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BUCKAROO BONANZA! - The Hats that Major Mike Moore Makes

56FordGuy

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I'm very excited to be able to contribute to this thread now. I had the opportunity to go down and see Mr. Moore today, and had an excellent experience. I'm pretty new to hats, having never owned more than a ball cap until about a month ago when I bought a Stetson in a local tack store. It fit okay, but it really wasn't right. I concluded that a properly built, custom fitted hat would be the way to go, so I contacted Mike and made the drive down today. It was about a 3.5 hour one way drive, and was completely worth it.

Mike and the folks at the shop are top notch. I carried my Stetson with me, hoping perhaps he could make it fit a little better. They resized it, because it turns out I'm a long oval. The brim and crease were modified slightly, and the band was replaced. The hat fits and looks much better now than I thought it ever could. That was just the tip of the iceberg, though. They spent quite a bit of time with me discussing different options for my custom hat, and it turned out that there was a hat on the rack in the right size and the color I decided on. I wish I had taken more pictures, really. It's normal for them I'm sure, but I thought it was pretty cool to see how the round dome and circular brim were steamed, blocked, sized, creased, and otherwise turned into the hat I was looking for.

The first hat here is the custom hat I got today. Unfortunately, the picture seems to make the brim look flatter than it really is.
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This is my Stetson, after they worked on it.
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Overall, I'm very happy with both hats. I may putz around with the bands a bit, but we'll have to see. I've already been thinking about another hat. :lol: I'm not sure what else I could want at this point, but I know when I decide it will come from Mike. :clap:
 

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Those two hats look fantastic! Congrats!

I really like the colors on that Buckaroo custom you've got there, 56FordGuy. Very classy light-colored hat.


Looking forward to FFIV!
 
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56FordGuy

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Thanks, y'all. I put the slightly wider horsehair band off the custom hat onto the Stetson, I think I like that better. I also have a pretty good idea what I want for my next hat, but I'm going to give that some time and try to iron out the details a bit better. :)
 

1961MJS

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Hi

I got around to taking a few pictures of my Roughrider hat that Mike Moore built last year.

Quarter View:
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Front View:
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Side View:
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I stretched it out a little since it was getting a little tight. This is my Summer go-to dress hat.

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1961MJS

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The hat and bow are both copies of the hat that Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders wore at Kettle Hill. The colors are wrong for a rough rider hat, but it looks great. The ribbon is a light copper. I love it.

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That hat looks great! I think I remember seeing it in the Buckaroo Hatters photo collection on Facebook. It's nice to finally get a noggin shot. Love the ribbon and especially the color combo :eusa_clap.

Here's the photo from the website. I'm pretty sure it's the same:

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1961MJS

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That hat looks great! I think I remember seeing it in the Buckaroo Hatters photo collection on Facebook. It's nice to finally get a noggin shot. Love the ribbon and especially the color combo :eusa_clap.

Here's the photo from the website. I'm pretty sure it's the same:

Hi Alex

That's the hat. I got it stretched back to my head size, apparently it shrunk a bit over the winter.

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Thunderball

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This is my Fedora Fest IV hat. It is the work of 2 master hatters. The bow was made by Mr. Art Fawcett and the hat was made by Major Mike Moore. A crossbreed. 100% beaver, 2-5/8" brim, center dent, the color is camel and the open crown height is about 6".
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