Baldwin's Custom Hat and Boot Co.

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“If you made hats for everyone, we would all wear hats.”

March 14, 2014, by Gillian Rowley 1 Comment

This just in from David Miller from Sweet Home, Oregon:   “I am not known for staying still for photographs, but here are the hats you made for me. They are worn a lot because they FIT! I will remind you; I hate hats, all hats but my Baldwin Hats. If you made hats for […]

Baldwin Named Champion Maker of Hats, Art of the Cowboy Makers, 2013

December 21, 2013, by Gillian Rowley

This time, Gene Baldwin teamed up with cowboy artist Dyrk Godby to deliver two hats that are the ultimate in unique. The result was the Champion Hat Maker award. One depicts all eight rodeo events burned into the brim’s top side. The other combines burning and paint for a stunning collection of colors of the […]

Best Western Hatmaker, Reader’s Choice, True West Magazine, 2014

December 9, 2013, by Gillian Rowley

Baldwin’s Custom Hat Co. won the Reader’s Choice of Best Western Hatmaker from True West Magazine for 2014. The honor is shared with Limpia Creek Hats of Fort Davis, Texas. Thank you for the recognition, True West readers! True West Magazine and their Best of Western Wear for 2014.

Black bear rambles near Sisters, news article

June 1, 2013, by Gillian Rowley

Bend Bulletin, June 1, 2013 A black bear spotted a few miles outside Sisters on Thursday evening is likely to leave the area unless residents give it a reason to stay, according to a state wildlife biologist. Gene Baldwin reported the bear after spotting it a little after 6:30 p.m. at his home on Fadjur […]

Baldwin Wins People’s Choice Award at Art of the Cowboy Makers, 2012

June 16, 2012, by Gillian Rowley

Baldwin was again honored at the Art of the Cowboy Makers event in Loveland, Colorado, June 6-9, 2012, with the People’s Choice Award with this hat entry. More about the Art of the Cowboy Makers on their website and facebook page.

Baldwin Awarded Best Hatmaker, Small Shop, 2012, by True West Magazine

December 8, 2011, by Gillian Rowley

Chrisholm Trail Boss

Baldwin’s was awarded Best Hatmaker, Small Shop, by True West Magazine for 2012. “Gene Baldwin makes hats the old fashioned way in his shop at Sisters, Oregon, but he plays with the big boys. He just won a Best Hat national award for his latest design, beating out many big hat companies at Art of […]

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Worth Noting

  • Six-Gun Justice Podcast
  • Thanks again, from Australia
  • Nate Hilts of the band, The Dead South, wears a Baldwin Hat
  • A couple of Baldwin’s hats attend Longmire days
  • Baldwin featured in Bend Fashion Quarterly
  • Renovation of old Cowboy Hats
  • Stuff That Works — Baldwin Custom Hat & Boot Co. featured in Frontier Partisans
  • Oregon Art Beat Exhibition Celebrates 15 Years Of Creativity

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