Western Hats on a Budget
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- Old West hats on a budget
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My hat was homemade in a barn in the early eighties the man that it belonged to was shot in the head and the hat still has the holes front and back I wear it now. Looks better on me anyhow.
Did you just admit to murder one over a hat? 😜
Wait a min...
@uncle reeler you got a point there! 😁
(bill williamson voice)
you should never wear another mans hat!
Isn’t that bad luck?
My grandparents were ranchers in the 20s and 30s. In their photos out in the corrals and such they're wearing fedora style hats. Pretty much identical to Indiana Jones. In fact, they all looked almost exactly like Indiana Jones in what they wore.
Shorter brimmed hats like the Fedora were very common in the Old West, as well.
Yep...bought a Resistol cattleman at Goodwill for $20. Brim was shaped like a taco salad bowl, but a little steam had it lookin’ new in no time.. great little video.
I’ve been frequenting antique stores all across the country looking for all sorts of things, but a nice hat to add to the collection was always in the back of my mind. Most hats were either really misshapen or too small for my head, but I got lucky at a place in Ohio that had an old Ten X Thoroughbred for $35. Not sure how old, but it’s in pretty nice condition and looks great on me
Very cool!
So true, have over fifty hats some $100-$200 (Stetsons, Resistol, American Hat Co and Millers Hat Co)ones, but my every day wear (Western Express)cost me less then $50, my go too hat wear it around the house and yard every day. Every hat I own, I've reshaped and replaced the hat band to fit me. But will admit Resistol is my favorite, perfect fit right out of the box, got a long oval head which Resistol makes their hats to fit. As always great vid. Keep up the good work.👍🏻🤠
Funny, I have a similar thing. The expensive hat I own is not my most comfy. The black one you see is a flea market purchase for less than $20.
Photographers had them push their hats up so their faces were visible. Right on. I've heard some say that's the way hats were worn all the time. Silly.
Yes. the brim on a hat was like sunglasses. Tipping it back on your head outside was not practical.
Hats are funny things. Often if you look on ebay etc & search using the correct names you'll find the most expensive options. Search for something generic like "cowboy hat" or "black wide brimmed hat" & you'll find much the same thing but at a fraction of the price.
Being a retired professional archaeologist myself and having worked and lived in the Mojave and other deserts, I have tried and used many different hats. I finally settled on the Akubra Australian Army Slouch hat which I paid $150.00, for winter and heavy field work. I usually could get them to last 7 to 10 years without care. They shed water nicely and with the side pinned up allowed for more air cooling along the side. However, I also started using a brimmed breezer hat as I got older.
Very nice hat choice!
@@ArizonaGhostriders Thanks. I always tell the young people coming out to work in the desert; of course in my old grizzled desert manner, the first thing they need to buy is a good cowboy style hat and a good bandana.
My everyday hat cost me ZERO dollars. I was driving home from a conference and saw a Boot Barn and went in to grab a hat. Couldn't find anything then the sales lady asked me what's my size and she went to the back and grabbed a hat that was exactly what i was looking for and fit me perfectly. She said it was left by a customer to shape and he never came back so i can have it for free!
Awesome! You win!
Let me know when you do a video on "Cats on a Budget", please.
Well...okay, but...
Your video gave me the idea to get old hats from people then reshape them. I got one that was dirty, sweat stained, and the sides went straight up. I put it under warm water and reshape it into a calvary style with a flat brim. I added a blue cord to make it look like my character is a former infantry soldier not that nasty yellow cord you see representing the calvary.
Cool! Way to go.
I’m actually jealous that you folks have decent hats available in thrift/bargain/secondhand stores, but glad that you’re able to do so. we city slickers back east don’t have that luxury😳
thankfully you can find stuff on a budget to keep the memories alive
Goodwill has an auction site and you can find good hats there.
Yah, doing a "shot dead" stunt in a $300 RAND can cause some worry. Keep 'em coming
If ya got a nickel plated Colt it's also a worry!
Great advice for hat shoppin' on a budget Santee. Like with a lot of our cowboy gear (shirts, vest, britches, etc...), check those Thrift Stores (Goodwill and such)!
Agreed. I've found some great costume stuff at thrift stores.
@@ChibiPanda8888- I still hit the thrift stores pretty regularly 🤠
I'm not a cowboy nor do I do cowboy stuff but sometimes on those hot summer days here in a midwest city I wear a western cowboy style hat with sportswear and gym shoes and I get so many compliments
Good!
I notice during the summer time my local Wal-Mart sell cowboy hats and they don't charge a premium. I might get one.
