Western, anyone?

[Neophyte]

RLK provided me a link to the Cowboy Photographer website. After going through a lot of the pics, here are the ones I like the most. We'll start with my all time favorite:

This next pic shows my top three favorite creases of all those shown in the following pics:

Forget the cattle on the ground (freshly decapitated, I believe, as the pic before this one on the website shows the cowboy swinging an axe toward the head. Luckily, nothing shows) in this next pic, look at the hats!

Apparently, this is the 1900s method to bashing a western hat:

I think that the excessive cowboy hats of today spawned from the excessive rodeo hats of the past:

I just like these:

 

[monbla256]

Along the lines of your posted photos Neo, I found this site about Western hats. You may already be familiar with it. Here's the link :
http://www.curtrich.com/hats2.html

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[Neophyte]

Yeah, I posted a link about it a while back. Remember that pic I had of Clearwater Hat's BotP model. It came from this site, as they don't display it anymore on theirs. Thanks for the link, though...it would suck to have to go all the way back to my original link lol.

I gotta say, I really, really like that "quasi-Gus'' and tall "cattleman" of the left-hand and middle guys of the second pic I posted. Most of the others are a nice open crown. They look good, but would attract an enormous amount of attention in a college campus.

 

[monbla256]

They look good, but would attract an enormous amount of attention in a college campus.

Believe it or not, wearing a "western" hat on just about ANY campus here in Texas these days would attract an enormous amount of attention as well You are somewhat of a Lone Ranger in your generation on a University Campus my friend

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[zetwal]

Yeah [...]

Hey dude, I thought I'd let you know that your mailbox is full ...

 

[Neophyte]

Believe it or not, wearing a "western" hat on just about ANY campus here in Texas these days would attract an enormous amount of attention as well You are somewhat of a Lone Ranger in your generation on a University Campus my friend

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That.....that is true .

 

[DanielJones]

Some more good WM images for hat inspiration.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[Neophyte]

Tried out the crease from Knudsen Hats' "Badlands" hat. Pinch in front with mule kick in back. I kinda like it, although this hat definitely needs a different brim shape. It has a really cool side profile though.

 

[monbla256]

Tried out the crease from Knudsen Hats' "Badlands" hat. Pinch in front with mule kick in back. I kinda like it, although this hat definitely needs a different brim shape.

Getting close Keep at it and it can look like my fathers Stetson

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[Neophyte]

Is this before or after it got its TLC? It looks good!

 

[warbird]

Nice job Neo. Monbla that is a great hat.

 

[monbla256]

Is this before or after it got its TLC? It looks good!

Before. It is still at Peter Bros. Takes 8 weeks for a complete re-furb. Will be mid February or so. I've got three hats being worked on. Good things take time

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[Neophyte]

Indeed they do. Can't wait to see the refurb!

 

[monbla256]

Here's the back for you :

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[warbird]

Here's the back for you :

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I just won an old Resistol on da bay in a similar color. I might have to try this style.

 

[monbla256]

RLK provided me a link to the Cowboy Photographer website. After going through a lot of the pics, here are the ones I like the most. We'll start with my all time favorite:

This photo was taken in Ft. Worth at the Stock Show office !! This building still exists and it is now called the "The Ft. Worth Stock Show" , but went by the name you see above the door in the picture !! Looks like it was taken in the 1920's

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[bowlerman]

Tried out the crease from Knudsen Hats' "Badlands" hat. Pinch in front with mule kick in back. I kinda like it, although this hat definitely needs a different brim shape. It has a really cool side profile though.

Very nice. Is that an actual Knudsen hat, or just trying to reproduce the crease?
These photos/watercolors are really something as well. If I were to scour amazon, would I readily find books with some of these collections printed?

 

[Neophyte]

I had no idea! That's pretty cool. Here's the link to the image if you want...looks like it was taken in 1925...great guess, Monbla :eusa_clap.

http://www.cartermuseum.org/collections/smith/collection.php?asn=LC-S6-537&mcat=60&scat=62

 

[bowlerman]

I think this is similar to the Knudsen Badlands, if that's what you're going for. I got it from Ebay from a guy in TN who calls himself a "rookie for sure." Frankly I'm rather fond of it, though it's a little over the top for my everyday wear. He calls it a "Mesa Pinch" and it doesn't have the mule kick. You can find him in the bay floating in "vintage handmade hats." Charles something or other. He'll do long ovals and various brim sizes and whatnot, if you specify, even if in response to a different specific listing. And I got it in a week.
I'm not the best guy to ask about felt quality, but I really can't complain.

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[Jedwbpm]

This photo was taken in Ft. Worth at the Stock Show office !! This building still exists and it is now called the "The Ft. Worth Stock Show" , but went by the name you see above the door in the picture !! Looks like it was taken in the 1920's

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Wow those are some over the top cowboy hats.