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"hey, they just towed your horse away"

The Telescope is a very old western hat crown shape. Trim the brim and you have a porkpie.

A shared yearning Welcome abord. I identify with your urge to grasp for a piece of the past. We come from the same generation. I have always worn a hat, summer and winter. My first quality hat was a worn out Stetson that belonged to my uncle. He handed it down to me. It lookd like Jed...

I also loved the show but found the F word boring. The word served no purpose in charicter creation or plot development. I see it as a lack of trust by the writers/producers in the actors to convey charicter. In spite of the language, I found the series a tremendous metaphor for American...

3" absolute minimum and prefer a 4". Will take up to a 5". But I wear western hats mostly.

Verry Classy. Reminds me of Mr. Drysdale.

No can do. Am spending the weekend cleaning the chimny and stacking fire wood. will be wearing my dirtiest cap.

My Dad is 84, went into the Navy after Pearl Harbor, served in the South Pacific. Never wore anythig but a ball cap playing baseball after he got back. I asked him once why he never wore a hat, as I was wearing a cowboy hat since age 13, and he said that having to wear a uniform turned him...

I match my hat with my jacket, unless I'm wearing black pants and black vest, in which case I wear my black hat.

Nice work, you got stones kid. You inspire me. I love it when people jump into something with both feet. Way to go.

I believe that whenever a man hires another man to do something he is capable of doing and has the time to do, he looses a little bit of his dignity and disconnects a little from his soul. I try to do for myself until the task becomes too riskey. I am even willing to make a few mistakes if I...

I am reshaping a western and was thinking about a pencil roll with a gus crown. Could use some instruction on how to do a pencil roll by hand.

Marlin Classic Model 1895

several layers

Lucchese, the most comfortable boot. A boot for every occasion.