Don Williams Lid

[Winston Carter]

I couldn’t have brought myself to sand the hole in the crease, but you did a good job of making it look like the original. Nice work!

Thanks. It's one Silverbelly I own that I won't try and keep clean.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I noticed the Acorn hatband Don wears is somewhere in between Gold and Dirty Yellow. The Acorn band I bought from Miller Hats is Yellow. I might have to drag it through the mud first.

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The band I bought from Miller.

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Yellow & Tan cords were designated for Medical Corps.

 

[RJR]

I couldn’t have brought myself to sand the hole in the crease, but you did a good job of making it look like the original. Nice work!

+1

 

[Winston Carter]

From looking at old pics Don wore different bands over the years from yellow to gold. They all had yellow corn beads. He also wore 3 different colors of hat Silerbelly, Sand, and Pecan although they all had the same shape.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

From just what I remember black braid with gold acorns, & gold braid with gold acorns designated different Officers; yellow & tan with acorns were medical corpsman; orange with orange tassels were designated for company engineers; there are others but that's all I recall from memory.

Perhaps Williams or someone he is honoring in his ancestry served as medical corpsman.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

From looking at old pics Don wore different bands over the years from yellow to gold. They all had yellow corn beads. He also wore 3 different colors of hat Silerbelly, Sand, and Pecan although they all had the same shape.

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Serval law enforcement agencies use the same bands and acorns. The colors are often chosen just to match the hat; although, here in California there is an agency where the officers wear the same gold band/acorns as you have while the supervisors (regardless of rank) wear a different color.

Yours looks good and with age will look even better. Nice job on the hat.


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[Winston Carter]

Serval law enforcement agencies use the same bands and acorns. The colors are often chosen just to match the hat; although, here in California there is an agency where the officers wear the same gold band/acorns as you have while the supervisors (regardless of rank) wear a different color.

Yours looks good and with age will look even better. Nice job on the hat.


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Need to get some oil from my hands in it. That does the trick on Silverbellys. It will look better with age.

 

[Redshoes51]

I noticed the Acorn hatband Don wears is somewhere in between Gold and Dirty Yellow. The Acorn band I bought from Miller Hats is Yellow. I might have to drag it through the mud first.

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The band I bought from Miller.

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Hi there... make a pot of coffee... lay your gold cord in a pan and pour the coffee on it and let it set for a while... a day... over night... it comes out just right...

~shoes~

 

[Art Fawcett]

Got my Don Williams hat done. Started with a 3X Resistol 6" Open Crown. Cut the 4" brim to 3". Put a 1 1/2" Brown Ribbon hatband on it. Sanded the pinch down to add wear hole. Crown is 5.5" tall in front and 4.5" in back. It looks too new I need to wear it some.

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Nice job on the crease

 

[Winston Carter]

Nice job on the crease

Thanks !!

 

[Winston Carter]

Been workin in my Resistol now 8 years. Even used it for target practice. RIP Don Love you.