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Enterprise has reportedly been booming for American Hat Firm – a Texas-based cowboy hat producer – because the 2018 launch of the hit Western TV sequence “Yellowstone.”
Based in 1915 and headquartered in Bowie, Texas, the corporate makes a speciality of handmade felt and straw cowboy hats supplied in a variety of trims, colours and shapes. Demand has soared so excessive that the enterprise is now years out on orders, in keeping with firm president Keith Mundee.
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“Folks had been clamoring for one thing that was really American or type of going again to their roots,” Mundee instructed FOX Enterprise. “… The Western life-style grew to become very fashionable.”
The manufacturing firm, based in 1915 and primarily based out of Bowie, Texas, sells handmade felt and straw cowboy hats in quite a lot of trims, colours and shapes. (American Hat Firm)
The corporate follows an roughly 18-step course of to rework uncooked supplies like straw and fur into even a fundamental cowboy hat, he mentioned.
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Whereas the enterprise does supply a few of its supplies from places outdoors the nation, its hats are majority American-made. They “stay as much as the usual of fashion, high quality and sturdiness” that may be anticipated from a product made within the U.S., in keeping with the corporate’s web site.

American Hat Firm follows an roughly 18-step course of to rework uncooked supplies like straw and fur into even a fundamental cowboy hat, Mundee mentioned. (American Hat Firm)
“It simply does not make sense to import any completed items,” Mundee mentioned. “… We are going to import uncooked materials, but it surely’s not one thing anyone might put on or use.”
American Hat Firm sells its cowboy hats to retailers throughout the nation like Cavender’s, Nationwide Roper’s Provide and The Greatest Hat Retailer. Its merchandise can be present in shops in Canada, Australia and Germany, in keeping with the corporate’s web site.
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The retail producer’s hottest cowboy hat is named the 40X. Comprised of 40% beaver and 60% hare, the 40X is available in 14 completely different colours, and has a self-band and buckle set as its trim. Nevertheless, the “finest” hat the corporate makes, Mundee mentioned, is named 1,000X. It is created from the underfur of a beaver blended with mink, is available in 4 completely different colours, and its trim can also be a self-band and buckle set.

Keith Mundee, president of American Hat Firm. (American Hat Firm)
“That [1,000X] hat in a silver stomach colour goes to retail for about $4,800,” Mundee mentioned.
Whereas American Hat Firm’s main focus is creating high quality merchandise utilizing conventional crafting strategies, what drives its workers is its dedication to patriotism, religion, honoring the navy, and upholding the “spirit of the American West,” in keeping with its web site. Every hat additionally dons an American flag no matter its trim.
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“I am actually not promoting cowboy hats as a lot as I am promoting the nationwide anthem, the opening prayer, respect for our navy, respect for first responders,” Mundee mentioned. ” … It is vital to carry up the youthful era and have them have a reverence for our nation, our flag.”
