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Stetson 3X Beaver Open Road from Shudde Bros in Houston, TX

The most cushioned comfortable Stetson sweatband I own.

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SR James

SR James

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Today I decided to re-work my custom 100X pure beaver hat made for me years ago at Shorty’s Caboy Hattery in OKC. I had this hat made back when I was doing a lot of cowboy action matches and was into big buckaroo styles. Since then, I’ve grown a little more traditional/conservative (I think shaving off my handlebar ‘stache triggered it) and the hat has sat mostly unused since. The hat started out as a tall, Montana pinch crown (similar to a Montana Slope or Gus but with a center ridge rather than a trough) with a 5” curled and bound brim. I didn’t want to trim the brim so I increased the pencil curl to visually reduce its width and re-blocked and re-shaped the crown. What I wound up with is kind of a combination of a cattleman but with just enough slope and other touches to give it a Gus vibe.
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The second pic shows the Shorty’s hat along with another 100X also purchased years ago. Back then, there was a guy on Ebay selling buckaroo style hats he made with 100X bodies he obtained from the Winchester, TN plant. They were a little rough, but the price was really reasonable and rough was just fine to wear to the CAS matches. By rough, I mean he cut some corners such as using a hot melt glue gun to put in his sweatbands. This hat was similar to the Shorty’s in having a tall crown that I shaped with a single sloping center dent and no side dents. It also had a 5” brim with a bound edge that used a low quality ribbon and a matching band. On this hat, I cut the brim by an inch, and re-blocked and reshaped the crown to a basic cattleman crease. I had Shorty's install a new sweat, liner and the ribbon band. My goal was to produce a contemporary style hat using that nice 100X body and I think I succeeded.
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I’m pretty happy with the way each turned out and that they are now back in the rotation instead of languishing in my hat closet.
 
One Drop

One Drop

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SR James said:
Today I decided to re-work my custom 100X pure beaver hat made for me years ago at Shorty’s Caboy Hattery in OKC. I had this hat made back when I was doing a lot of cowboy action matches and was into big buckaroo styles. Since then, I’ve grown a little more traditional/conservative (I think shaving off my handlebar ‘stache triggered it) and the hat has sat mostly unused since. The hat started out as a tall, Montana pinch crown (similar to a Montana Slope or Gus but with a center ridge rather than a trough) with a 5” curled and bound brim. I didn’t want to trim the brim so I increased the pencil curl to visually reduce its width and re-blocked and re-shaped the crown. What I wound up with is kind of a combination of a cattleman but with just enough slope and other touches to give it a Gus vibe.
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The second pic shows the Shorty’s hat along with another 100X also purchased years ago. Back then, there was a guy on Ebay selling buckaroo style hats he made with 100X bodies he obtained from the Winchester, TN plant. They were a little rough, but the price was really reasonable and rough was just fine to wear to the CAS matches. By rough, I mean he cut some corners such as using a hot melt glue gun to put in his sweatbands. This hat was similar to the Shorty’s in having a tall crown that I shaped with a single sloping center dent and no side dents. It also had a 5” brim with a bound edge that used a low quality ribbon and a matching band. On this hat, I cut the brim by an inch, and re-blocked and reshaped the crown to a basic cattleman crease. I had Shorty's install a new sweat, liner and the ribbon band. My goal was to produce a contemporary style hat using that nice 100X body and I think I succeeded.
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I’m pretty happy with the way each turned out and that they are now back in the rotation instead of languishing in my hat closet.
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Both are very beautiful, well done!
 
VoodooSan

VoodooSan

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SR James said:
Today I decided to re-work my custom 100X pure beaver hat made for me years ago at Shorty’s Caboy Hattery in OKC. I had this hat made back when I was doing a lot of cowboy action matches and was into big buckaroo styles. Since then, I’ve grown a little more traditional/conservative (I think shaving off my handlebar ‘stache triggered it) and the hat has sat mostly unused since. The hat started out as a tall, Montana pinch crown (similar to a Montana Slope or Gus but with a center ridge rather than a trough) with a 5” curled and bound brim. I didn’t want to trim the brim so I increased the pencil curl to visually reduce its width and re-blocked and re-shaped the crown. What I wound up with is kind of a combination of a cattleman but with just enough slope and other touches to give it a Gus vibe.
View attachment 690701

The second pic shows the Shorty’s hat along with another 100X also purchased years ago. Back then, there was a guy on Ebay selling buckaroo style hats he made with 100X bodies he obtained from the Winchester, TN plant. They were a little rough, but the price was really reasonable and rough was just fine to wear to the CAS matches. By rough, I mean he cut some corners such as using a hot melt glue gun to put in his sweatbands. This hat was similar to the Shorty’s in having a tall crown that I shaped with a single sloping center dent and no side dents. It also had a 5” brim with a bound edge that used a low quality ribbon and a matching band. On this hat, I cut the brim by an inch, and re-blocked and reshaped the crown to a basic cattleman crease. I had Shorty's install a new sweat, liner and the ribbon band. My goal was to produce a contemporary style hat using that nice 100X body and I think I succeeded.
View attachment 690702

I’m pretty happy with the way each turned out and that they are now back in the rotation instead of languishing in my hat closet.
Click to expand...
Wow! I think your work on both of those was VERY good!
 

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