cowboy hat etiquette (West, Howe, Marfa: weddings, buy, versus)

[Jezer]

Thank you catman.

[tstone]

Originally Posted by ilmd

Can't tell you the 'rules', but I live both in northern Wyoming and southern Texas. Wyoming wear hats alot- but I don't know anyone who is serious about the don't touch, colors, everyone takes it off inside at someone else's house. Alot of Navajo jewelry. Texas= I have not seen many hats or jewelry. Don't know if I am in the wrong area , but even horse people don't wear hats. Maybe when it gets hot.

You're not alone. I couldn't tell you the rules either and my family & in-laws have been spread all over the southern part of this state for multiple generations. Most of the cowboy-looking people I've known & seen wear baseball style caps. Though there are some folks who think this part of Texas technically isn't 'Texas'...

But by reading this, I'll definitely say I learned something new.

[case44]

Originally Posted by Jezer

Here I was in Marfa lock, loaded and shootin at the Giant anniversary in Marfa, with my Texas Resistol. Shame I'm not Texan!

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Now that hat right there, that's the style I'm looking for, perhaps a different color, though. But that would definitely be it right there!

[.45acp]

'Found this thread while lookin' for somethin' else on 'cowboy hat ettiquete'.
There's fellas here who'll tell ya 'straw' is for feed... not hats. I use a Stetson straw (now 5 years old) to work in... and it's developed a life of it's own. I never shaped it... but it 'sags, bends, 'n folds of it's own accord. I do believe it has achieved conciousness. That said... I never take my hat off (one of seven) 'cept in the house or somebody else's house... or church. My felts are either black or brown... with the exception of a Rebel slouch, which of course is light gray.

This thing about 'women' settin' rules for 'men's hats ain't right and I will not abide by any of that. Nobody I know of will either.

The 'Rules':

1. Never touch another mans hat

2. Anything under the cowboy's hat belongs to the cowboy. (That's where that kissin' thing came from.) See Rule #1.

3. Never hand a your hat to a woman.

4. Never lay your hat on a bed.

5. Never lay your hat brim down. (All the luck will fall out.)

6. Never clean your hat (See Rule #5.)

7. Never tip your hat to another man. That's insulting.

8. It is permissible to water your horse (and yourself) from your hat.

9. Never adorn your hat with feathers, flowers, pins or gee-gaws. (Other than leather/horsehair hatbands, chinches (wind strings) appropriate military insignia or arm of service acorn 'cords'.)

10. Puppies and kittens may sleep in your hat. (Optional)

11. Cowboy hats are: Black, Brown, Tan, Gray or White. Anything else is fair game for open ridicule.

12. Those who do not normally wear cowboy hats shall have no say or opinion on how or where they are to be worn. Such utterances are to be ignored from whatever source.


I dunno where all this 'turqoise' stuff came from... 'Must be New Mexico. Nobody but noobs wears that stuff here. I live in an Open Range area of the Sonora Desert. Cowboy hats, sunglasses, Wranglers and boots are near mandatory. Gunbelts optional.

[theloneranger]

Originally Posted by rstrstx

Yes that was one of my grandmother's pet peeves, gentlemen are supposed to remove their hats when they enter a building and should never ever eat with their hat on!

I don't understand why this ever went by the wayside...it's common courtesy to remove your hat when you go inside someone's home in particular or when you're eating at the dinner table.

Until the 50s it was common for men to always wear a hat outside and never wear one inside, and a woman was always supposed to wear a hat unless she was in her own home. Why has this changed?

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by theloneranger

I don't understand why this ever went by the wayside...it's common courtesy to remove your hat when you go inside someone's home in particular or when you're eating at the dinner table.

Until the 50s it was common for men to always wear a hat outside and never wear one inside, and a woman was always supposed to wear a hat unless she was in her own home. Why has this changed?

I barely remember when most women wore hats to church.....and I can see why the custom changed. I wouldn't be caught dead in any of the hats they wore....

[Cowboybootnut]

Originally Posted by car957

Case

One of the best hat selections in the Metroplex is in the Fort Worth stockyards. I forget the name of the place but it was run by a short, older Jewish guy who is funny a heck. It was near the Elephant Lounge. I bought a nice straw hat from him about 12 years ago while traveling over to Arlington.

And I can't remember the name of the place but I can remember the name of the bar its located near? Go figure

That place closed years ago. I went in there probably in 2000 and bought some Wranglers. I think it is now a knife store. Fincher's, located across the street, is not bad. And then you can go to Cavendar's in many locations.

[TexasGirl@Heart]

A song about touching a cowboy's hat....


YouTube - Chris LeDoux-This Cowboy's Hat

[TexasGirl@Heart]

There is a great store in Gatesville for buying hats and boots...I can't remember the name, but NOTAM here knows it well--because she took me there to buy a sharp pair of boots!

It's amazing all the things you learn on CD.com! I immediately went to my closet and turned my felt hat on it's crown. No wonder I was having such bad luck lately.

[turkeytrot]

Been a hat wearer about all my life, (Resistol) felt and straw.
I wear my felt in the winter and straw in summer. However, I've seen many ranchers and farmers wear felt year round.

I never set my hat on the brim, only on the crown.
I've seen lots of different things put in the hatband from feathers, to toothpicks. I never had the want to to have anything in mine.

I don't like my hat being tipped, moved or taken off my head. Makes me unhappy.

My hat is black. I've tried to wear other colors but black suits me best.
Tall crown with either a four or six inch brim I've had and like both.

Straw hats wear out a lot faster. I've had many straw hats but only three felt hats as an adult. One was lost to the Brazos river. One a gift and another I bought. The last one I got was twenty five years ago.

I pretty much follow my own rules when it comes to wearing my hat.
But that's just me.