Behind The Hat Counter: What Cowboy Hat Crease Do You Want? Part: 1

[@ishitrealbad3039]

As a European where hats are not worn anymore, let alone cowboy hats... This is highly fascinating and good to know because i'm going to buy a Cowboy hat sooner or later :D

[@twentysecondcenturywoman]

Cowboy hats rock!

[@ishitrealbad3039]

@@twentysecondcenturywoman people will look at me like a hipster but tbh i don't care haha.

[@HobbitOfChaos]

Western hats are amazing

[@joelglanton6531]

You gotta have the boots too man

[@ishitrealbad3039]

@@joelglanton6531 hell naaah.

[@swoosh6085]

This video is a really great example for younger generations to view and have modeled for them what casual authentic communication looks like on camera. You're not making faces, acting weird, desperate to capture people's attention, you're just conveying meaningful information thoughtfully in a relaxed way and that is what young people cannot do on KZbin. This video was very informative, I found the information I was looking for, and the personality who delivered it was not obnoxious but interesting in the fact that they made the video about the content not about them. When they did insert personal connections with the content into the story, they did so in a way that didn't make it about them it kept it about the content. This is a really great KZbin video overall and it accomplished my goal for learning and entertainment.

[@johnaustin9051]

I bought a Stetson pinch crushsble. Pops right back in shape. Wear for work or a night out. Nice comfortable, good lookn hat. Very satisfied.

[@WolfRanger2008]

That Open Crown hat instantly brings Hoss Cartwright to mind!

[@1cleandude]

Walker in Yellowstone!!

[@vi77ain7s2]

Haha I thought the same thing. Lol

[@jerichosamurai]

I really like the look of the pinch front. The cattleman is cursed to me because it looks a bit like a drill sergeant hat and brings back unpleasant memories.

[@WheredThoseRoundsGo]

Dude same

[@outboundflight4455]

drill sergant was meant to man you up for war.

[@SamlSchulze1104]

I love the Montana/Gus shape. The hat stays on my head in windy weather and blocks the sun at a single point but doesn't completely block my front vision. The last hat fold I know as a "Denton" fold.

[@theartistformerlyknownasbr4849]

Thank you for the information, I have recently become obsessed with hats, and understanding why the creases are different makes my enjoyment increase... 🤠

[@inregionecaecorum]

Well you might start out with a cattleman style crease but over time depending on how you take it off, it will get more and more pinched at the front.

[@MikeDiaz1484]

A year late, but you should handle these hats by the brim.

[@Migger_29]

8 months late, but you shouldn’t hold the hat by the brim but instead by the crown.

[@BeefRocknmore]

Just got my first custom cowboy hat at 56 years old from Hamblin Hats in Ault Colorado. If you are around, swing in. They are great.

[@Sciller4]

I love how much goes into some small, almost unimportant-feeling things. This video reminds me of some English gentleman (Lindybeige, I think) talking about "Scholar's cradles" - those hand positions educated folks make when giving a speech. A whole hour about 'em! 5 minutes for each one, how to use them, what they say about you, trivia... wow!

[@ernestoherrera2755]

Native Texan here, unimportant, I don’t believe you would say that if you were experience in the Texas Sun and July and or August hell especially August

[@michaelyancey3021]

I just bought my first straw hat. I've had a felt hat since I was in high school (still wearable - a Stetson), and the summer heat this year in Dallas was terrible. I have other hats I've used. But once you put that western hat on, it's cool underneath. There are a few western-wear places in Dallas, still. Fewer than in the late-70s of course. I sure do miss "Western Warehouse" on North Central just below Royal. The building is now a music store. Wonderful video, thank you!

[@russellhowell9854]

I have an American black felt hat that is has been around since 1976. It was first my sister's boyfriend's hat. Then, my sister had the hat, and back then the brim was huge. About 25 yrs ago she gave it to me and I had the brim cut down and styled kind of like the style Clint Black used to wear. That hat has been thru hell and back and still looks good. I usually wear a Stetson straw hat in the summer and have 4 other felts all shaped a little differently. That black felt American hat is still my go to and favorite. If it could only talk. Lol

[@shepardnedmondsiii8093]

I’ve finally found a channel that has some information on the Stetson Hat ! I have enjoyed it, immensely ! And am searching for more information on the hats and their manufacturing methods. See y’all ‘round the campfire 🔥 🤠

[@barbeonline351]

Appreciate how you got into practical aspects like wind, climbing through a fence, etc. How about rain and something like the Brick not shedding?

