Stephen helped me to purchase my new hat last nite,,,,Excellent service and very very very personable gentleman. I will definitely be purchasing ALL my C & W wear from him in the future... Thanks Again Stephen,,, Love my new Twister Hat,,,,
Thanks for the explanation. I just bought a Stetson hat this past week on a blind internet order and I nailed my hat size of 7 1/4 but noticed that there was more pressure at the front and back of my head. Thanks to this video I now know I need it stretched into more of a long oval.
Be very careful. I also have a long oval head. I've found inconsistencies with Stetson as a brand. I'm a 7 3/8. Some are very tight/pressure like at the forehead and occiput (rear/base of the skull), and with about an index finger's space. I got lucky with a straw Stetson as it fits very well. I'm currently trying to make the Skyline (6x beaver felt) fit. It's a little tighter for the size. I had an associate at a store (corporate as there are very few actually legit, non-corporate stores near me), where the base of the crown actually appeared distorted or overstretched. I do hope this one will eventually conform to the head the more it's worn. Some people are of the opinion to go to the smaller size if you're in between. Others have said go the next size up and put padding in it. It's about personal preference I think. If it's too tight, you won't wear it for long periods. Hope this helps anyone. I"m new to cowboy and felt hats. They def don't fit like a baseball style hat.
If you want a hat to actually fit, go to a custom hat maker who uses an old tool called a "conformateur" to measure and custom block a hat just for your head. They're not hard to find, and it won't cost much more. Nobody's head is shaped like the standard block shapes that Hatco (Stetson and Resistol) or any of the other big brands use. Hell, they don't even offer extra-long oval sizing anymore. No amount of stretching or steaming will make a hat fit your head if it's not blocked specifically for you. Otherwise, first time you sweat in it you'll be right back to the original ill-fitting hat.
@John Small, absolutely true, and excessive stretching deforms crown shape, been done this road more than once,moreover, contemporary cowboy hats are quite firm so the remodifying crown shape is not that easy and results are rather questionnable
jeez, you'd think the stetson guy would know where hat sizes come from. You take your head circumference and divide it by pi (3.14), which is the average diameter of your head. There guy's head circumference is 22.875 inches, divided by pi gets his hat size as 7.285, or maybe 7 1/4, approximately, as 90% of cowboy hats aren't true to size. It's a starter, like the guy says.
Measure cranial dome capacity and multiple by a factor of 3.1416. Divide by square root of any two sides of an isosceles triangle and wallah! Your hat size for custom fit and finish.
Anyone know a good chain store to get a hat stretched? I'm a 22 1/4 and a size 7 I got off the internet is a little tight. I live in Massachusetts so the only stores that sell hats around here are tractor supply - are they reputable?
MOST, hat companies do not stock my size. 77/8, so I buy 73/4 and have to stretch the hat mine fit a little snug good for wind my Resistol hats are the only ones that I can find.
Does anyone know what style hat the man in black shirt is wearing? I have a similar profile so I think I just found my perfect hat. It looks a little different from the classic Western style. It also looks like it's made with beaver skin, right?
@@LedosKell Fur is felt. You take some fur, (let's say Beaver) apply heat, moisture, and pressure to get it all matted and condensed. Press it further, cut it, shape it, and you got a hat.
The only people who wear cowboy hats in Florida are cattlemen and they all wear those high-dollar Panama straw white ones. Too rich for me. I wear (and wear out) cotton boonie hats.
Yeah even with closed captions I still don't know what half of what their saying is and would really like to know. Guess this was from before we knew to use a mic.
