Western Ranch Outfitters / Stockmens Catalogs

[Joao Encarnado]

Drooling over #430, #431, #432

 

[RBH]

Thanks for the scans Vic!
Really cool to see the old catalogs.

 

[suitedcboy]

Is that "re-enforced" edge not the same as Mode Edge?

 

[Benzadmiral]

Like the dimensions on that Stetson "Trooper" -- 5.75" crown and 2.5" brim!

 

[RJR]

Like the dimensions on that Stetson "Trooper" -- 5.75" crown and 2.5" brim!

+1

 

[carouselvic]

White and Davis....Spring & Summer 1940

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Old Midnight, Round Up, Rosebud and Four M...want one of each please!

 

[carouselvic]

Luskey's Summer 1957

 

[carouselvic]

 

[moontheloon]

very interesting

a couple things stand out to me ...

"Luskey Roll Crease" ... never heard that one before

and the fact that the Open Road twenty topped out at 7 3/8 here

 

[Frunobulax]

That Weatherford XX crease is unique.

Several top out at 7 3/8 - 7 1/2, it seems.

Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Some look like a crushed hat...

 

[BobHufford]

Interesting to see that there were contrasting straws back then (The Wagon Wheel) like there are today. Thanks for sharing these with us @carouselvic !

 

[Benzadmiral]

The Trooper in this latest batch of ads (from 1940) is described as being "light as a feather and wears like a pig's nose" (italics mine). Now that brings up a LOT of questions. For instance:

1) How does Stetson, or the store, know what a pig's nose "wears like"? Do they have depositions on file from former customers who wear pigs' noses on a regular basis? Did said customers choose pigs' noses over standard headgear, like fedoras, beanies, and baseball caps?

2) Why stop at the pig's nose? There is a considerable amount of a pig, even a small one, which could be adapted for occasional or even frequent wear. (Such a list I will leave as an exercise for the student.) Which leads to . . .

3) What did Stetson do with the rest of the pig? I presume they didn't just lop off the porker's snout and leave him to go his less-than-merry way; and any self-respecting member of the Suidae is not going to take kindly to mutilation. No doubt it was a fight to the death -- in this case, the pig's. So what happened to the rest of the pig? Bacon, ham, watch straps, footballs . . .?

 

[Frunobulax]

The Trooper in this latest batch of ads (from 1940) is described as being "light as a feather and wears like a pig's nose" (italics mine). Now that brings up a LOT of questions. For instance:

1) How does Stetson, or the store, know what a pig's nose "wears like"? Do they have depositions on file from former customers who wear pigs' noses on a regular basis? Did said customers choose pigs' noses over standard headgear, like fedoras, beanies, and baseball caps?

2) Why stop at the pig's nose? There is a considerable amount of a pig, even a small one, which could be adapted for occasional or even frequent wear. (Such a list I will leave as an exercise for the student.) Which leads to . . .

3) What did Stetson do with the rest of the pig? I presume they didn't just lop off the porker's snout and leave him to go his less-than-merry way; and any self-respecting member of the Suidae is not going to take kindly to mutilation. No doubt it was a fight to the death -- in this case, the pig's. So what happened to the rest of the pig? Bacon, ham, watch straps, footballs . . .?

Well, I just beGoogled the phrase on these here intertubes and it appears to mean they're tough and will wear for a long time. I'd never heard that before, but now it'll be part of my regular speech!

 

[BobHufford]

You can get overalls to match.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Some really fancy creases in this bunch.


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[Michael A]

You can get overalls to match.

If you think some of the hats on those pages would set you back a pretty penny now, you should look into what the Finck's overalls will set you back. I was looking at them a couple of years back and they were going for something in the $500 area as I recall.

Michael

 

[Benzadmiral]

Well, I just beGoogled the phrase on these here intertubes and it appears to mean they're tough and will wear for a long time. I'd never heard that before, but now it'll be part of my regular speech!

Oh -- "wears" as in "takes wear and is tough." I can see that. Pigs do a lot with their snouts.

(My interpretation's more fun, though.)

 

[Redfokker]

very interesting

a couple things stand out to me ...

"Luskey Roll Crease" ... never heard that one before

and the fact that the Open Road twenty topped out at 7 3/8 here

+1