Flat Brimmer's

[CodeMonkey]

I gotta get a Fred Bear style hat at this point to differentiate my self

 

[CorbLand]

Baby boomers. Stupid kids these days and not bending the brim of their hat.

Also baby boomers.

 

[glennjones]

Or better yet, wearing a visor upside down and backwards. Who are THESE people?

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This is another particularly useful adaptation. It allows one to store small items (think cigarettes, left or right handed) in a place that is inconspicuous. It also funnels sound from speakers at a limp biscuit concert toward ones ears.

 

[Chris in TN]

I gotta get a Fred Bear style hat at this point to differentiate my self

That’s definitely pretty fly for a white guy.

 

[Spike elk]

Amen. I feel like Tony Soprano when I see a hat on at the table.

Went to a 21 year old kids Catholic funeral last week. He was killed in an accident. A couple dudes walked in wearing flat brims, one backwards. There were several men wearing hats but entered the church with enough respect to remove them. I don't care what hat or cap you wear, I am not Catholic, but for crap sakes, show some respect. The world is bigger than you.

 

[rookieforever33]

Irs funny that flat brimmers are considered posers these days. In the 80s all the older serious guys had flat brim trucker hats. Only the hillbillies curved their brims.

 

[41rem]

I gotta get a Fred Bear style hat at this point to differentiate my self

The man had some style I'll give him that

 

[Sandhills]

Only flat brim I'd wear.

 

[41rem]

Only flat brim I'd wear.

The River boat gambler?

 

[Sandhills]

The River boat gambler?

A buckaroo hat, a gambler hat is a tad different

 

[41rem]

A buckaroo hat, a gambler hat is a tad different

How so?

 

[Sandhills]

How so?

The crown is telescope and the brim is slightly curved. Like James Garner in Maverick (or Mel Gibson for folks who don't watch old tv westerns)

 

[yfarm]

Buckaroo culture arose in the Great Basin and California, some were adaptations specific to needs in the area, Amitas vs Chinks. Saddles. Others were style preferences. The hats and the boots are the most striking and arose out of the vaquero culture of spanish California.

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[41rem]

The crown is telescope and the brim is slightly curved. Like James Garner in Maverick (or Mel Gibson for folks who don't watch old tv westerns)

Ah I see.

That's the style I like.

 

[Sandhills]

Buckaroo culture arose in the Great Basin and California, some were adaptations specific to needs in the area, Amitas vs Chinks. Saddles. Others were style preferences. The hats and the boots are the most striking and arose out of the vaquero culture of spanish California.

Montana Rio Buckaroo Hats

Montana Rio, Inc. specialize in top quality Vaquero & Buckaroo hats. We guarantee top quality craftsmanship. Each hat is hand creased and hand sewn using vintage tools from late 1880s and early 1900s. No machines are used. Each hat is made of 100% beaver felt.

www.yourhat.com

Slick forks, tapederos, 60 foot reatas and the traditional outfits are all vaquero/ Californio influence. The horse and cattle work is usually gentler on both animals too.

 

[Tobe_B]

Only flat brim I'd wear.

I was entirely prepared to come here and make fun of flat hatters. As I thought that’s what this thread was. So thank you for sauntering in here with the wind catching excuse for a hat.

 

[Sandhills]

I was entirely prepared to come here and make fun of flat hatters. As I thought that’s what this thread was. So thank you for sauntering in here with the wind catching excuse for a hat.

I personally don't own one, but I would. I like a big wide brim hat. I don't reckon a buckaroo hat would catch wind any worse than what wear now. One of these days though I'm gonna shape my old silver belly to look like Festus's hat

 

[Tobe_B]

I like a wide brim, 5 inches. Wider in the front than the back, but no taco shape, those are dumb. And a nice clean cattlemen’s crown.

 

[Sandhills]

I like a wide brim, 5 inches. Wider in the front than the back, but no taco shape, those are dumb. And a nice clean cattlemen’s crown.

I wear a 4.5 and shovel front. Cattleman's crown. Need a stampede string on all mine though

 

[spur60]

Some of my caps are factory curve only, some are curved so well you'd think I was a farmer with his head in the mailbox looking for a subsidy check.