[@larryhewitt1078]

Excellent information on cowboy hats! Loved Lonesome Dove!! I like the Gentlemen's Hat!

[@garagemetalshop7975]

Thank you, sir. I could listen to you all day. Love all your knowledge and passion for the hat.

[@outsiderimages]

Great work and I definitely enjoy learning more about western hats from your channel. Keep up the great work 👍

[@selrod55]

I remember Cutter Bill's !! They made me a Bloody Mary early on a Saturday morning ! Great place, they don't make em like that anymore. Thanks for reminding me of that store.

[@ernestoherrera2755]

Native Texan here, I kind of chagrined when I saw the title of this video because I knew you were going to leave out some things that were well known around my area of coral and Bandera Texas but honestly I enjoyed your video I could tell it comes from an honest place of love about the fashion of cowboy hats so let me tell you one important shape you forgot the rodeo curve or what some people call the bronco riders curve it was invented for if you got bucked off your hat would not just bust on impact from the crown down but roll away from the bronchi horse much like you should be doing at the time PS I have been to the resister hat company in Garland love the little corner store that is catty corner from the factory sells hats and a discount wish I knew about it along time ago with a save me probably hundreds of dollars

[@CtrlAltRetreat]

I've pretty much moved out to a ranch recently and after getting those little leafrollers everywhere then getting caught out in the Washington county rains, I quickly realized that these hats are actually incredibly practical. Pushing through underbrush has also given me a deep appreciation for a wide brim and there's enough stuff falling that a rugged protective crown would be nice too. I picked up and used a mesh model from Stetson but that was mostly because of summer heat. I'm looking to get a new one for the weather until spring and going to see a factory to get one from there sounds like a fun trip.

[@ernestoherrera2755]

@@CtrlAltRetreat when you go to that factory in Garland Texas if you’re getting a hat for work don’t forget to have them put in a bronco riders stream they do it right there with the iron eyeholes

[@wyldchyld7x]

Thanks for posting this wealth of information. I look forward to more of your content.

[@greggtomchick1837]

Right on Chuck!! Great video! I want a hat, but I respect cowboys too much to try and imitate them. I live in the city. I'm getting into the country nightclub scene and having a blast. I'm taking 2 step lessons. I'm 62. Many of the men wear Cowboy hats. A woman told me not to wear a hat unless I'm a good dancer. I agree with her. I'm getting better, and im hoping to earn my hat some day.

[@_The_Worst_]

I'm looking to get myself a few different styles of hats and such, so thank ya for the education on'em...🤘🏼💯✔️

[@americanpaisareturns9051]

Nice. I learned a lot a today. Thanks for the lesson.

[@vessietaylor]

I've always loved the guss hat. Didn't know it's name till now. Thanks. It's what my grandpa wore when young, later got stylish. 💞

[@oskarnilsson5782]

Just about to get my self my first "real" hat. Thank you for this video, so I could get to see some different types of creases, and to get some tips on what there are out there. 👍 Now to make up my mind about what i like the most.

[@rulistening7777]

Totally loved this. I have a little place where l display and sell fine hats. Mostly Acubra, Stetson, Scala, Alamo, and the like. I love to clean and shape them. It must be so much fun to have all of those nice machines and shaping tools. People love the vintage hats that make available here in Southern Oregon. Thank You for this video.

[@Doc.Holiday]

Have a rabbit Banjo Patterson for cold weather and a hemp Range for city summer. Wearin a Double H Palm when working or recreating in the summer now. Where are you in OR?

[@ernestoherrera2755]

Suggestion from a native Texan who is wore cowboy hats all his life get you some resistors the crown is lower than statins but I consider a working man’s hat and that’s why I always wore them

[@jarrahfitzgerald2752]

It's Akubra with a K

[@luke8222]

I impulsively bought a leather front pinch gentleman's hat. Love it

[@supersonicdan1251]

I think you would find some of the Australian Akubra hats interesting if you want to see some australian hat culture and shapes!!!

