Western, anyone?

[Hurricane Jack]

I found the old pics.

Looks good on you Jeff! The side profile looks great. Thanks for digging the pics out. For me I always roll with less fender; just my preference.

 

[AlexTheApache]

I tried the Staker Gus Buckaroo crease but my hat is blocked too straight & it didn't look right. The Gus Buckaroo takes more roundness.

I next tried this crease that Jaxon does but I put a mule kick in the back to take away some of the roundness & height. I'm really not a fan of the mule kick & if I end up using one it will be smaller than shown. Compare this idea to the Jaxon pic above. These creases are all done dry so I would get better definition with steam.

Then I tried this vintage crease from above. Can't remember but the hat above may belong to Vic. Hard to keep the dents in & the slope closed down narrow without using steam. I would raise the dents to try & take out the taper.

In either case I would probably go with a hatband in the 1-1/4" - 1-1/2" range which will eat up some of the height.

What do you guys think? I welcome your opinions.

I agree with your idea to use a wider hat band. I know for myself I usually do shapes that work well with lower crowns between 5-5.5" so when I do a minnick or a Canadian the band eats up some of the heighth and it makes it suitable for me. Maybe try putting a band on it then decide on a shape.


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[eric feinblatt]

For the Dry Gulch in Tanbark I'm considering a crease something like below. Only thing is it leaves a large rounded area in the back of the crown & so they usually put in a mule kick. I'm normally not a big fan of mule kicks.

Thinking of having this hatband beaded for it.

For the black Outlaw I'm considering something along the lines of these but I'm not sure I want to end up with a crown that tall. I think I would rather come up with a crease option to sink some of that crown.

What do you think?

Well, I do love the look of the Woomera above. It's kind of how I wear mine, but without the sides pushed in. Just got a new one and I'm playing around with it, but I keep coming back to the same ole bash - just push the front down as far as it can go - as long as your head still fits inside - and leave it be. It's a real iconic Aussie outback hat where there's not much fussing around, just work the hat to death.

 

[eric feinblatt]

I found the old pics. All in all it was a much better hat in its original form, but after a haircut, I shave, and some weight loss for me, the hat just dwarfed me. I think you would wear the crease well if you wanted to.

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[eric feinblatt]

Thumbs up for the profile pic. That hat looks great!

 

[Bamaboots]

This is for HJ. I know he's been considering something similar for one of his westerns. I watched a bit of "The Undefeated" last night and the Duke was wearing this.

 

[Steve27752]

I can always lay the rake angle down a little.

These are both by Staker & I think these hats are beautiful.

https://www.stakerhats.com/

Beautiful hats. What style and colours are they?

 

[Hurricane Jack]

This is for HJ. I know he's been considering something similar for one of his westerns. I watched a bit of "The Undefeated" last night and the Duke was wearing this.
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Been a while since I watched that movie. Thanks BB!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Beautiful hats. What style and colours are they?

Not sure if you are thinking these hats are mine or not, but they aren't. I just used them as examples of creases I like. All info on style & colors can be found at Staker's website.

 

[Michael R.]

HJ , Ben Johnson wore a Center Fire crease in a few movies , just like The Duke .

Here's one ... (maybe) ... (hard to tell) ...

From The 3 Godfathers (1948)

And The Wagon Master (1950)

Looks like the same outfit in both movies .

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Ridin' for the Rand brand today.

 

[RJR]

Ridin' for the Rand brand today.

Nice shape,love the beaded band.

 

[totallyfrozen]

Ridin' for the Rand brand today.

Oh man! Nice! I always liked the Gus crown. I'd love to wear one but I think the crowns are a bit too tall looking for me. My face shape is a cross between a diamond and an oval. Those gus crowns seem to look better on round faces and square faces to me. I'd be afraid it would make my face look 10 feet tall. Otherwise, I really love that style.
My father-in-law has one. His pumpkin is rather round so that crown looks decent on him.


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[Joao Encarnado]

Ridin' for the Rand brand today.

Nice tall crown and beaded hatband.

 

[BobHufford]

Ridin' for the Rand brand today.

Love that one!

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Another Resistol Stagecoach.

 

[Desert dog]

Another Resistol Stagecoach.

Really nice color and crease. Is that also an original band?

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Really nice color and crease. Is that also an original band?

Thank you. Yes it is. I think it goes well with the color of the hat.
The crease is not mine but I like it so I'll leave it. I'm only going to lower the fenders a bit.

 

[RJR]

Another Resistol Stagecoach.

I like that color.

 

[Latigo]

Been pretty busy lately but I did manage a drive out to the Davis place to get my latest hat rebuilt. I had posted this in the "post new hats" thread and I think most of you have seen it already. It's a beaver Brand pure beaver with a 3 1/2 inch brim.

The sweat was OK but the reed was shot and it did fall apart when George took it out. Well we ended up replacing the reed and the sweat and re-blocked it to the proper size. The best part was that George custom fitted it to my head. Took a couple of tries...I've got a LO head with bumps! Man that hat was pretty warm fresh out of the press! But it now fits like a glove.

I spent a couple of hours there and it was great... We talked about hats horses and hay. A little of the past when George had the shop in town and my Dad got his hats done there.

I left it open crown for now till I decide what crease to give it...and the liner is not attached just yet. I'm going to see if I can clean it up a little more.

OK....What crease would you give it....?

Latigo