Western, anyone?

[gtdean48]

Any idea who Tommy Grimes was (1937)? And what is Belgian beaver?

These cow skulls are really bad. If it wasn't for the short horns they would almost look like aliens. Cactus & aliens...it's Roswell all over again!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342251/
Born in Oklahoma, Grimes went on to become a well-known rodeo competitor winning trophies in the Bucking Horse competition at Cheyenne in 1915

 

[jlee562]

"Belgian Beaver" seems to also have been a Stetson color offering similar to "light sand" according to this ad that was also from Miller Stockman...IIRC I think I pulled this one from a 1935 catalog in the Miller Stockman thread. I saved this ad because it was the closest I could find to my old Stetson, and I remembered the phrase "Belgian Beaver" because I kinda wanted to know more about that too....

 

[M Hatman]

These cow skulls are really bad. If it wasn't for the short horns they would almost look like aliens. Cactus & aliens...it's Roswell all over again!

Some kind person(s) answered the Tom Grimes question as well as Belgian Beaver....we have some great knowledgeable people here!
I wholy agree with the weird cow skulls ..........now those awesome snake boots.....I want a pair!!
As per usual.....I like the most expensive boots...even from those back then...
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[Richard Morgan]

Hell...I don’t know where to post these any more.

Went to the annual craft festival where The Quiet Lady shows/sells her beadwork. She said that she had taken the year off to care for her ailing brother, so the selection was from her older stock. I still came away with three new hat bands. All glass beads...

Bob, I really like the red, yellow and green one but they're all nice. I look forward to seeing them on hats.

 

[dh66]

I'd be darn proud to have those snake boots or those cowskull/alien ones.

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[Hurricane Jack]

Born in Oklahoma, Grimes went on to become a well-known rodeo competitor winning trophies in the Bucking Horse competition at Cheyenne in 1915

I didn't recognize the name as a silent screen or early movie star so I thought he might have been a Wild West show or rodeo star. Good to know.

"Belgian Beaver" seems to also have been a Stetson color offering similar to "light sand" according to this ad that was also from Miller Stockman..

Maybe it compared to Clear Beaver or Natural Beaver?

 

[Hurricane Jack]

now those awesome snake boots.....I want a pair!!

Inlaid & overlaid snake top shafts are still popular with custom & semi-custom bootmaker.

I'd be darn proud to have those snake boots or those cowskull/alien ones.

Dale, don't you have a pair of Rocketbusters with overlaid snakes on the shafts?

 

[dh66]

Dale, don't you have a pair of Rocketbusters with overlaid snakes on the shafts?

I have a pair of Don Quijote's, out of León, Mex. with snakes on them. Not like those, though. Got some Rocketbusters, but they have mariposas inlaid on the tops.

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[Hurricane Jack]

Not like those, though.

Most snake overlays today are puffy to give them depth & make them 3-D like, like bootmakers do with pinched roses.

 

[Florida_Marlin]

Got it in from Delmonico’s today. About 30 min later this hemp Strat got Westernized with a taller crown and a little curl on the front of the brim. Loving the hemp Stetsons.

 

[BobHufford]

Bob, I really like the red, yellow and green one but they're all nice. I look forward to seeing them on hats.

Thanks Richard!

 

[dh66]

Most snake overlays today are puffy to give them depth, like bootmakers do with pinched roses.

Mine are like that. Got some kind of batting or something stuffed behind the leather to make 'em stick out from the shaft.

Here's a pic of 'em. The hat is a vintage Anthony's brand 3xxx Open Road style, just to keep the thread on topic.

If any body has any info on Anthony's they'd like to share, I'd love to hear it.

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[Hurricane Jack]

Mine are like that. Got some kind of batting or something stuffed behind the leather to make 'em stick out from the shaft.

Here's a pic of 'em. The hat is a vintage Anthony's brand 3xxx Open Road style, just to keep the thread on topic.

If any body has any info on Anthony's they'd like to share, I'd love to hear it.

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Those are the ones I rememberd but I was confusing/combining them with the black & white Rocketbusters.

Sorry, no info on the Anthony's 3XOR.

 

[Milpro]

I make them. These are three I made recently. One showing the early stage of aging being added around the break.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Wearing the Woomera this morning I call "Big Shade".

 

[Cornshucker77]

Winter 1939-1940 supplement .....
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Love those old catalogs. Thanks for posting that.

 

[Cornshucker77]

Dusty Rhodes Collection by Texas Hat Company with Conagher type crease, handmade rattlesnake band, handcrafted brim curl

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Very nice!

 

[Cornshucker77]

I thought I remembered someone posting one once before.
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Beautiful!!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Beautiful beaded hatband by Navajo beader Melissa Lewis-Barnes. If I change the top border to Bone it would be a good transition to the cream colored Glenn family O'Farrell Signature Collection 50X I'm working on.

Check out the small #15/0 seed beads for detail:

Beautiful work!

 

[Just A Hat Rack]

Beautiful beaded hatband by Navajo beader Melissa Lewis-Barnes. If I change the top border to Bone it would be a good transition to the cream colored Glenn family O'Farrell Signature Collection 50X I'm working on.

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Check out the small #15/0 seed beads for detail:
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Beautiful work!

That hat band is a real piece of art. I am green with envy!

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