The Other Open Roads.....

[gtdean48]

The List...

Adam Adamajestic
Adam LBJ Style R
Adam Lonestar
Adam Mainliner
Adam Tan Texas (64 L.B.J.K)
Adam Texan
Adam Texarkana
Adam Waco
Akubra Campdraft
Alexander 4x4
Bailey Beaver 20 ??
Beaver Brand River Runner
Biltmore Wilderness
Bradford Ltd Kingston
Borsalino Alessandria
Champ Ranger
Champ Texan
Churchill Beaver 35 ??
Courtney ?? ( for Harry Livingston)
Disney Ranger
Dobbs 20 ???
Dobbs Westward
Dobbs West Open Trail
Dunlap 20 ???
Knox 20 ???
Knox Westlite
LaSalle ???
Lee Corral (JCPenney Marathon, Towncraft, etc.)
Lee Trail
Mallory Dallas
Miller Douglas (Beaver Brand or Biltmore ?)
Park Crest Western
Penney Marathon
Peter Bros Shady Oak Bankers Special
Portis Sterling
Resistol Dalworth
Resistol Saddler
Resistol San Antonio
Resistol The Wide Country
Resistol Waco
Shudde Bros ???
Society Club ???
Stephen L. Stetson Open Road
Stevens The President
Stevens ??? (Imperial & DeLuxe)
Tanbark 1546
Wormser Texan
Various Store brands (ie Richman Bros, et al)

Thanks Victor....

 

[thefedorastore]

Beaver Brand's version is the Rancher

 

[gtdean48]

Beaver Brand's version is the Rancher

Wrong ribbon, no brim binding. Looks like Stetson Rancher

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

What always surprises me is the prices that Open Roads get. I mean they are always on eBay they are still in production. I know the 100's and 25's and on and on but really this was not a rare a hat as the prices they the get on eBay. Plus all the copies by all the other manufactures. Makes for a not rare hat style that still demands rare hat style prices.

 

[Lefty]

Wrong ribbon, no brim binding. Looks like vintage Stetson Stratoliner.

:bolt:

 

[gtdean48]

:bolt:

Always up to something Mr Pot!

Mr Kettle

 

[W4ASZ]

Beaver Brand's version is the Rancher

This one does greatly resemble the Resistol Ft.Worth, which is a very nice raw-edge brimmed hat.

 

[thefedorastore]

Wrong ribbon, no brim binding. Looks like Stetson Rancher

You are correct, my bad, posted the wrong hat.

 

[bowlerman]

how about this one? Enough people seem to change the OR side dents to teardrops, center dents, etc., anyway.
http://www.thefedorastore.com/Beaver-Brand-Center-Dent-p/1019.htm

http://www.rogerswesternhats.com/IBS/SimpleCat/Product/asp/hierarchy/010A/product-id/36912075.html

 

[hatophile]

how about this one? Enough people seem to change the OR side dents to teardrops, center dents, etc., anyway.
http://www.thefedorastore.com/Beaver-Brand-Center-Dent-p/1019.htm

http://www.rogerswesternhats.com/IBS/SimpleCat/Product/asp/hierarchy/010A/product-id/36912075.html

That would be my opinion as well, but the crown looks a little lower, and more tapered.

 

[danofarlington]

What always surprises me is the prices that Open Roads get. I mean they are always on eBay they are still in production. I know the 100's and 25's and on and on but really this was not a rare a hat as the prices they the get on eBay. Plus all the copies by all the other manufactures. Makes for a not rare hat style that still demands rare hat style prices.

Everybody still thinks they're cool, plus a certain herd mentality when you see them for sale and being bought readily. A classic man's model of a hat.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

I have several myself one OR is my every day hat. In
Watching eBay you see 5 new ones a day it is so common a style.

 

[danofarlington]

I have several myself one OR is my every day hat. In
Watching eBay you see 5 new ones a day it is so common a style.

I guess many of them are being sold. But oddly, I never see any of them on other people around town, so I'm the only one I see with one on. Frankly I like it better that way though--more distinctive.

 

[Brando11]

It's my go-to hat as well. I see few enough fedoras out there as it is, but I can't remember the last time a saw an OR being worn other than my own.

 

[Jauntyone]

A few Dobbs Westward ads I found:

1947:

1959:

 

[Benzadmiral]

Great stuff, Jauntyone. I know those are artists' renderings, but two comments:

a) The '47 ads show brims like today's Open Road, but the brim on the '59 looks like it's no more than 2 3/8. Apparently Dobbs offered shorter brims on the Westward as the prevailing hat style became stingier and stingier; and

b) I want one.

 

[frussell]

The rodeo is in town this weekend, and my small wife hates big cowgirl hats, so I found her what looks to be a size 7 Resistol San Antonio or other Resistol Open Road clone on eBay, gave it a little tweaking, and she wore it to the rodeo today. I knew I'd get her in a hat sooner or later. Frank

 

[gtdean48]

Nice going Frank. She looks like she belongs in that Resistol!

 

[carouselvic]

+1

 

[RBH]

Nice going Frank. She looks like she belongs in that Resistol!

Yep! Very nice!