Thread: Stetson Open Road

Originally Posted by MisterClean

What a great hat. The short brim is easier to wear while driving and it still provides lots of protection from the elements.

I was with Freddie when he put it on before he took me sight seeing and it serves a purpose other than keeping the sun out of his eyes. hint; just in case it rained.

Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

Its funny ive always admired the Stetson but i would get a lot of odd looks here in blightly if i wore one. The only hat we seem to wear is a baseball cap or a flat cap.

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I have a cap exactly like that one. We call them "newsboy" caps. It is one of my favs, made by an artisan maker in Oregon. I also have a similar one in linen from another artisan maker in Poland for warm weather wear. I also have a fedora from Australia for dress up occasions, my summertime Panama of course, and an Australian style "outback" hat which is as close as I can reasonably get to a "cowboy" hat without looking a complete goof. I could never pull off an Open Road.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

We have a tiny rodeo down the block.

Small rodeos are sometimes confused for goat roping. I have been to a couple and one county fair.

There's nothing in the world like the feeling you get putting on a new Cowboy hat or Cowboy Boots.

Originally Posted by rolodave

Small rodeos are sometimes confused for goat roping. I have been to a couple and one county fair.

'IF' you want some trouble, just call a cowboy a 'Goat Roper' as it's the female of the species that ropes goats/at least around our local fair rodeo events.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Uh John are you sure it' a Rodeo and not a Gang Thing?

It's gotta be a rodeo, cause all the participants are wearing belts,,, no pants-on-da-ground.

Funny Stuff There Now The Only One In The Picture Not Clean Shavin,,, The Razor Guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ty

Can't get to my pictures at this time but I sport a Resistol when in my Tux. And another for working and riding. I have a nice straw Stetson for summer. Haven't been wearing them much since I moved to town.Funny thing is I started wearing 1 when I was younger in the very same town.

Small brim would be nice. My big dumb head might not look as good as yours under it though. Nice sky piece for sure.

Our town rodeo was a lot of fun. The kids roped goats and they had sheep bronc riding. All sorts of games. All the Ladies did was try to rope cowboys :<0)

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

There's nothing in the world like the feeling you get putting on a new Cowboy hat or Cowboy Boots.

Yep, took me 3 months to break in my last pair of Tony Lama's and as I remember a new hat can be hard on the forehead until it starts to shape to your skull. Heck it takes me 2 weeks to get the shape steamed in just right. ..... And then the guy wonders why he is picking his sorry butt off the ground when he was only reaching for my hat to try it on. Where do people get the idea they can just do that ?

Roy, is this the thread you were looking for?