Chris Christmas, a fourth-generation Black cowboy with Native American roots, considers the cowboy hat to be an indispensable part of his heritage. “I think I was born with a cowboy hat,” said the ...

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Lone Feather Hats is located in Carter and builds custom cowboy hats for customers across Montana, the U.S., and ...

Watch: Learn about custom cowboy hat shaping at the D Bar M Western Store D Bar M Western Store owner Jack Bassett shows us what it takes to shape a custom cowboy hat.

HOUSTON — Mark Hollar spends his days selling and shaping upscale hats meant to last decades. The black hat he wears was a gift from a friend in 1993 when he was the best man at the friend’s wedding.

This month lets talk about hat shapes: There ar multiple different hat shapes to choose from; the cattleman, the Minnick, the brick, the Gus, and the cool hand look or CHL just to name a few. The ...