Western, anyone?

[Bud-n-Texas]

? I don't know the difference

I noticed the Cavenders hat is a 100X and checked mine. Mine is 200X, as we have discussed before, the X's meaning is vague at best. I just wonder why the seemingly same hat carries a differing X Factor. [huh]

 

[kokopelli]

Not a clue

I don't have a clue.. I see a number of resistol 200X straw's on sale (Internet) for around $150, but not the Black Gold. Here in East Tennessee going out and looking at "upscale" hats is not an option. I'll be spending Christmas week in NM and plan on hat shopping! Thanks Ron

PS: We need a "Boots" thread somewhere:eusa_doh: lol

I noticed the Cavenders hat is a 100X and checked mine. Mine is 200X, as we have discussed before, the X's meaning is vague at best. I just wonder why the seemingly same hat carries a differing X Factor. [huh]

 

[fatwoul]

Hey Bud - do you remember what you were saying the moment this picture was taken? I'd love to know. If you was cussin you can PM me, but I guess that's unlikely seeing as the picture is named "nativity".

 

[fatwoul]

You can tell I'm a fedora wearer because that hat looks like its backwards.

 

[Bud-n-Texas]

Hey Bud - do you remember what you were saying the moment this picture was taken? I'd love to know. If you was cussin you can PM me, but I guess that's unlikely seeing as the picture is named "nativity".

That was taken a couple years ago at Church the night of the Live Drive thru Nativity. I had brought a horse and some hay for the animals to feed on. No Idea what I was saying, I doubt it was anything very profound. lol

 

[GentlemanFarmer]

No pictures

I'll have to fire up the camera. I've got two. One is a 30 year old medium brown wool Resistol. I tried to convert it to a fedora (cut the brim down and steamed the bejeezus out of it on a brim flange), but it just didn't want to look good that way. I changed it back to a western style with the brim rolled up like Havana's. The other is a more recent Mexican palm Resistol with a low cattleman crown. It had the newer brim style that made it look like a taco shell. I steamed the brim and gave the brim more of a rolled look. I'll try to remember to take some pictures.

Now that I think of it, my two ORs and my Resistol San Antonio are "western". The brim may be that of a fedora, but the Cattleman/Alpine crown says western.

 

[fatwoul]

I'll have to fire up the camera...

You really should consider getting something newer. Flash powder can be dangerous. lol

 

[fatwoul]

...Live Drive thru Nativity...

Wow you guys have drive thru everything, but I've never heard that one before.

 

[kokopelli]

US

Hey.. We love our rides over here.. Ron

I'll share a joke/trick I once played on my French friend Christophe.. He was moving back to France and trying to sell his American car to the guys in the lab. Our students always pass such things around as they normally only stay here for a few years. I told him he should keep his American car and ship it home.. To which he responded with the expected "French cars are much better and less expensive to drive, etc.. and what would he do with it there"? I told him in my best French "placer la voiture fran?ßaise dans le tronc jusqu'?† ce que vous ayez besoin de lui". lol lol Ron

PS: He could carry the French car in the trunk of the American car as a spare!

Wow you guys have drive thru everything, but I've never heard that one before.

 

[J.T.Marcus]

What this country needs is a good drive-thru HAT EMPORIUM, one that's open 24/7!
It would be in TEXAS, of course!

 

[Prairie Shade]

Go Western Young Man - The Jimmy Stewart

[Sorry, I couldnt resist. This is my new Jimmy Stewart hat from JW Hats in SLC. I was hooked on a custom hatter in the US with competitive prices. Wh<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a225/jbrana/IM001532.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>o needs Akubra?? Jimmy wasn't exactly a buckeroo but still made several great westerns. He always wore the same hat and rode the same horse, Pie. I believe it was in his contract.

 

[Dinerman]

1930s Stetson Standard

 

[kokopelli]

Wow

That's about all I can say.. Ron

 

[J.T.Marcus]

Prairie Shade, That is one fabulous western hat! It does Jimmy proud. (Looks great on you, too.) :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

Dinerman, Just when I think you can't surprise me again... I have a brown Stetson Standard Quality, with a 2'' brim. It compares with my Borsalino. I imagine yours has the same thin, dense, soft, pliable (and any other superlatives I can't recall at the moment) felt. Looks very impressive on you, too. I think I just figured it out. Stetson didn't mean it was the "average" or "baseline" model. They meant that model set a new STANDARD for all other hats (one that's still hard to equal). :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[leo]

To see portraits of authentic western hats, check out "The Enduring Cowboy" in the December issue of National Geographic magazine. The editor was in British Columbia and was wearing western gear when a cowboy asked him if he was from the magazine "because you're wearing an out-of-town hat." The hat was a Stetson he bought in Oregon.

The tintype photos are well done. And I learned that a taco hat is better than a flat hat in windy areas. Of course, since I'm not into western wear I wouldn't know taco from flat.

Bill

 

[kokopelli]

Wings

It's all about the wing effect. A "Taco" brim is one that looks like a ready-made Taco shell, when viewed from the front. The "Out and Up, Rancher" on a Cattleman crown is my favorite. The rain runs off, you can hold the brim in the curl of your hand and it gives a lot of shade. The wind will take it, however. Ron

To see portraits of authentic western hats, check out "The Enduring Cowboy" in the December issue of National Geographic magazine. The editor was in British Columbia and was wearing western gear when a cowboy asked him if he was from the magazine "because you're wearing an out-of-town hat." The hat was a Stetson he bought in Oregon.

The tintype photos are well done. And I learned that a taco hat is better than a flat hat in windy areas. Of course, since I'm not into western wear I wouldn't know taco from flat.

Bill

 

[Bud-n-Texas]

Taco Hat

This is what most in Texas call a taco hat. Seems to be an ethnic style, typically adorned with some type of large gold-tone pins on the upturned brim. The hats are both felt and straw.

 

[GentlemanFarmer]

Stampede strings

One way to prevent hat loss secondary to high wind would be the addition of a set of stampede strings. I'll look for a picture.

 

[GentlemanFarmer]

Leo,

A most excellent article in the National Geographic. Really gets to the heart of regional differences in hats and other cowboy gear. It's all about function. I may be from New Mexico / Texas, but I can't stand that "taco shell" style. Of course if you look at old issues of Western Horseman from the 60s and 70s you'll see variations of crown heights, brim widths and brim shape. My Mom has a picture of me in a western straw around 1970 with an RCA crown that has to be at least 6" tall and a 3" brim ala taco shape. That was back when I was slim and lean. Sorry to say that 35+ years later I am no where close to "lean" anymore and that particular hat style no longer works for me. I'm going with the "ranch owner" look rather than the "working cowboy" look when I go western, which is almost daily. Pressed Wranglers, button-down shirt, modest buckle, sport coat and an OR, fedora-style but with the Cattleman/Alpine crown.

 

[GentlemanFarmer]

Dwight Youkam

Praire Shade

I don't know about Jimmy Stewart but that hat of yours could be close to what Dwight Youkam sports.