HAT ADORNMENTS: ribbons, bows, pins, pugs, leather, etc.

[davidg]

What sort of pin back is on these?

 

[WesternHatWearer]

Does anyone have any special or one of a kind hat bands that go well with westerns. Hat bands that I am familiar with are self band, rattle snake band (Mouth and rattle), horse hair and stampede strings. I have also seen some hats with ribbons as the hat band. If you have any others, would you mind sharing?

 

[gtdean48]

Art Fawcett had some very simple leather hatbands on his Journeyman & Hitchhiker modes that I like...
I've bought some others of ebay & at local hat shops...made a few myself too

 

[Bob Roberts]

Art Fawcett had some very simple leather hatbands on his Journeyman & Hitchhiker modes that I like...
I've bought some others of ebay & at local hat shops...made a few myself too

There's that nice bash again...

 

[T Jones]

Does anyone have any special or one of a kind hat bands that go well with westerns. Hat bands that I am familiar with are self band, rattle snake band (Mouth and rattle), horse hair and stampede strings. I have also seen some hats with ribbons as the hat band. If you have any others, would you mind sharing?

For Westerns, as far as ribbons go, I prefer plain thin ribbons and also ply ribbons from thin to no wider than a mid-ribbon, keeping the work clean and simple. Here's a couple of Stagecoaches that I reblocked and put new ribbons on.

This one's a thin ribbon with a Campaign style bow...I also like tall crowns with Center Dents on my Westerns

This one has a 6 ply mid-ribbon with a traditional bow...(on ribbons like this I like to keep the bow work simple)

...and I also like a traditional Double Bows on my fedoras, again, keeping the bow work clean and simple

Stetson Nutria conversion

Resistol conversion,

 

[RJR]

Really nice ribbon work,TJ.

 

[splintercellsz]

Terry, that conversion is outstanding!

 

[T Jones]

RJR, Justin, thanks guys. I appreciate the comments.

 

[WesternHatWearer]

GTDean and T. Jones, all these/ those hats look very nice. As for ribbons on westerns I prefer the tails to have a bit of length, similar to one TJ posted.

I do not currently own any westerns with ribbon work but I am checking them out when I come across them. All of the felt hats I own have self bands. The one straw I own has a leather band.

Perhaps, if I stumble across a nice and eye catching hat band I may switch things up.

 

[T Jones]

GTDean and T. Jones, all these/ those hats look very nice. As for ribbons on westerns I prefer the tails to have a bit of length, similar to one TJ posted.

I do not currently own any westerns with ribbon work but I am checking them out when I come across them. All of the felt hats I own have self bands. The one straw I own has a leather band.

Perhaps, if I stumble across a nice and eye catching hat band I may switch things up.

There's a lot of nice choices out there for Western hat bands. For this unknown Western I'm working now I think I'm going to go with this 3 ply ribbon and a simple knot, which is also common on Westerns...All I have to do is trim the tails a little and then sew it on. My thanks to DOGMAN for the ribbon

 

[gtdean48]

I have a hat hook with ribbon, leather, felt & leather bands that get slipped on & off lids as mood strikes. Keep SWMBO off balance on whether I got a new hat or just another band or both!

 

[T Jones]

Decisions, decisions...sometimes it's better to have fewer choices than to have many choices...Here's a leather hat band with conches that John Galt gave me. Also goes very well with Westerns. Like gt dean suggested, buy a few leather ones and change up the look every now and then...

 

[WesternHatWearer]

I can look at leather hat bands tomorrow. I will have sometime to take a look at them. Perhaps I may walk away with something new to try out.

 

[bowlerman]

This pin has been waiting for the perfect hat to ride along. Major Moore made just the one!

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[Frunobulax]

Kewl, Bowlerman. That's the new Whiskey Bowler, right?

 

[bowlerman]

Yessir.

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[Short Balding Guy]

Yessir.

Sharp bowler. The felt has an eye attractive appeal. I do like the texture and shape. You wear it well.

Eric -

 

[Strapped-4-Cache]

Got these Stratoliner pins Wednesday evening. Just waiting for a real Stratoliner to arrive next week. Then I'll need to decide which pin to put on it.

 

[ingineer]

Family tradition, Royal Coachman fly :

 

[RBH]

Here is my new ''Sheriff'' pin I just received from Moon.
I placed it on my 2 5/8 brim Silverbelly Campdraft.