The Alamo

[WalterF]

On 12/7/2025 at 2:02 PM, MarshalWill said:

Nice hatbands. I particularly like the one on the grey (Stetson Buffalo Fur?) hat.

Thank you, it is going on a Serratelli beaver.  The grey u=is a Justin wool.

On 12/7/2025 at 4:39 PM, Gezzer said:

I am liking the hat bands as well 

Thank you

 

Made a hat clamp to be able to hang a hat in the car.

[MarshalWill]

A magnetic hat clamp is a good idea. I may have to make one of that nature. I had a hat rack in my previous truck but my current one has stuff across the headliner that prevents putting a rack in it. Thanks for the idea.

 

The grey hat has a similar visual texture to a buffalo Stetson I have. Thanks for the clarification.

[WalterF]

5 hours ago, MarshalWill said:

A magnetic hat clamp is a good idea. I may have to make one of that nature. I had a hat rack in my previous truck but my current one has stuff across the headliner that prevents putting a rack in it. Thanks for the idea.

 

The grey hat has a similar visual texture to a buffalo Stetson I have. Thanks for the clarification.

A couple suggestions on the hat clamp, use Neodymium N52 magnets or possibly N42 the others seem too weak, the clasp I am switching to a caribener bigger. 

Your welcome.

I am learning about hats as they are new to me, wore basebll caps all my life. Then had a scare with cancer on the back of my neck and cowboy hats looked like the ticket. 

 

 

[Darren8306]

39 minutes ago, WalterF said:

cowboy hats looked like the ticket. 

 

 

when spending long hours training outside, I wore a cowboy hat. They are a surprisingly good hat to go sweat outside it. Shouldn't be surprising though.

Somehow blocks out all the sky, without limiting vision.

[MarshalWill]

Thanks for the tips on the hat clamp.

A good fitting quality hat can't be beat. Make sure to have one steamed to fit your head by someone in a good hat shop. You can forget it's even on.

[WalterF]

On 12/9/2025 at 5:33 PM, Darren8306 said:

when spending long hours training outside, I wore a cowboy hat. They are a surprisingly good hat to go sweat outside it. Shouldn't be surprising though.

Somehow blocks out all the sky, without limiting vision.

I wore a cheap straw hat this summer then it got colder, tried a felt one and they are nicer than expected for comfort and protetion.

On 12/9/2025 at 9:57 PM, MarshalWill said:

Thanks for the tips on the hat clamp.

A good fitting quality hat can't be beat. Make sure to have one steamed to fit your head by someone in a good hat shop. You can forget it's even on.

You're welcome

Purchased a good hhat on the Black Friday sales, sadly she is in NM, but she was able to shape the brim for me more of a flat style and a softer turned shovel size front brim. the final tweaking will be up to me, ordered a little bigger than recommended by the company and will adjust down to fit if needed. I didn't have much luck finding a shop locally carrying what was wanted.

 

Finished the wallet back challenge that was given at the end of a class. It caused me to slow down and be more precise. Floral is an area I am intentionally trying to improve.

[MarshalWill]

16 hours ago, WalterF said:

Purchased a good hhat on the Black Friday sales, sadly she is in NM, but she was able to shape the brim for me more of a flat style and a softer turned shovel size front brim. the final tweaking will be up to me, ordered a little bigger than recommended by the company and will adjust down to fit if needed. I didn't have much luck finding a shop locally carrying what was wanted.

If you have a Boot Barn in your area, they seem to have a good selection of hats. Some locations even have someone who can fit it for you.

Everyone's head is a little different. I got one of the wooden hat stretchers and shaped it to fit inside my best fitting hat. Now I have the perfect fit and all I need is my wife's clothes steamer to do the job. If I get a new hat from a good shop, I take it with me so they can make it fit right. I also use it to keep my hats from getting out of shape. If I make a leather hat some day, it will insure a good fit.

Good work on the wallet back. That's first class tooling.

[MarshalWill]

I just ordered some of those N52 magnets. Thanks for the tip on that.