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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

Mighty44

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VoodooSan

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RickP said:
Had a minor foot surgery yesterday so Im not doing much moving around today ( I didnt put on a "going to town" shirt this morning lol)

Happy to report a couple of Adam Pacesetter updates. The spots are pretty much all gone, and the vinegar smell from the foaming cleaner is just about dissipated. ( First time I did a whole hat with that stuff...did a good job on the stains, but the heavy vinegar smell took two days to go away... Im kinda rethinking that stuff) . Spent the night in a plastic bag with a dryer sheet... almost fresh as a daisy now.

Last night I took a look at the grungy, yellowed, crunchy cellophane top over the top of the headliner. Followed someones instructions here on removing. Cut a slit so I could get the fingers inside. Carefully pulled and it easily came right out of the seam perfectly. No more noisy crunching hat! Once again used some good advice from a FL member THANKS! Liner didnt look bad at all underneath. (looks cleaner in person than the picture shows) Someday Ill remove the liner, give the liner a light woolite bath and some wrinkle ironing, but for now its wearable again. The onionskin liner behind the sweatband looked pretty crusty, so i trimmed off the top 1/4" that stuck up above the leather sweatband so now I cant see it (out of sight-out of mind without fully removing it)

Ill do some steaming and brushing here today while im less than mobile, and it will be ready for the head and wall


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Looks good. Feel better.
 
Steve1857

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RickP said:
Had a minor foot surgery yesterday so Im not doing much moving around today ( I didnt put on a "going to town" shirt this morning lol)

Happy to report a couple of Adam Pacesetter updates. The spots are pretty much all gone, and the vinegar smell from the foaming cleaner is just about dissipated. ( First time I did a whole hat with that stuff...did a good job on the stains, but the heavy vinegar smell took two days to go away... Im kinda rethinking that stuff) . Spent the night in a plastic bag with a dryer sheet... almost fresh as a daisy now.

Last night I took a look at the grungy, yellowed, crunchy cellophane top over the top of the headliner. Followed someones instructions here on removing. Cut a slit so I could get the fingers inside. Carefully pulled and it easily came right out of the seam perfectly. No more noisy crunching hat! Once again used some good advice from a FL member THANKS! Liner didnt look bad at all underneath. (looks cleaner in person than the picture shows) Someday Ill remove the liner, give the liner a light woolite bath and some wrinkle ironing, but for now its wearable again. The onionskin liner behind the sweatband looked pretty crusty, so i trimmed off the top 1/4" that stuck up above the leather sweatband so now I cant see it (out of sight-out of mind without fully removing it)

Ill do some steaming and brushing here today while im less than mobile, and it will be ready for the head and wall


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Nice job on the Pacesetter, Rick.

Hope you're back on your feet and moving around as good as ever soon.
 
RickP

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RickP said:
Had a minor foot surgery yesterday so Im not doing much moving around today ( I didnt put on a "going to town" shirt this morning lol)

Happy to report a couple of Adam Pacesetter updates. The spots are pretty much all gone, and the vinegar smell from the foaming cleaner is just about dissipated. ( First time I did a whole hat with that stuff...did a good job on the stains, but the heavy vinegar smell took two days to go away... Im kinda rethinking that stuff) . Spent the night in a plastic bag with a dryer sheet... almost fresh as a daisy now.

Last night I took a look at the grungy, yellowed, crunchy cellophane top over the top of the headliner. Followed someones instructions here on removing. Cut a slit so I could get the fingers inside. Carefully pulled and it easily came right out of the seam perfectly. No more noisy crunching hat! Once again used some good advice from a FL member THANKS! Liner didnt look bad at all underneath. (looks cleaner in person than the picture shows) Someday Ill remove the liner, give the liner a light woolite bath and some wrinkle ironing, but for now its wearable again. The onionskin liner behind the sweatband looked pretty crusty, so i trimmed off the top 1/4" that stuck up above the leather sweatband so now I cant see it (out of sight-out of mind without fully removing it)

Ill do some steaming and brushing here today while im less than mobile, and it will be ready for the head and wall


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The Lost Cowboy

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Holy cow I can see photos! I feel like a blind man who’s miraculously healed.

Alas, it’s only for a few days while I’m at a different guesthouse than my usual one. My usual guesthouse is excellent quality in every way except internet. I don’t mind since I’m not spending a great deal of time online anyway these days, but it is nice to see a bit of the hat parade every once in a while.

Here I am in the Fed IV out for a walkabout with some good friends - a retired US American scholar of Japanese film and his Japanese wife. They live here in Melaka.

The second photo is me (sans hat) with two Kashmiri brothers (dear dear friends) who run a few shops here in town (the young lady is a tourist and the baby is my buddy’s first child). This photo is of interest because it is these friends who first named me “The Lost Cowboy.”

Stay cool out there friends!

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The Lost Cowboy

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Randall Renshaw said:
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STETSON (7X) BEAVER COWBOY HAT - SIZE 7 1/4 RANCHER OPEN ROAD ORIGINAL BOX | eBay

Condition: Pre-owned, used, and worn by the West Texas Rancher in a town of Ralls, Texas many years ago. Hat needs to be cleaned, has stains on both interior and exterior. Hat box has broken leather strap-tie.
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Got another late 40s 7XCB about a month ago, and this week finished a full resto including a reblock in record time. You can see by the listing pics that even the stubborn verdigris stain came out. Mostly. Usually it doesn’t at all. Had some serious sweat stains in the front too. Wasn’t able to reuse the original 3/8 ribbon as the sweat stains didn’t budge an inch. For this hat I like this 1” even better though.

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Oh wow, that is one nice hat! That new ribbon is perfect. And it’s not only the hat and the block and the ribbon - but it looks fantastic on you, specifically.

You make me miss my own 7X…. homesick for my hat collection <sigh>. If I start writing poems about my clear beavers, please someone shoot me. :D
 

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VoodooSan

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The Lost Cowboy said:
Holy cow I can see photos! I feel like a blind man who’s miraculously healed.

Alas, it’s only for a few days while I’m at a different guesthouse than my usual one. My usual guesthouse is excellent quality in every way except internet. I don’t mind since I’m not spending a great deal of time online anyway these days, but it is nice to see a bit of the hat parade every once in a while.

Here I am in the Fed IV out for a walkabout with some good friends - a retired US American scholar of Japanese film and his Japanese wife. They live here in Melaka.

The second photo is me (sans hat) with two Kashmiri brothers (dear dear friends) who run a few shops here in town (the young lady is a tourist and the baby is my buddy’s first child). This photo is of interest because it is these friends who first named me “The Lost Cowboy.”

Stay cool out there friends!

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Great to get an update and new pics, Nathan!!!
 
Randall Renshaw

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The Lost Cowboy said:
Oh wow, that is one nice hat! That new ribbon is perfect. And it’s not only the hat and the block and the ribbon - but it looks fantastic on you, specifically.

You make me miss my own 7X…. homesick for my hat collection <sigh>. If I start writing poems about my clear beavers, please someone shoot me. :D
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Mighty big thanks to you, Nathen!

Looks like you’re having yourself a grand time galavanting around the other side of our planet. I trust you’re eating well. Doubt they have many Alabama delicacies.

I’d guess your 7Xs miss you, as well.
 
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