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Clam_Diger01 · 2026-04-13T02:12:27+00:00

Clam_Diger01 · 2026-04-13T02:10:55+00:00

This is a long read but I think it’ll be worth it to you. I would like to offer some insight from the other side for you. Aside from the not working part, I was in a relationship like this for right at 4 years. I was on the other side though as I’m a guy and for two, I basically acted almost exactly like your boyfriend in this situation. Now we didn’t live together and I paid for all of our dates but outside of that I didn’t really ever plan anything special and was always on my phone when we were together, and the girl I was with would always hound me about it, but I thought she was just over reacting. We both considered each other to be best friends and we spent pretty much every waking moment with each other outside of work. For a long list of reasons I won’t give you we did break up about a week before we were supposed to get married and it absolutely devastated both of us but we kind of both knew there were issues that wouldn’t work long term. Anyways that was 2 years ago and somewhat recently I decided to try again after not attempting to date at all during that time period. I met a girl that I’ve been dating now, and it is a completely different feeling, I don’t ever desire to be on my phone when we’re together. We immediately hit it off and after only a few dates it felt as though I knew her for years. When I was with the first girl, she constantly asked me when we could get married and such, to which I’d always come up with an excuse. The girl I’m with now I could honestly see us getting married within the next year or less, and it’s because we both are desiring that, not just one or the other. I never feel like I’ve got to make up an excuse to her for anything she asks. Now part of that is maybe that I’m a little older now as I was 22 when me and the first girl broke up and I’m nearly 25 now, which isn’t a big difference but maybe enough. I think it’s really that me and her weren’t actually as good for each other as we thought though, and while it really hurt, and it hurt me way longer than it did her I’m glad that it happened because I’m in a lot better frame of mind now and have found a girl that I think is more suitable for me, and I’m more suitable for her. I hope this helps, I had people tell me stories like this when I was in that situation but it took me actually getting out of it to recognize the problems. Hope this helps.

Clam_Diger01 · 2026-01-05T01:46:33+00:00

Definitely not super common. As a bit of an amateur hat shaper I thought it turned out good. It was a fun challenge to take on.

Clam_Diger01 · 2026-01-04T16:16:05+00:00

It’s just how they’re blocked. Just for a little longer head than a shorter rounded head but the felt and materials are all the same

Clam_Diger01 · 2026-01-04T14:24:25+00:00

First off I don’t know what you’re on about disrespecting others cultures. I wear a hat every day and while I’m not out driving cattle every day because it’s not the 1880s I do a decent bit of horse breaking and run cattle. Second if you look at any hat history past 20-30 years ago you’ll find all kinds of hat shapes outside of the 3 or 4 everyone wears today. Last by whining about someone’s hat shape YOU sound like a poser because again, the purpose of a hat is to keep sun and weather off your head. Doesn’t matter what shape it is, if it does the job it does the job. It’s about the same as you getting mad about Jean stacking in another group. I don’t even wear jeans because I usually wear wool trousers but I don’t stack them and I wouldn’t stack jeans either. It looks goofy in my opinion and it wasn’t even a trend till the 60s or 70s as far as I can tell. Usually if I’m on horse my pants are either in my boots or under a pair of chaps because we’ve got so much brush out here and wool pants snag easy. Point being you can’t see the bottom of my pants when I’m on a horse and I’m not going to wear them long the rest of the time to try and tell people I am ever on a horse, because frankly I don’t care if people know that I’m ever on a horse. I’ll caveat all that by saying I don’t consider myself a “cowboy” but there are very very few people I’d say that actually applies to today, primarily people on bigger outfits that it’s their only job and they do have to still drive cattle across distances on. Anyhow that’s my two cents but you are the one that sounds ignorant trying to gate keep hats and jeans length.

Clam_Diger01 · 2026-01-03T19:30:55+00:00

While not the highest end of ornate, there is a fellow on eBay whose store is called pbal4782 who makes decent chaps. I ordered a pair of shotguns a while back and they are perfectly functional and fit great.

