Tom Hirt is one of the most respected makers of cowboy hats today—with good reason. You won’t find any cookie-cutter-type headware at his home/shop/showroom in Penrose, Colorado. You won’t find any modern machinery either—unless you count the 1920s-era Singer sewing machine. No flange. No binding machine. No automated finisher. Heck, he doesn’t even use a conformiter to measure customers in person. A tape measure suits him. He also has an “at home” method that customers can u
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