Beaver....

[Ted Calver]

On my head. Just showing off an early fathers day gift from my daughter and her hubby. Hand crafted, 100% (100x) beaver fur felt by the folks at Shorty's Hattery down in the OKC stockyards. Love it!!

 

[Darren Wright]

Good looking hat Ted!

 

[Brent Dowell]

Good looking hat, and you're looking pretty spiffy and spry yourself!

 

[Ryan Mooney]

That is indeed a fine looking hat!

 

[Bill Arnold]

Lookin' good, Ted!!!

 

[Jonathan Shively]

WONDERFUL!! Kids know a great present when they see one and you are the recipient that will care and appreciate it for what it is!!

 

[David Johnson]

Great hat. Really nice family to get something that fine. Enjoy both.
David

 

[Chuck Ellis]

Nice looking hat.... personally for me, I hate wearing a hat... always have.
Quite a turn from my father who always wore a hat... he would get up and put on his hat, then look for his pants. He preferred the straw hats though.

 

[Ted Calver]

Thanks guys.
I remember my dad and his brothers wearing Fedoras (originally designed as a woman's hat) back in the day. Fell in love with cowboy hats while living in Montana back in the sixties. They didn't have such a great selection back then. Now they make some nice looking and very durable straw hats, which is what I wear most of the time. The western outfitters out here in Oklahoma have selections of basic unformed hats in both straw and felt that they will steam and shape any way you want. Pretty cool. There's a Stetson/Resistol factory outlet three hours away in Garland Texas that sells blemished hats I'd like to visit before heading back home. You can never have enough hats. I wear one most of the time....pants, not so much

 

[Rennie Heuer]

A superior chapeau

 

[Mike Stafford]

I don't wear a hat very often because it is hard to find one to fit my over-sized head. I wear a size 8 3/8 which is nigh impossible to find.

Chris Ramsey made me an Outback hat that fits my lumpy bumpy head perfectly. I wear it on special occasions to show off and of course I always wear it to Outback Steakhouse.

I cannot believe how perfectly this hat fits. Chris sent me a tool to take an impression of the outline of my head and told me to do it three times and then overlay the results on a piece of paper. I did and the hat fits like a glove.

He was even kind enough to send me in progress photos of all the steps involved in the making of my hat.

 

[Dave Hoskins]

Fine looking piece of headgear there! That otta keep ya going for a while! Nice gift.

 

[Dave Hawksford]

Juice hat Mr Ted

 

[Ted Calver]

...
Chris Ramsey made me an Outback hat that fits my lumpy bumpy head perfectly. ...

Awesome hat, Mike. I think I saw Chris do a live demo at one of the AAW gatherings.

 

[Ted Calver]

Made it to Garland, TX this last weekend and found the Resistol/Stetson factory outlet store. A beautiful 30X natural color Resistol that was a store return, not a blemish on it, followed me home at 50% off. All I need is a horse, some boots, a ranch and a few steers and I can be a cowboy

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[Brent Dowell]

Awesome!

 

[Dave Hawksford]

Nice head covering. I bought mine in 82 on my honeymoon.

 

[Dave Hawksford]

My uncle who was a real cowboy. Trucked cattle all over the country and had a 500 acre holding pens and dipping. Took me to get mine. He said: you ware the hat high , out of you eyes, so you can look at someone straight up and you can see what kind of person they are. It would take uncle Jake half the morning to get out 2 words: Good Morning. LOL

 

[Darren Wright]

It would take uncle Jake half the morning to get out 2 words: Good Morning. LOL

He was probably just still deciding if it was or not.

 

[Dave Hawksford]

He was probably just still deciding if it was or not.

Never thought of that way. Lol