Texas Slim's Dome Shine
| Texas Slim's Dome Shine | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Worn by: | Engineer |
| Slot: | Cosmetic |
| Equip region: | Template:Dictionary/items/er error |
| Released: | Classless Update |
| Availability: | Drop, Craft, Purchase |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Paintable: | No |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Available Qualities | |
| Loadout Stats | |
 Texas Slim's Dome Shine |
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| “ | Well don't that beat all?
Click to listen
— The Engineer on hair loss
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Texas Slim's Dome Shine is a headwear item for the Engineer. It isn't actually a hat at all, instead removing the Engineer's default helmet to reveal his shining, bald pate.
The hat description was written by FarazParsa.
Trivia
- The description is a reference to one of the Mini-Sentry kill responses, which is in turn a reference to Meet the Engineer.
- Upon closer inspection, it appears the Engineer is not entirely bald, but elects instead to shave his remaining hair off.
This headwear may be a reference to Riddick, a fictional character, who is also bald and wears similar goggles. It may also be a reference to the book Fever Crumb where there is an order of engineers that all shave their hair and only drink water. It may also be a reference to Francis, one of the main protagonists in Valve's Left 4 Dead. There is a glitch where you can "wear" this hat by taunting with the Demoman's Grenade Launcher and then quickly switching to Engineer. Although the Texas Slim's Dome Shine is classed a hat item, it is not displayed in the "Inspect" target window after cycling through a player's equipped items using the "Inspect" key. It is unknown whether this is intentional, since the item is essentially the removal of a hat and realistically cannot be carried. The Engineer with the Scout and Sniper are so far the only classes that can use the Hatless hat. The sound of this hat when picked up can be described as "Like when you softly slap your hand or leg". This is the only hat which has this sound.
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