Dear History Nerd, you look marvelous! Wear with pride daily.
@adampark6889Ай бұрын
You look great in that hat! Love your channel
@Rockcreekrebelkennels Жыл бұрын
I’ve been to the John Wayne experience before if you like John Wayne then you WILL 100 PERCENT LOVE IT they sell the John Wayne collection hats there at the gift shop as welp
@tommybickerstaff1249 Жыл бұрын
John Wayne help put patriotism in the USA. We need more like him. I know I'm proud be an American Thanks to some of his military movies.
@johnwalker42512 күн бұрын
You look just like Tom Donovan! Thanks for this video. I’ve been looking at these hats for a long time. I have a lot of other hats, but never Stetson and has a huge John Wayne fan, I think this is the hat for me. I really appreciate the unboxing video. And I really appreciate getting a view of your man cave. You got a lot of cool stuff there. I’d like to take a closer look at someday but as man caves go it’s one of the best. Thanks again. Keep the videos coming.
@QVL753 ай бұрын
To my surprise, that hat actually looks very nice on you!
@ClintGrantham Жыл бұрын
Coffee County Alabama here ..... I'm working to bring back the idea of men wearing proper hats.
@poozizzle Жыл бұрын
Me too, in Richmond, Virginia!
@themullet7573 Жыл бұрын
We can thank the late John F. Kennedy for ruining the hat business. He didn’t want to cover up his hairdo or mess up his hair, so he was one of few men who didn’t regularly wear a hat back then. Unfortunately it caught on.
@1630revelloak Жыл бұрын
I'm with you bama.
@doublet6305 ай бұрын
Agree! Yet another Richmond, Va guy here. Proud to rock my cowboy hat
@ron72025 ай бұрын
I started wearing an original Panama Jack hat back in 2020, as a summer hat. I’ve bought a few since then but didn’t wear them often; until a I bought my Stetson crushable. It’s mainly a cooler weather hat and very casual. Now I need someone for spring and fall.
@bigbossman3806 Жыл бұрын
Never be concerned about how others think you look if you like how you look !
@davidrobins4025 Жыл бұрын
Hilarious - the future King of England "looked like a yahoo." I must agree the prince's hat was rather unbecoming. Thanks for the great unveiling.
@michaelj7069 Жыл бұрын
1977 right here in Calgary, Alberta for the Calgary Stampede. Frightful. LOL
@LowPlainsDrifter60 Жыл бұрын
I don't recall the Duke ever wearing that style of hat. He preferred taller crowns anyway. Incidentally, the costume designer, Luster Bayless, put together Wayne's wardrobe, including the hats, in most of his movies from the early 60s onwards. Luster said that he used to present Wayne with around 20 hats before each movie & he would pick one out & say " Yeah, that should do." 🤠
@johnwalker42516 ай бұрын
You have no idea how much I enjoyed Watching this video! Not just because of the hat, which is a must have for me. Having the same initials as the Duke, I love that dark purple silk interior with JW on it. Also I loved the fan and movie history you layered this video with. I even was happy to Superman in the cabinet just behind you along with his fellow DC heroes. What a great video, and from one nerd on these subjects to another, wish we could share a beer and talk about a lot more. My admiration with Duke, and Republic Pictures or Pappy Ford, also was handed down from my dad AND his mom. She made it possible for me as a 6 year old kid in 1966, when my grandma was working as a production assistant on El Dorado,( Howard Hawkes always hired her apparently) she introduced me to John Wayne in Old Tuscon and I shook his hand. Yessir, I think we would have plenty to talk about. Sorry to go on, Thanks again for making my day by making this video!
@historynerdsmancave75676 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comment and the kind words, Bubba. I think all of us who are of a certain age share common experiences like this, but, sadly, they are largely lost on today's youth. I'm betting John Wayne will be largely forgotten not too many years from now. It's up to oldtimers like us to keep passing down his memory.
@johnwalker42516 ай бұрын
I bet he’ll become a cult classic again. Just about the time when people without tattoos are the cool ones kids! But I for one am glad I got to grow up with him (on my TV and in Movie theaters!) always been a huge part of growing up. Like George Reeves was, in black and white on my little portable with UHF.
