What do the X’s mean?

Beaver Brand Hats has taken the stance of not using X rating to excess.  Since there is not an industry standard for quality ratings, each hat company can rate there products as they see fit.  This is why you will find 100X, 1000X or more from other hat manufactures.  At one point in time, X’s were related to the 100% of beaver fur used in the hat body.  But the underlying question is how can anything have more than 100% of anything in its makeup?  Currently, our hats are made from Rabbit and Hares fur.  Since it is wild, the Hare’s fur makes a better hat.  So the higher our X rating the higher of Hares percentage used in the blend of our hat bodies.

Western and Outback X’s

Currently, Beaver Brand Hats offers 100% fur felt starting at our 5X Outback and continues through our 20X Western hats; and all are a smooth finish.

Dress Finishes

Beaver Brand Hats offers no less than eight (8) finishes, with seven (7) of them made of 100% fur felt, in our Dress Hat category.

Peluche:  Worked by hand, our Peluche finish is our longest nap finish we offer.  The nap is left long and left uncombed.

Grand Beaver:    Our Grand Beaver finish begins with the nap left long and combed horizontally in a counter-clock direction.

Velour:  Our Velour finish is probably the most enhancing appeal to the sense of touch because of the deep lustrous nap, similar to fine velvet.

Suede:  When finished, the hat has the look and feel of suede or short velour; it is shorter than our Velour finish but longer than our Smooth finishes.

Silk:  Our Silk finish is worked extensively by hand in such a way to give a high luster in a swirling rotation.

Heritage:  Our “top self” smooth finish sanded to an exquisite finish.

Legacy:  Our mid-level smooth finish sanded to be considered the industry standard.

Classic:  As its name indicates, this fur blend and smooth finish has survived the test of time.

Basic:  Our opening price point in wool.