The hat style called the Tom Mix goes in and out of fashion, but it has been guaranteed to raise a smile for most of the last century. The Tom Mix hat, with its center crease and side pinches, is easy to spot today because so many cowboys and Westerners wear it. In some circles, it’s known as the Gus, in honor of Robert Duvall’s character in the TV miniseries Lonesome Dove. Manny Gammage of Texas Hatters made the original Gus hat worn by Robert Duvall. Gammage describes it as having a â€


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