Texas Slim's Dome Shine

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Texas Slim's Dome Shine is an unlockable 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.

Trivia

• 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.Or Sergeant Cortez from the Time Splittersseries, who is a spoof of Riddick.
• 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.