Ivory Open Crown 4X Felt Hat

Ivory | Open Crown Felt Hat

7 3/8

$199.99

Ivory | Open Crown Felt Hat

4X Open Crown Felt Hat

$199.99

Color — Ivory

Size 6 7/8 7 7 1/8 7 1/4 7 3/8 7 1/2 7 5/8

Hat Size Chart

Pickup available at Traders Village

Usually ready in 24 hours

Open crown. You decide what it becomes.

Ivory 4X wool felt, shipped unshaped with a 4 1/4" brim and a 5" crown. Silk lined, interchangeable felt band. An open crown is a blank — cattleman, gus, teardrop, whatever you want steamed into it.

4X wool felt
Customizable shape
4 1/4" brim
5" crown
Silk lined interior
Interchangeable felt band
Handcrafted in Leon, Guanajuato

Shaping questions? Our hat shaper answers directly at howdy@shopthirdcoast.com.

Light felt marks. Ivory shows dust and handling sooner than a dark hat. Keep a soft brush on hand.

What the X actually means.

Felt gets graded in X's, and the number is supposed to tell you how fine it is — how much fur is in the blend against the wool. The catch is that nobody regulates it. One maker's 10X is another maker's 4X, and the number stamped on a sweatband is worth about as much as the person who stamped it.

So here's ours, plain. The 4X is wool felt — it holds a shape, it takes weather, and it's priced so a good hat isn't a special occasion. The 10X grizzly is denser and finer, brushed to a long nap so the surface carries texture instead of sitting flat. You'll feel the difference the first time you pick one up.

Blocked and finished in León, Guanajuato, a town that has been making Mexico's hats for over a century.

Nuestra casa es su casa

The Felt

4X wool felt. Dense enough to hold whatever shape you put in it.

The Shape

Ships open crown — unshaped, 4 1/4" brim, 5" crown. Cattleman, gus, teardrop, cutter: an open crown is a blank, and what it becomes is your call.

The Details

Silk lined interior. Interchangeable felt band.

Shaping

We shape in house. Tell us what you want and our hat shaper will walk you through it — howdy@shopthirdcoast.com.

The Hands

Blocked and finished in León, Guanajuato.

Fit

Measure around your head just above the ears and check the size guide. Between sizes, go up.

Handling

Pick it up by the brim, front and back. Grabbing the crown is what puts a permanent dent where you don't want one
Set it down crown-down, resting on the crown — never on the brim

Moisture