The Resistol Roundup

[deadlyhandsome]

Reshaped 3X Beaver Pecos in the color “canyon.” 6 1/2” open crown and 3 1/2” of brim.

The last photo is accurate for the color.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

My most recent 3X Beaver. 6 1/2” open crown, 4” brim, and six cord ribbon.

I gave this hat some tight creasing that was steamed in with repeated pressure on the first couple inches at the top of the pinches. I have a few very similar hats so I was going for a different shape with this hat. I’m also a big fan of the three or more cord “ribbons” over the ubiquitous two-cord. I also like the single skinny ribbon on westerns, but these six-cord versions are a personal favorite.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Resistol 3X Beaver. It arrive three days ago and has cleaned up really nice. A full 7” open crown and 3 1/2” brim. The six cord ribbon is what initially attracted me to this hat: it’s a favorite ribbon style.

 

[Woodtroll]

Nice find, Brent. Those high-crowned Resistols are my favorite "factory" hat - well made, of the right proportion for big heads, and still common enough that I don't feel too bad "tweaking" them.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Nice find, Brent. Those high-crowned Resistols are my favorite "factory" hat - well made, of the right proportion for big heads, and still common enough that I don't feel too bad "tweaking" them.

Thanks, Regan. I’m a big fan of them too, and lately I’ve been finding one or two a month. These really tall crowns offer a lot of possibilities for creasing.

 

[jlee562]

Resistol 3X Beaver. It arrive three days ago and has cleaned up really nice. A full 7” open crown and 3 1/2” brim. The six cord ribbon is what initially attracted me to this hat: it’s a favorite ribbon style.

Curiosity got the best of me, because that shop is news to me.

https://missionlocal.org/2019/03/gr...osed-for-22-years-finds-new-tenants-toddlers/

Groger’s Western Wear store began life as a square-dance apparel store called the Whirl-Away Square Dance Shop. “We sold everything but the horse,” said Richard Groger, who still owns the property.

Groger and his wife were square dancers, living in the Haight with their three children when his wife decided to go into business selling square-dance clothing.

“There was a woman who owned a square dance apparel store at Geneva and Mission,” said Roseann Groger, their daughter, who managed the store in the 1980s. “She wanted to sell it, so my parents took a look at it and purchased the business for $5,000,” she said.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Curiosity got the best of me, because that shop is news to me.

https://missionlocal.org/2019/03/gr...osed-for-22-years-finds-new-tenants-toddlers/

Shocked that a square dancing store in San Francisco went out of business.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

My latest 6-cord Resistol 3X Beaver. It’s also a model “Spur I????.” 6 1/2” open crown and 4” raw edge brim. The best Bart is that it’s in navy blue! The color is richer and more saturated than it appears in my photos.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Three inch wide brim and wide brim binding. Too bad it’s not the size I thought based on the measurements provided:

 

[deadlyhandsome]

And one that fits! Resistol 3X Beaver County Sheriff in 7 3/4. 3 1/2 inch wide brim…a favorite.

 

[BobHufford]

Three inch wide brim and wide brim binding. Too bad it’s not the size I thought based on the measurements provided:

Nice! I feel your pain. I was hoping it would be just a “bit” too small for you.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Nice! I feel your pain. I was hoping it would be just a “bit” too small for you.

All part of the hunt: win some and lose some.

The felt on the County Sheriff is surprising nice. It has a great hand and it molds easily. The sweatband is also great: way more than I was expecting for a 3X.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Resistol Twenty Kitten finish. 2 3/8” brim with a felted/Cavanagh edge and a 5 5/8” open crown. Immaculate condition.

 

[steur]

Resistol Twenty Kitten finish. 2 3/8” brim with a felted/Cavanagh edge and a 5 5/8” open crown. Immaculate condition.

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Now that's the business! What a belter, Brent. Too bad it's two sizes off for you.

 

[TheGuitarFairy]

Resistol 5X Western. I don't think hat was ever worn .. just sat in it's box for the past 75 years. Moment I put hat on my head sweat's seam tore open. Yay. Hat has green, thin rectangular Garland Tx tag.

 

[BobHufford]

Resistol 5X Western. I don't think hat was ever worn .. just sat in it's box for the past 75 years. Moment I put hat on my head sweat's seam tore open. Yay. Hat has green, thin rectangular Garland Tx tag.

Super nice Mike! Other that where you tore it ... (some of us can't have nice things).

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Resistol 5X Western. I don't think hat was ever worn .. just sat in it's box for the past 75 years. Moment I put hat on my head sweat's seam tore open. Yay. Hat has green, thin rectangular Garland Tx tag.
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That’s a beauty, Mike. We’ve all been there with sweatbands that look pristine but have completely dry rotted and fall apart when worn, conditioned, or sweated in. Heartbreaking.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Resistol “straw” western. Very breezy and light-wearing.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Resistol Plains with early brown Melorol sweat & red sweat bow, red liner with clear vellum paper protector. Brown tongue shaped size tag. Silver Belly with skinny ribbon. RE dimensional brim measures 3" sides, 2-3/4" front & back x 6" open crown. Made from "fine select fur" it was priced below the XDoubleX. Probably 1950's. By the mid-1960's the Plains was being made from "Triple X" fur felt & the Melorol sweat was being phased out.

 

[TheGuitarFairy]

That's sweet! ^^^ and reminded me:
Here's that 5X I posted above but w/ new bash and Navajo, Johnny Pablo made, band,
on board.