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Western, anyone?

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Stetson OR 3X

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T Jones

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Gil Favor, "Rawhide"

The cowhand's hat is the first thing he puts on when he gets up. And the last thing he takes off when he beds down. Some of the wide brim shades his eyes from the sun. In winter, he pulls the brim down, ties it over his ears to avoid frostbite. Uses the crown as a bucker and the brim as a drinkin' cup. That's why a cowhand'll get the best hat he can. 'Cause it's got to serve a dozen purposes its maker never dreamed of. The same thing goes for the men wearin' the hats. I know. I'm Gil Favor, trail boss.
 

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Okay, one more! Here's a Canadian-made 3X Stetson. 1960s? Very soft and thick felt. I believe Stetson bought a Canadian hatmaker to help with distribution in CAN? Anyhow, it was a sweet Eastern British Columbia thrift shop find!
Love that red liner
 

StoryPNW

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I propose that all it takes to earn the right to wear any hat you please is to have a head and a hat.

I agree completely. You can wear a business suit without every having owned a business or having worked on Wall Street. You can wear a safari hat without ever having been in safari. You can wear a French beret even if you are of Irish and Welsh ancestry. You can wear a 5” brim western on the beaches of Portugal (hey there @Joao Encarnado ), etc. We repeatedly say “wear the hat, don’t let it wear you.” Aside from showing respect to religious sensibilities, I say wear whatever you like. In truth, most people who wear cowboy boots and/or western hats don’t work cattle or anything like it.
 

glider

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I heard once, the difference in a real cowboy and someone that just has the boots is that a real cowboy, the B.S. is on the outside of his boots. In keeping with the idea that we can all do whatever and whenever we want, I haven't seen very many of you showing your straws. It is that time of year again!!!
 
I know plenty of working cowboys with B.S. on both sides of their boots, just like every other profession. I'm really hoping this forum can quit with these notions that one person has a special status because of what they do instead of who they are. If someone is decent, honest, kind, open-hearted, and into hats then I want to share this space with them. If this is a space where some folks are legitimate hat/boot wearers and others are not, then I'll be packing up my hats and drifting along.

I only have three "little doggies" and a few big hats and I've been able to stick around here since 2014. You can do it.

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StoryPNW

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I know plenty of working cowboys with B.S. on both sides of their boots, just like every other profession. I'm really hoping this forum can quit with these notions that one person has a special status because of what they do instead of who they are. If someone is decent, honest, kind, open-hearted, and into hats then I want to share this space with them. If this is a space where some folks are legitimate hat/boot wearers and others are not, then I'll be packing up my hats and drifting along.
Like everywhere else on the internet you can't be too thin skinned around here. I feel like most folks are of a similar mind though and it's a pretty decent place to be as the internet goes.
 

Steve1857

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I know plenty of working cowboys with B.S. on both sides of their boots, just like every other profession. I'm really hoping this forum can quit with these notions that one person has a special status because of what they do instead of who they are. If someone is decent, honest, kind, open-hearted, and into hats then I want to share this space with them. If this is a space where some folks are legitimate hat/boot wearers and others are not, then I'll be packing up my hats and drifting along.
Stick around. It's not as you may fear.

I'm a member of a banjo website where the favourite phrase is, "it's your banjo, play it like you like."

Ditto with hats: wear 'em as you want.
 

Who?

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I know plenty of working cowboys with B.S. on both sides of their boots, just like every other profession. I'm really hoping this forum can quit with these notions that one person has a special status because of what they do instead of who they are. If someone is decent, honest, kind, open-hearted, and into hats then I want to share this space with them. If this is a space where some folks are legitimate hat/boot wearers and others are not, then I'll be packing up my hats and drifting along.
Bravo! That needed to be said, and I am in full agreement.

The idea that anyone has to “earn” the right to wear any item of clothing, or any combination of items, is preposterous.
 

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