Here is Bill working on a custom beaver felt cowboy hat
in the window of our shop in Virginia City, NV.

Welcome to Virginia City Hat Makers online custom hat store. We offer top quality, custom handcrafted beaver felt hats for men and women.

Each handmade custom beaver felt hat is availble in the style of your choice: from Cowboy hats to classic hats; high crown, wide brim or narrow brim…you can choose your custom hat from a long list of hat styles including Western style (cowboy) hats like Cattleman, Drover, Gus, Open Road, Derby…or other hat styles like Indiana Jones, Safari and Fedora. Browse our site to find and purchase your custom hat in your choice of color, quality and style.  We offer you a choice of options including brim width, brim style, hat band and more, so you get the custom hat you have always wanted.

The Virgina City Hat Maker is located in the “Old West” town of Virginia City, Nevada. A traditional historic mining town, from the 1870’s, it  was once the richest place in all the United States, with a fortune coming from the silver mining.

These are all the tools we need to make your
custom hand made hat except for our steamer,
a little sandpaper and a lot of skill!

Virginia City Hat Makers have been making custom hats from beaver felt for over three years in our historic Virginia City location. The two characteristics our customers always look for in a handmade hat are authenticity and quality.  So, unlike some of our competitors who use machinery to make a custom hat, we use only the old traditional techniques with every hat being completely hand made.

Today, we find ourselves in a very pleasant bind. Our customers are demanding high quality material, and more custom hats… In a world where everything is imported and mass produced, people are in search of unique and handcrafted products. They want to see Made in USA on the label - And we deliver!

In addition to our custom beaver felt hats, we also will be adding more products to our store including hat bands, military insignias and T shirts for your shopping convenience.