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    Any Resistol Western experts?

    You should see what goes on here in Austin with the cowboy hats and the Goodwill stores. For some reason, the Goodwill folks regard western hats with deep disdain. If you find a western hat there and you offer to buy it, they act as though you've just offered to remove a bucket full of baby poop...
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    Any Resistol Western experts?

    The best western hat store in America is eBay, and it's also "Resistol Central." As long as you can make sure the size is correct, the sweatband is intact and the hat isn't riddled with moth holes, you're good to go. Back in the Urban Cowboy days, Resistol went into manufacturing hyperspace and...
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    Any Resistol Western experts?

    You can tell by the price. Your hat is most likely pure rabbit. 4 beaver Resistols are very nice quality hats.
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    How to remove odors from a hat?

    Stick the hat in a big box, fill it with crushed newspaper, put the lid on it and let it sit for a week. This method also de-stinks books.
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    Open Road questions ??

    I've never seen an Open Road that could be easily reblocked into a fedora, even the old ones--there's always the ghost of the old block trying to reappear. Seems like the best bet is to simply have someone like Art make a custom version and have it blocked to your taste when it's being made. I...
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    Western, anyone?

    "Does an Akubra 3" brim qualify as Western? Or should I put it up in the Open Road brotherhood?" Hell, just put it on top of you head!
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    Adding stiffener to a straw hat

    Have you tried simply wetting the hat and shaping it as it dries? I've done it to a lot of straw hats. I just finished doing it to an old western-style Panama "Equador) hat, and it behaved nicely. You can dry it very gently with a a hair drier if you're in a hurry.
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    Shaping a sisal hat

    Just wet the hat down and reshape it as it dries.
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    Why my interrest in western hats

    flylot74, that's a nice hat you've got there, but you know what? I think you'd look better in a western hat with a taller crown. When I look at the full-on face shot you posted, I notice the wide oval shape of your face, and that oval seems truncated by the shallowness of the top arc. And...
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    unclevern's $1.99 hat collection

    Been saving these up for a while. I've discovered that the local Goodwill stores hold most hats in high disregard. Each of these lids cost $1.99 at the Goodwill--a few lower-end panamas, Resistols, Stetsons and a host of other cheapos. I'm a garden designer, and I spend most of my time outdoors...
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    Dating a Vintage Western (Cowboy) hat

    I agree with Major Moore. It's nice to have the vintage westerns, but in truth, there are lots of worthy newer cowboy hats floating around. Early 80's Resistols would be good examples, and then there are the hat makers like Major Moore himself, who can give you the look you want. I never let...
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    The Whistle Special

    I was walking across a parking lot in Austin the other day when a skinny old Texan walked by wearing a very cool old cowboy hat, wide-brimmed and low-crowned, with a generous ribbon and a bound edge. I said "Nice hat ya' got there." He shot back "Ya' like it? Gimme ten bucks and it's yours." So...
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    Water and sweat stains

    It works if the water isn't too alkaline, and if the stains aren't too deep. I've actually seen water leave a stain after I gently wet a ribbon. Also, if the stains are in the hat body as well as the ribbon, water might not be the answer.
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    Water and sweat stains

    Mildew is caused by dampness, an by extension, darkness. Damp and dark is bad, dry and bright is good. I used to buy and sell vintage saxophones. Invariably, many of the cases would be infested with mildew. Old violin cases can present the same problem. We used to call that odor "Gator Breath,"...
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    Water and sweat stains

    Actually, I've switched to Dr. Scholl's Original Foot Powder, which is a mix of talcum and and a small amount of Salicylic Acid, which helps to brighten and refresh without any negative results.
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    Water and sweat stains

    Just sprinkle a little talcum powder on the stains, brush it in gently, and let it sit a while. Should brush out nice and clean. Rubbing alcohol will also work, especially with the stubborn spots.
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    Hello from Boston

    Nawlins? You must have done some shopping at Meyer the Hatter's.
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    Moth bites

    You can screw around with needles and brushes and often improve the look of the hat, but ceaseless fiddling with hat details eventually wore me out. I have a lot of them, and some of the nicest ones have moth holes. I no longer obsess over small flaws. And, I'm fairly certain that hat makers...
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    Hat stores in Austin, TX?

    There are no real hat shops in Austin, just small stores selling lots of funky wool fedoras and homburgs, and there are certainly no full-service hatters. Texas Hatters, in Lockhart make very nice westerns, but I'm not sure if they fool with dress hats. There's an old guy in a dry cleaner's shop...
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    Sombrero ?

    Don't I wish? It's in a museum--I don't remember which. I found the photo on the web a few years ago. I have an old friend here in Austin, a Mexican artist raised in Mexico City, who remembers that as late as the 1960's, Mexican Revolution-era sombreros where a dime a dozen. No more. Last year...

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