Of course, not all cowboy hats have dents. How about country and western star George Strait's? Or Bonanza's Dan "Hoss" Blocker's?
Yet the vast majority of cowboy hats do have dents, and no one could give an explanation then that dents are there "for style". Ralph Beatty, director of the Western / English Retailers of America, theorizes that early cowboy hats may have acquired dents by wear, and later were intentionally added.
As one, better to be kept anonymous, western hat marketer put it "Let's face it, without the dent, you would look like a dork"
We wonder if he would have said that to Dan Blocker's face.
Imponderables courtesy of David Feldman - from his book "Do Penguins Have Knees" / provided by R.M.Villoria
About the Author...
Born and raised in the state of New York, R.M. Villoria began his writing career as a prolific songwriter. After two back-to-back tours as a Marine in Vietnam, Villoria spent the next few years owning and operating a myriad of businesses and in 1992 returned to writing, this time appeasing his appetite for suspense and horror fiction.
Born and raised in the state of New York, R.M. Villoria began his writing career as a prolific songwriter. After two back-to-back tours as a Marine in Vietnam, Villoria spent the next few years owning and operating a myriad of businesses and in 1992 returned to writing, this time appeasing his appetite for suspense and horror fiction.
Years in the making, his ghostly tales touching on the underpinnings of quantum physics and the paranormal are now ready for the public. As his first published work, Villoria presents readers with Volume One of his series “Tales From the Mind Field.”
Villoria has a son and daughter and lives in Las Vegas with his Wife.
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