Western, anyone?

[jwalls]

Here she is fellows, 7" brim. I suspect I maybe the only custom hatter doing these now.

 

[zetwal]

Here she is fellows, 7" brim. I suspect I maybe the only custom hatter doing these now.

Whoa!

 

[1961MJS]

Here she is fellows, 7" brim. I suspect I maybe the only custom hatter doing these now.

Hi Mr. Walls. I suspect that there's a VERY good reason you're the only custom hatter doing those. I'm betting that there isn't a lot of call for a hat that wide. My 4 inch hats seem wide to me after wearing a fedora. Do you have any noggin shots of any of those huge hats?

Good job!

 

[jwalls]

This hat is made with an old sombrero body. I still have a few in silverbelly, black and green. Bodies are very heavy and stiff. When they are gone I don't expect to be able to get more.

 

[hatophile]

Dang! Now that's a hat!

 

[frussell]

Could you make one with the same crown but with the traditional sombrero brim shape, in a 7 7/8? I may have found my next Christmas present. Frank

 

[minkowski1552]

Very nice sombrero!

 

[jwalls]

The TEXAS TORPEDO

 

[hatophile]

Ay caramba!

 

[Cicero]

Wow great hat.
Love to see the hat whit a large "Gus" crease.

 

[zetwal]

The TEXAS TORPEDO

Reminds me of this one,

 

[randooch]

This gent could utilize such a lid:

 

[suitedcboy]

I knew somebody was gonna play the conehead card..................

 

[vintage68]

The TEXAS TORPEDO

If it came in yellow it would be a great hat for a Curious George costume, perfect for the Man in the Yellow Hat!

 

[johnnycanuck]

Rodeo is in town so it's Stetson time

Johnny

 

[barrowjh]

SO 'Swiss Hoodie' DTD Cutter

I put several pictures over in the Shady Oak Hat thread about my latest acquisition; very likely the softest, sweetest beaver I have ever touched.

 

[007]

The second hat is my recently completed custom from Buckaroo Hatters. 100% Beaver, steel grey felt in Major Moore's "mountain man" style (though a slightly higher crown than the norm for that style), with a one-of-a-kind bead-and-quill hatband that I found lying around the shop. 3.75'' brim with a slight curl to the brim, and a rounded-off 5'' crown. Wish I could get better shots, but the weather here's been cloudy and wet all week.

Did the Major curl the brim by hand on this one? I've been looking for a hat form so I could shape some of my hats like that

 

[RBH]

Did the Major curl the brim by hand on this one? I've been looking for a hat form so I could shape some of my hats like that

Yes Mike uses curling shackles like these.

 

[007]

Thanks for the quick reply, RBH

 

[Neophyte]

You know, after all this time I still can't get a decent pic of me wearing the hat. It's width makes for a lot of distortion when using an iphone camera. lol