[@richardcomer8805]

Thank you for your time loved that stetson you showed last and you taught us all something

[@timothymorgereth1438]

I think it would be fun to review the great movie cowboy hats of the 30's and their popularity.

[@patcronen441]

Love the brick style with a bow from front to back with a bit of curl to the sides.. love my straw for summer heat and felt in winter…

[@KingfisherTalkingPictures]

Just learned about brick crease. I like the look!

[@DasDutchman56]

How many folks have you seen wear an open crown hat, like Hoss Cartwright? Thanks for a Great Video!

[@rogerwatson4221]

Gus & open crown are my favorite styles. Awesome video

[@wolfflighttzw]

I do like the look of that Diamond Jim. Love to have one of those in black or smoky grey.

[@dougo753]

Thanks for this, I just moved to Oklahoma and bought my first hat, this helped me understand what I ended up with as well as all my other options for my next one!

[@rosenthalsmith2599]

Appreciate the information and work put into this video. You have a new subscriber 👍🏿

[@LauraRodriguez-rh3sn]

Wow …I have learned so much! Very knowledgeable cowboy!thank u

[@daneybrickles299]

I wish I'd have known y'all were in SC! Lived there most of my life, and only just found this channel. Living in Western NC, now - but I may stop in next time I come see my mom and dad.

[@ericgrim6849]

Fun vid. I'm partial to a Denver Crush Crease on a felt working hat, 'cause that's what they always seem to end up with anyway. Thanks for the vid, I'll look for part 2.

[@srsr8037]

Cowboy hats are stylish and a great way to protect your face and neck from the sun. Everyone on earth should be wearing a cowboy hat. They protect you from skin cancer. I've been wearing cowboy hats for more than 60 years. I currently have 6 cowboy hats because I lost a few over the years. The last one I lost was down in Mexico when I was driving along the spine of the sierra mountain range and a big wind came up and snatched that hat off my head; but, perhaps that's a story I should tell at another time.

[@TexExpatriate1]

The wide brim in front is a recent thing, a change from the original more pointed front brmn, which got that way from taking the hat off and putting it on.

[@montyhunter2260]

How do you shape a telescopic flat crown buckaroo style felt Stetson? I've got a 6x Stetson, model Lash, same as good Ole Waylon. I'd appreciate the info..thank you for your tips..

[@broncobilly4029]

Good video. thanks. Learn something new every day.

[@rogerehinger6694]

Well now I know what kind of crease my hat has. Bought that Bailey in '77 for a huntin trip, rain and snow helped break it down a little and it acquired that Montana crease before that dove had a chance to get lonesome. Knew there was something I liked about Gus, lol.

[@Carlie_flower]

I'd love to get into this kinda work ❤️ hats are so fun and cowboy hats are definitely my favorite 😁 where I live it really isn't as popular though 😅

[@tedunguent156]

I tend to wear baseball caps most of the time and watch caps in the winter (in New England). I never bought a cowboy hat, western style or fedora because I don't know anything about them. Now, I know a little more. Thanks and I'll be watching more of your videos.

[@dianehewitt579]

Great video! Lots of fun to know what’s behind the brim…

[@jameschristopher3405]

Thanks… lookin for my first hat!

[@warmunger21]

Nice video, we enjoy watching them.

[@kentnichols2381]

Well done! Great description of all the styles available

[@razornelson2311]

I have 10X Rodeo King w gus crease and a mule kick in the back. The Brim is pretty much factory w just a little bow in it. The slight square front is growing on me....may have my brim re-steamed an shaped w more bow.

[@joeJoe-pb3su]

Nice explanation of Cowboy 🤠 hats...

[@BassMaster.454]

I like the teardrop style with a rounded curve in the front, but real flat

[@lorengordon9626]

Really like the last one best. Thankyou !

[@saleemwaheed9956]

I love the hat your wearin Brother!

