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HOLY GRAIL? /What fedoras are you pining for?
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MondoFW
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Could have sworn you already had like, 7 flagships!
Scuttle
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Welp, I now pretty much straight-up want a hat like the one Buckaroo Hatters/@majormoore made for Rodney Crowell, which I'd missed until @RBH posted this video:
The trick being to scale it down to crest at about 4" or so, open like that.
Dreams.
~ S.
The trick being to scale it down to crest at about 4" or so, open like that.
Dreams.
~ S.
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Bama's black Stetson...
AbbaDatDeHat
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^^^^What he said...and some nitro!!
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It could happen.
AbbaDatDeHat
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This man could wear a hat!!
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No kidding! May be easier to find a unicorn.
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Or a can of Krylon. Personally, I’d add some metal flake too.
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AbbaDatDeHat
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Ok...after you retire you can just stay in Calif and apprentice with Nick F**kette for awhile. That outta cure you!! Ha
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You know how close to home that hits for @Bamaboots don't you? I feel bad as I found that hat for him...
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You know how close to home that hits for @Bamaboots don't you? I feel bad as I found that hat for him...
Oops. I don’t know there was a back story and I was just being my regular smart a** self. Didn’t mean to inflame old injuries.
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AbbaDatDeHat
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Got me thinking about dying hats...hmm
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I'd better let him tell it...
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I sure like the look of the Grayson, but the sizing (i.e., small, medium, etc., instead of exact sizes), cloth sweatband, and my unfavorable history with wool felts rule it out for me.
You know how close to home that hits for @Bamaboots don't you? I feel bad as I found that hat for him...
Well, since you brought it up.... Bob, being the searcher he is, found what appeared to be a pristine, black Stetson 25 OR on Craigslist in TX. Made contact with the seller who was a very nice older lady who was selling some of her recently departed husbands property. She knew nothing of the hat, only that her husband had owned it for years but rarely wore it. She agreed to ship and a paypal transaction was made.
As soon as I opened the box it was apparent something wasn't right. The hat wasn't just stiff, it was harder than Chinese arithmetic. I did give it a gas bath just to see what would happen. Zip, other than getting wet. The surface of the paint couldn't even be scratched off. Must've been painted with some military grade stuff. I decided to leave the seller in peace and not bother her about it. After pondering what to do next, I opened the garbage can. May as well have driven down the road and thrown out a hundred dollar bill.
One of the more painful memories in my hat buying history. Thanks, Bob!
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AbbaDatDeHat
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Ouch!!
I generally overlook asking if the hat’s hard as a rock or takes wax well too! Lol
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