Yeah, I often thing they might be a good starter hat, especially if you reshape them a bit.
I found a straw type hat at a thrift store for $3.00, I flattened it out on the brim. If you ever want to change the hat band. Check out the thrift stores for the really slim belts for about a dollar. They work pretty good. Are today's straw hats water proof ? I saw some 4 H fellows wearing their hats out in some light snow.
Good job!! I like your inginuity!
I'd say as long as you brush the snow off it and keep it as dry as possible, I'd say it'll hold up.
Also maybe waterproof it with some Scotchgard or something.
My father passed away and left me his Stetson. Several years later my best friend and constant companion Angel ( my German shepherd dog ) died. So I made a hatband for dad's old Stetson out of her collar.
I wear it all the time.
Peace.
That's incredible. Carrying the good memories....!
Such great tips Santee! I love the style of your videos! They are all so cool!😍🤗 Even though you paid over $200 for your hat I must say it looks amazing! Such a beautiful hat!! 👍 Money well spent definitely!
Thank you Elisa! I appreciate that very much. 👍
A little thin on low budget with Tractor Supply, "Wally-world", etc.: what not to waste even low bucks on. But a fun video anyway. Now I gotta to find someone to make a "herdin' cats" t-shirt...
Hey, Santee, You have a very nice hat. A tall Crown with the top being inverted in and a Small Rising in the middle of the inversion. Very Top Hat Society worthy Hat.
Thank You!
Another great video! Sorry about the packing peanuts all over the kitchen. Next time, I'll use bubble wrap. LOL!
I was sort of enjoying the time away from his pranks. Sigh...
Apparently, styrofoam neutralizes a ghost's powers.
Is it just me or is anyone else curious about the story behind the T. rex
Look at the link in the description field named "Ghostriders Channel Q & A Video"
T. Rex want hats on a budget too
On an old straw hat I wore bailing hay, cutting grass, or any other number of summer chores, I braided a length of bailing twine into a hat band. Didn’t to bad.
That's terrific! Homemade hatband. Way to go.
The hat looks mighty fine! Great fan from Austria, keep up the good work!
Hey, thanks!
No, I’m dirty dan!
-Spongebob
Got my first Stetson when I was 17. Had it cleaned and blocked and the brim trimmed down some after about 20 years. Finally had to retire it after about 35 years. They are great hats. I got a $250 Stetson for $25 when a store was going out of business, it had a small stain on it. Don’t wear a hat much any more. Riding a wheelchair kinda kills the feeling.
They are great hats. Hope you get to don yours again.
my cousin does the mountain man rondevous and for his hat he bought a blank floppy hat in the womans section, made a hat band shaped it to his liking and presto a custom hat for about 15 bucks made of wool felt..
Yeah, that would work.
Greetings from Ireland. As we see, it's good to put your brand on your hat as well.
Yes. Mr. Flood!
I wear a old Kodiak hat I found in the garage. Not the most accurate but it works for when I work with the horses and Saturday.
Cool.
Out here on the east coast, Antebellum and Civil War reenactors and N-SSA Skirmishers use a forerunner of the Cowboys hat in the Confederate Slouch hat. About the best place I have found to get one is from a small one man shop named Dirty Billy's Hats. I had my first one from him back in the early 90's and wore it quite litterally to rags, it even was k ocker off my head one day when I was bush hogging on my farm and it got caught in the mower. The ordeal gave it a cut on the brim and a tear on the back but otherwise it was fine. I put a few stitches in it and wore it for another few years. My newest hat is still getting good and broke in, I've only had it about 3 years and wear it darn near everywhere, doesn't even have any cuts or tears and the factory hat band is still on it.
Way to wear a hat! You are using them for work, which is awesome. Keep it up.
Ive always wanted to catch a rattler and make my own hat band but I havent seen one recently
It's hard to keep them still on a hat. :-)
@@ArizonaGhostriders thats true. Im sure there is a way to make it work without a hospital trip though!Just gotta figure out that method🤔😂
I caught a copperhead a few years back, I made a nice hatband out of it.....
still have the hat and knee high cowboy boots my great grandpa bought around 1889, I wore those boots till I grew out of them now they sitn in a corner, never much wore his hat, it started out as a fedora type hat until the front wore out and he turned it around. funny kinda thing old cowboys did, have a great picture of him wearing both taken in the early 1900s
COol!!!
I should have watched this for a second time before I rushed into shopping on Amazon.
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That one hat looks exactly like the one Gus McCrea wore. I can see Robert Duvall wearing it.
Cool! Gus crease.