[@caseysmith544]

In my area South Dakota you either see the older guys born pre Baby Boomer wearing the exact same hat style of John Wayne the non tall Gus style John Wayne wore in the Gentlemans style or you have the others from Baby Boomer doing a Clint Eastwood or the narrow Cattleman of what some Outalw Country guys wore like Wille Nelson wore if they did not wear the Clint Eastwood, with people my age Millennial wearing the Cattleman but they leave the hat outside for a month or they have the hat in perfect condition trying to keep it like new. Some few who have smaller heads wear the style that Le Van Cleef wore in the 1960's and that Woody's sister wore with the fringe popular on women of Millennial and early Z/Zoomer age. I have lived in South Dakota since Jan 1st, 2001and I recently in 2021 got a hat in the pinched Catlemen that had the real pointy front brim design with the sharp corners, I had to bend parts of it so the hat was not as sharp on the corners as I hate the sharp look and bent the front to be in a light kicker style due to wind in South Dakota as the felt or soft straw hats end up this way. Women they like the style with the wire in them that are floppy straw so they can really shape the thing to the head often with a strap with people more Those younger then millennial in Z/Zoomer the men love wearing the Hooey Trucker caps over anything else including other hats in similar style to the Hooey hats. I also have a cotton camo outback flat top style hat with side buttons more for the strap and wind since 2004 as even a cowboy hat will fly off in the wind around South Dakota and I sometimes even need to not have sides down.

[@ew9518]

I like every hat you showed!

[@ralphsuffield8658]

There are reasons for shirts too.You should get one.

[@nmelkhunter1]

The best crease and shape is the Chris LeDoux. God bless the man from Kaycee, Wyoming!

[@tiffanyshanley1419]

I'd shop here and I don't even want a cowboy hat. This guy is just so cool and super nice

[@timothyhart7587]

The Gus crease has always been my favorite.

[@CONTainsAzand09]

Awesome video. Just subscribed. I have a few cheap cowboy hats. Nothing above 50 bucks. I wore the straw ones at work and on hikes. That stetson shape is badass. I need to grab one of those..

[@debfry8041]

Could you talk about the "mule kick" crease and the purpose for it? Thanks!

[@joshgroves1085]

I will be looking for the gentmans crown but on the 4 and 3 quarter inch brim and I want the full open back but the front to come more pointed

[@thewol7534]

The cattle man's crease and the Montana crease are designed to allow.the hat to be removed from the head by grasping it at the top with the first three fingers of the hand. This allows the hat to be removed without pulling on the brim, which eventually makes the brim bend upward and lose.its stiffness where it meets the crown. This is true of.most mens hats except the bowler, which does not have a crown crease.

[@michaelschulze6545]

New a lot before but learned a lot of stuff anyway. Thank you for your informative show.

[@Tipi_Dan]

The American cowboy hat descends from several sources the most important of which being the Mexican sombrero. When New Spain was being colonized steeple-crowned broad brimmed hats were popular everywhere in Europe, look at the pilgrims, Dutch masters, even Peter Stuyvesant. The Spanish took these hats to the New World. Mexico's isolation from changing fashions in Europe combined with the hot sunny climate encouraged conservative evolution of attire, and the tall broad hats, abbreviated vests, and sashes that lost favor in Europe were conserved and maintained in Mexico. Mexicans had been making felt and straw sombreros for some time by the 1800s. The conical sugarloaf or piloncillo style, popular particularly in sun-baked Sonora, is the direct lineal ancestor of the Tom Mix or Tim McCoy style of hat. Both men used a variety of crushes, but the one most associated with Tom Mix was carried forward by William Boyd in his role as Hopalong. It is this hat that inspired what is now known as the "Gus" crush (or bash, as the Aussies refer to it.) Did the Aussies steal the American cowboy hat? To understand the answer to that question we must return to the history of the mixed origins of the cowboy hat.

[@whoistony8063]

Trump won

[@Tipi_Dan]

@@whoistony8063 Only for really stupid people.

[@rulersofcithog]

You do realize that sombrero just means that in Spanish right? Like any hat, also Spaniards and Natives from south America had much more similar hats to what cowboys wore rolling all the way back from mid 1700s

[@Tipi_Dan]

@@rulersofcithog Thank you for restating what I already explained.

[@action55jackson]

Regarding the Gus crease: I guess Hoppy and Tim Holt didn’t know that.

[@maverickfox4102]

I like the Gentleman Hat style.

[@QVL75]

Thanks for the video. Excellent information. I enjoyed watching it. Can you please do a video on the cowboy hat brim shapes specifically? Most of them a so wide and sharp creases nowadays. I prefer something in the middle. Wider than old days, but not too wide, and no sharp creases.

[@oldwestguy]

Very helpful partner... thank-you!

