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Location: ND | How do they typically fit? We ordered a 7 1/4 for my mom for Christmas as that's the size hat she currently has. It didn't even come close to fitting, sits on the top of her head! So we measured her head and she's since tried on several other brands and everything says she needs a 7 1/4. So do the Charlie 1 Horse's typically run small or did we happen to just get an odd ball one that's not right? |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | I have no other way to explain it than that they fit stupid. I wear a 7 and can't get a C1H hat to fit to save my soul. THey are way too small and shaped odd. My BFF has a tiny head and she wears one. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | they all sit on top of your head. They are made more for dancing and bar hopping according to a hat shaper I went to during an AQHA show. You can take them to a really good hatter and they can reshape the top so they can sit down over your ears for more actual riding and then reshape the rest too. He also put foam inside to make it really fit the shape of my head. I love the new shape now. Maybe take it to a hatter.  |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Take it back and get a good quality felt hat. |
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Location: Midwest Farmer's Daughter: Central Illinois | I agree with WBR - they're not made for people who actually ride in hats. They're made to sit on top of a hairdo & look nice.
Someone said once to me that C1H figured out how to get people to pay $150 for a $25 hat.
I have one & I wear it one out of every 10 runs or so. It's too shallow & if I don't cram it down to an almost painful degree, it flies off. |
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Northern Chocolate Queen
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Location: ND | Well dang it, I'll admit I'm kinda bummed....I should have asked BEFORE buying it!!!! Such a cute hat but doesn't do any good if it doesn't fit. |
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Location: where ever my L/Q trl is parked | Sara can't you send it back get a refund? Like you said lot of money for something that doesn't fit. It's a shame C1H doesn't put a disclosure in the hat telling the buyer to beware... "not for riding in"   "Buckle Bunnies welcome" |
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| I thought i had a normal sized head, but after reading this lol. I have the smallest hat size and it's still a little big on me. |
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Northern Chocolate Queen
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Location: ND | Aqhaczy - 2014-01-06 4:13 PM Sara can't you send it back get a refund? Like you said lot of money for something that doesn't fit. It's a shame C1H doesn't put a disclosure in the hat telling the buyer to beware... "not for riding in" "Buckle Bunnies welcome"
Yep I will be. We where just trying to decide it it was worth it to try getting a different size or just get a refund and shop for something else. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | So these hats are pretty much useless then, just a hat to look pretty in, now thats crazy right there, dont these hats cost a pretty penny? |
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| Southtxponygirl - 2014-01-06 8:28 PM
So these hats are pretty much useless then, just a hat to look pretty in, now thats crazy right there, dont these hats cost a pretty penny?
Well all the gals at my youth rodeo all wear them when they run and love them so I guess it just depends on the heads lol. I got one for Christmas on a deal from EBay at least 50% cheaper haha and I plan on wearing mine around just not during a run. I am all about helmet safety. I am not sure where the best place to buy hatstrings would be. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Kaitlyn19 - 2014-01-06 8:38 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-01-06 8:28 PM So these hats are pretty much useless then, just a hat to look pretty in, now thats crazy right there, dont these hats cost a pretty penny? Well all the gals at my youth rodeo all wear them when they run and love them so I guess it just depends on the heads lol. I got one for Christmas on a deal from EBay at least 50% cheaper haha and I plan on wearing mine around just not during a run. I am all about helmet safety. I am not sure where the best place to buy hatstrings would be.
So it fit's you good then, that good to hear. Ask Deanna Rockyroad on here that sells the 5 Star pads, I think she might make them, I saw, well I think I saw that she works with horse hair making shue flys and key chains out of horse hair. |
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| Okay I will try and find her. Thanks :) yeah I may just have an unusually shaped head haha that would be my luck. It would be insane to spend that money on just something not used. |
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Location: Over by those oil wells, TX | I'm weird I guess because I think they are so cute. I've seen lots of girls and ladies run in them in Texas. Maybe it's a regional fashion or something?
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| hopin4$ - 2014-01-06 8:56 PM
I'm weird I guess because I think they are so cute. I've seen lots of girls and ladies run in them in Texas. Maybe it's a regional fashion or something?
