Anyone have a Modern Open Road with the Cattlemans crease?!

[chazwazzle]

Ever since first laying my eyes on this hat I feel in love! I know this might be frowned upon here since I like the cattleman and not the fedora style...but i know i can't be the only one! But since this is going to be my first big hat purchase ever, I like doing my research. I have searched for several pictures but nothing seems to come up but a few of LBJ and Buford Justice. Can anyone snap some pictures all the way around so i can get a good look at how the brim looks and of course other aspects of the hat once its on a head! Also it appears the brim is all up, all the way around...is there a way to bring the sides up more to give it a more traditional cowboy hat look without the front going up with? Thanks for looking and trying to help a hat-less friend out!

 

[job]

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[JTopenroad]

Cattlemans crease

I like the cattlemans crease although I do not have a modern hat. My Open Roads are all vintage. Here are some pics.

I love the Open Road and like variations of the Cattleman. Such a classic look.

 

[Atticus Finch]

Modern Open Road (2005), straight-from-the-box cattleman's crease.

JTopenroad...is that an HD-28 you're holding?

AF

 

[Benzadmiral]

This is moderately vintage (1970s, I'm told):

. . . and I've shaped its brim to be more fedora than Western, but it's cattleman for sure. There's something special about an OR in that style.

 

[Atticus Finch]

By the way...no need to be timid about admitting your love of the cattleman's crease. Many of us here prefer it...or some variation of it. Here are some of my ORs and OR clones. As you can see, about three quarters of them sport a cattleman's crease.

AF

 

[Jedwbpm]

I got a modern open road for Christmas of 2010. I love it here are a few pics of it over the last year.

Hope this helps.

Jeff

 

[chazwazzle]

JTOpenroad! Thats exactly what I wanted! And I love the bluegrass band! Since that's where I plan on wearing mine most of the time!

AF - i'm digging the old plantation vibe! I love that a hat can transform a personality so quickly! And that is quite the collection you have..............one day :eeek:

Jeff - awhile after posting this and about 50 next page clicks I came across your hat and some pictures in another post! And your pictures may be the deciding factor! Thanks!

I wish I could purchase a Vintage hat off ebay, but unfortunately my melon is huge! 7 3/4! I would love to try some on before purchasing but there aren't many stores out here in Montana that stock this size...let alone this hat. So it looks like Country Outfitter will most likely get my business! thanks so much guys!

 

[Atticus Finch]

I wish I could purchase a Vintage hat off ebay, but unfortunately my melon is huge! 7 3/4!

I'm a big head, too. All of the hats in the photo are size 7 3/4 or 7 5/8 Long Oval. All are vintage except my one 2005 OR.

AF

 

[Benzadmiral]

Atticus, I want an OR like your dark brown or your caramel in the front row. Dark brown, cattleman crease, front brim snapped down -- sharp!

 

[Atticus Finch]

Atticus, I want an OR like your dark brown or your caramel in the front row. Dark brown, cattleman crease, front brim snapped down -- sharp!

Only one OR in the front row. From left to right is: Resistol Wide Country; Resistol Waco; Royal Deluxe Open Road; Mallory Dallas.

AF

 

[Atticus Finch]

...and I just noticed this...my Stetson Shantung Straw OR is in the photo. It is not vintage.

AF

 

[DougC]

I've got a 2007 with the cattleman and a more traditional brim shape--sides up and front down...great hat! It is the right size to wear to court and out to the barbeque pit.

 

[Atticus Finch]

I've got a 2007 with the cattleman and a more traditional brim shape--sides up and front down...great hat! It is the right size to wear to court and out to the barbeque pit.

Every time I walk into court wearing a hat, our new bailiff glares at me. Its almost gotten to be a game. I time him to see how long it takes for him to assume his best Buford Pusser look to let me know I have my hat on...again.

AF

 

[JTopenroad]

Modern Open Road (2005), straight-from-the-box cattleman's crease.

JTopenroad...is that an HD-28 you're holding?

AF

Yes it is. HD-28 V 2004

 

[frussell]

I love the look of the Open Road in a cattleman's crease, but found the new version a bit low in the crown for me. I've had better luck putting Campdrafts (silverbelly) in the same crease, with a bit more crown height like the old OR's had. I do have one semi-vintage OR that I've re-shaped dozens of times, but I always seem to come back to the old "LBJ" look, as it suits the hat, which definitely has some wear and "character" to it. Some guys here, like JT and Atticus really pull it off well, and show the style to its fullest advantage. One of my favorites for sure. Frank

 

[Atticus Finch]

JT and Atticus really pull it off well, and show the style to its fullest advantage. One of my favorites for sure. Frank

Big, Open Road Wearin', Martin Guitar Pickin', Old Guys....RULE!!!

AF

 

[Atticus Finch]

Yes it is. HD-28 V 2004

Here's my 2009.

AF

 

[chazwazzle]

Thanks for the pictures guys! I am a new owner of a Stetson Open Road....hopefully i will soon be a wearer of one too! The waiting is the hardest part!

 

[DougC]

Atticus-- should have said "to the couthouse." Obviously, it comes off when I go into the workplace.