bluespade00

Catalena Hatter (catalenahats.com) in Bryan, Texas will custom make a hat of any color or shape in 3 or 4 different grades of felt ,but you start off above $100 with out the hardware (BSA universal hat device, hat bad, and chin strap). The more Xs in the grade, the more beaver fur is in the felt and the smoother, more durable and expensive it is. A really horseback working cowboy will pay big bucks for his work hat and wear a cheap wool felt hat to church. They will clean and reshape or remake hats, as well, and can ship using a nice corrugated board hat box. Incidentally, I am using my Texas A&M Corps of Cadets campaign cover. I bought the official BSA chinstrap along with the hat band and hat device (insignia), but I am thinking about using my original chin strap designed to us a hat cord (the strap and the cord hold each other in place), which I will make from round leather cord of matching color to the hat band tied in a square knot in stead of going through a bead and tying monkey fists on the loose ends for the acorns. Then I will make a turks head neckerchief slide out of the same round leather cord. If I wanted to get really particular I could stain my Philmont belt to match on find some boots the same color, but that would be excessive, i think, unless, I just happen upon some boots of the right color and fit next time i nee d a new pair.