Western, anyone?

[johnnycanuck]

Stetson 5X today. I consider it my Raylan Givens hat.

Stay safe everyone
Johnny

 

[johnnycanuck]

I have only had this hat for 11 years and today decided to shape it so I can start wearing it. Brim used to be rediculously flat and stiff as all hell. So put It into a cold shower for about 5 minutes and gave it a nice front dip. Looks very Hondo to me know. I just need to figure out a hat band for it.

 

[Who?]

Braided leather or braided horsehair.

Beads or cinched horsehair if you want fancier.

 

[Sincityhatcollector]

I have only had this hat for 11 years and today decided to shape it so I can start wearing it. Brim used to be rediculously flat and stiff as all hell. So put It into a cold shower for about 5 minutes and gave it a nice front dip. Looks very Hondo to me know. I just need to figure out a hat band for it.
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I think in addition to the suggestions of leather or horsehair a simple thin grosgrain ribbon would work well also

 

[RiteStuffBryan]

Just got this one, a 1940s Stetson 3X Beaver, the previous owner’s great-grandfather purchased it in Nebraska around the mid-40s. It showed up like this:

Crown is extremely soft and malleable, will take any shape without steam, sweatband and reed are both intact and supple. I’ll keep it with this crease instead:

But it can take all kinds of creases:

I might eventually send it off for a slight stretch and a pencil curl.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Stetson via Wolfbrae:

 

[Yahoody]

 

[johnnycanuck]

I have only had this hat for 11 years and today decided to shape it so I can start wearing it. Brim used to be rediculously flat and stiff as all hell. So put It into a cold shower for about 5 minutes and gave it a nice front dip. Looks very Hondo to me know. I just need to figure out a hat band for it.
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Dug this one up. Doesent look to bad. One of my daughters is into braiding right now. I am tempted to get some paracord and see what she can come up with for a hat band.

 

[Who?]

Thats a nice band, but you’ll still have it, and the new band will be much more distinctive.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Worth - Walden 15X that I like a lot. The season will soon be over & It will be boxed until Spring.

 

[Bamaboots]

Worth - Walden 15X that I like a lot. The season will soon be over & It will be boxed until Spring.

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I'm sure you have your reasons for wearing that one seasonally but I'd have a hard time parking it for any length of time.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I'm sure you have your reasons for wearing that one seasonally but I'd have a hard time parking it for any length of time.

Thanks BB. Too many hats, more Fall colors.

 

[Who?]

I'm sure you have your reasons for wearing that one seasonally but I'd have a hard time parking it for any length of time.

I wondered the same thing.

 

[johnnycanuck]

First time wearing it out of the house. Isn’t it great when your hat has the perfect curve you can wear it in the truck and not have the brim hit your headrest.

 

[Who?]

First time wearing it out of the house. Isn’t it great when your hat has the perfect curve you can wear it in the truck and not have the brim hit your headrest.
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Okay, I’ll bite ……. what is it?

I‘m not going to face scorn, ridicule, and embarrassment by guessing wrong.

 

[johnnycanuck]

Okay, I’ll bite ……. what is it?

I‘m not going to face scorn, ridicule, and embarrassment by guessing wrong.

The hat is a Beaver Brand hat I bought years ago as new old dead stock from a small town general store. Loved the crown shape but hated the flattened brim (long term improper storage)so I put it away and didn’t do anything with it until this last weekend.
Johnny

 

[Who?]

The hat is a Beaver Brand hat I bought years ago as new old dead stock from a small town general store. Loved the crown shape but hated the flattened brim (long term improper storage)so I put it away and didn’t do anything with it until this last weekend.
Johnny

Very nice, I thought it was an Akubra, but I don’t have what you’d call a practiced eye.

 

[johnnycanuck]

Very nice, I thought it was an Akubra, but I don’t have what you’d call a practiced eye.

I seem to be known as the Akubra guy so I can see how you would think that. This has a nice 3 1/4” brim and if I pop the crown out it is at least 6 1/2” tall. Has a label saying imported fur felt but, by feel, it’s at least a 100% rabbit. Has a softness that makes me think there could be some beaver as well. What’s even better is it fits my Long Oval head shape perfectly without any breaking in. I just hope the sweatband lasts. I got two hats at the same time from the same place and the other ones sweat band shrank, cracked then fell out after a year of hard use. That one is still in storage waiting for me to send it off to be redone.
Johnny

 

[StoryPNW]

I seem to be known as the Akubra guy so I can see how you would think that. This has a nice 3 1/4” brim and if I pop the crown out it is at least 6 1/2” tall. Has a label saying imported fur felt but, by feel, it’s at least a 100% rabbit. Has a softness that makes me think there could be some beaver as well. What’s even better is it fits my Long Oval head shape perfectly without any breaking in. I just hope the sweatband lasts. I got two hats at the same time from the same place and the other ones sweat band shrank, cracked then fell out after a year of hard use. That one is still in storage waiting for me to send it off to be redone.
Johnny

I'm waiting on a very similar Beaver Brand hat, I hope it fits my LO head too.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

I'm waiting on a very similar Beaver Brand hat, I hope it fits my LO head too.
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Beaver Brand made nice hats for the money. I think they’re a great value, but I too have found their sweatbands to be prone to more issues than some others.