Cowboy hat

The cowboy hat is a typical garment of the North American cowboy and has its origin in the Mexican vaquero culture. With the occupation of the Mexican States Texas ( 1836), Nuevo Mexico ( 1846), and Alta California ( 1846) by the United States got the hat in the United States. The first cowboys in the United States today, were the Mexican vaqueros who worked after the occupation of the territories and the expropriation of the Mexican owner for the new masters. The majority of the cowboys on the Cattletrails to the loading stations in Kansas were Mexicans.

The classic cowboy hat from the United States of Stetson. This was developed by John B. Stetson, the son of a hatter from Philadelphia and in 1865 produced for the first time. As a material the undercoat of the beaver skins was used. This hair has excellent water-repellent properties, is lightweight, keeps you warm and shining light, which the Stetson is its silky-smooth surface texture. However, beaver hair is very expensive, so a real Stetson can cost up to $ 2000 today. Such as the Australian Akubra - - For this reason, many Stetsons today are made of rabbit hair worked. However, even cheaper Stetson Stetson by the company are manufactured.

The typical form is the Cattleman with broad, laterally extending slightly upward brim, a hatband rips or leather as well as the three indentations on the head part. Also versions of straw - emerged under Mexican influence - are available.

For ten gallon has name for the cowboy hat, there are various theories. One says it was based on a misunderstanding. The Mexicans called the wide-brimmed hat made ​​of quality materials as un sombrero tan galan, " a very gallant hat ". Your English-speaking colleagues understood this wrong and called the hat has ten gallon, a "ten- gallon hat ".