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APDD, that is the dingo look that says, "Yeah I know I look damn good....."

The most comfortable one is the one that fits. That's not always as easy as it sounds.

I wear a Boonie for hunting and a Resistol George Strait model straw hat for working at the Ranch.

The best I had was kind of like a worn leather / waxed material. It was on a mannequin in the Filson section but not Filson. It reminded me of the hats my neighbor would wear fly fishing in the streams or farming his 35 when I was a kid. Gramps came to visit last year and borrowed it to sit outside to watch me dig a trench. He is 85 this year I think. He liked it as much as I did so I stashed it in his luggage. It was a discontinued item at the store but on the bright side I get to look for another "perfect" hat again.

Sam, is that the Rez Crease

But seriously, what did that one cost? I like it and may have to order me one.
Looks like that would be a great work hat for here at the Ranch in TX. And the stampede strap will be great for 4-wheeler patrol

For past 3 years now I've been wearing an Akubra Bushman as an ever day hat. Year round.

Sorry to hear about your cancer ! I like the standard military Boonie hats..

Yea Bob, but you are much better looking than the rest of us

Photoshop, Neal!!!! Photoshop!!!

So do the sunglasses.

Protection from the sun is very important, but most don't get the relationship between healthy eating (gut health) and cancers.

Please take care of yourself. I watched my father in law die from melanoma 3 months ago. It's truly bad all the way around.

I'm partial to the OR Helios hats.
Barely know you're wearing it and collapses to about nothing.

http://www.outdoorresearch.com/en/helios-sun-hat.html



Good luck with the future scans.

One of my best friends is going through the same thing, so far they have taken a small area of the top of his ear. It made me think, I spend most of my time outside year-round. Like you, I've worn baseball hats if I wore one at all and never really thought a "cowboy" hat was right for me but I bought a Stetson crushable "mountain veiw" and I really like it. It might be too hot this summer but it's pretty thin and it's light colored so we'll see.
They are about $60....

Chlinstructor, I think it was about $40. The strap does come in very handy on windy days or when your on a horse/wheeler.

Steelhead, that dog is truly one good lookin' sonuvabitch!

Check out Noggintops.com, a great wource for a wide variety of hats. Or if you wear a large size see Lamoodbighats.com.

I don't know what your climate is like, so it's tough to make a recomendation.

So a few thoughts to help with your selection.

A beaver felt western hat is VERY insulating. I wear a Resistol in the winter. If we step into the market for a few minutes, I am stripping my jacket off and tossing it into the shopping cart. And as long as I wear the hat, sweat is running down my back; until I can get back outside.

I have an Aussie Outback hat which I like quite well. If kept properly conditioned, it is totally waterproof. It is pretty warm in moderate weather, but does not have the thermal properties of beaver.

Lastly, straw for hot weather. I have had a couple of Stetson which I loved and proved to be quite durable. I have gotten absolutely drenched in surprise thunderstorms while riding for cattle. The Stetson is the only straw hat I have seen survive that treatment relatively unscathed.

The palm hats look really nice. I purchased one from a local specialty hat dealer. It wore well and and was really nice, until one night when I left it in the car with the window down and it got rained on. It was totally destroyed, I just tossed it into the dumpster.

Second Akubra bushman. Crease as you want.
5 years every day March to November out of current one. It now has a couple holes in the crown. Have a custom made one also.

Some like straw in hot weather. Never felt the need with light felt.

If you have an odd head shape you may want a custom maker.

Maybe a Stetson "Rustic Palm Leaf"

I like it, might have to get one for this summer.

I'll have to get 3, one for me and 2 for the dogs!

Another vote for a Tillie. But buy the model with the wider brim that's green on the underside. the first one I bought had the narrower brim, white underside. I didn't make the same mistake when I bought the second one. The wider brim with a green underside is much better in a boat on a sunny day. More shade, less reflection from the brim.