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*The hat description was written by [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1411378&page=2 drewhead118]. | *The hat description was written by [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1411378&page=2 drewhead118]. | ||
*Before the October 6th Update, painting the hat only showed a tint of the color chosen. | *Before the October 6th Update, painting the hat only showed a tint of the color chosen. | ||
+ | *By default, the hat is the white color normally associated with good guys in cowboy movies. Painting the hat black could be used to imply that the player sits on the other moral allignment - or, that they think black looks better than white. | ||
Revision as of 18:46, 14 October 2010
“ | Hehee, yeeeehaaaaw!
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— The Engineer during a Texan hoedown
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The Texas Ten Gallon is an unlockable headwear item for the Engineer. It appears as a white leather Stetson-styled hat with a darker leather band circling the crown.
Painted variants
Main article: Paint Can
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Trivia
- Less commonly, but regarded as being of higher quality, a Stetson is made of stiff leather instead of felt or straw. Knowing the Engineer's pride in workmanship, it seems likely that he would pay top-dollar for the highest quality product.
- There are several theories as to why the Stetson became known as the 'ten-gallon hat'. The Stetson company admits their largest product can only hold, at most, 3 quarts of liquid, if one were to try. Even still, the name may have been adopted due to the original Stetson's high quality and tightly-woven felt, making it watertight enough to hold water, albeit briefly. The problem with this theory, however, is that any fabric container used to hold water will eventually unravel and be destroyed, no matter how well-made it is. Another theory is that the term "ten gallon" is possibly a corruption of the Spanish term "galón", or galloon, a type of narrow braided trimming around the crown, possibly a style adapted by the vaqueros. In essence, the term 'ten-gallon' did not originally refer to the holding capacity of the hat, but to the width of a Mexican sombrero hatband. When Texas cowboys misunderstood the word "galón" for "gallon," the popular, though incorrect, legend may have been born.
- The hat description was written by drewhead118.
- Before the October 6th Update, painting the hat only showed a tint of the color chosen.
- By default, the hat is the white color normally associated with good guys in cowboy movies. Painting the hat black could be used to imply that the player sits on the other moral allignment - or, that they think black looks better than white.
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