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Western, anyone?

Monte

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Nice one Renault. You could be from a different time.

I'm on and off the lounge in cycles and I remembered that I had a very old, no-name western which I haven't shown yet. It had some scattered remnants of a sweatband with very tiny stitches, a dark ring where the medium ribbon used to be, and nothing else. Therefore, I took the hat and a spare sweatband to a sewing service I use for alterations. They called me in later to pick it up. Not only did they do a great job, but they only charged me $12!

The color is a warm beige. The felt is the most flexible and thin that I've handled, but seems to be holding the pencil curl just fine. The crown has a cattlemen's crease but I may change it? It's a little too tapered for my tastes.
At any rate, it seems very old to my eye and I have a feeling it's '40s or older so here it is alongside a '50s OR to give some idea of scale.
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Me with a t-shirt and cowboy hat, no less:
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Monte

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I probably won't be posting any pics of her but,..........we just had a baby girl! She is healthy and cute as well. Maybe she'll put her own pics up someday if she's a hat wearer.
 

frussell

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Renault- great hat, and great location. The article and Bastrop area bring back lots of good memories of the first half of my life. We had a small ranch between LaGrange and Schulenburg. Can't beat the Texas Hill Country. Frank
 

Joao Encarnado

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Well I hadn't bough a new hat in close to 3 years so I decided to treat myself today to a belated birthday present. Resistol "Top Hand" Showdown in Stone. I call this my "Joao Brim" model at 4 1/2"!
Nice! Big brim, big crown!

Me with a t-shirt and cowboy hat, no less:
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Another big crown! I think cattleman crease is not a crease for big crowns so I probably would change it.
 
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Congrats Monte. I like that Western you're wearing. Very vintage looking.
I found that a tapered brim seems to do best with the cattleman or Alpine crease. That hat would also look good with a "Tom Horn" or "gus" crease.
 
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bowlerman

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I wore this last night in my garage. Rarely goes beyond my property. Stetson austral with a Boswell pipe. Just decompressing.



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bowlerman

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Thank you, gentlemen. I think I'm too short to wear it out-- makes me look like the letter T ! ;)
Joao, thAt new stagecoach is sha-arp!

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