Remember when hats, felt hats were worn by all men?
My wife likes to watch the TCM classic movies.
Impressive to see all the men in hats, children had caps on their heads too. And many times the women (in cities especially) had a hat on.
Do we blame Elvis and his coiffure for doing away with the hats on men's heads?
Don't want to muss up the "do" you know.
Geno
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Send that beater to Roy Jackson at Jaxonbilt Hat Co. in Salmon, Id. You will be amazed. He also makes custom hats and has a great selection in the store. He's a damn good cowboy poet also.
mike r
Don't wish it were easier Wish you were better
Stab them in the taint, you can't put a tourniquet on that. Craig Douglas ECQC
Thanks guys. The Resistol has some burn scars from campfire embers encountered elk hunting about ten years ago, other wise I would not have been wearing it while handling hydraulic hoses on the 4020. So it really probably is not a prospect for "rebuilding".
But I would like to remove the worst of the oil and grease stains so it is presentable for trips to the grocery or gas station.
I had considered washing it with Birchwood Casey Gun Scrubber, or brake cleaner, but did not know if the felt would survive.
Fast Orange might lift the grease, but how would you get rid of the Fast Orange? Run it through the dishwasher?
Try a dry cleaner.
Thanks, I had not considered that.
I wouldn't send a hat I cared about much to the dry cleaners.
I took them an old hat years ago that I'd put through the wringer.
They trimmed the brim by just a fraction to give it a crisp edge, took the leather sweatband and satin liner out and replaced them both, cleaned the felt, and renewed the felt, and re-blocked it.
I have had several hats rebuilt at Catalina Hatters in Bryan,Texas. If the silver belly is a good quality hat might be worth looking into. They do get kinda dirty wearing them every day.
Just got off the phone with an old working cowboy friend here. He uses Catalina hatters too. Been very impressed with their hole repair, cleaning and reblocking.
Last edited by ironbender; 01/18/20.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
The Resistol is 4X and twenty years old. It is relegated to chores and town trips. But it still holds its shape well. I would not mind putting fifty or 60 bucks into freshening it up. Any more than that and I will just put the money toward a replacement.
People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.
I wash the shirt before each trip to town. And I usually do not wear the shirt I spent all day in plowing and greasing the hay swather to town.
That is where the Resistol is today, covered in black greasy finger prints. Far too many days farming. Now that I am all citified, the wife and kids expect me to look the part.
People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.
Ha! Make sure to pick up the new Manscaping electric razor when you go!
no, make that double
Geno
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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