@msloquet3 ай бұрын
Great looking hat
@user-vp3ji1hy6n4 ай бұрын
Nice hat...and love Lonesome Dove! Yes that does look like a Gus hat..im getting one lol
@user-zg2mb8yc4k4 ай бұрын
It looks great on you!
@charlesscallia7705 Жыл бұрын
I left Texas 52 years ago and your show brings back many fond memories. Thanks. I really enjoy it.
@kingoftexas1475Ай бұрын
Where the hell did you go?
@jayh93134 ай бұрын
Got my JW Peacemaker hat 2 weeks ago and I love it. Wore it to church that first Sunday
@DrakorSesat2 ай бұрын
looks good on you. 👍
@marklawson4160 Жыл бұрын
I hope when they find the dog who stole the sacred belt buckle, he is strung up immediately. Love the hat. He was the one I looked up when I was growing up. He inspired me and "supported" me by His Words and Sayings. He still stands for what I wish America would go back to. He was My Hero.
@gobigrey93527 ай бұрын
Hey now, Festus Haggen is who got me into hats in the first place 20 years ago. I've even made exact replicas of his hat. The character and natural wear on that thing is amazing and you can tell it was actually a very high quality felt. Poorer quality felts don't age the same.
@josef56 Жыл бұрын
Damn! That hat makes you look exactly like John Wayne!
@jackdorsey4850 Жыл бұрын
John Wayne style hat no if an and or buts nice
@evelynmueller6523 Жыл бұрын
That sits on you like it was yours for years...suites you very well.
@TheLifeandSadEnding Жыл бұрын
Looks great.
@helodriver20 Жыл бұрын
I went to the John Wayne Experience in Ft Worth a couple of months ago. It’s definitely worth the visit. 🤠❤️🇺🇸
@sklosct74167 ай бұрын
Looks good on ya!!
@garymaston47211 ай бұрын
Keep up the good work…
@gatorzownosu Жыл бұрын
I would say you look more like Wilford Brimley. Lol. JK. That hat looks really good on you. I may have to get one now. I didn't think I could pull it off but I'm having second thoughts.
@baddogdax69 Жыл бұрын
Been to his birthplace, did not know of the John Wayne Experience, time for a road trip!
@billosby9997 Жыл бұрын
I call shotgun!
@johnwalker42516 ай бұрын
And another thing! Last year, I searched high and low to acquire a Rooster Cogburn hat. I them set to work steaming, cleaning, reshaping, fitting an exact band as Rooster Cogburn’s hat. Then distressed it with salt stains, dirt powder and sold it to a collector, after wearing it for a year.
@kenhouse8683 Жыл бұрын
Looks good
@jacobkochutin1436 Жыл бұрын
My grandma and I would watch old westerns and she adored John Wayne. One of my most favorite possessions is a Resistol Fort Hat she got for me. We waited, if I remember correctly almost 6 months for it to be made and it's a beautiful hat. The first movie we watched of the Duke's was Hondo so I loved the fort style!
@historynerdsmancave7567 Жыл бұрын
I've been eyeing the Silverbelly Stetson Fort hat myself but wasn't sure if I'd like the distressed look that they apply to it. Thanks to your comment, I may end up ordering one...
@johnwalker42516 ай бұрын
Which John Wayne movie hat does the Peacemaker hat look like to me? It does look a lot like the Duke’s hat from Liberty Valance. Tho that film hat had a sort of Montana Peak crease. The hat John Wayne in The Three Godfathers, looks a bit like this Peacemaker though the crease is still different. Last vote for a similar look, minus the crease or band, is the hat John Wayne wore in The Shootist. That’s my choices. Lastly, you look great in that hat. Must feel great wearing it! I’ve gone through a lot of Cowboy hats in my time from Open Road and Cattleman styles to a Gus or two and a Rio Bravo “Chance” hat - hole and all. So I might have a little experience in my old brain to say, that Peacemaker is a gorgeous hat and I swear, you look dog gone good in it.
