Cheap Cowboy Hat

[Cole Bluesteele]

Kflach,

Head down to the bayous on the coast and you'll meet a bunch of them.  Was dove hunting with a boy from El Paso and he saw one swimming in the water. Poor boy thought it was a beaver!  Until he saw the tail that is.  Them things can get real big.

Cole

[kflach]

I love that "Dickens" hat!

This week I'm just looking for something simple and easy to get started in CAS so I'm not worrying about long term quality. I have some definite ideas for the future so all these tips and this information will be *very* useful as time progresses.

And perhaps most importantly, now I know that a Nutria is a water rat  - which obviously refers to a type of politician.

I'm glad they're good for something.

<grin>

[Delmonico]

Good info is handy to have, hats are one item a lot of folks do not understand and it's easy to get burned, price does not always reflect quality.

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[WaddWatsonEllis]

Ultimate cheap hat:

I bought this about a decade ago at a Army/Navy surplus store for less than $5....

The bottom line is that fellow shooters understand that a new guy (or FNG in military speak) is going to be trying to absorb the $2K reduction in funds of just getting the weapons, leather gear and basic outfit. For most of us, that was not too long ago.

The moral of this story is get something together that is not an insult to the past and get shooting!!

The other thing is that, once you is involved with a group, you get to know whare the good deals are from other people who are shopping for the same thing, and in your neighborhood.

Also, things like spurs and all the paraphenalia tend to turn over, and one man's getting rid of an unwanted thing becomes another man's score!

So, best wishes and get shooting!!

[Delmonico]

If anyone wants to buy a hat that's really wrong, I recommend this one:

[WaddWatsonEllis]

Forgot to add the hat pic ....

BTW, I put an old Bergwacht (German Mountain Rescue) pin on the hat years ago to keep from loosing it ...  I have never had one commet about it ... so again, folks just want you out shooting with them.

[Texas Lawdog]

Del, That looks like a Charlie One Horse special.  I guess ya need to get a matching vest and some hot pink chaps to really set it off!

[kflach]

Hot pink chaps? My understanding is that they'd hang you if you wore stuff like that here in Texas...

<grin>

[Delmonico]

Hot pink chaps? My understanding is that they'd hang you if you wore stuff like that here in Texas...

<grin>

That hat was made in Texas.

Yep Tex, a Charlie One Horse.

[Texas Lawdog]

It takes a special person to really carry that look off! Maybe the Cowboy in the Village People?

[kflach]

I'm not "special" enough to pull that off - that's for sure!!

[Shotgun Steve]

How about the straw or palm leaf sombrero??......Were they seen much in the southwest?
I have seen several photos but never took enough interest before to date the pictures.
They ranged in size from small to the large mariachi type sombrero. Are any of these hats
true to the period? Thanks in advance Pards.

 Shotgun Steve

[Delmonico]

These two palm leaf's from my earlier post are very good, sombreros might be seen to some extent along the border, but you don't see many pictures of Caucasian's wearing them much.  My guess would be a lot of racial prejudice, whites not wanting to be mistaken for being Mexican.    Almost all if not all pictures I've seen with the exception of Roy Bean seem to be taken in the revaloutionary era in Mexico.  Just an opinion, but bears some thought.

[Shotgun Steve]

 That makes sense to me Del. Thanks for the input!!

 Shotgun

[J.D. Yellowhammer]

JD, Jackalopes are what us no goods down south of the Medicine Line make hats out of we try to sell in Tejas.

I'd pay damn good money for an authentic jackalope hat, 200X, and the horns mounted on the sides!

[Delmonico]

I'd pay damn good money for an authentic jackalope hat, 200X, and the horns mounted on the sides!

I'll ask our buyer at work tonight the cost, I'd guess Charley One Horse has them in stock.

[kflach]

I thought I'd seen some pictures of early Texas Rangers wearing sombrero-ish looking hats, but for the life of me I can't remember where I saw them and I certainly don't remember the dates. It seems to me that the article was talking about one specific company of Rangers that was stationed near the border.

Of course, as new as I am to this, the article could have been referring to Mexican double loop holsters instead of hats and I probably wouldn't have known any better.

<grin>

[Texas Lawdog]

Their hats were probably open crowns and with the brims turned up. They might resemble sombreros.

[lethal larry]

you can go to river junction trade company and get one of the "Scout" hats in lower quality for under $100. I got one and wear it frequently for both SASS and NCOWS. Good looking hat with an open crown and wide brim to protect from the Texas sun.

[Pancho Peacemaker]

I thought I'd seen some pictures of early Texas Rangers wearing sombrero-ish looking hats, but for the life of me I can't remember where I saw them and I certainly don't remember the dates. It seems to me that the article was talking about one specific company of Rangers that was stationed near the border.

Of course, as new as I am to this, the article could have been referring to Mexican double loop holsters instead of hats and I probably wouldn't have known any better.

<grin>

You might be referring to Ranger pictures from George Baylor's site:

http://www.curtrich.com/gs.txrangcost2.html

He's done a great deal of research into 1880's Texas Ranger dress and gear.  Great pictures on that site.  And yes . . . some Rangers wore sombreros.

Pancho