Thanks, Bob. A lot of these hats have turned up over the last four years or so and most are covered up with pins. I looked at one in my size that the seller said held over 80 pins. Can't imagine what it weighed. I lucked out as mine held only 4 pins and two of them were the Saddle & Sirloin...
Thanks, Cuz. I read a story that during the conception of the Polo Western line, Ralph and members of his team spent a great deal of time in the West visiting western retail stores and vintage shops working on ideas. I was really struck by the similarities with the H bar C and the earlier...
Thanks, Ross. I'm glad that I haven't had the need for their Tailored Clothing offerings anymore but I've come close to buying some pieces 'just because'. I've long admired what you've shared here. It was the workwear I first saw when I became aware of RRL and then the western stuff followed...
Ralph has been involved in the western wear line for some time. He seems to always have had western shirts in his lineup and in 1979 he launched Polo Western that carried a complete lineup from hats to boots and all things in between. I have a pair of boots from that line that I believe were...
In the eBay thread there was a discussion about the Stetson Mode Edge and a question was raised about a Silverbelly ME. I posted one example of a Sovereign Twenty. In the true color sense I guess it’s really more of a light beige and without a Stetson color chart, i tend to shovel anything close...
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