What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[Darrell2688]

The hatband is deffinately nice looking on that Gus style hat, I was trying to imagine that hat style with a rattlesnake hat band. I like the way the crown crease gets wider toward the back, I thought that the Gus crown crease was a bit tighter. A nice wide hat band really looks good.

 

[hatsRme]

View attachment 784489

Charlie, where I live you can drink on the front porch but you can’t shoot wild turkeys.

Same here, Jack, except now people can also smoke on the porch, too. I can’t step out of my house without sniffing the smell of burning weed. At least I think that’s what it is…

 

[Hurricane Jack]

That is one slick looking Gus!

I have always been curious about how the crown & brim were shaped on a Gus style hat. Beautifully shaped Gus style hat.

very cool - is it my imagination or that Gus a little more chill than the ones I’m used to seeing?

I like the way the crown crease gets wider toward the back, I thought that the Gus crown crease was a bit tighter.

Thank you guys. This O’Farrell was made in ~1989-1990 in Kevin’s shop in Durango & was blocked & shaped as a Rancher. It’s all natural beaver. I’m a technical guy & study a lot of blocking. It’s not a Gus but most people don’t know the difference. If you have a Western block that has some taper in it, one way to minimize the taper is to stand the sides up more by widening or opening up the back of the crease & drawing the crease in & narrower as it comes forward (think lightbulb shaped). It’s closest to what Ritch Rand called a Tom Horn. It’s the same principle as when you put a diamond crease in a fedora & it makes the hat fit wider on your head. I brought the bumpers down on the sides & had the hatband made by a beader.

The lightbulb shaped as in the crease.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I can’t step out of my house without sniffing the smell of burning weed.

Charlie, fire up a charcoal grill or little hibachi & throw on a piece of pork fat to sizzle, smoke & mask the other smell. Guaranteed to make you hungry.

We had a rental house once & some tenants cooked with a lot of curry. It took a while to get that smell out of the house.

 

[Judgmentalist]

Charlie, fire up a charcoal grill or little hibachi & throw on a piece of pork fat to sizzle, smoke & mask the other smell. Guaranteed to make you hungry.

We had a rental house once & some tenants cooked with a lot of curry. It took a while to get that smell out of the house.

I love Indian food, but you know where it’s been

 

[alanfgag]

Happy May Day. I tried to post these pictures yesterday but the site seemed unreachable. Are we having those days frequently again?

 

[jeffgarf]

Happy May Day. I tried to post these pictures yesterday but the site seemed unreachable. Are we having those days frequently again?


View attachment 784527


View attachment 784529


View attachment 784530


View attachment 784528

I was wondering if we'd see these here, as we had elsewhere. Yes, the site is very glitchy yet again

 

[Darrell2688]

Thank you guys. This O’Farrell was made in ~1989-1990 in Kevin’s shop in Durango & was blocked & shaped as a Rancher. It’s all natural beaver. I’m a technical guy & study a lot of blocking. It’s not a Gus but most people don’t know the difference. If you have a Western block that has some taper in it, one way to minimize the taper is to stand the sides up more by widening or opening up the back of the crease & drawing the crease in & narrower as it comes forward (think lightbulb shaped). It’s closest to what Ritch Rand called a Tom Horn. It’s the same principle as when you put a diamond crease in a fedora & it makes the hat fit wider on your head. I brought the bumpers down on the sides & had the hatband made by a beader.

View attachment 784511

The lightbulb shaped as in the crease.

View attachment 784509

I do like that hat band, you had me there, that bead work is really some nice work, I was looking close at the hat band wondering how you made the hat band.

 

[Darrell2688]

Same here, Jack, except now people can also smoke on the porch, too. I can’t step out of my house without sniffing the smell of burning weed. At least I think that’s what it is…

That seems to be the same problem in Ohio.

 

[VoodooSan]

Happy May Day. I tried to post these pictures yesterday but the site seemed unreachable. Are we having those days frequently again?


View attachment 784527


View attachment 784529


View attachment 784530


View attachment 784528

Amaaaaaaaaazing hat, Alan!!!!!!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I do like that hat band, you had me there, that bead work is really some nice work, I was looking close at the hat band wondering how you made the hat band.

I chose the pattern from the beaded hatband of the last Chief Rolling Thunder, & chose the colors to be complimentary with natural beaver.

 

[RickP]

Yesterdays rain is finally over. Chilled off a bit. One of the Banjo Patersons keeping the head warm this morning

 

[Edward]

Yesterday was an out of the house day, and a hot one. Into town for a meeting with one of my PhD supervisees, then extended planning meeting with other members of a new Institute at work that's taking off. An Akubra Capricorn sort of day - alas, no photos. Today is a lazy Saturday, bits and pieces of errands all within ten minutes' walk from the house. I'm slobbing about in OD denim battledress pants, so this 1942-spec Daisy Mae was grabbed on the way out the door. in truth, it was *almost* the olive hemp Stratoliner, but the brown trim on that paired with the black braces and boots I already had on woulda made me twitchy.

I 'discovered' Daisy Maes only a couple of years ago, but they get regular wear on really lazy Summer days now. I have a brown M1917 from WPG, a blue denim and a green camo both from Bronson, and this olive green one from Soldier of Fortune. Wearing them is of course a lot like the later era boonie hats that were my standard Summer option a quarter of a century ago. It took me longer to warm to this olive one for some reason, but now I have I'm oddly tempted by the slightly more structured Saigon Cowboy hat WPG do. That's a good chunk outside my normal period of interest, but I feel it calling me and I suspect this Summer I might weaken and succumb.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Stetson 3X from my red liner collection.

 

[Bart86]

Wearing an Art Fawcett at the track today

 

[mayserwegener]

J. Hückel´s Söhne Velour, possibly early 1930s. This light Green Gray Velour came from a Czech seller. The paper label is missing the Velour Quality designation. Also the Liner was missing which I replaced with one I received from Optimo Chicago. It's a bit worn but I do like the look of it. I found this Velour back in 2013 and I believe that was the last time I posted it here.

J. Hückel´s Söhne Store Display, probably 1930s. It came from an old Milwaukee, Wisconsin store. I found this Display back in 2014.

 

[RickP]

Another chilly damp morning here in east texas . A little grey 5x Beaver Brand up top today.

The cool convinced me it was a good day for biscuits and gravy... As a related note, Mr Bear now has ANOTHER favorite food . We already have a "hats and drinks" section... maybe we should have a dedicated "hats and food" one too lol

 

[carouselvic]

Panama

 

[jskeen]

Brand new to me, just picked it up from the wild day before yesterday. Have been fondling it gently and marveling at having actually found one in my size for the last 48 hours.

 

[jeffgarf]

This weekend, I went with a Cervo I bought from a Hollywood fashion editor. I had to cut the brim down slightly back when I bought it, but it works well for me at this size.