Hat question

[Dan Gerous]

I have aquestion for the most intelligent and well-informed group in the known universe! did the hats of the 1870s have liners and sweat bands? I'm wondering if I can take a too small hat, remove the sweat band, and stretch it out. I have along narrow head and if I get one big enough to fit, it costs an arma and a leg and I tend to disappear under it!

[Forty Rod]

Even if they had those items originally, I doubt you'd find anyone who would declare that the owners kept them original for very long.  I wear a size 8 and all but one my hats, an Irish Eight Piece "newsboy's cap", has lost the inner sweat band and nearly none have the original hat band.

[Delmonico]

Yep they did. 

Got a question, why would you not think they had them.

Do yourself a favor and take a dress makers (fabric) tape and measure around your head where the hat rides and report back to me, you might be surprised what I can tell you to do to make it fit right.

(Trust me, I used to be a professional and haven't stayed at a Holiday Inn in almost 25 years.)

[Coffinmaker]

Ha!! 4 T Rodz a FATHEAD 

Coffinmaker

[Forty Rod]

Ha!! 4 T Rodz a FATHEAD 

Coffinmaker

I honestly have no idea how some of you pinheads have mental capacity in your tiny little skulls to operate your autonomic systems enough to keep your blood flowing and to help you breathe.

       

[Mossyrock]

Point to 40 Rod.

Coffinmaker....would you care to rebut?

[dusty texian]

You bet Coffin will rebut ! May take him a bit , Low oxygen up there Ya know! ,,DT

[Delmonico]

Forty Rod is a fathead? 

[Forty Rod]

I am not fat!  I am circumferentially challenged.

[Major 2]

I honestly have no idea how some of you pinheads have mental capacity in your tiny little skulls to operate your autonomic systems enough to keep your blood flowing and to help you breathe.

       

Great things do come in small packages

Posted by: Forty Rod
I am not fat!  I am circumferentially challenged.

I would point out to those, who might cast aspersions ,  fat is relative , I'm in shape ! .... Round is a shape

[Coffinmaker]

HEY ..... HEY ...... HEY ..... HEY ....... (Famous Cartoon Line)   

Coffinmaker

PS:  I Rely on a Turbocharger to promulgate Oxygenation ...... Oh, and Spel Chkr.

[Reverend P. Babcock Chase]

Howdy all and 4T,

It could well be that 4T Rod, like myself, is just a little short for his weight.

Reverend Chase

[Capt Quirk]

My hat doesn't fit me too well either Forty Rod. Too much hair 

[Forty Rod]

Would you like to rent me some of your hair?  Mine's gettin sparse.

[Capt Quirk]

Would you like to rent me some of your hair?  Mine's gettin sparse.

Nope... I'm on borrowed time my friend. I'ma holding on to my freak flag as long as possible 

[Dan Gerous]

Del, I was asking because I have heard stories of the cowboys buying a new hat and soaking it in the horse trough rhen wearing it until dry to make it fit. I didn't know if there was any truth to this or if it was just a story. If true, I imagine it must have been a shock to the horse the first time he tried to get a drink and found a mass of felt in the way!

[Capt Quirk]

Del, I was asking because I have heard stories of the cowboys buying a new hat and soaking it in the horse trough rhen wearing it until dry to make it fit. I didn't know if there was any truth to this or if it was just a story. If true, I imagine it must have been a shock to the horse the first time he tried to get a drink and found a mass of felt in the way!

I can imagine that dunking their hat had many purposes. To wash the sweat out of it, to keep their head cool in the Sun, and to clean and reshape it after being abused on the trail.

So, yes, they could have soaked the hat to loosen the felt to fit their head.

[Major 2]

Before you go all Bronco on your Hat...
go back a read what Del said .... ask him !


He made his living shaping & fitting high end and mid-level cost hats ....

or dunk the hat  or run it through a meat grinder ...same out come ruint hat !

[Delmonico]

Before you go all Bronco on your Hat...
go back a read what Del said .... ask him !


He made his living shaping & fitting high end and mid-level cost hats ....

or dunk the hat  or run it through a meat grinder ...same out come ruint hat !

Very important to know that measurement as well as the hat size so i know what we are dealing with.  As well and more info on the hat in question.

[Delmonico]

Only hats of mine I soak are palm leafs to clean, fit and shape as well as in this picture to use on a hot day as a swamp cooler.