Recent content by Dani Rose

I concur with @RickP, that's way too thin to be wool and the sharpness of the crease screams lotta beaver.

I'd worry the chunky fedora blocking might make it look a little silly, but it depends on one's face shape and all that. Would almost certainly end up a "Gentleman's Hat" and at that point you might as well just wear your OR or find an older Resistol Fort Worth if you're looking for high crown...

And oof, apologies for being the back-to-back poster here but I wanted to share the Resistol "Stetson" after it had a nice bath, a little light pouncing, a whole mess of shellac to get it into "hard hat" territory as I prefer, a new sweatband (sewn in sloppy roughneck style because it is going...

I am pretty convinced what I now have in my hands is part of the Texas "monkey suit" referred to in this testimony. Green Resistol re-order label, red stylized "o" liner w/what appears to very well be film-y plastic. I'd wager it dates somewhere from the late 40s post-war to mid-50s at the...

Oh sure, there's no question that pre-70s felt was simply, in most cases, better quality even at the lower end. But that being said the big manufacturers still make expensive, quality hats designed for their niche purpose: Ranching. A high-end western these days will be thin, good quality felt...

Holy cow and that is why I came here I've been searching about for a reference like that, but I'll admit not super hard yet. Establishes an existing relationship between Goldsmiths and the "Southern Area Dealers" dated squarely in '55. Thank you You mean why westerns are (mostly) hard? The...

A decent bit of what I know comes from on-and-off lurking around here for like twenty years! Yall got a lot of history and know-how in these now-ancient internet pages. And a lot from research and a little more from first-hand experience, too. I've known plenty of ranchers and folks who wear...

Hah, that's the boring part! Gotta check my naphtha supply, first. And while I always work slowly, we've got snow on the ground here in north Georgia and these West Texas bones don't take too kindly to the chill anymore. I'll get some before and after shots for sure. The stains might need some...

Super interesting find (at least to me). It may be a big bunch of nothing but I don't have a stylized "O" resistol and have wanted one. Seems a bulk custom (so likely just the special band) I'd probably say maybe early 50s, maybe late 40s or mid-50s. Uncertain if there is/was plastic on the...

Thank you! I've been hesitant to do much more than dry brush and sponge, not wanting to potentially make it worse before I got an outside opinion. I'll give it a good steam and brush and see how it settles once dry.

Hey yall, long long long time listener (like, I've been coming here for the experience & expertise since the 00s) but a first time caller. I've done my usual searching about to try to find an answer to this question, but I am fairly certain I either have the wrong search terms or it isn't a...