Beater Brotherhood

[The Mick]

my old leather western

 

[gtdean48]

Spiffed up Beater by Optimo...

I landed this Royal Deluxe Stetson Open Road out of the 'Bay because it was my size & a Royal Deluxe OR at a decent BIN price. It was a bit rougher than I expected but still good felt. Here it is on my noggin...

The reed in sweat was worn thru & not comfortable to wear, so I decide to send to Chicago for an Optimo renovation. They were out of the color ribbon for the binding & the band & suggested a silver color. I decided to go darker since I had seen a Buckaroo hat rigged that way. I had new liner installed but not completely please at how the cleaning seems to have taken down the felt nap on the brim...

 

[High Pockets]

Here's my old moth eaten beater:

Dobbs Westward, I just got today!
Cleaned it up a bit, re-bashed it, the sweat's in great shape, I have no idea how old the thing is, but it's exactly what I was looking for. Something I can mow the yard and clean out the garage in!

I love it and can't wait to add some more character to it.

And the ugly mug shot;

It's about the same shape and color of my "Silverbelly" Campdraft but a much better hat! Smoother and stiffer felt.

 

[tonyb]

It's about the same shape and color of my "Silverbelly" Campdraft but a much better hat! Smoother and stiffer felt.

Ain't it amazin' how different one "silverbelly" is from another? Some are a warm, tannish color, while others are way bluer. I don't know which (if any) of those colors might be truer to the "original" silverbelly, or even if anyone can make a good case for theirs being the original.

Got a couple of Dobbs Westwards myself. One is a pretty nice hat, And the other, well, not so much. I'll likely sell it. Cheap. Sooner or later. Probably later.

Cool spectacles, by the way.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Most of these are waayyyy too nice, fellas.

Can't believe I missed this one last month.

Good eye, Marc. Those Eagles are cool hats, no? The Vita-Felt, however, tends to wear thin at the top pinch. Gotta' be careful with mine now.

Very funny crack about "early days of HPG" causing that Frankenstein damage to Dean's hat. lol :eusa_clap

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

OK, so here's a pile of hats I have and continue to put through hell on hiking trails and during handyman chores here in the sweaty South.

Akubra Snowy River:

Beaver Brand:

Broner wool Outback:

Dobbs Westward:

Kangaroo leather:

Milano western straw:

Minnetonka Outback:

"One Dollar Western":

more to follow....

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

cont'd

An old no-name panama after wet-sawing pavers:

Old Stetson No.1 Quality:

Stetson Gun Club:

Royal DeLuxe Stetson:

Old Supernatural:

 

[Ephraim Tutt]

Hell yeah Gene!! (Just tell me you didn't take all those on the one day!?)

Take THAT all you city boys who worry whether your hat will handle a little bit of rain. Gene's just shown you what a felt hat is made for!

PUNISHMENT!

 

[Michaelshane]

Gene....You're the beater king....And about those gloves ?You need to put GLOVES on the top of you're Christmas list.

 

[Mr. Paladin]

Gene....You're the beater king....And about those gloves ?You need to put GLOVES on the top of you're Christmas list.

:cheers1: I'll drink to that!

 

[gtdean48]

Experienced paddler on that creek!

I want one of those shirts! Been there, Done that!! lol :eusa_clap lol :eusa_clap

 

[Feraud]

A generous Lounger recently surprised me with my new favorite beater.
Meet "Lucky".

 

[MCrider]

Beaters Galore!

Wow! HarpPlayerGene you almost have more beaters than I have regular hats! Obviously you're a man who's not afraid to wear a hat like it was meant to be used. Everyday and in everyway.
Congrats sir.

:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

You guys are cool. Yeah, I put these through some paces - and then there's a bunch of them that I really baby. They're all great in their own ways.

 

[CRH]

A generous Lounger recently surprised me with my new favorite beater.
Meet "Lucky".
...

That looks to be a pretty fine hat for a beater!

 

[Hornby]

My first hat post on Fedora and appropriately enough the very first hat i bought...

 

[bolthead]

Key-Ripes.........

A generous Lounger recently surprised me with my new favorite beater.
Meet "Lucky".

Feraud, that thing is 10x nicer then most of my 70+ collection. :eusa_clap

 

[Dinerman]

Same Brent

 

[CRH]

Same Brent

Dinerman I'd swear that you look just like a young Jed Clampett. Way back before he ever put a stray bullet into that oil field .

 

[mannySpaghetti]

Here's my summer beater a Koko-kooler out of St. Louis from the 40's I think.

I've spent a lot of days out in the yard and galavanting around town with this baby. Good 'ole sweat and gravity's making a mark on this straw for sure.

Then there's my wool Stetson Mallory. Though it's not the best of my hats, it is one of my favorites. Unlike my good felts that I baby probably way too much, I don't mind if this one hits the dirt or gets blown down the street, well, 'cause it's wool!