@jamesschneider3828 Жыл бұрын
Good looking Stetson
@ItsMrBlu Жыл бұрын
Nice hat! The liner is in my opinion one of Stetsons best looking liners! Can't wait for your next video! You always bring out some nice hats and fair reviews
@pauljernigan5125 Жыл бұрын
I’m a recent fan of your channel and new texas resident. I appreciate the breakdown of hat styles and confidence you display in wearing them. Used your videos as a starting point while researching before ordering a custom this week. Boots I’ve worn for a few decades, hats are fairly new to me. So keep the content up helps newbies.
@jwgbmp409 ай бұрын
I havent bought a felt cowboy hat since 1990. I had 2, a 2x Bailey and a 4x stetson. And back then I always felt that Bailey was a better hat at just 2x. Interesting.. lol
@fscottgray9784 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the explanation on the 4X vs. 6X etc. over the years.
@pa1adin111 Жыл бұрын
I know how you feel looking hats in your size, I wear a 7 3/4 as well. That is a fine looking hat.
@terrell48 Жыл бұрын
That is a beautiful hat, I would be proud to have that one, and in the immortal words “That ain’t brag that’s just fact” from the tv series Guns of Will Sonnet
@Voxguitarsrock Жыл бұрын
Great looking hat! Looks good on you. Thanks for the run down!
@1987foxl90 Жыл бұрын
The Duke was the best of all time!
@floydvaughn9666 Жыл бұрын
Nice hat. But the COOLEST hat was the battered crooked old warrior from Rio Bravo.
@Shadowbat69 Жыл бұрын
So after watching this video last month, it was the first time I heard of the John Wayne collection. Looked em up, fell in love with the Blackthorn. Only place that had it in stock was the JW Museum in Texas, and I ordered one. Absolutely love it. It's the best fitting hat out of all my Stetsons. It also has the same quote printed on the band.
@historynerdsmancave7567 Жыл бұрын
Great to hear that this channel is spreading the word about the John Wayne collection. I'm still looking for the 11 Stageline from the JW Collection in size 7-3/4 but have not yet had any luck.
@frankhinkle5772 Жыл бұрын
That is a fine looking hat and you do look good wearing it. For anyone who likes John Wayne and his movies, I highly recommend the book John Wayne: The Life and Legend Paperback by Scott Eyman . I learned more about Stagecoach just reading the Preference than from any documentaries. Excellent book and the author interviewed Duke.
@oddjobtriumph1635 Жыл бұрын
I'm listening to the Audio book at the moment .....absolutely love John Wayne and his Movies ......the Book is superb
@frankhinkle5772 Жыл бұрын
@@oddjobtriumph1635 Glad you are enjoying it. It's not just a book about him, but a history of movies. I got so much about how the art of movie making progressed as his career progressed.
@foodtechtoyreviews10 ай бұрын
Love how the crown dips down in the front. Awesome video. Amazing hat.
@budsederquist5721 Жыл бұрын
Nice looking hat…you look good under it!
@acethebear2431 Жыл бұрын
The hat looks good on you. Enjoy your channel
@Gunner1750 Жыл бұрын
Cooler than Fonzies jacket. LOL Perfect description. Great presentation. Thanks.
@anangryranger Жыл бұрын
A fine piece of headgear.👍 I'm proud you have it in your collection. Well done.
@scotthamp3844 ай бұрын
I've never seen a western where John Wayne wore a hat with the Gus crown
@monicagrant6092 Жыл бұрын
I’m so glad I happen to find you on KZfaq. Very informative.
@historynerdsmancave7567 Жыл бұрын
Not as glad as I am that you found the channel. . .keep watching and thanks.
@roberthambly9926 Жыл бұрын
Love it and it looks great on you.
@PedroReina-ps4pw3 ай бұрын
I liked want one for me
@frankdodgee Жыл бұрын
Beautiful hat. Informative.
@clarencewood1363 Жыл бұрын
That is a truly nice looking hat. I enjoy your content and the history behind it. John Wayne has always been one of my favorites. I've seen most all of his movies and I really like Rio Lobo too, but most all of his movies are good. Take care til next time
@Bigsky1886 Жыл бұрын
Looking pretty sharp
@Bigsky1886 Жыл бұрын
You’re right they’re hard to find
@stevenswanson8792 Жыл бұрын
looks very good.
