Western, anyone?

[ScottF]

Stetson Nutria

This is the only true western I own. I was trying to go for a bash similar to the one rlk has in his tan Mexican hat.

 

[Colby Jack]

Looks good ScottF!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[indycop]

This is the only true western I own. I was trying to go for a bash similar to the one rlk has in his tan Mexican hat.

Very nice!:eusa_clap

 

[ScottF]

Very nice!:eusa_clap

Thanks guys - it's very tight, but the little stretch I've given it so far has held for several days, so I'll try adding a bit more. It's really interesting to see folks like rlk wearing so many different styles comfortably - gets guys like me to branch out a little. I've worn cowboy boots most of my life, but never the hat.

 

[Dinerman]

 

[jwalls]

http://www.xoopit.com/s/20um7cjq58ene6f0uozv I do wear western on occasion.

 

[frussell]

Cowboy hat with suit

When my grandfather died, everyone wore their cowboy hat, as he was seldom seen without one, even at 99. There were mounted police outside the service holding his horse with his favorite Stetson hung on his saddle horn in memoriam.

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[frussell]

I wore mine too

The only one clean enough for a funeral was an old west style by Tonto Rim

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[jwalls]

Here is a 1932 Miller hat that was rebuilt by Dave at D bar J Hats for a customer. http://www.xoopit.com/s/20um7cjq58eney2dycd7 http://www.xoopit.com/s/20um7cjq58ene0soj4oy

 

[Dinerman]

Another old one.

 

[carouselvic]

Dats nice.

 

[Brummagem Joe]

Here are two of my favorites. The first is an Akubra Cattleman pinched and rolled in a 1950's style commonly seen in old westerns. I have three of these in different colors. It's my favorite western style though it is more classic Hollywood than true West. Roy Rogers wore a similar style as did William Holden in the Wild Bunch and Clint Eastwood on Rawhide. The second one is an Akubra Bobby completely reworked into more of a 1920's style. This look was inspired by some old Tom Mix serials. Sadly, this hat has been sold. I love western hats because there's so much latitude for making it your own. The style is really wide open in terms of size, crease, color, brim shape, and even the band.

.....The cattleman is very Randolph Scott.......His headgear and horses in those old Bud Boetticher movies from the late forties early fifties was the best.

 

[jwalls]

Here is an old friend from Israel in his best Western hat. http://www.xoopit.com/s/20um7cjq58ener4ib5gd

 

[CRH]

Here is an old friend from Israel in his best Western hat. http://www.xoopit.com/s/20um7cjq58ener4ib5gd

Thanks for that, jwalls. The more we drag, send, sail, dance... or live traditional North American culture around the world, the better off we will all be...

:cool2:

 

[jwalls]

CRH

My friend may be the only person I know who can get away with a red Montana creased hat and red walking shorts.

 

[jonbuilder]

I saw this Old Vintage Stetson Cowboy Hat : "INDIAN TRADING POST" on eaby. any one know any history about this lable they would like to share? I find the hat interesting

 

[PabloElFlamenco]

Ok - my turn (again) in testimony to the old western hat...

My old Beaver Brand (or is it Beaver Hats? I think it's the same) "custom" cowboy hat, which I bought off the bay more than a year ago, shown here in its original form - didn't like it too much, really: too 1980's disco cowboy...mushy:

A few days ago, I set to fooling around with it, rebashed it to this result:

The headband is a combination of a fairly "standard" 3/8 inch or so western leather band (embroidered with some twirly design) overlapping a 6/8 inch entwined horsehair band with two tassles, which I bound together so as to point backwards. The red strands are in fact a length of twine from a Moroccan (handmade traditional) carpet, used to keep the two bands together, tie-up the tassles and ... give the lot a bit of color.

Below, two detail photo's. The medallon is, yes, a representation of the Virgen de Guadelupe, which a received as a gift from the -now deceased- mom of a mexican lady neighbor.

Here's the tassles.

This hat's for fun and keeping my head warm...

Pablo

 

[jwalls]

Very sharp, Paul. http://www.xoopit.com/s/20um7cjq58ene1pshoex this one is about as western as I get.

 

[feltfan]

Thanks for that, jwalls. The more we drag, send, sail, dance... or live traditional North American culture around the world, the better off we will all be...

Tongue firmly in cheek, I hope.

Nevertheless, to cover my bets I'm putting all my
Borsalinos in the fireplace tonight. Heck, anything that
isn't a Stetson.

Looking forward to Korean food at lunch today. Thank goodness
they bring their culture here. I'd wear a cowboy hat or boots, but
my dining partners are from Montana and Oklahoma, and they
laugh mercilessly at Californians who wear such things.

 

[PabloElFlamenco]

Tongue firmly in cheek, I hope

Aha! Kim Cheek!