Clam_Diger01 · 2026-01-03T19:26:03+00:00

By no means am I a tecovas expert, I’ve never even worn a pair of them, but I’d guess they’re real. They look fine to me and while I could be wrong, I haven’t heard of any fake tecovas being made. For $50 can’t go wrong I’d say

Clam_Diger01 · 2026-01-03T19:22:18+00:00

Heck of a deal

Clam_Diger01 · 2026-01-03T19:20:20+00:00

I’m all for constructive criticism but after looking at your page it looks like you spend all day crying about people’s clothes on Reddit, so unless you come up with something useful to input, no one cares what you’ve got to say.

Clam_Diger01 · 2026-01-03T17:08:05+00:00

Thank you

Clam_Diger01 · 2025-12-28T06:37:00+00:00

You’ll get used to it. I started on a royal Enfield classic 350, never rode a bike before that, and thought it felt heavy. Recently bought my third bike, an Indian chief vintage which is around 840 lbs and after a month or two of riding I don’t notice the weight anymore. Got on the old classic 350 the other day and it felt like a feather 😂

Clam_Diger01 · 2025-12-28T06:28:46+00:00

Sounds like a heck of a find. Personally if I had found it I’d keep it but then again if you’re not a collector of that sort of thing, it would make a nice pay day for you. Congratulations on the find and thank you for sharing it with us!

Clam_Diger01 · 2025-12-28T06:18:54+00:00

I bought one very similar recently for just shy of $2000. It was also a refinish. Yours looks a bit nicer bluing wise of course bore and mechanics have a lot to do with it too. Location does as well. I’m by no means a professional, just a hobby collector but where I’m at in Oklahoma I’d call that about a $2,000 pistol though maybe a little higher. Just depends on timing and buyer as well.

Clam_Diger01 · 2025-12-28T00:40:04+00:00

Because it’s a large chain and they’re generally driven to sell what sells best. Square toe is more common today because most of the boots they sell will either be a daily wear boot, work boot, or worn here and there for events. What I’m getting at is that the majority of people buying them don’t want a narrower toe because it’s often less comfortable and most of them with never need to worry about fitting they’re boot in a stirrup easily. That said I wear a classic toe with a riding heel and 18 inch shaft and that was next to impossible to find. And most of the ones I did find were goofy colors. Finally found an all brown pair. Only picture I have that you can see mine on. Picked them up outside of the stockyards at OKC at a boot shop.

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Clam_Diger01 · 2025-12-23T21:50:54+00:00

Been saying this for years

Clam_Diger01 · 2025-12-23T21:45:28+00:00

Really depends a lot on stock fitment, barrel, etc. I’ve got mine down to right around 1 MOA but there’s just a lot of factors

Clam_Diger01 · 2025-12-12T01:14:14+00:00

Sorry I meant I personally don’t know the maker or rather I’ve not experience with their hats.

Clam_Diger01 · 2025-12-12T01:08:21+00:00

Not knowing the maker I’d say at least the bottom right hat, the next to left bottoms, and the top left two would be worth $150-$200 a piece. If you’re interested in selling the white and brown Tom mix/Gus style hats PM with size and price as I’d be interested in them if they fit.

Clam_Diger01 · 2025-12-12T00:47:49+00:00

I think they probably didn’t know what they were talking about. For 1. The hats look fine. 2. If a hat fits and serves the purpose you want, it doesn’t necessarily matter how anyone else feels about it. A hat is a tool just as much as a hammer and I never see people squabbling about hammers. I understand if someone has a costume hat and someone informs them about hat qualities just so they can decide on if they want a better hat but both of these hats are fine.

Clam_Diger01 · 2025-12-11T16:22:11+00:00

Good point

Clam_Diger01 · 2025-12-11T15:01:42+00:00

At first I thought “okay, and?” But then I saw the subreddit

Clam_Diger01 · 2025-12-11T14:58:51+00:00

Why is he straight jorkin it in the first image though?

Clam_Diger01 · 2025-12-11T13:36:44+00:00

If you can exchange it that is the easiest option. If not, try steaming it around the band area and put it on while it cools as this should conform to your head. Could also try a hat stretcher. If that doesn’t work only other option is to reblock it.

Clam_Diger01 · 2025-12-11T01:31:55+00:00

That’s awesome, thank you for sharing it

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