tad better. Oh, and I'm holding my Browning BSS. She's a fast little 12 guage, 26-inch, side-by-side.

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Atticus
 

Atticus Finch

Call Me a Cab
Messages
2,718
Location
Coastal North Carolina, USA
Thanks, Douglas! Where I live cotton is fast regaining it's antebellum crown as health issues push tobacco to the wayside and consumers demand more natural fibers in their clothing. Please believe me when I say that nothing takes one back to an earlier time quite like two hundred acres of cotton on a brisk October afternoon.

Atticus
 

carter

I'll Lock Up
Messages
5,921
Location
Corsicana, TX
This is reminiscent of quail hunting in the fall when I was growing up in VA. We were usually walking through old corn fields though.

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Atticus Finch

Call Me a Cab
Messages
2,718
Location
Coastal North Carolina, USA
Hi Robin,

Yes, when I hunt the common and unassuming dove I normally wear a pair of Levis and a t-shirt. But Mr. Bob is different---he's a gent'man, you see. No doubt he would be offended if one were to come callin' dressed in other than proper attire.

Atticus
 

CactusJax

Familiar Face
Messages
55
Location
Longview, Texas
Low Crown OR Pic

I have seen several vintage Low Crown Open Roads on Ebay. All were a little different. Most were teardrop shaped crowns, some telescope some not. Some had a gentle snap in the brim others looked like my open road. Does anyone have pics with what they are pretty sure is the original factory shape???? I want to have one reproduced, but I want to be accurate... I'll get a pic of my OR & see if I can Join you guys
 

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