The Surveyor Top Quality Adventure Hat

The Surveyor Top Quality Adventure Hat An old friend of ours asked us to design and make, “the best damn hat for outside no matter the weather. Sun, rain, snow, sleet, flying frogs…I don’t care it’s got to handle it.” Bruce has worked outside his whole life as a surveyor, and is now  involved in doing Lidar on some pretty amazing places. So he wanted something that would give him premium sun and all weather protection and be stylish. So we started with our Indiana Jones Adventure Hat and went from there. Surveyor Top Quality All Weather Hat We started with a slightly taller classic pecan crown with a 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….” Our Beaver Fur Felt Hat Bodies Our hats are made with beaver fur felt which is dense and virtually waterproof. It consists of beaver and/or rabbit/hare fur blended with felt to produce a material that lasts 5-10 times longer than wool-felt. A fine Beaver and Beaver blend fur-felt hat body holds its shape wonderfully and is the gold standard from which to manufacture fine working hats. As a general rule of thumb if a hat maker just describes their hat bodies as fur-felt, chances are it’s rabbit or Hare. Hat makers who use beaver fur-felt are proud of it and will state so. The rough beaver hat bodies we use to make our cowboy hats are the best available and made in America. We sell 3 quality beaver blends of fine western hats – 5X, 20X and 100X. 5X is a blend of about 5% beaver with rabbit and felt. 20X is 50% beaver blend 100X is pure 100% beaver fur felt For an all weather hat it is hard to beat a pure beaver cowboy hat. Light, stiff and fabulous looking its the gold standard for an all weather hat, and will shed what ever comes its way. And consider this: Beavers and minks live in the water, rabbits in the dirt.