Like you Santee, I have a Knudsen Stetson of "Justified" fame. It was about $200 but doesn't fit due to it being made for round shaped head but mine is oval shaped. Rarely wear it and would like to know if I can reshape the hatband area to oval.
I have a video on hat shaping, but if it is wool, I would take it to a hatter who can steam it and shape it to your head. Yes, it can be done!
Remember when Walmart sold hats bought one for 25 bucks made a band out of black and blue rope... People loved many compliments it has however been lost in time
Awww! Bring 'em back!
Great video I picked up a new west by Bailey from an antique store just like brand new
Oh cool!
@@ArizonaGhostriders have you ever heard of the thoroughbred hat company
My hat band is some sort of black cord that I found and wrapped around my hat
So is mine, if you look. LIke a thin ribbon.
It's awesome that you can make a band out of almost anything
I got an awesome oilskin Outback hat for $39 at the Wrangler store in Cheyenne earlier this summer. Excellent value and cute as can be!
You boys are havin way too much fun! Now there must be sumthin out here on the ranch what needs doin! And we suggest ya git to it! Great videos guys.
HA! Thanks, Gregg. We do laugh a lot while making them.
I never have luck at flea markets and thrift stores. I have a size eight head, so it’s a miracle to find my size in a retailer, let alone a second hand market. :/
Yeah, that would get tricky. You are likely going to have to do a custom deal.
Always good for a laugh. 'Cat Herding Champion.' Thanks for your great videos.
Those hats look really good for budget ones! Have a great Sunday :)
I never knew Bill Brazelton was a member of the high fructose gang. Love it lol
HAH! Well...he was until Dustin Winegar got to be such a good shot.
I saw an old sweated out crown ream colored hat sitting on the corner upside down in Tallahassee Florida when my son was a student there. It looked like television cowboy had lost his hat as he was being arrested for public intoxication! My wife was driving and I have wished the last twenty years that I had circled the block and grabbed that hat!
HA! I think we all have that "hat I should have acquired" scenario in our past.
I still have my first and only black johnny cash style cowboy hat from 1986! It was too big for my head so I never wore it. I also have my cowboy boots from 1987 that cost $125 at that time! Funny thing is, I live in New Jersey, so I stuck out like a sore thumb😝
Yeah, I hear ya. I bought boots in NYC when I lived there. I had to knock the dust off of them on the sales shelf.
One of my neighbours is a Country & Western musician. Now I'm not knocking that, by all accounts he's very good, has played all around the world & made a lot of money out of it. We quite often see him stomping around in a black stetson, tassel jacket & cuban heeled boots, which is an interesting look when you live in a sleepy village in southern England...
I picked up a black felt "Montana" style hat at a local hardware store for around $20 and reshaped it more to the style I like. It's now a bit more like a "Gus" with a flattened brim, canted at a jaunty angle. I wear it everywhere and people have complemented me on it. Not bad for a cheap hat. Holds up fairly well against rain and it's ageing nicely as a result.
Got one for $2 and 9 cents stepped on it sat on it still lookin good as new
Way to go! Good purchase.
Great video I was really looking for a good hat for my Australian expeditionary force impression
Check Goodwill for cowboy hats with big brims that you can fold up on one side.
I love Dan's t shirt
He's got some good ones.
My dad, grandparents and ancestors were all Caballeros/ old west cowboys
So cool! You come from great stock.
I try and keep my straw hats (coated) under 60 bucks and my felt for around 125-200 and my stetsons I just buy
Good plan.
Chasing bones and specters sent me and gave you a lovely shout out. Just added you and clicked the notification bell. Excellent content and lovely to e-meet you!
Thank you Tosh! I'll sub ya back!
AHHH...not my Nat Funmaker hat!... sadly my misshaped head makes any cheap hat a problem to fit. Nathaniels of Colorado (now in Texas) fit my head perfect...
good!
Some cool looking hats............get a kick out of you guys
Thanks. We laugh a lot.
Stetson has an outlet at their factory in St Joseph, MO.
Cool.
I got mine at 3 bucks at a yard sale each 6 total, both in excellent condition and 5X Beavery. I think I got a good deal.
Very nice!
@@ArizonaGhostriders Yep, I would have paid more
Stetson El Patron 30x $100 New (looks like contest win with band signatures, Sanding and steaming myself)
Stetons 20x $45 Maybe worn or store model (from 30s-60s)
Some good prices.
