Western, anyone?

[gtdean48]

On my head...

First the Resistol Stagecoach Gus crease with the Oh No string firmly attached...

The Oreana OR, can't make a serious face with this fun crease in a hat...

 

[carter]

You're gettin' GOOD at this!

due to Carter's influence...

Oh Yeah, gtd! Sweet crease! That OR has a chracter all it's own.

 

[gtdean48]

Oh Yeah, gtd! Sweet crease! That OR has a chracter all it's own. I really want to see that one on yer noggin.

Thanks Carter. Photo right above your post is me in it & also in What are you wearing today thread...
I'm training for a late life career change. Need to move on to sweatband replacement & edge binding, got about 10 years to get it bucked out!

 

[randooch]

randooch, Here it is.

I also have a

In case of

disaster.

Yikes! lol (and thanks for the tech savvy, Carter; I can't seem to master photobucket's arcana.)

 

[Inusuit]

Nice bashes...

JimmytheLid, I really like the bash on your Stetson. I have something similar on an OR. gtd, great Oreana crease!

 

[Fatdutchman]

I may have shown this here before...

This is just about the ultimate hat, as far as I'm concerned. This is a 5x Bailey that I got on ebay for like $40. It was virtually brand new. Had a horrible cattleman type crease. I "blocked" it out (filled it with water and set it upside down in the bathtub), then reshaped it with a diamond-type crease, and reworked the brim, putting as much "snap" into it as I was able using my fingers. This hat works as either "western" or "fedora"...looks like I just stepped off the set of a 1948 western movie.

Don't have the mustache right now...

 

[gtdean48]

Nice one FD, need to put that in Conversion Corral definitely! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[carter]

Nice one FD, need to put that in Conversion Corral definitely! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

:arated: Knowing how stiff a western felt can be, that one was a lot more work than is apparent. Nice job.

Here's the 4X Stetson western I posted previously saying I was going to reblock it.

Before

After

I may never be done with this one.

 

[Hatsquad]

This is my Resistol Black Gold 20x........beautiful beaver fur felt, and the hat latch I keep it in:

 

[Justdog]

Western anyone ?

 

[Justdog]

:arated: Knowing how stiff a western felt can be, that one was a lot more work than is apparent. Nice job.

Here's the 4X Stetson western I posted previously saying I was going to reblock it.

Before

I may never be done with this one.

Love the profile of that roll.:eusa_clap Course it helps that you look good wearing it

 

[handlebar bart]

An older picture my wife had stashed away

 

[Riot Earp]

Wow. Compared to mine, that's a beast.

 

[carter]

And now... a little music

The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3gp7B8WC4Q&NR=1

 

[Riot Earp]

That is too funny.

 

[scottyrocks]

This is gonna be fun, digging through old (and some not so old) pictures.

First, this Bailey that I bought at a place in NYC called Whiskey Dust. It was filled with mostly old, used Western gear, not the modern city country line dancing stuff we see nowadays. The place reeked of authenticity.

When I saw this hat, I was immediately taken with it. It was a huge brown Bailey with a grograin ribbon, and a stovepipe bash. The hat was already in very used condition. The only thing on the sweat band is 'New West from Bailey.' I dont even know if its wool or fur.

The only thing that made me hesitate was that it is a 7 1/8 - two sizes smaller than my usual 7 3/8. But I was able to squeeze it onto my head so I figured I could stretch it a bit to make it fit.

What followed was a cutting of the rear sweatband stitching, and the removal and extension of the ribbon. This was my first attempt at making a bow, and it didnt come out too bad. You can see by the discoloration how much the hat was stretched to fit my head.

I had put a Gus crease into it but I didnt like the way it looked on me. So just this past weekend, I started all over again, and did my favorite bash - a tight fedora pinch with a C-shaped crown. I'm finally very happy with it:

The next two are from about 10 years ago. As a 40th birthday present, we spent a week at a working cattle ranch in Wyoming. Although I do ride, I dont get to often. I spent 7 days on a horse when I wasnt eating, sleeping, or relieving myself, and I loved every second of it. Both hats are Shady Bradys. The straw one is long gone, a victim of constant wear. I've since replaced it with another one.

It's late so I'll post some of my others at another time.

 

[kokopelli]

Very nice hat

I like it.. Ron

This is my Resistol Black Gold 20x........beautiful beaver fur felt, and the hat latch I keep it in:

 

[kokopelli]

Rand

The Rand is very nice.. Ron

Here is my summer work hat.

A Sunbody, boy I really like it.

Here is my winter work/camping/hiking/hunting hat, this is an Outback Hat.

Here is my newest, it just arrived. A custom by Rand Hat's in Montana

Boy, I really like this hat a lot!!!

 

[Lone_Ranger]

Love the Shady Bradys, scottyrocks!

Sounds like the ranch was a great trip. Is it still an operating guest ranch?

I spent a week at the Grapevine Canyon Ranch, in Arizona. I loved it. It's an operating ranch, but my girlfriend wouldn't take the "lope test," so we couldn't go out with the cowboys. We did the all day rides. Still had about 4 -5 hours in the saddle every day. Great riding over the land that Cochise walked. Some of the trails were actually part of the old Butterfield Overland Stage route. When we weren't riding, the ranch itself was basically a vacation resort. We had our own "casita" and had great meals every night.

I'd love to do a pack trip someday, where you picket the horses, and sleep under the stars, in the desert every night. Or maybe somewhere in the Rockies. Colorado, Wyoming, or Montana.

 

[scottyrocks]

I think its still in existence. Its called Brush Creek Ranch. We researched a bunch of places and decided on with this one because we were assured it wasnt gonna be just nose-to-tail.

As it turmed out, after a couple of days, the hands let me take 3 other guests and retrieve some strays by ourselves. That was one of the highlights of the trip for me. Geometry can be quite useful when trying to move large unpredictable animals where you want them to go.

The skies out there were always breathtaking - nothing like where I live. On the last morning, we went on a sunrise ride, and I saw a rainbow that went from one end of the sky to the other. I was breathless. I have a not so wonderful picture of me and the rainbow on my other computer. I'll post it when I get home. I' love to go back. Maybe someday.