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History of the Fedora

In 1882, Victorien Sardou, wrote a play called Fedora, for the biggest actress of the day, Sarah Bernhardt. When the play debuted in America, Princess Fedora, wore a low crowned, creased and pinched, small brimmed hat, and a fashion trend was born.

By the 1920s and 30s the Fedora was adapted for menswear, and became a crucial part of a man’s wardrobe and was associated with the tough guy image portrayed by the gangsters, and perpetuated in the films of the day.

In the early days of Hollywood and especially in the old B-Westerns of the 1930s it was not unusual to see both Fedoras and Cowboy hats in the same movie.

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Our standard delivery is 18 – 22 weeks for our Custom Hand Made Cowboy Hats.

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Classic Custom Hat – The Forrest Fedora

Price range: $410.00 through $830.00
Custom Fedora - The Forrest Bondurant (Tom Hardy) hat from the movie Lawless
Our Forrest beaver Fedora is a new version of the beat-to-crap-hat that the Tom Hardy character, Forrest Bondurant, lives in as the Bootlegger in Chief of his family business.

COLOR: Chocolate

CROWN: 5 inch Fedora

BRIM: 3" snap brim

Hatband: 2" grosgrain ribbon and bow

Personalized with your name inside the crown
The Surveyor Top Quality Adventure Hat

Price range: $410.00 through $845.00
A classic pecan crown with front pinch. We then made the brim 4 inches wide and heavily dipped the front. Giving great shade and weather protection for your eyes, head and neck. This modified our basic 10-4 brim that we introduced on our Pokinow hat and can be seen on our 1890s Cavalry Hat amongst others. The brim shape is a”10-4″ style. Because, “It’ll keep the sun outta your eyes at 10 in the morning, and off the back of your neck at 4 in the afternoon….”
Surveyor Top Quality All Weather Hat

Crown: 5 inches

Brim 4" inches

Hatband: 1" Black Satin ribbon w/bow

Crown: Pecan top with front pinch

Brim: Heavy dip in the front. Hand Rolled with bound edge

Color: Granite with matching brim edge

Shown in 100X Beaver Fur Felt

Personalized with your name inside the crown
Pork Pie Town Hat

Price range: $405.00 through $820.00
Pork Pie Custom Town Hat - Naturally enough this style of hat got its name from its resemblance to a pork pie.These small brimmed hats were first seen in the mid 1800s and were a popular British town style hat. In America they were worn by many soldiers during the American Civil War, and sailors still refer to their white caps as Pork Pies.

Hatband: 2" Satin ribbon with Bow

Crown: Telescope

Brim: Pencil rolled Bound

Color: Black

Personalized with your name inside the crown

Musician Favorite
Drake the Ripper Hat

Price range: $405.00 through $820.00
This is our take on the Drake the Ripper Hat - The hat worn by actor Jerome Flynn as Victorian Detective Sergeant, Bennet Drake, in the BBC drama, Ripper Street. It has a long modified cavalry shape to the short crown,with a small pencil roll on the bound brim. This BBC drama hit the screen in 2012 and the BBC drama is set in 1889 London, 6 months after the Jack the Ripper murders.

Hatband: 1" Grosgrain ribbon and bow.

Crown: modified cavalry

Brim: 1/2 inch pencil roll, hand shaped Bound

Color: Black

Personalized with your name inside the crown
Indiana Jones Adventure Hat

Price range: $385.00 through $820.00
Our take on the Indiana Jones adventure hat (fedora) from the Indiana Jones movie.
A classic fedora crown with a rakish curve to the brim brought this old hat back into public favor with the enormously popular Indiana Jones movies. Harrison Ford established himself as one of the top leading men in Hollywood with his portrayal of Archaeologist turned Treasure Hunter, Indiana Jones in 1981. We have modified the look of our Indiana Jones Adventure Hat by doing a 3 1/2" inch brim for better weather protection. If you wish the 2 3/4" inch brim (like the movie hat) just request it in the production notes as you put your hat order together below.

Crown: 4 inches

Brim 3 1/2" inches

Hatband: 1" Satin ribbon w/bow OR leather

Crown: Fedora Pinch

Brim: Hand Rolled Open

Color Shown: Pecan

Personalized with your name inside the crown
4 Corners Fedora Hat

Price range: $405.00 through $830.00
4 Corners Fedora Hat - Our Cavalry Fedora We decided to put our own twist on a fedora, and imagined what an old west cavalry trooper might like to wear on furlough. Bowlers are certainly one choice, but we imagined something a little different.

Hatband: 2" Grosgrain ribbon and bow.

Crown: 4 corner cavalry

Brim: hand shaped Open

Color: Silver Mist

Personalized with your name inside the crown
Frenchy Custom Fedora

Price range: $405.00 through $825.00
Frenchy Custom Fedora. Our take on Paul Henreid’s, Victor Laszlo fedora from Casablanca. (1942) The movie was put into wide release on January 23 1943, and at the Academy Awards of 1944, won 3 Oscars, including Best Film, Director, and Screen Play. Casablanca is perhaps the greatest example of film noir and the use of lighting and shadow is compelling. The scenes are brilliantly staged, and the dialogue is second to none.

Crown: 5 inches

Brim 2 3/4"

Hatband: Black 1" Grosgrain ribbon and bow.

Crown: Fedora

Brim: hand shaped snap brim with black Bound edge

Color: Sand

Personalized with your name inside the crown

Musician Favorite
Rigby Reardon Fedora

Price range: $385.00 through $820.00
Rigby Reardon Fedora - our version of the hat from Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid. {1982} Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid may be the cleverest movie in the history of film. This was the first film that cut in classic film scenes and legendary film stars into the plot and dialogue of the story.

Crown: 5"

Brim 2 3/4" inches

Hatband: 2" Grosgrain ribbon and bow.

Crown: Fedora

Brim: Snap Brim, hand shaped Open

Color: Black

Personalized with your name inside the crown
Fred Dobbs Classic Fedora

Price range: $405.00 through $835.00
The Fred Dobbs classic fedora - our version of the classic fedora from the Bogart film, - Treasure of the Sierra Madre. (1948) One of our all time favorite films this hat is a new version of the ratty top that Bogart sports as the living-on-the-edge adventurer, Fred C. Dobbs. A classic movie fedora from the last best west shown here in our rich charcoal color.

CROWN: 5 inches

BRIM: 2 3/4 inches

Hatband: 1" Grosgrain ribbon and bow.

Crown: Fedora

Brim: Snap Brim, hand shaped

Color shown: Charcoal

Personalized with your name inside the crown

Musician Favorite
Big Heat Handmade Fedora

Price range: $405.00 through $820.00
Big Heat Handmade Fedora Hat - our take on Glenn Ford's fedora from The Big Heat. {1953} The Big Heat features great fedoras in almost every scene, and this is our take on the Dave Bannion hat.

Crown: 5" inches

Brim 2 3/4"

Hatband: 2" Black grosgrain ribbon and bow.

Crown: Fedora

Brim: Hand shaped snap brim, with front dip. Bound

Color: Granite

Personalized with your name inside the crown

Hatband not sold separately

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Surveyor Top Quality All Weather Hat