Do you know of any hat makers that do not make hats as stiff as a board and without those little holes in the sides?? Every hat/western wear store I go into has hats that all look exactly alike are so stiff they blow off when you ride at any faster than a slow walk. Movie cowboys, Gene, John, Hoppy, Matt, The Lone Ranger, et.al. don't wear stiff hats.
I know this is 2 years late, but, hats are stiff because they have to deal with all sorts of weather, snow, sleet, heavy rain, etc etc, as you war a stiff hat more it will soften up and conform to your head and the stiffening agent the store applied will wear down some, trust me, you don't want a soft crushable in rain or snow or anything else except for indoors and sunny days. As far as it flying off goes I'd chalk that up to fit rather than stiffness, you may want to size down a bit or try some sizing tape, I have 7 hats and not one of them flies off in wind or riding. If you want something that is nice and softER, the Stetson Carson is a good call. And as far as them all looking the same, just get it reshaped, no problem.
Can you make a video about props of a cowboy stunt show
Certainly!
Dan is always stealing hats !🤠🤔
He is. Why he has so many!
Excellent Upload 👌 The Hats Looks Awesome 👍 Tfs.
Thanks!
Awesome video! Great production!
santee, i saw your video on weathering clothing but it didn’t talk about hats, could you make a short video about how to weather felt hats?
Sure! Thanks
I still have the hat I bought in 1992 or 1993 for my first shoot. Eddy Bros Confederate gray XXX from a western wear mall store. Mis-shapen, tobacco stained, sweat stained… Just getting back into it, still have my hat and my long range sidematch rifles (great grandfather’s Trapdoor Springfield and 1876 Winchester- yep, real deal circa 1884/1886)… As they say, buy once cry once…
Cool!!! thanks for sharing.
I tell you what.....great family approved entertainment for sure my friend. I tip my hat on the great information you shared today. If only me and Noah boy could come across a hat at a yardsell. Tell fat Jack and dirty Dan we said howdy. Thank you my friend for sharing and that was creative collaboration. I'll check him out too. Your friend Belle.
I tell ya Santee, I heard of polar bears already and how big and feared they are. But you have that crumb stealin, soda nappin, ear snappin, cactus crimpin, goat smellin, nozzle necked pain in the buttox polderghost gettin into everything and scarin that poor old TRex! Anybody there into ropin that polderghost? Kind Thanks Santee and take it easy cuz ya know how ya are! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
LOL! Thank you much
Just found a Stetson on clearance for $35 cause nobody else has a melon as big mine I guess😂
Perfect!
Interesting stuff. I noticed T-Rex doesn't wear a hat. I guess with his short arms and all, it would be hard for him to put one on... That might be a good job for BatjacJW to help with! 🤠
HAHAH!!!
When was the skyline cowboy hat invented?
Not sure, but I imagine in the 1920s
This is a really cool video. Have you guys ever thought about making a video about hair/facial hair styles of the Old West?
Did one: ua-cam.com/video/M9nnZdhZbEU/v-deo.html
Arizona Ghostriders Awesome! Sorry, I didn’t see it. Thanks for responding to me!
Santee, can you do about high school in the old west
I've done 2 on education. You should find good info in those.
Great if you live west of the Mississippi, but in Maine, you can find a texas longhorn faster than a budget priced hat
Yeah, not a lot of old cowboys in Maine, eh. Be like us trying to find a fresh lobster. Try this: www.shopgoodwill.com/
Great video my friend you sure know your hats!🌺☺👍💕
Thanks! I try.
Can you describe your hat? Now that is a great line.
Bob, there was more to the skit, but I lost it at that point and couldn't get it together after that. I was the only one of us laughing.
Us infantry in the west would've worn a slouch hat since its functional and was widely accepted during and after the Civil war
Don't forget the campaign hat used in the Indian wars.
I've got many hats and a lot of them western, so I clicked on your video. I found it somewhat informative but so short, like most of your videos, that you glossed over the subject better than a dance hall girls makeup. Just my 2 bits of course and you must excuse me now, I've got to get the fire going for supper.
Glad you found it informative. I work a full time job (45 hours a week) and make videos, which is why they aren't longer. When they are longer, UA-cam tells me you all don't watch them past 3.5 minutes anyway. Just my 2 bits!
Thanks a hatful.😁
Hey. I've noticed you still reply to comments on this video and I have a question, if you wouldn't mind answering?
I'm 17 years old and I've been on a Yellowstone kick with my dad recently, I've played both RDR games and I love the Old Western setting to death. There's a couple thrift stores and an antique store in the small town where I live, but where do you think I should poke around first and how much should I ideally spend for my first 'real hat'?
