Custom Hat Making

In Durango, Rick learns the art of making a custom western hat.
The Horse Show with Rick Lamb episode 360

[@jimpotter8027]

I was in Durango in ‘72 and after watching this I’m getting my hat there!!!

[@kentuckyjustice1408]

That was the most professional hat video I've seen to date. I love that she uses only beaver shells and "old school" tools and methods. She's a true artist. She's the kind of hat maker that makes you not mind so much when you pay the bill. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Star video! "Thumbs way up" from this Kentucky boy.

[@bradyblackburn7877]

I want to live in the part of the country where I get to watch this on a regular basis.

[@laurelindorenan47]

You just solved the problem of how to flatten my brim. Thank you so much. I really love the Native American designs. If I ever visit the U.S.A., I will definitely visit your shop.

[@USMC6976]

I can't believe I missed this shop when I was in Durango a few years ago. Guess I'll have to make sure I don't miss it next summer when I go to Colorado.

[@udosmidt4133]

Excellent craftwomanship displayed, especially making a hat look good with a person!

[@inspireaspire278]

Wonderful hat.perfection depicted in hat making is impressive indeed. It has strengthened my possession for my hats.

[@pilsatortube]

I guess need to go to Durango Colorado! :D best hat video yet!!

[@NorthSpider]

Hats really have to make a comeback. After all the hat makes the man.

[@scotthamp384]

In the making of segment of Broken Trail, Robert Duvall said that the hat was so very important. And he's right

[@NicGoldenEddie]

I agree. And I just bought myself a Stetson Penn in light gray. So far my world has changed. The hat makes the difference.

[@LukeA1223]

and too much sun can literally cook your brain... which could be the problem with our social scene.

[@billolah1372]

I love that hat u just made wow . Very nice

[@LowPlainsDrifter60]

She didn't just make it, it was the second hat he tried on at the beginning. The felt body she was working with was much darker than the final hat.

[@davidrobins4025]

Beautiful hat. She did a great job building your hat for you.

[@courtneyhall7140]

great hat and a great artist,you rock lady.

[@timbarnett3898]

I had my gray hat made in Billings Montana national rodeo's hat maker, Buffalo Hats, that traveled crhe rodeo current! It fits my head best of all my hats. Hat maker in billings has my head pattern from same machine.

[@Detman101]

20:34 That Gaucho hat is my dream hat. One day I will have one made of beaver fur just like it...

[@Detman101]

@Skinny No, I wound up buying a Cody James straw hat for the summer. One day...

[@DevoDunbar]

BEST SHOW EVER!!!!!!!!!

[@nbayoungboa]

Shush 🤓

[@jmsiii4751]

Nice hat, I want one!

[@zihao25]

Good stuff!

[@jaybruz.5688]

Amazing show, just found another place i want to visit when i make it to the USA.

[@luannkelly5071]

perfect hat. :) 😁

[@bharatc.sampat6406]

Brilliant. Thanks

[@skumbuzomnisi8809]

I would like to learn how to make beaver felt hats, any schools you can recommend?

[@russvorhees8985]

What ive heard around, hatting is a craft that is learned and passed down by older craftsmen, your best bet might be to look around ur area to find any hatters willing to take u under their wing, best of luck partner!

[@docbrown6550]

Your hat in a Black would be awesome for the one I would pick

[@bluesmano5283]

Guess I missed the addition of the sweatband and hat band ? Anyone else? Also, I would like to learn to do a pencil roll on the brim without using a specialty iron, which I do not have.

[@LukeA1223]

I carved my own out of hard rock maple... with a little ingenuity you can make just about anything. But remember, it's not so mush what the tool looks like but what the results are.

[@scotthamp384]

I'm not sure about the brim style, but I think that I would need a granite or steel grey hat with a wide brick crease and a 4 1/2" brim

[@billyhellmaker]

You skipped shaping the brim.

[@skumbuzomnisi8809]

Hey guys. Im quiet interested Int this art. Been searching for courses but had no luck in finding one. Do you guys know of any place where I can aquire this art?

[@Sealater]

Not that I know of, as far as I know in the US you kind of have to find a master hatter and become and apprentice. That's what I'm doing at the moment. If you really have a passion for it, seriously try to find the nearest hatter and ask them to teach you because I'm having a blast

[@1958indyfan]

What do I think? I think I wanted to see how she did the pencil roll.

[@dougtrahan8528]

I wonder how expensive these are?

[@GFSwinger1693]

Go look up their FB page, the range is on there. Keep in mind most things custom are not going to be cheap.

[@TheHunTwo]

Nothing is cheap in Durango, CO.

[@DventCraft]

Wow

[@clearpath100]

Ow my, there are so many ads. I dont bag out peoples efforts but this was beond a joke.

[@beastlyidiots9232]

She's got a great vibe. Too bad we never got to see the brim being formed.

[@barrandskies4725]

It’s funny because I love flat brims with an open crown. 😂

[@magolaescudero9225]

Hola Melissa será que me puedes decir cuanto me cuesta un sombrero de los que usaban los NATIVOS AMERICANOS de corona plana gracias .

[@kedilervekuslar8791]

I want to be a hat maker but there are no hat bodies for sale in my country and customs taxes are SO EXPENSIVE!!! >:(

[@The72challenger]

Wow, what a cool job she has...makes me wanna go get a hat...but only from her of course!...

[@johnhoward7298]

EASY ON THE EYES !! ( HAT WAS TOO )

[@48retrop]

I would buy a hat from this little tan mama. Hell, I would buy just about anything from her.

[@blueskeleton7744]

She reminds of a beautiful native lady in Washington state. She was half Makah and half Yakama. 2 degree black belt in Karate. Has the same charisma and beauty.

[@PreGameler]

I wanna hat too :/

[@nbayoungboa]

I don’t care 🤓

[@nicholashosslogan3444]

I serioauly need to get a custom made one, my family was creek Indian from ohio, I'd love to get 1 made for that or to match the Indian buffalo belt buckle from alaska

[@johnfogerty2585]

Miss can i work in your company thank you so much.

[@SuperGreetings]

Cameltoe shape hat it doesn’t look good on my head !😂😂😂😂🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@navrajgurung3388]

Can you give me im also sell of hat😁😀

[@danielmeans4954]

I don’t think that’s the right hat for his face shape... but how would we know. All the hats she tried on him were the same shape lol. We learned nothing. All her advice was very generic.

[@danielmeans4954]

Those were all very round hats for a square faced gentlemen. Something with a little sharper lines, crown higher in the front vs that (goofy) Gus crown she used. Like the hat that the sheriff in beginning of True Grit wears.