Bandera Hats, Fort Worth, Texas

Here is a little info DH.



And the article I screenshotted it from.

http://digital.360westmagazine.com/...view":"articleBrowser","article_id":"288415"}

 

Some info...

1963: Note Bandera Hats address.



Same as Hatters in 1954.



1963:



2013:


http://hattershats.com/ABOUTUS.htm

995 Halbert Drive
Newark, TX 76071

@Hagwood posted this recently:

http://www.fortworthbusiness.com/ne...cle_58e94b16-0063-11e8-8758-73b6c4e969d3.html

1006 Jennings (across from the old high school) nowadays:

 

The 1963 text snip mentioned that they made / distributed Bandera and Donhoy hats.

 

Brent:
Interesting observation maybe, but the size tag is reminiscent of Stetson.
Not sure that means anything but interesting i think.
B

 

As Hagwood posted, there is not much at 1006 Jennings, Fort Worth, today. It seems fairly obvious that the original building is gone or seriously remodeled. That address is now considered to be in the Medical District of Fort Worth, however, it is one of the "older" parts of town and not very far from the Justin Boot factory and also the Dickies factory. It is certainly reasonable to think that a hat manufacturer, however small, would choose that area for their business in the 1940's-60's time frame.

I sent a note to Peters Brothers, also in downtown Fort Worth. We'll see if they have any insight into the old Bandera Hat Co.

 

I have a Bandera 100. The felt is nice, but not at the level of my other One Hundreds. The sweat says One Hundred, but I don't know if it means it cost $100, or it was 100% Beaver.

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^^^Hey....Top Ten Hundreds Max!!
B

 

This is my first post. A search on Bandera hats brought me here. I was given my wife's grandfather's Bandera hat. He was from Fort Worth and had this custom made for him. I've enjoyed wearing it often.

 

I actually happen to still be working on a Bandera, thanks to Suited Cowboy. Mine, I believe, is either late '50s - early '60s. Despite some fading and showing its age, the felt is some of the best I handled. It started out as a too small 7 1/8 OR style hat with a nice aged and worn look. I blocked it up to a 7 1/4 and I'm converting it to a Stratish thin ribbon. All I have left to finish is to sew the ends of the brim binding together and sew it to the hat. Also, I have to sew on the thin ribbon and bow work as well. Mine is a 5X Beaver 20





Before:


On the block:


Brim trimmed to 2 5/8


Brim binding ready to be sewn together and then sewn to the hat, as well as the ribbon and bow work needing to be sewn on. Almost there:

 

Just got the ends of my brim binding sewn together and put on my Bandera. I'll be sewing basting stitches to hold it in place while I sew on the permanent stitches....notice how much this hat has faded over the years. The darker color where the ribbon was is the original color of the hat.

 

The Bandera is looking great!

 

Thank you buddy, and thanks again for the hat! I really like this felt!

 

Brent gifted me this Bandera. It was in rough shape with many moth nibbles & stains...but the nibbles were mostly shallow. Cleaned, reblocked/reflanged and sanded out the nibbles. It turned out so nice my wife claimed it. I really like the onion skin type liner between the felt & sweat that blocks the perspiration from staining the felt.