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    How many hats do you have...?

    Maybe 15 or so.....mostly older Western's. Steve
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    Wristwatch Band

    My wrist is hairier than a freakin' monkey. Metal bands ALWAYS pull my hair, so it's traditional leather bands for me. Anyway.....yeah, generally metal bands are considered.....less formal....than their leather counterparts. 'Course there are exceptions to every rule, right? Steve
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    Any opinions on "Excelled" as a knock around A2?

    Funny, but the one 'upside' with an inexpensive A-2 jacket, is that one is NOT afraid to wear them out on an almost everyday basis? I have an old-n'-cheap Split-S Aviation A-2 jacket (out of California), that sees as much Sun as my ancient Wrangler jean jacket. Steve
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    Where is the slider of your Talon zipper? left or right?

    I have a few Canadian-made leather motorcycle jackets and all the sliders are on the left. Steve
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    Cowboy Boots

    I own a pair of INSULATED, USA-made Double H work pull-on boots. VERY comfortable and my 'go-to' pair of boots when the weather turns cold-n'-nasty. Steve
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    The Conversion Corral

    Well, I'm trying my hand at my first Western-to-Fedora conversion. I found an old Missouri-made Pedigreed Thoroughbred 10X off-white western hat. It has a 4" brim and the THICKEST felt that I have ever seen? I first cut the brim down to 2 3/4", then soaked the hat in warm water. After shaping...
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    Short men CAN pull off big hats!

    I'm 5'5" also. I can pull off wearing a Fedora fine, even a western Open Road-style doesn't look too bad. But wearing a regular-style western hat with a normal 4" brim? I look like Yosemite Sam. Steve
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    Watch Chains

    My watch chain belonged to my Great-Grandfather. I inherited it, along with his eight-sided Waltham pocket watch. When he retired in 1935 as a Rabbi in Utica, NY, his congregation gave him the Waltham as a retirement gift. Steve
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    Hello, just introducing myself....

    Welcome to the forum Worf! My family is from that area. My Mother, Sister, and I were born in Albany. While my Father graduated RPI in 1949, after leaving the US Army in 1946. Steve
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    This Cafe' Racer is kinda Great!!!

    Always nice to have another option on Cafe Racer jackets. My 5' 1" tall daughter, still rides around in her 60's Brimaco jacket. Steve
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    Please Help Me Pick A Motorcycle Jacket

    For summer riding, I'm usually in a vented and armored Cordura jacket. Light-weight AND cool. Yeah, you give up the protection of a leather jacket. But when it's a 100+ degrees out, I do NOT like feeling like a leg-of-lamb on a rotating spit. Steve
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    How to travel with hats

    I flew back home yesterday. My Fedora safely sat on my lap the entire trip. Steve
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    Cowboy Boots

    My wife just stumbled across a pair of old Hyer boots out of Olathe, Kansas. They are pretty decent shape, a mens size 7 D, and actually fit her pretty good! Strange how she can always find inexpensive gems, in little out-of-the-way places, whereas I cannot??? Steve
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    quality of Orchard M/C leather jackets?

    My youngest daughter owns a Branded MC jacket. A quality jacket with thick-n'-heavy leather. Steve
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    Please Help Me Pick A Motorcycle Jacket

    Hard to beat a Vanson jacket for overall quality. I also happen to like Canadian-made Bristol jackets. Don't see too many down here in the US. Steve
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    Anybody have a large hat collection?

    I only have a few Fedora's. But quite a few older Western hats (and older western boots too). Too many visits to the local flea-markets My wife says the place is started to look like a bunkhouse? And she wasn't smiling when she said...
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    Cowboy Boots

    I wore work boots for almost 30 years until I retired from the RR. Now here in Santa Fe, you can find lightly-worn-to-well-worn boots of all kinds at the local flea markets. I've picked up a few nice Tony Lama Black Label western boots (brown, gray buckaroo, and brown roper), as well as a Nocona...
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    Anyone ride motorcycles?

    I've been riding for the last 12 years, on what SOME claim is the world's ugliest production motorcycle.....a 1981 Yamaha XJ750 Seca. In 39 years of riding, I've WALKED away from 3 potentially fatal motorcycle accidents. Sure, a lot of LUCK was involved, but I've always made MY safety the #1...
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    Leather Motorcycle jacket recommendations

    I've ridden for many years with an older Canadian-made Bristol Cafe Racer-style motorcycle jacket. The fit, finish, and leather are first-rate, IMO. As far as I know, Bristol Leathers are STILL in business? Vanson and Johnson Leathers (San Francisco) also make world-class motorcycle jackets. Steve
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    Purchasing vintage boots, what size?

    Shopping for vintage boots is a tough call, especially if you cannot try them on? Boot manufacturers, seem to have slightly different ideas on sizing?. So if a size 9D boot in one brand fits you, the same size boot in a different brand might not? Steve

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