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Mens Felt Hats
Felt has been used for producing mens felt hats
for many centuries and is perhaps the oldest textile material. This
magnificent product is great for making mens felt Fedora hats, and
TheFedoraStore.com offers a large selection of mens felt hats for
men. To this day there are three varieties of felt used for hat making.
Wool felt, fur felt and Beaver felt. Beaver mens felt hats date back
as far as the 14th Century with the majority of production being based
in Holland and Spain.
In recent years, although the hat has seen a
marked
revival, many of the traditional hat factories have been faced with
closure as a result of cheaper imports from both the Eastern block
countries as well as the Far East. mens felt hats are
produced most commonly from rabbit fur with some of the better quality
Fedora hats being made from beaver, although beaver today is
exceedingly rare. Hare fur today is also fairly common with a
combination of rabbit and fur being more popular.
mens felt hats made from Beaver felt were
to see
a marked decline in the mid 1800s and gradually became replaced by the
silk hat, followed by fur felt Fedora hats and wool felt hats. mens felt hats are produced from sheep's wool and consequently
are significantly coarser in touch in comparison to the soft fur felt.
They have in recent years gained in popularity primarily due their
competitive price advantage and because of this are particularly
favoured as a fashion item. They do not wear as well as fur felts and
unlike fur felts have a tendency of losing their shape and shrinking if
exposed to rain.
TheFedoraStore.com offers a nice selection of
mens felt hats. CowPokeHats.com, our sister website, offer mens
beaver felt hats in the western style.
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