Well, go with the thrift stores first, since antique shops tend to know the value of what they have and price (sometimes) high. Flea markets and swap meets are good too!
I've been wanting a western hat and I found a wool one for $3. Now I'm looking at how to wash it and restore it a bit. It's a little faded and full of animal hairs.
You may want to take it to a professional. Wool is tricky and doesn't like water.
Another great video. Any idea when straw hats became popular? All the old time photos show felt hats.
Straw hats have been around long before the old west. I imagine they were pretty popular in our neck of the woods due to the extreme heat.
Great vid bud always a pleasure to watch..
Ok, hypothetical situation... my "friend" has a hat, and has lovingly shaped it and built up a rich patina over the 10 years or so that he has had it. But then the wife makes me (I mean my friend) wash out all the sweat stains and dust. Is there a way I can... HE can... recondition a felt hat? (Like when someone washes all the flavoring out of a cast iron skillit?) Second question: Are there any Old-West uses for the gravy produced when this hat was washed? Feed to chickens? Use as glue? Need to know, asap, because in 9 or 10 years, I'll have to do it all over again. Or, my friend will, that is.
I don't know...but grey water is good for plants. Wouldn't it fall into that category?
How common were leather hats in the old west? I've been playing red dead redemption 2 and while i know its likely not 100% accurate, I'm still interested in john marstons black leather hat and I'm currently working on a real life replica of it
Not common at all (that's why they don't show up in museums). Very impractical. In the summer they don't breathe and the folks then knew it.
RDR2 got that wrong and this last year proved it. The Tombstone Redemption in 90 degree weather saw folks falling out due to the heat....and most had on leather hats.
Tractor supply has good hats!!!!
If you Bury the bottle, would that put the ghost to rest?
On a serious note. How can you get the cheap hats if you do t live in the states (can’t get them at yard sales etc?)
Hmmmm, Goodwill has some on their website. EBay is another great option.
Hey can you do a video on old traps
Yes
whats the name and model of the hat that bad jack is wearing in the beginning of the video. thanks-
Not sure. Hist hat is a standard open crown, creased on the sides like that.
Good show 😎 I waited till night to watch it so I could have a Whiskey 🥃 watching it !!! Not ☕in the morning with BATJAC !!! But Whiskey 🥃 at night with Santee 👍🤠 Sorry BATJAC you have to drink the good stuff 🥃to be a Cowboy 🤠 LOL just messing with you Bro !!! I got about 5 hats only 1 high $ 1 !!! So hats off to a good show & see you on down at the Saloon 🥃🍻🍻 Santee is buying 👍😀 right ??? 🤠 LLTOW 🤠
Good will
Yes.
Hey Santee, I want a video on old west undergarments, for playing poorer caracters.
I prefer a good crushable. I have a super expensive Stetson, but to be honest, I hardly wear it, because I don't want to mess it up and it seems a bit too nice to wear with a faded t-shirt and beat up jeans. My $65 crushable can be ran over by the truck, stepped on, etc, and it will pop back to normal.
Just make sure you're not in it when it gets run over by a truck, or you won't care it pops back into shape!
Here's something to go
"Hmmmm" about....
John Wayne wore a giant cowboy hat in the first of his movies. Where is that hat at today?
Many of his hats are in museums. Some are lost forever.
@@ArizonaGhostriders just thought I'd drop a note. You never really know how much and who You influence. Not that I am anyone important, but I have caught myself watching for the little things in the western movies. Like the proper pistol grips, and holsters with the proper spaces for bullets, etc.
You folks have helped me to enjoy westerns more, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO !!! ❤
PS... A minister told me once that people who are not at all humble, will be the first to act humble and say, " I am so humble ! " You could pull this stunt on Dan with a straight face, if possible. Then bust out laughing afterwards. 😁
You folks be careful, they say the second round of the virus MIGHT hit us soon. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS AND KEEP YOU ALK SAFE ! 👍
Hats 🎩 go on your head
Most of the time.
Cowboy 🤠 up!
🤠
Hey Santa can you do a video on old western brothels?
Tule sad.want to make my own hat band but can't find a leather co. in tucson that's still in bizzness.
Hi, i am going to an reenactment, and i found a really cool leather hat for 10 bucks. My question now are, can i use it? Where it leather hats in the that time era?
There may have been leather hats here and there in the West, but it's a tough material for a hat.Needs to be thick enough to be rigid, which makes it heavy and hot. I would try to find a good wool or beaver one from Goodwill or a flea market that costs the same $10 and you can reshape it (this Saturday's video, incidentally).
"Yeah, that!" LOL....