Show us your flat brim hats . . . .

[Yahoody]

You might be sorry you asked All 100% beaver hats we have made here on the ranch. With 200+ days of sun a year, the flat hat makes sense here.











the better half in one of her flat hats...







couple of hats I did for buds...

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

You might be sorry you asked All 100% beaver hats we have made here on the ranch. With 200+ days of sun a year, the flat hat makes sense here.











the better half in one of her flat hats...







couple of hats I did for buds...

Outstanding all Yahoody!!
B

 

[quikrick]

Australian made Stetson

 

[Mustang Mike's Hats]

My daughter just finished making this one for a friend of hers. I'm pretty pleases considering this is only the second hat she's created! I think she may be passing me in abilities in the not too distant future!

 

[RJR]

My daughter just finished making this one for a friend of hers. I'm pretty pleases considering this is only the second hat she's created! I think she may be passing me in abilities in the not too distant future!
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Congrats,she certainly appears to have the touch.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

My daughter just finished making this one for a friend of hers. I'm pretty pleases considering this is only the second hat she's created! I think she may be passing me in abilities in the not too distant future!
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Hey Mike:
How cool is that!!
Lucky daughter, luckier Dad!!
B

 

[Mustang Mike's Hats]

Congrats,she certainly appears to have the touch.

Agreed. At this rate, I think she's going to push me into working to making myself better!!

This is only her SECOND hat,ever!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Australian made Stetson

That looks good on you Rick! Flat brims in the 3" - 3-1/4" range are perfect. So are tight pencil rolls.

Worth - Walden w 3-1/8" brim:

 

[quikrick]

That looks good on you Rick! Flat brims in the 3" - 3-1/4" range are perfect. So are tight pencil rolls.

Worth - Walden w 3-1/8" brim:

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Thanks HJ! When I first got this hat I wasn't real sure I could get used to it. But it's growing on me!
BTW... Nice hat you have there!

 

[quikrick]

3" of pure flatness.
Rand's

 

[BobHufford]

Kevin O’Farrell.

Rand’s.

 

[quikrick]

Kevin O’Farrell.

Rand’s.

Nice Bob, real nice! Love those hat bands.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Akubra Down Under 3x5-1/2 open crown, raw edge brim. Still looking for a chocolate ribbon.

1989 Kevin O'Farrell Rancher 3x6.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

3" of pure flatness.
Rand's

I have often heard a flat brim open crown hat referred to as a "Navajo brim".

 

[quikrick]

Dream hat right there.
Serious man. I love this hat.

 

[TheGuitarFairy]

Dream hat right there.
Serious man. I love this hat.

yup, that's some altitude right there.
this arrived today .. Tryfon Hatters, Tacoma, WA. seller thought 50s or 60s but i really haven't a clue. it cleaned up ok, western weight, dark brown. i'm thinking i'm going to leave as an open crown.

 

[quikrick]

yup, that's some altitude right there.
this arrived today .. Tryfon Hatters, Tacoma, WA. seller thought 50s or 60s but i really haven't a clue. it cleaned up ok, western weight, dark brown. i'm thinking i'm going to leave as an open crown.
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Love that one!
A few months ago there was a Tryfon Hatters on eBay in my size, It was pretty beat, black with a telescoping crown and apparently it had belonged to a Hollywood producer. It went a few cycles on eBay without any bites at $100, I made an offer but was declined. I can't remember the exact details though.
Yours is awesome.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I have often heard a flat brim open crown hat referred to as a "Navajo brim".

Dream hat right there.
Serious man. I love this hat.

Rick, I have recently been reading "Wildwood Wisdom" by Ellsworth Jaeger again, written in 1945 a few yrs after Jaeger had spent 20 yrs exploring the Western US & western Canada. I found this paragraph & plate illustration substantiating the above pic & what I thought to be true:

From the "Boss of the Plains" style developed numerous other Stetson models, and different parts of the West selected different types. In western Canada, for instance, a low-crowned, heavy, flat-brimmed Stetson seems to be popular; while the cowpunchers of our West seem to favor a high-crowned, curling-brimmed model called the "Tom Mix." While traveling among the western Plains Indians and among the Navajos and Apaches I noticed a high-crowned, flat-brimmed hat called the "Tommy Grimes" was commonly worn.

So they are known as the Tommy Grimes.

 

[Bamaboots]

While traveling among the western Plains Indians and among the Navajos and Apaches I noticed a high-crowned, flat-brimmed hat called the "Tommy Grimes" was commonly worn.

With a 7” crown and 4 1/2’ brim, the Tommy Grimes is some hat. Nice to know where the “Navajo brim” originated.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

With a 7” crown and 4 1/2’ brim, the Tommy Grimes is some hat. Nice to know where the “Navajo brim” originated.

Some of the later Grimes were 7-1/4" crowns. This 7-1/4 was featured in 1936 catalogs even though Grimes had died in 1934.