Stampede String
Our stampede string isn't only for ranchers working cattle on the open range. Anyone who wants to keep their hat from blowing away will find it useful. This handcrafted stampede string has two, four plait braids of kangaroo leather joined together with a sliding knot. Two cotter pins slide between the sweatband and the hat body. Once bent, they provide a secure attachment of the stampede string. The stampede string is available in Natural Tan or Black. The Natural Tan darkens with sunlight. Our own production, made in the USA.
Do you live outside the US? Due to strict US export regulations, we are only able to ship kangaroo leather products outside the US by adhering to the US Fish and Wildlife Service export inspection procedures.
Our stampede string isn't only for ranchers working cattle on the open range. Anyone who wants to keep their hat from blowing away will find it useful. This handcrafted stampede string has two, four plait braids of kangaroo leather joined together with a sliding knot. Two cotter pins slide between the sweatband and the hat body. Once bent, they provide a secure attachment of the stampede string. The stampede string is available in Natural Tan or Black. The Natural Tan darkens with sunlight. Our own production, made in the USA.
Do you live outside the US? Due to strict US export regulations, we are only able to ship kangaroo leather products outside the US by adhering to the US Fish and Wildlife Service export inspection procedures.
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Please watch this short video from our David Morgan on YouTube channel for instructions on how to attach a stampede string to your hat.
If you are purchasing a stampede string and Akubra hat, Panama hat or Lizard Head Hat at the same time and would like us to attach the stampede string to the hat, please request that service in the Special Instructions box during Check Out. We are happy to do so.
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Kangaroo leather is by far the best leather for fine leather braiding. Excess kangaroos are harvested in Australia under programs approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife authorities. The leather we offer is in a high strength bark tannage, and skins are selected for shape and minimum scars and discoloration. We offer natural, black and whiskey skins drum stuffed, that is grease is worked into the leather in heated rotating drums. Drum stuffing provides an even distribution of grease in the amount needed to ensure optimum properties of the leather. The natural color skins are a light tan color as received from the tannery, but darken with sunlight. The black and whiskey skins are tannery dyed, and are black or whiskey through the skin. Our kangaroo skins are sold by square decimeter. 10 square decimeters equal 1.076 square feet. We have provided an estimate of the price of a skin, but the actual price will be determined when shipped. There is a 10% discount for lots of 250 square decimeters and over (assorted), 15% in lots of 500 decimeters and over.
