That’s a handsome hat … you look good in it !!!!

Lonesome Dove = Best western ever

Thank you very much for this review!

Dear History Nerd, you look marvelous! Wear with pride daily.

You look great in that hat! Love your channel

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

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.

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.

To my surprise, that hat actually looks very nice on you!

Coffee County Alabama here ..... I'm working to bring back the idea of men wearing proper hats.

Never be concerned about how others think you look if you like how you look !

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.

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." 🤠

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!

Great looking hat

Nice hat...and love Lonesome Dove! Yes that does look like a Gus hat..im getting one lol

It looks great on you!

I left Texas 52 years ago and your show brings back many fond memories. Thanks. I really enjoy it.

Got my JW Peacemaker hat 2 weeks ago and I love it. Wore it to church that first Sunday

looks good on you. 👍

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.

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.

Damn! That hat makes you look exactly like John Wayne!

John Wayne style hat no if an and or buts nice

That sits on you like it was yours for years...suites you very well.

Looks great.

I went to the John Wayne Experience in Ft Worth a couple of months ago. It’s definitely worth the visit. 🤠❤️🇺🇸

Looks good on ya!!

Keep up the good work…

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.

Been to his birthplace, did not know of the John Wayne Experience, time for a road trip!

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.

Looks good

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!

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.

Good looking Stetson

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

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.

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

Thanks for the explanation on the 4X vs. 6X etc. over the years.

I know how you feel looking hats in your size, I wear a 7 3/4 as well. That is a fine looking hat.

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

Great looking hat! Looks good on you. Thanks for the run down!

The Duke was the best of all time!

Nice hat. But the COOLEST hat was the battered crooked old warrior from Rio Bravo.

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.

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.

Love how the crown dips down in the front. Awesome video. Amazing hat.

Nice looking hat…you look good under it!

The hat looks good on you. Enjoy your channel

Cooler than Fonzies jacket. LOL Perfect description. Great presentation. Thanks.

A fine piece of headgear.👍 I'm proud you have it in your collection. Well done.

I've never seen a western where John Wayne wore a hat with the Gus crown

I’m so glad I happen to find you on KZfaq. Very informative.

Love it and it looks great on you.

I liked want one for me

Beautiful hat. Informative.

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

Looking pretty sharp

You’re right they’re hard to find

looks very good.

Looks good! Great story

Nice hat! I sure wish it came in a 6X or higher, though.

Looks great & Note9 alot of money

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.

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.

Wow David....you look just like John Wayne from the forehead up!!!!! Impressive!

About the third video of yours i have watched. I love the hats and im a history buff to so keep them coming

You will love the JW Museum. Went last year and LOVED it!

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

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.

Love the videos brother keep them coming

Happy New Year!

Thats a real good look on you brother! I like that crown better than the typical "gus"

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.

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.

Thanks David, just went to the John Wayne Experience online. Didnt get a hat but I got a bottle bourbon

Beautiful hat

Nice hat! Looks good on you. I did notice that belt buckle in the sons of Katie elder. Thanks for the information.

I was thinking it looks like his hat from Rio Lobo post civil war.

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.

Cool hat. I would wear it!

“One disaster after another “ pretty much describes and trip to Kansas 😂

Looking good, Pilgrim!

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. 👍🇺🇸🪖

Great video and some very interesting history. Thank you for taking the time to do it.

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.

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.

A Gus looks great on you!

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!

Great video. Huge John Wayne fan. I just purchased the 11 Stageline hat myself. Thanks for sharing lots of great information.

Nice one. Just looked it up, readily available for about one fiddy... Gus crown in front is 3 3/4", BTW

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

I bought the Peacemaker last May 2022 in Pigeon Forge, TN. at Stages West.

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.

I have that same hat made by Resistol in black. It has a small John Wayne hat pin on the band. Love mine.

I know that you like a fine bourbon. It would great to have a list of your favorites

You look really great in that hat

that is an awesome hat, happy new year gretting from nogales sonora mexico.

Looks good on you sr!