They are in PA too. I think eventually i would love a Glam and Grit hat. Have you seen those on facebook they got some wicked designs :) |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | My daughter used her own hard earned money to buy a C1H straw hat a couple years ago. She thought it fit ok in the store and she could make it work. Nope, not at all. The only time that dumb hat has been worn is by me for when I have to push her calves at rodeos and its mandatory to wear a hat so I figure I might as wear the useless thing in case I get calf crap on it so I don't wreck my good ones. |
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Location: Over by those oil wells, TX | Kaitlyn19 - 2014-01-06 9:00 PM hopin4$ - 2014-01-06 8:56 PM I'm weird I guess because I think they are so cute. I've seen lots of girls and ladies run in them in Texas. Maybe it's a regional fashion or something? They are in PA too. I think eventually i would love a Glam and Grit hat. Have you seen those on facebook they got some wicked designs : )
No i haven't heard of those but I'm usually wearing plain old black felts if there's a dress code. If I was cuter, young and a tough barrel racer I'd buy one, lol. |
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| hopin4$ - 2014-01-06 9:13 PM
Kaitlyn19 - 2014-01-06 9:00 PM hopin4$ - 2014-01-06 8:56 PM I'm weird I guess because I think they are so cute. I've seen lots of girls and ladies run in them in Texas. Maybe it's a regional fashion or something? They are in PA too. I think eventually i would love a Glam and Grit hat. Have you seen those on facebook they got some wicked designs : )
Anyone can rock anything just as long as they believe :) main reason I got a hat was be sure wearing a helmet all day got too hot. |
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Location: Over by those oil wells, TX | Kaitlyn19 - 2014-01-06 9:19 PM hopin4$ - 2014-01-06 9:13 PM Kaitlyn19 - 2014-01-06 9:00 PM hopin4$ - 2014-01-06 8:56 PM I'm weird I guess because I think they are so cute. I've seen lots of girls and ladies run in them in Texas. Maybe it's a regional fashion or something? They are in PA too. I think eventually i would love a Glam and Grit hat. Have you seen those on facebook they got some wicked designs : ) Anyone can rock anything just as long as they believe : ) main reason I got a hat was be sure wearing a helmet all day got too hot.
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| Haha well you got me there. I have picking issues so my feet are my worst feature lol. |
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Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | I bought one recently and it fits fine...worn a 6 3/4 all my life, my c1horse fits great. And no I didn't buy it to go bar hopping in... |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | CrossCreek - 2014-01-06 8:31 PM
I bought one recently and it fits fine...worn a 6 3/4 all my life, my c1horse fits great. And no I didn't buy it to go bar hopping in...
Sara, if she likes it, I would take it somewhere to get the top re done. It took him about 20-30 minutes to give it a whole new look on mine. It honestly looks like any other felt hat, just has the awesome lace under the brim that I wanted. I love it now and it fits wonderful.
As for the bar hopping, that is what the hats were originally sold for, people to wear on the streets, line dancing etc. Doesn't mean those are the only people that bought them so I meant no offense. Jackie Jatzue (sp?) rocked them at the NFR one year. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | I just have to say that it really grosses me out that Richard Childress and his grandsons wear them. That's just not right. |
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| SaraJean - 2014-01-06 4:08 PM
Aqhaczy - 2014-01-06 4:13 PM Sara can't you send it back get a refund? Like you said lot of money for something that doesn't fit. It's a shame C1H doesn't put a disclosure in the hat telling the buyer to beware... "not for riding in" "Buckle Bunnies welcome"
Yup...unfortunately there are lots of "Western" things that are for buckle bunnies and not us actual riders: Corral Boots, Miss Me Jeans, etc.
I also got a C1H hat and discovered that it fits a bit oddly. But it is a "round" shape and not an "oval." I am just going to re-shape it since I love everything else and don't have the $$ for a Shorty's Custom. |
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Location: Central TX | I have 6 of them and I run in them no problem. I run at pro rodeos down here on a weekly basis and lots of women where them. I dont really think they are a "buckle bunny" thing. they are NICE hats. |
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Location: mi | I think its the shape on them. They are a round and most of the other brands are oval shaped. I can't where them either but many do.
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Location: Dubach, LA | CYA Ranch - 2014-01-06 9:40 PM I just have to say that it really grosses me out that Richard Childress and his grandsons wear them. That's just not right.
You sent me straight to Google, but all I could find was a race car driver. I need pics of this man wearing his girlie hat. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | CanCan - 2014-01-07 10:03 AM CYA Ranch - 2014-01-06 9:40 PM I just have to say that it really grosses me out that Richard Childress and his grandsons wear them. That's just not right. You sent me straight to Google, but all I could find was a race car driver. I need pics of this man wearing his girlie hat.
Richard owns Nascar teams and they show him in interviews wearing these Godawful hats. I'll have to see if I can find any pic's. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Gross. I'm pretty sure if Dale Sr was still alive he'd say - hey, Richard, that hat looks stupid. Take it off.
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Location: MO | Am I watching an episode of Rodeo Girls here? Buckle bunnies and actual riders? Yips. 
I have a C1H hat and LOVE it. I run in it, ride in it, go dnace in it if need be, and keep it pretty. I have an expensive black felt hat that I barely wear compared to the C1H. I also have a Resistol palm leaf hat that I love too.
The C1H is a 6 7/8 and with a little foam, fits perfect. My black felt is 6 3/4 (or 5/8) and fits a little snug so I had it stretched a little, esp over the forehead area and it now fits perfectly.
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | it's funny the people that are offended that the hats were made for what you are calling buckle bunnies...because they were. The hatter I talked to that reworked mine, knows the man. Charlie I am supposeing his name is, and knows what his market started out for. So don't take offense to what these hats were made for, just be glad they are pretty cool and we can rodeo in them as well (once they are revamped to fit on one's head). |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Most of them are low crowned and if you don't have them fitted to you will sit up on top until you do. |
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