An curved arrow pointing right. Flint and Port Hat Company is a one-craftsman custom-hat shop in Bainbridge, Georgia. The hats are made by hand by owner and milliner Eldrick Jacobs and take up to ...

and in 1743 it is said that 127,000 beaver-skins were imported into La Rochelle alone. Our “top” hats are now made of silk, and beaver has become a fur of second-rate importance.

The underwool from the beaver pelts was used to make the beaver hat. The fur trade was based on the barter system and in the late 1700s a blanket was worth seven prime beaver pelts, a gun cost 14 ...