A custom hat has to do with felting. Felting is a process, not a material – that’s why we call it “felted fur”. Felting is a heating under moisture and pressure that makes the individual hairs twist and angulate around each other in every direction imaginable. That’s why the beaver hair (which is much smaller) […]
Beaver fur is the standard for measuring a hat’s quality, the higher the percentage of beaver in a hat the better the hat quality. Beaver fur, felts tighter, which results in a dense, light weight, thin hat which holds its shape in the rain longer than a lesser quality hat. The more densely felted the hat […]
Our western custom hats are made of 100% beaver and 50% beaver with 50% European hare. The 100% beaver western custom hats are the best you can get. Nothing is better than 100% beaver. That is what the working cowboy wanted to wear. My western custom hats are the kind of hats that todays working […]
Get a custom hat that is made of beaver so you can have a quality hat that will shed rain and still keep it’s shape. You will love the custom fit that wont leave a mark on your forehead and yet it will stay on your head when you are cantering your horse. With a custom […]
Our custom made hats are made by hand one hat at a time. I use my artistic abilities to hand craft a work of art. A lot of hard work and care goes into my custom made hats. You will love the look, the fit and the way they feel. These custom made hats are […]
Old western hats were the Boss of the plains hat. The cowboy made creases when he grabbed it and just general use. Some of the old western hats had the brims cured. You see this in a lot of old western photos. In this picture you can see the curled brim and the shape […]
The Boss of the plains hat didn’t have a high crown. The crown averaged about 4 inch crown and a 4 inch brim. The flat brim shielded the cowboy from the sun and weather. The cowboy didn’t shape the crown or brim. The brim would get bent in the strong wind and when they were galloping their horse. […]
The heavy texture of the felt repels the blazing rays of the sun better than any helmet. There are no recorded cases of sun stroke on the range. The record might be different were straw hats or “derbys” substituted for the rational headgear which for so long has been the accepted thing in the cowboy […]
There has been no head covering so suitable as this for the plains. The heavy boaderlike felt is practically indestructible.
