As far as people not knowing the front from the back, I’ve seen interviews, of more than one country music “star”, that had their hat on backwards.😂😂

@CowboyCartel

6 ай бұрын

I have told several stories about that on the podcast. Maybe with Chad or Conor

@TucoDog-ho6fw

6 ай бұрын

Same thing happens with bicycle helmets. My town had a dorky mayor who did a bicycle safety video and his helmet was on backwards the whole time😂 All of us bike shop owners were in hysterics about it for weeks.

This was a great video. You guys mentioned that new hat owners don’t know how to take care of their hats but I would say lots of people don’t know. I’ve worn hats my whole life and learned some new things today so thank you for this video. There is so much misinformation from the internet. So many people think they have all the answers but in reality they don’t have any answers. Jobe, you said that even high X hats have rabbit in them. My daily winter hat is a Rodeo King 100X that says “100X Pure Beaver” on the sweatband. Are you saying that isn’t true?

This video is amazing. I watch every video with you two in it. You guys have a great dynamic

@CowboyCartel

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words, I’m glad you enjoy it. Thanks for watching.

Great informational video Joe & Jobe! Thanks Guys.

Great video. Thanks for all the information.

Great video with a lot of fantastic information, thanks boys!

Very cool

Great hat 🤠🙋🇹🇩

3:32 LMAO his look to camera

Next time I’m in the ft worth area I need to come see you guys I need to get a new hat my 200x has bad sweat stains so I know the hat is bad and doubt it can be cleaned out so maybe a new hat may be in order

Y'all make some nice videos. I'm old - actual Boomer - and I'm on a horse daily as we own a small horse farm. I actually like the way some straw hats feel, but I don't have much luck with them. We get quite a bit of rain at times and a straw is just not much protection and the rain seem to destroy them quickly. I'm actually cheap and even though my least expensive hat is probably 1; I consider a felt hat a much better value than straw. All of my hats are 100% beaver or beaver belly and they are SO much better in the rain (and snow during winter). I do have to clean them as you reference, and occasionally I use my wife's steamer (for clothes - It's a big machine with a hose and attachments kept in her laundry room). However I don't have to replace my felt hats - even when they get stepped on by a horse, I can send it back to my maker or the manufacturer and they can make it look like new. I find straw hats last a short while and can easily get messed up - and heck 4-5 straws equal the price of a cheap felt. I've actually had some folks ask why I'm not following the 'seasons' for hat wearing...HAHAHA - I usually respond that seasons are for my wife and her purses not a man's hat. Honestly till I saw this video I wasn't aware that folks had a season for hats - for men anyway - but as I said I'm old. Again, you guys have some great info and I actually subscribed to your channel.

@CowboyCartel

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting, it helps a lot. I love my all beaver hats, it my preference. I will never get the full benefit of all beaver because I’m hot that hard on my hats, but they hold their shape much longer and are easier to take care of. People love to follow the seasons and I don’t get it myself. The real truth is felt is the most appropriate and most formal option, straw “season” just means it’s appropriately warm enough to wear straw. I wear a felt till it gets over 90° consistently, but I still wear felt if I’m going to be inside or shooting a video.

I got a slate and a black hat, would i need 2 brushes for those or would the transfer of dust be negligable? The slate is a 7x rodeo king and the black a 30x wrangler. Great video btw 😊

@CowboyCartel

6 ай бұрын

In my opinion the colors are close enough. You are good with one brush. I use the same brush and don’t have any issues. Thanks for watching and the comment

Dose the same cleaning method work on wool or is more on felt. I own more wool hats then felt?

Would be great if you 2 would make a shaping video tutorial showing how to make the different styles etcetera

@CowboyCartel

6 ай бұрын

Conor and I are working on a shaping video, it will be for retail customers but we will see. Thanks

@ImpactTurns

6 ай бұрын

@@CowboyCartelMaybe an overview of each shape, the history, and where/when/why/how they’re usually worn too would be great!

👍🏻 video

We just moved to east Tx from Austin and started to hear about Atwood's in Frankston. Do you ever get out this way or know about them?

@CowboyCartel

6 ай бұрын

Atwood has been a hat I watched for a while. I like the story and fact they publish their blends. I don’t like they are making their straws in Mexico and are way overpriced for Mexican straw. but they make a descent hat

I would advise against using tape!!! I had a seamstress explain and show me using tape tends to leave a bit of residue behind and then things will stick faster to it. Best to just stick with a good brush or a damp cloth even.

@TucoDog-ho6fw

6 ай бұрын

I bought a couple of 5“ x 2“ rectangles of a very porous orange foam from a hat store years ago. They were made for cleaning hats. I got one for dark hats and one for light hats. I use them dry and brush (not rub) with them. Between those chunks of foam and a horse hair brush, I don’t do anything else to my hats. They never get dirty, just dusty, so I guess it’s kind of a very light duty cleaning.

Do you guys recommend the hat protector spray? I think twister and scout has them

@CowboyCartel

3 ай бұрын

No. I have never seen a need for it.

Stetson uses a black powder on their hats ...they told me this after I noticed on my new black skyline it was coming off if I rubbed it. I have no idea why they would do this.

@CowboyCartel

Ай бұрын

Generally, powder is applied to white of all factor and silverbelly of lower quality. I have seen black powder on hats, but that’s dust from sanding the hat and can last a long time, especially if it’s not worn often. It’s also the reason you see water spots a lot of times. The water washes the sanding dust away and the hat just needs to be brushed more often. Thanks for watching, and the comment.

Is there a way to re color a black hat that the color has faded

So what's the best decorative cowboy hat rack to use that won't mess up the shape of my hat? And does Jobe sale those in his store?

