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Her next visit.is when it will magically appear......My sister visited from WA for a week last Summer. About a month after she went back, I got a box in the mail with a hat in it. Evidently, she thinks I should be wearing a Stetson instead of my old ball caps. It's still in the closet, in the box. I don't know where I'd wear something that nice.
.....on your melon.....
It is a very nice wool Fedora style. I see them worn around here all the time. It'd be good sun or rain protection, but it's just not my style at all. I'm either wearing a wool hat pulled down over my ears in the Winter; or a ball cap in the Summer. I'm just an old codger, set in my ways, I guess. Maybe if I'd wear the darn thing I might actually like it.Her next visit.is when it will magically appear......
It'd make her happy anyway...
If someone gifted me a Stetson I would wear it every chance I couldMy sister visited from WA for a week last Summer. About a month after she went back, I got a box in the mail with a hat in it. Evidently, she thinks I should be wearing a Stetson instead of my old ball caps. It's still in the closet, in the box. I don't know where I'd wear something that nice.
I know. If it had been a stupid $5 ball cap, it would probably be on the hook by the back door, and seeing daily use. But I won't wear a $200+ hat? That doesn't make much sense, does it?
Special occasion use. Nice looking hatI know. If it had been a stupid $5 ball cap, it would probably be on the hook by the back door, and seeing daily use. But I won't wear a $200+ hat? That doesn't make much sense, does it?
Besides, if I wasn't wearing some worn out, dirty, free giveaway ball cap, nobody around here would even recognise me.
Very nice deserves to be worn.
Hey! I resemble that remark.Yeah...if one doesn't look good in that, they should stay home
If I had that I'd wear it every day! I did a search and found out they cost a bit more than I can justify, though.
Guess I'll have to stick with my LLBean wool felt crushers.
Stetson's chart says Medium fits size 7-7 1/8. I just measured my head & that looks about right. Mine's a Sturgis model, and runs about $115. And yeah, that's pretty steep for someone like me, who's used to wearing manufacturer give-away ball caps, or wool beanies knitted by my wife.If I had that I'd wear it every day! I did a search and found out they cost a bit more than I can justify, though.
(I see yours is a medium -- any idea what number hat size it fits?)
Thanks! I couldn't find the Stetson size chart, just need to look harder I guess!
ABSOLUTELY! Take off the tags and stickers and wear that thing
If I had that I'd wear it every day! I did a search and found out they cost a bit more than I can justify, though.
(I see yours is a medium -- any idea what number hat size it fits?)
Back when I was working, I would take pride that I never paid more than $5 for a hat. I sweat a lot and tend to be hard on summertime hats. A coworker once gave me a straw Bailey cowboy hat that was probably a $50-$60 hat. It was a great hat and I got many years of use out of it. My current mowing or messing around in the yard hat is this $16 Atwood. I recently had to glue the sweat band back in. It may only have a year or two left in it. Its been a great hat for the price, but the difference in quality between it and the Bailey has been evident.
Its mostly been my going to the steam engine show hat.
Check out the secondary market you'll find a lot of unwanted gifts and wrong size bought.If I had that I'd wear it every day! I did a search and found out they cost a bit more than I can justify, though.
(I see yours is a medium -- any idea what number hat size it fits?)
Mike that top 1 too big a holes my bald nogging would get burnt. I sweat a lot too. I can go through a couple of hats/caps a day in hot weather. I've done a lot of experimenting when when the sweat band comes away. 1 thing I did like was the wrist sweat bands, cut its flat and velcro it in your hat.Back when I was working, I would take pride that I never paid more than $5 for a hat. I sweat a lot and tend to be hard on summertime hats. A coworker once gave me a straw Bailey cowboy hat that was probably a $50-$60 hat. It was a great hat and I got many years of use out of it. My current mowing or messing around in the yard hat is this $16 Atwood. I recently had to glue the sweat band back in. It may only have a year or two left in it. Its been a great hat for the price, but the difference in quality between it and the Bailey has been evident.
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A couple of years ago I went to buy another Atwood, but Larry (of Larry's Boots fame) didn't have any, so I bought my first-ever genuine Stetson
Cost me all of $26 and its currently the most expensive hat I own
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It doesn't say where it was made, but given its price and the fact that its well made, like a Stetson should be, I suspect Mexico. It doesn't matter, I just like to know
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you might like it.........oh the agony...
