How can you put a price on the enormous effort to create a product and have it affordable? Pure craftsmanship! These hats should cost thousands!

Thank you for making hat's...I love my 1890 Bowler...

Wow! I had no idea so much was involved in making the wool for hats. I like hats. I will appreciate them a lot more now. Thanks for the video and being a great company.

I second that. Excellent presentation by the CEO. And man what a huge number of operations to make one hat!

I love the style of the 1950's Roy hat!!!

I love the look of your " Roy " hat ! It's the ultimate " Good Guy " hat !!!! It looks like You're going forty mph. ( even if You're sitting still ) !!!! Please don't stop making it !!!!

My mother bought me a black Doeskin Bollman hat with flowers on the front when I was 8 years old. I'm 28 yrs old now and I still have my hat and it's in great condition. I'm glad I decided to look into the craftsmanship of my hat. Very informative video!

I just got the Bollman 1880's Topper. Great hat, perfect fit

LOOOOOVE the video... Working for Eric Javits for 9 years I thought I knew it all about hat making!!!! I WAS WRONG!!!!! I really enjoy this video!!!!!!! Brought me back good memories about hat making. THANKS A LOT!

By far the best video on how to make felt hats I've found on youtube yet. Thank you so much for uploading!

What a great tour of hat making …tremendously skilled workers...great narrator and host!

Loved this TOUR!! Thank you for opening up your playground it was fabulous to see an American Company thriving!!

My hat's off to CEO Rongione, he obviously knows his business. I was impressed by how much 'hand labor' was involved. I was impressed with the promotion of "American Made Matters", which I had never heard of. This is a seven year old video, I wish good health to Rongione and all his hard working Hatters!

Excellent Education! THANK YOU! Did not know....... Congratulations American Made!!!!!

I absolutely loved that tour, i had no idea of how much hands on processing was involved in making the coolest hats in the world. What an awesome family of workers and what great skills they bring to the final product, I wish them all the luck in the world, and if i get a chance to own one of their hats, i will certainly appreciate the quality and tradition that comes with owning one of their great products.

Totally enjoyed this tour. You have amazing skilled employees that create beautiful hat.

great tour , never stop making great hats

Most excellent tour...I watched this presentation shortly after buying one of your companies hats...I was informed of this presentation by a very nice young lady that works for Hats.com...'Jessi' assisted me in the purchase of one of the Bollmans Heritage collection hats...the '1911 campaign' style hat. Congratulations on your 152 years of service...I salute..and I'm damn proud to know of an American company that is an 'icon' to the USA that has survived all these years...Keep up the GOOD work!

When I was 15 years old(1975) I had a powder blue Bollman flat top, wide brim cowgirl hat…. Loved it.

Very long but wonderful video! I had no idea it took all those processes to produce a hat. I came across this video in researching the Adamstown area where we'll be staying for a few days. I'll be looking for the "American Made Matters" label when buying future hats and I'll never look at a hat the same again. The CEO did a wonderful job narrating this video.

Excellent video. I learned a lot and Mr. Rongione held my interest to the very end. He was a very good commentator.

What a fabulous overview of the process of hat making. Fascinating!

Thank you for the great tour. I have four Bailey felts and one straw,. Love your styles.

Thoroughly enjoyed the tour and found the whole thing very informative and enjoyable. Thank you.

Wow! I can't believe this. I just got up to look inside this hat I my closet and it is labored GEO. W Bollman ...100% wool. I can't believe it!

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video - very nice!

Awesome informative tour. Your pride of workmanship and team spirit shines strongly throughout the video. Kudos!

I will order Bollman hat to my collection. Thanks for the video.

Great tour! I presently own the Bollman 140th anniversary series bowler(interesting it was referred to as a derby in the video,I'm aware of the historical difference in names yet Bollman does use the bowler moniker),homburg & topper.They are amazing hats & the quality is the best. Thank you for the amazing American made products😀I also own several Bailys hats as well and they are great quality for the cost.

Enjoyed the tour verymuch. Have just started wool felting and was extremely impressed by your company and beautiful products. The processes the wool went through and so much hands on to detail explains the quality and longevity of your business. It was good to know that the hardships of the business have only made you more determined and more deeply rooted in American business. Congratulations!

wonderful video. As an avid hat wearer from my youth, it is refreshing to know that hats still are and always shall be in style.

living in Nebraska where Cabelas is from, this was great to see .i have the same felt hat on this video; and its nice to know how it came to be.

@bigfoot3270

Жыл бұрын

I can't find that hat anywhere. I wanted to see it. I was wondering if you Can send me a link to a photo of it and where I might find it? If it's not to much trouble or anyone reading this👍Thanks guys 👍👍

European ingenuity. We truly are the mothers of invention.

Thank you, that was very interesting. Congratulations for keeping on with both hats and manufacturing in the US.

I loved this documentary, I always wondered how they make the hats.

I never realized how much time and effort it takes to make a hat! U guys work hard !

Mindblowing. Industrial Engineering dream. Thank you.

Awesome tour! Thank you for sharing!

Awesome! Thanks for the great tour Ron.

Thank you for such an imformative tour and congratulations to all involved in this brilliant business.

