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The Library.

Everything we know about cowboy hats — the anatomy, the creases, the materials, and how to keep a hat alive for decades. Learn the story, then build yours.

The Crease Encyclopedia

All twelve creases, side by side — origin, character, and the right occasion for each.

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Find Your Hat

Answer five quick questions and we'll point you to the crease that fits your face, your work, and your weather.

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Guides

A Field Guide to Hat Finishes

Clean, distressed, patina, burned, or tattooed — the finish is the final hand that gives a hat its age and attitude.

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Guides

How to Choose Your Crease

The crease defines the hat. A field guide to matching the right crown fold to your face, your work, and your story.

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Guides

Felt vs. Straw: Choosing Your Material

Fur felt for the cold and the dress occasion; straw for the heat and the long day outdoors. How to pick.

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Guides

The Anatomy of a Cowboy Hat

Crown, brim, crease, band — every part of a cowboy hat has a name and a job. Here is the complete vocabulary.

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Care & Fit

How to Measure Your Head

A tape measure and thirty seconds is all it takes to get a hat that fits like it was made for you — because it was.

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Care & Fit

Caring for Your Hat

Handle it by the brim, store it upside down, and let it dry on its own. A short guide to a long-lived hat.

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Heritage

The Cattleman: America's Hat

Three creases in the crown and a hundred years on the range. The story of the most-worn cowboy hat ever folded.

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