Western, anyone?

[AbbaDatDeHat]

I've been pulling out my westerns over the last 3 weeks or so and for the most part, I've changed the profile on nearly every one as I steamed and refreshed them for cooler weather, if it ever gets here. Still have a few to go and I'll post them as I go along.

This No. 1 Quality may have seen the most radical change. It's my only 4 dent that I converted from a rancher's crease. I enjoyed it as it was but after HJ posted his Worth-Walden recently, I had to change this one. I told Jack I plagiarized his hat, and I did my best. I lowered the front and raised the rear to the crown's limits. 4 in the front and 5 1/2 in the rear. I did a 1/4' curl on the brim with a slight draw to the front.
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Love this hat!
Love 4 denters!
B

 

[dh66]

I've been pulling out my westerns over the last 3 weeks or so and for the most part, I've changed the profile on nearly every one as I steamed and refreshed them for cooler weather, if it ever gets here. Still have a few to go and I'll post them as I go along.

This No. 1 Quality may have seen the most radical change. It's my only 4 dent that I converted from a rancher's crease. I enjoyed it as it was but after HJ posted his Worth-Walden recently, I had to change this one. I told Jack I plagiarized his hat, and I did my best. I lowered the front and raised the rear to the crown's limits. 4 in the front and 5 1/2 in the rear. I did a 1/4' curl on the brim with a slight draw to the front.
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That one looks great Cuz! Loads of character! I'm looking forward to it being cool enough you can wear it.

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[Bamaboots]

That one looks great Cuz! Loads of character! I'm looking forward to it being cool enough you can wear it.

Thanks, Cuz. Even if it's from one a/c environment to the next, it's getting worn soon.

 

[hatophile]

I've been pulling out my westerns over the last 3 weeks or so and for the most part, I've changed the profile on nearly every one as I steamed and refreshed them for cooler weather, if it ever gets here. Still have a few to go and I'll post them as I go along.

This No. 1 Quality may have seen the most radical change. It's my only 4 dent that I converted from a rancher's crease. I enjoyed it as it was but after HJ posted his Worth-Walden recently, I had to change this one. I told Jack I plagiarized his hat, and I did my best. I lowered the front and raised the rear to the crown's limits. 4 in the front and 5 1/2 in the rear. I did a 1/4' curl on the brim with a slight draw to the front.
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Sharp, Greg.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Thanks, Cuz. Even if it's from one a/c environment to the next, it's getting worn soon.

AC house to AC truck to AC bar. That's how we roll with our better hats this time of yr.

 

[Bamaboots]

Love this hat!
Love 4 denters!

Thanks, B.

Sharp, Greg.

Thank you, Perry; or is it Reggie? Some sharp ones you've been sporting, as always.

 

[Bamaboots]

AC house to AC truck to AC bar. That's how we roll with our better hats this time of yr.

May be a lot of that this fall.

 

[hatophile]

Thanks, B.



Thank you, Perry; or is it Reggie? Some sharp ones you've been sporting, as always.

Thanks Greg. I don't mind being confused with Reggie. He's a spiffy dresser and has great hats.

 

[Bamaboots]

Very cool film. Very cool hats, not just Mix's. I am bit surprised at his popularity. I was not aware that western movie stars were so well received in Europe so early in the movie era.

I don't think it's so surprising, scb when you consider Buffalo Bill toured Europe in 1892 to great success which generated a lot of interest in the American west and that continued on as so many of the early silent films were westerns and the first commercially viable film made was a western in 1903, "The Great Train Robbery".

 

[Tukwila]

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I believe your Beaver Brand hat is of substantially finer quality than the one I picked up recently.

 

[Bamaboots]

Changed out this Dorer a bit by lowering the fenders and putting a thumb width roll along the edge and tightened the pinch. These are nice hats and I know nothing of their top end hats that reach $10,000 but outside of the unique sweat and the natural color I really like, it’s nothing special for a $500 hat. They market it as their ‘Working Cowboy’ hat.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Changed out this Dorer a bit by lowering the fenders and putting a thumb width roll along the edge and tightened the pinch. These are nice hats and I know nothing of their top end hats that reach $10,000 but outside of the unique sweat and the natural color I really like, it’s nothing special for a $500 hat. They market it as their ‘Working Cowboy’ hat.
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That's quite a sweat seam stitch! Seems like that would be thick, lumpy?

 

[Bamaboots]

That's quite a sweat seam stitch! Seems like that would be thick, lumpy?

As flat as the inside shaft seam of your favorite handmade boots. I figured it would be troublesome but it's not.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Hard to read but it's there.

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[deadlyhandsome]

Resistol 4X Cattleman:

Some dark spots where the felt hasn’t completely dried after steaming and shaping.


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[RossRYoung]

7x for this mornings stroll through Will Rogers.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

7x for this mornings stroll through Will Rogers.
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Looks great Ross, & what a setting to enjoy it in!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

A Woomera drew chore duty this morning in the rain.

 

[bowlerman]

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[Hurricane Jack]

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Jeff, I thought maybe you were playing a harmonica so I played with the exposure a bit to see. Ended up trying to make it an old time look. I like the appearance of peeling wallpaper & woodgrain on the door in the background & the spider cracking across the front. You need a bottle of Old Crow & a glass on that table. Hope the tones come across on your monitor.