@CowboyCartel

6 ай бұрын

Jobe has some hat racks in store that are pretty nice, anything that holds it crown up are going to be best in my opinion. I use Mark Christopher Collection crown up racks. they are made in the USA and work great.

@gregholden8812

6 ай бұрын

​@@CowboyCartelthanks for your help

Would it be considered “safe” to use a leather conditioner, on the sweatband, or is it not really needed?

@CowboyCartel

6 ай бұрын

It is not safe. And your skin has enough oil to condition. At some point you may need to replace the sweat. I think it’s in our video with Andy he goes through a sweat band every year or two. Some people just have a different reaction with hats. All mine look new inside, and I wear a hat 90% of the time I leave the house. Conor can trash a hat in a month.

Is steel considered a light color or a dark color?

@CowboyCartel

Ай бұрын

It’s a dark color. Light are going to be white, silver sand, silverbelly, bone. Thanks for watching, and the comments.

I got a 100x that's a 7. I wear a 7 1/2. Can this be stretched?

@CowboyCartel

6 ай бұрын

That’s about 4 sizes and if you could get it stretched that much, something is going to break, most likely the sweat band and the hat band. These tips are more for a hat that once fit comfortably and shrunk over time to poor maintenance. Your best bet is to sell it and replace it.

@KENNETHCARNIE

6 ай бұрын

@@CowboyCartel thank you so much! It hurts because I got it for only 50 bucks and I don't have the means to get another one that nice. Maybe it'll bless someone else though.

What hat are you wearing looks nice?

@CowboyCartel

13 күн бұрын

@@elplebe11000 thanks. It’s a 500x American steel.

How do I clean grizzly fur felt?

@CowboyCartel

6 ай бұрын

Good question, I have used a sponge on those in the past and it works really well. I will see if there are any other suggestions. Thanks for the comment.

@Eavesdropping

6 ай бұрын

⁠@@CowboyCartelShould I keep it covered in plastic it came with? it’s a 10x grizzly tacchino brand hat steel color.

@CowboyCartel

6 ай бұрын

Don’t store it in the plastic, it can trap moisture and lead you to mold

@Eavesdropping

6 ай бұрын

@@CowboyCartelthank you

I guess I’m an old guy now and things have changed. When I was younger 100 X hat was something we never saw but knew it was out there. That was 100% beaver. I finally found one of your videos that told me what a 1000 X is. Is there a video that is totally dedicated to telling us what the various X designations mean. And which of the major companies use which grading system. It seems there is not an industry standard.

@TucoDog-ho6fw

6 ай бұрын

I appreciate the fact that you saw my comment, but I’d like an answer is there a video dedicated to explaining what the X system is. I understand if it’s not standardized from manufacturer to manufacture, that could be impossible. How about a video like I’m describing dedicated strictly to American, or rodeo king? those appear to be the two lines that you concentrate most on. Thanks.

@CowboyCartel

6 ай бұрын

There is not an industry standard which is one of my biggest complaints. I spent months just trying to decipher the code for American Hat Co but it seems pretty close to an industry standard. The idea is one percent beaver per X starting at 6x… however anything 6x to 10x is pretty much an all rabbit hat. I don’t know if they are lying when they put beaver on the sweat or if they genuinely put 6-10% beaver in the hat. I just call it an all rabbit hat. 20x is about where you see true beaver percentages. 100-200x is all beaver with different blends of quality beaver hair and finishing. American has some of the best finishing of any hat in the large scale production and a lot of even custom hats. 500x is all beaver belly and 1000x will be more for feel and look. It will be beaver belly blended with some exotic hair used for feel. Mink for American. You also usually get solid gold and real jewels in the buckle set. Thanks for watching

@TucoDog-ho6fw

6 ай бұрын

@@CowboyCartel Thanks for your time and for the information. Very interesting. 👍🏻🤠

Why do parts of the video get blacked out?

@CowboyCartel

6 ай бұрын

Should be just one part. It was an editing mistake.

@ItsMrBlu

6 ай бұрын

@@CowboyCartelgreat video by the way! Lots of valuable information on this and the straw video! Always learn something new!

I have a old resistol, rain, snow, rodeo mud everything including dirt in Iraq from my Marine days. I don't think she's ever been truly cleaned.

When using tape, does it remove more than just dirt, pet hair, and fuzz, meaning does it remove hair from the hat itself, such as what was used to make the hat?

@explore_with_lore

6 ай бұрын

I think so but I dont think it affects the hat

@GalvezQb

6 ай бұрын

I think duct tape is an old school way. I prefer to use a lent roller.

@kr115

6 ай бұрын

​@@explore_with_loreThank you!

@kr115

6 ай бұрын

​@@GalvezQbWhen Jobe mentioned the different types of tape, I thought about duct tape and noticed he didn't mention duct tape. Thought maybe duct tape would be too aggressive.

@CowboyCartel

6 ай бұрын

Its not going to take anything off that wouldn't have come off on its own. If its on there loose enough for tape to pull it off its not really part of the structure of the hat. like we said when talking about sanding, there is a ton of fiber in that hat that is compressed, when you start sanding you can quickly have what looks like a second hat on the floor. most of what comes off with tape is dust.

All you need is the same thing people have been using for 200 years... a brush, period!

@CowboyCartel

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the engagement

Leaving this location

Wool is course but there is different technique u can use to make them Finner

Wool is different

Or mist greys

Cleaning u can't do that with the spray bad way your setting the dirt into the hat

Cleaning u can't do that with the spray

Baby wipes have an oil so please don't use on silver belly

That's over stock put the hats that don't sell on sale

Wrong way to do it