Really enjoyed your tour! Fascinating insight on how you manufacture hats. Thank you very much. Kind wishes. Kath

Fantastic tour and explanation. Thank you for sharing. More of these tours of American manufacturing should be made as easy and pleasant to view and comprehend. Also, Bollman Hat Company comes across as an excellent company and that clearly starts at the top.

At 3:12 The green hat. Yeah, I'm in love with that hat.

Yes, I really did enjoy the tour of your premises, very, very interesting indeed, thank your for sharing!

Fantastic tour. Thank you very much.

Awe-inspiring. I just happened to run across this vid and it made my day!

GREAT VIDEO!!!! More information in it than ALL of the other videos I've watched ( seems like thousands of them , but , in reality more likely just several hundred ) !!!! BTW that hat You were wearing really looked great on You !!!!

awesome! incredible company and neat to see the behind the scene construction

very informative and educational...

I am amazed! I am ordering two hats this week. Very cool.

Amazing! I'm buying me a hat. How you much have survived no doubt. Thank you.

Wauw that's a lat of work to make a head, verry cool to see all of this , tank you so much 😀

great video!!! Thank you! nice American Hats!

This was very interesting thank you very much for doing this video.

I love wearing hats, so I think this is greaht now.t,. Thanks for sharing. I want a top hat right now.

LOVE Hats ~

Great video !

Thank you very much, nice...I am interested in a Derby bowler Brown to go with a Friar's Tunic...

I like it ! Two thumbs up !

great video. I am interested in the last hat you showed on this video. It is the light gray stingy brim with the black ribbon hat band. Do you have a catalog number?

makes me want to buy a hat thanks.

Totally awesome. I want a personal tour and on the mailing list!

Beautiful ❤

BRILLIANT!! 5STARS!!

Great Video

Very interesting.

Awesome video! I want to Buy an American made hat made by an employee owned company. I'm off to Bollman Hat Company to see where to buy.

Great video, Thanks! It would also be interesting to see how fur felt hats are made. They are more expensive and I always wondered why?

@jameskann951

2 жыл бұрын

Rabbit and the rarer Beaver Felts costs are significantly higher to manufacture. The Production Process is similar to Wool Felt which is better when processed into "Lite Felt" Wool. It depends on the Manufacturer also for the Price Point to sell the Hats.

@DrewH789

2 жыл бұрын

@@jameskann951 Thanks for your reply. It seems that fur felt hats are out of style (except for western wear) and one of the reasons is the shops that cleaned and blocked them are mostly gone. too bad, because a broad brim adds a lot of "class" to a man's appearance.

@jameskann951

2 жыл бұрын

@@DrewH789 Fur Felt Hats are still selling especially the Artists who make them by Hand. People still want dressy Hats it's paying for them that curbs that idea.

Surprised that Croc Dundee didn’t have an Akubra, THE best hat in the world - & Ozzie!

How did I get here

I love straw hat and floppy hat.

Great video! Can anyone tell me the model number of the Singer bar tack sewing machine she's using to join the brim binding ends together? I have to have one of those!

fue lo mas hermoso que vi

Отличное видео и очень познавательное.

how do I purchase some unfinished hats to block and refine myself at cheap /wholesale price?

@debbielough7754

7 жыл бұрын

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I would like to learn how to make beaver felt hats, any schools you can recommend?

nice

wool based hats shrink after getting wet, do they not ?

same comment as Patricia.. really interesting until the end..

Just wool? No hare or beaver?

I am buying only American made!

jupp, he did.

I own about ten Bailey hats. all American made

Heck yes! Gimmie my Pork Pie!

There's a kangaroo in the branding

Such mind-numbing employment... a full day of doing the same thing hundreds of times...then repeat the day after and the week after that!

Made in USA :)

Do you guys make 100% BEAVER hats

can someone tell me the name of the machine 18:30

If at all possible I will never again buy a Chinese made hat.

I did notice that a lot of the machines were not in use

"This hat here was the indiana jones hat" Ummm... the Indy hats were made by Herbert Johnson, apart from the fourth film in which the hat was made by a fan company called Adventurebilt. Maybe that was a licenced hat, but even then I'm pretty sure the licensing rights for indy's hat belong to dorfman pacific and before them, stetson. To my knowledge the bollman hat company has never made an official Indy hat of any kind.

@donrongione6792

4 жыл бұрын

Bollman produced the hat for Dorfman before they took it to China.

@jameskann951

2 жыл бұрын

Bellman has made many Hats for Movies!

I am now certain that if I follow like 3 of these steps, I can make a pretty half-bad hat that is good enough for me. I don't even wear hats. Mostly because I don't want to invest in one, and I have too big of a head for the one size fits all hats. (I'm the kind of person that have to make at least one of anything I CAN make)

Made is Usa 100%

Seems black is the top color choice ...

no body is wearing ear protection

The Indiana Jones hat does not look like that.

By the look of this operation, the workers need a good Union or they are working under a shit Union...can you say minimum wage?

Lost my interest the minute they said "wool". Should be made of fur.

@moocow6350

3 жыл бұрын

Technically it is at least it’s not synthetic

Amazing video, but 1 hour of listening to a grown man who sounds like he's going through puberty is a little too much. Drink some water please.