Hi Guys,
Newbie here. I searched around this site and didn't see anything obvious, so bear with me. I picked up a fairly new Stetson western hat for real cheap to knock around in and I need to replace the sweatband, as most of it is missing. From what I've read online and in here, getting a genuine Stetson sweatband online to install won't happen, so I need to bring it to a Stetson dealer (of which there are none around) or replace it with a generic. The generic is a fine option, as I'm not concerned about long-term value or such.......it's going to be a work hat. But I would like to know what I'm starting out with, just to make sure I'm not messing with something worth preserving. I tried to find the same hat band online, but after looking at hundreds of pics I've come up empty. With the hat identifiers (4x, 6x, beaver, wool, etc)
missing from the old sweatband all I could find was the inspection tag, the size tag and the thin white paper inventory tag glued to the hat behind the sweatband. I've attached pics, but in case they're not legible it reads " -4- 610 K70952 7-1/8 R ". Can someone point me to the decoder ring for this info? It's much appreciated.
regards,
bob
Newbie here. I searched around this site and didn't see anything obvious, so bear with me. I picked up a fairly new Stetson western hat for real cheap to knock around in and I need to replace the sweatband, as most of it is missing. From what I've read online and in here, getting a genuine Stetson sweatband online to install won't happen, so I need to bring it to a Stetson dealer (of which there are none around) or replace it with a generic. The generic is a fine option, as I'm not concerned about long-term value or such.......it's going to be a work hat. But I would like to know what I'm starting out with, just to make sure I'm not messing with something worth preserving. I tried to find the same hat band online, but after looking at hundreds of pics I've come up empty. With the hat identifiers (4x, 6x, beaver, wool, etc)
regards,
bob