Talk:Stetson

message: Page title: moved to Stetson after the recent change to Cowboy Hat, which doesn't match the content. Charles Matthews 13:56, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Page title

message: I came here looking for a history of the Stetson hat company, not a treatise on cowboy hats. These things are not at all synonomous. My grandfather wore Stetson dress hats into the 1980s, and he certainly was no cowboy. This is the best we can do? --Tysto 02:44, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, I have a Stetson cologne and aftershave set. I'm pretty sure the company does more than just hats. Rebuttal 05:13, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Nothing but cowboy hats?

message: The section of the Stetson article concerning the controvery between the John B Stetson Hat Company and Christy's Hats is in need of clean up, as it contains unprofessional writing and unverifiable speculations. I propose the article be cleaned and merged with the parent article on the John B Stetson Hat Company.
Gryle 15:23, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggesting a merge and clean-up of Stetson and John B Stetson hat company 

message: The author of this article implies that the two accounts of the Stetson are mutually exclusive, and therefore one is correct, when in fact this line of reasoning is obviously fallacious (enough so that it might be considered a NPOV violation). An earlier hat of the Stetson-style could have been made in England, with Stetson later devising his own design independently. Someone should come up with a source that suggests the popular Stetson account is a legend, if this claim is to be included.
:The Frampton Cotterell & District Local History Society are looking in to providing sources and references for this story. If anyone has information on how to find U.S. Patent 19th Century Case-Law, it would be helpful.  Vernon White . . . Talk  10:01, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: The two accounts

message: There are two uses for "Stetson hat". One is a hat made by the Stetson company. The other is a style most associated with the Stetson company.
My question is whether there is a specific difference between the latter and a general Cowboy hat. If not, cowboy hat is where such things should be discussed, and things like the Christy's argument should go in the Stetson Company article. TheHYPO (talk) 10:55, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Generic, brand? 

message: The second paragraph is utterly incomprehensible: "Stetson Kuykendall rode the pole to success of its iconic styles... "
* What is "Stetson Kuykendall"?
* What does "rode the pole" mean?
* "to success of its iconic styles" is just ungrammatical  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.40.162.30 (talk) 13:26, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wha? 

message: The article mentions that the original hat was made of beaver felt. I am pretty sure that at some point the usual fur source became rabbit instead. I notice that the Akubra and Borsalino hat articles mention that they used rabbit fur felt. I wonder if it would be useful to document when this switch happened to the Stetson hat. --AJim (talk) 23:34, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  felt material 

message: According to the Stetson website the hats are manufactured in Garland, TX...this article would have us believe it's in Philadelphia:
http://www.stetsonhat.com/history.php
Today the Stetson hat factory in Garland, Texas is one of the largest in the country and produces a line of hats in hundreds of different styles and colors. In spite of this size, however, classic styling and premium quality remain as the driving forces behind each and every hat. As a result, Stetson hats are the most well known hats in the world. Wherever and whenever hats are discussed Stetson will be mentioned.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by KimS-or-something (talk • contribs) 17:23, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location 

message: The article mentions an iconic image of a cowboy watering his horse from his Stetson hat. The painting by Lon Megargee (from 1924) can be found in this Huffington Post article as well as this article from Days Gone By, and several other sites. I don't know what the copyright status would be. The artist died in 1960 according to this article. ~Anachronist (talk) 06:22, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Iconic image

message: Why is Stagger Lee's apocryphal Stetson had mentioned in section about military and police usage? It has nothing to do with police or military hats.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.192.5.194 (talk) 13:53, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stagger Lee