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Vintage Stetson Western Cowboy Hat 4X Beaver Size 7 3/8

$135.00

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This is a wonderful western cowboy hat made by Stetson.  There is no liner on this cowboy hat but the sweatband is marked “John B Stetson Company 4X Beaver” and “XXXX Stetson Made in U.S.A.”.  The 4X Beaver denotes a higher beaver fur content, however, there’s no precise measure of how much beaver fur is actually used in a 4X cowboy hat .  It’s difficult for me to date this precisely, but the lack of European sizing on the rectangular cardboard size tag would appear to indicate prior to 1971, but it may even date to the 1980s.  During the 60s, and into the 80s, 4X was the fourth highest quality produced for a cowboy hat , with only 5X, 7X and Stetson 100 being of higher quality. 

This cowboy hat is made in classic Western form in a colour that may be called silver belly - I’ve seen different tones called silver belly on the internet, most lighter than this colour, which may be called “natural”, but I would characterize it as a light tan colour.  The hat has a slightly turned brim at the sides and the crown is deeply creased and has a front crease that is called The Fort Worth Crease.  The crown has a feather band and thin grosgrain matching band around its base.  It  is sized as a 7 3/8 - it measures 23” around the sweat band and 6 3/4” by 8” across the opening.  The brim measures 3 1/2” in width and the crown measures 4” in height at the front and 5” at the side.  This cowboy hat is in very good condition with no  pronounced wear - a couple of light stains to the back left side that look much worse than in real life.  I would have cleaned this but I ran out of felt hat cleaner.

This is a very nice quality Stetson western hat - authentic cowboy hat !