[@rottenroads1982]

The Multiversal Faction, The Top Hat Society, will allow any kind of hard crowned hat, as long as it's either a Flat, Round, or Pointed crown with no Creases (AKA, Top Hat Society like Open Crowned Hats). There are exceptions like a Pork Pie hat for example which has the Telescope or Gambler crease which is accepted in the Top Hat Society.

[@zekragash4294]

Left out the buckaroo. Commin in Nevada and Idaho . Strong Basque influence.

[@jonny0783]

Headed to a cowboy formal get together. I'll be wearing a black suit and some nice exotic boots. What color and shape hat should I get ??

[@ashtonhuntoon3077]

Thank you for the info!! Im in love with the hat on your head. Did you get that at your shop?

[@ActionableFreedom]

I have no interest in this personally but you made it interesting! Marvelous.

[@chuckfreeman4849]

That was great, I learned a lot about cowboy hats, pretty interesting. Thanks

[@blakeacross1895]

Hey Chuck! Thank you so much for the info on this video. It's really helping me along with learning about hats since I'm new. I gotta ask though. Do you guys sell the very hat you're wearing in this video? I really like it.

[@louiefiend]

Thank you for all the great information and history! God bless

[@DavidWilliams-jt1im]

Hello from Sacka Lacka! I dig that Diamond Jim!

[@Marco-ls6ou]

Hey boss could explain about Cowboy Tucker hats

[@craigmatheson2736]

At 7:12 you said it was a "gentlemans" cut. I tried one on in a slightly smaller brim. It looked like a Freddy Kruger on me 😅.

[@bayoubiker7834]

Good job. How popular are the curled brim hats?

[@KOVIDGOON]

Was watchin Yellowstone S5 thinking I don't know how to choose a hat for a lifestyle I've loved and admired my entire life. Howdy🤠 combatvet 👋🏾 from south central los Angeles and south Carolina

[@CJCook]

Great video!

[@nikitis13]

How about the original old west hat that started it all... The good ol 'Derby". Goes back further than any wide brim we see today and was purpose built for fast horseback riding.

[@rray1953]

Dirbys were worn in the old West but they were original to the east...

[@void870]

The Gus crease is very similar to the crease that's popular among cavalrymen.

[@simonreynoso8664]

Very informative, thank you !!

[@MementoVita]

I appreciate you immensely chuck thank you! Could you perhaps tell me what shape of hat Doc Holliday wore?

[@choshow86]

I'm a fan of a pinch front or diamond, with a u-curve

[@mikewalker8394]

Love that “ShadyBrady” with that band. Gotta get me one.

[@johnhoward3271]

I REALLY like that last one ( is it a straw hat ) ! I want a beaver hat like that .

[@marksanto1086]

Question : why do cowboys not have a strap/string to help hold their hats on while in wind (ala: Rowdy Yates)?

[@Emanemoston]

Thanks for the video.

[@trevino37]

Question: Why did you not show buckeroo hats? Those are awesome as well.....

[@Doc.Holiday]

I have always worn straw in the summer. Last summer I replaced my last worn out straw with a Palm Hat fitted for me at Double H in Darby, Montana. Palm is amazingly durable, taking an amazing amount of abuse. When it’s hot just submerge it in a stream and the evaporation cools ya. I’m Palm instead of straw no on.

[@ernestoherrera2755]

I bought a palm hat from the resistor hat company didn’t know about submerging it in water is that really a thing

[@Doc.Holiday]

@@ernestoherrera2755 it’s my thing here out. Much more resilient than straw.

[@joelglanton6531]

I'm in southern nevada and one thing that has been good about the demographic change in the 21st century is the amount of stores selling very high quality palm hats made in mexico for very cheap. It's pretty awesome. For the colder months where a felt hat is better, I do prefer an american made hat. But boy does mexico make a good palm hat.

[@m444ss]

good review. thanks!

[@clint3287]

Hey Chuck, my hat fits but pretty tight. How is it supposed to fit cause wind ain't blowing this thing off! It's a s##t kicker or go to hell hat... my favorite! Need a new one though. 7 1/8 is what I got, so should there be any wiggle room like 7 3/8? Or 7 1/4? I want to order from ya'll, nice black beaver... any advice?

[@mark71829]

Just found you. I am not to far away and need some work done on some hat. I will be seeing you soon.