This one of our two conformateurs dated 1821 was acquired from M. F. Vega, Moreno of Argentina, South America where Vaquero hats were popular. Conformateur is used to measure one's head shape and form prior to using formillion. This vintage conformateur are placed on customers head for precise measurement. Our other conformateur came from a vinitage hatter company in Italy. Each conformateurs came with their companion "sister" tool known as Formillion as seen below.

A piece of paper is placed inside the frame prior to taking measurement of one's head shape and form.




The conformateur is then placed upon one's head and worn the way they would wear a hat whether it's tilted left, right, forward, back or straight. The lid with a piece of paper inside the frame is then closed for pinning.














The lid of the Conformateur is then lifted with the circled pin markings on the paper, which is an exact reflection of shape and form of one's measured head. The Conformateur is removed from the head and the piece of paper is removed from the conformateur. A scissor is used to clip around the pin markings as we preserve the inner circle and discard the the rest of the paper.











The inner piece of paper known as the measured piece is then placed on the inside center of a Formillion. Each piece wooden pegs of the formillion are pushed inward, one piece at a time until each one of them meet the edge of the measured piece. After we've made the complete circle with each pegs on the very edge of the paper, we then begin to lock the shape with built in vise. Once it is locked the outside shape will match the shape of one's head in a very precise manner. It will match the exact shape of the measured head.







The Formillion is then flipped onto the other side and fitted into a custom hat. We shape and form the hat to make sure that the hat and the shape of the Formillion are exactly the same. When the hat is worn it will fit your head in a very precise way, the perfect snug-fit.

Beside these marvelous Conformateurs and Formillions that we use we also use 100 years old or older hatter tools for really unique and customized quality hats. We crease your hat into vintage 100 years old wooden hat blocks and shape them according to your choice of style and taste. What you see here may not be done elswehere we are not into mass-production of western hats. We build one hat at a time and complete them in order to earn your 100% satisfaction, which is guaranteed.