@robeppers Жыл бұрын
Looks good! Great story
@stevepauley24379 ай бұрын
Nice hat! I sure wish it came in a 6X or higher, though.
@barrysegal4964 Жыл бұрын
Looks great & Note9 alot of money
@byatesperla Жыл бұрын
Thank you for a great video. Red River still is my favourite western. I've always worn a brimmed western hat, when all of my friends and colleagues wore baseball caps. I stood out from the rest of them and didn't give a damn what others thought of me about not wearing a baseball cap.
@historynerdsmancave7567 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words. After a malignant skin cancer surgery and two facial reconstruction surgeries that followed, I, too, have abandoned baseball caps for the wide-brimmed hat camp and couldn't give two tinkers dams what anybody else thinks about it. Appreciate you for watching the channel.
@FredArd1954 Жыл бұрын
I’ve contemplated the purchase of a Gus crown hat, in part because I dig the look, and otherwise because that’s my dog’s name.
@areach1 Жыл бұрын
Wow David....you look just like John Wayne from the forehead up!!!!! Impressive!
@billybeasley5131 Жыл бұрын
About the third video of yours i have watched. I love the hats and im a history buff to so keep them coming
@dcarr55337 ай бұрын
You will love the JW Museum. Went last year and LOVED it!
@SykesFW Жыл бұрын
Nice looking hat, and it doesn’t cost a small fortune, I found this hat for $150, I can deal with that, these hats that cost as much as a used vehicle are insane, there’s no way I can see spending $5000 for a damn hat
@davidgodley521 Жыл бұрын
My Stetson which I purchased a few years ago is wool. I don't know what grade it's supposed to be and I don't care.
@F.E.C.1955 Жыл бұрын
Love the videos brother keep them coming
@Mint_Vicla Жыл бұрын
Happy New Year!
@jwgbmp409 ай бұрын
Thats a real good look on you brother! I like that crown better than the typical "gus"
@robertgarcia6561 Жыл бұрын
Bought a JW Chinook hat back when I lived in Washington. One of my favorites to use when I do cowboy action shooting. Sadly the hat box wasn't that cool.
@juventinogutierrez2843 Жыл бұрын
A subtle Montana crease is my cup of tea. BTW I also have a 7 3/4 noggin so I feel you hermano! Feliz Ano Nuevo.
@raymedic Жыл бұрын
Thanks David, just went to the John Wayne Experience online. Didnt get a hat but I got a bottle bourbon
@mikekoscielniak2215 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful hat
@flaco5581 Жыл бұрын
Nice hat! Looks good on you. I did notice that belt buckle in the sons of Katie elder. Thanks for the information.
@MidwestTaildragger Жыл бұрын
I was thinking it looks like his hat from Rio Lobo post civil war.
@CBRooFeo96 Жыл бұрын
I thought about getting a peacemaker a while back, but I decided a western crossover hat would suit me better than a full blown western, so I wear a Silverbelly 6x Stetson Open Road.
@historynerdsmancave7567 Жыл бұрын
I wear the 6X Silverbelly Open Road, too, as well as an Open Road Royal Deluxe. Ain’t no law saying you can only own or wear one hat, Bubba.
@theKluck Жыл бұрын
Cool hat. I would wear it!
@Bigsky1886 Жыл бұрын
“One disaster after another “ pretty much describes and trip to Kansas 😂
@jonathanlane5432 Жыл бұрын
Looking good, Pilgrim!
@DustyRhoades Жыл бұрын
The hat is you. Another fun fact you probably already know, although not related to John Wayne Westerns but his movie “The Green Beret”, he had special forces (green berets) as technical advisors for the movie. Mr. Wayne was so Pro American, Pro Military, Pro Green Beret, the special forces community gave Mr. Wayne a brass Montagnard (a group of indigenous people from the Central Highlands of Vietnam) bracelet. The Montagnards would give these bracelets to a number of green berets in Vietnam to indicate they are now brothers and fellow warriors for ever. Mr. Wayne accepted the bracelet with great pride and humility and said he would never remove it. After the green beret movie you can see him wearing the bracelet in his movies. I discovered this while I was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, NC. The small little Special Forces Museum, this was in the mid to late 70’s, had a dedication to Mr. Wayne with the brief history I mentioned above. Thought you may find this interesting. 👍🇺🇸🪖
@historynerdsmancave7567 Жыл бұрын
Many thanks for the interesting information, and, more importantly, thank you for your service.
@farside51 Жыл бұрын
Great video and some very interesting history. Thank you for taking the time to do it.
@farside51 Жыл бұрын
By the way, nice man cave 👍
@historynerdsmancave7567 Жыл бұрын
Appreciate your kind words. Keep watching the channel.
@chukzombi Жыл бұрын
it looks good, man, i have a cowboy hat and live in NJ where nobody wears cowboy hats, i'm still working up the courage to walk around in public with it on. it looks good on me, but its huge and i feel like i stick out like a sore thumb.
@historynerdsmancave7567 Жыл бұрын
Sometimes you’ve just got to switch your “Give A Damn” button to the off position and do whatever the heck you feel like doing, brother…
@user-nd8br2bf4l9 ай бұрын
I was at the John Wayne Museum last week. I found a Peacemaker hat in black on display. It looked great and I decided to buy it and have it shipped home. I was assured it would be boxed and shipped the next day. It arrived today. It was not in the original box. I found the hat to be crocked. The crease and brim curve were off 10 degrees left of center. I guess I'll go to the boot corral tomorrow and try to get it corrected. Stetson's quality control must be a little off this year.
@cliftongully Жыл бұрын
A Gus looks great on you!
@kirkmanning62327 ай бұрын
The big studios made their own hats to suit the characters of the productions. By the hundreds! Western Costume also made and supplied all manner of western, fedora and uniform hats. Check out “Nudie” the famous western tailor to the stars! King of rhinestone attire and hats. He was a dandy!
@Wingman115 Жыл бұрын
Great video. Huge John Wayne fan. I just purchased the 11 Stageline hat myself. Thanks for sharing lots of great information.
@historynerdsmancave7567 Жыл бұрын
Been searching all over for the Stageline. That can be a hard hat to find in any size, much less the 7 3/4 that I wear.
@Wingman115 Жыл бұрын
@@historynerdsmancave7567 I got on Stetson’s wait list for it. They emailed me they had one in 7 3/8 and I pulled the trigger. Check out their Buffalo line I purchased the Powder River. Great fitting hat. I have a video on it over on my channel.
@bobcole3852 Жыл бұрын
Nice one. Just looked it up, readily available for about one fiddy... Gus crown in front is 3 3/4", BTW
@BakerBaker1-97 ай бұрын
I didn't know the buckle was stolen .... Crazy ... I don't the silversmith but I call BS on that ...that's terrible...love the Duke amd your channel... Definitely not festus ... Looks good man 👍 .. Ive always found that a hat picks me -usually
@cubculberson1545 Жыл бұрын
I bought the Peacemaker last May 2022 in Pigeon Forge, TN. at Stages West.
@brianworst90747 ай бұрын
Anita Baker didnt do ring my bell.Anita Ward did the song in 1979.I have a man cave room of mostly John Wayne. Steve Mcqueen and Alan Ladd Shane.
@pastortlc1 Жыл бұрын
I have that same hat made by Resistol in black. It has a small John Wayne hat pin on the band. Love mine.
@historynerdsmancave7567 Жыл бұрын
The Resistol versions are quite rare as they switched to the Stetson branding rather quickly. One site I saw said they made only 600 of each hat under the Resistol label, but you can never be certain what you read on the Internet is 100% accurate.
@Jedwbpm Жыл бұрын
Made a lot more then 600 of each hat
@billybeasley51318 ай бұрын
I know that you like a fine bourbon. It would great to have a list of your favorites
@gusparker4308 Жыл бұрын
You look really great in that hat
@RafaelCorellaSuarez Жыл бұрын
that is an awesome hat, happy new year gretting from nogales sonora mexico.