Honestly that’s pretty reasonable considering all the commercial western full beaver hats are $1200. American, Rodeo King, Bailey, Stetson, etc are all at least that much. And they’re not even custom fitted.I am friends with two other hatters nearby me. We each have totally different markets. One is a western hat maker and he sells a custom western beaver for $1275 and his wait list is lengthy. The other sells the modern BoHo hats, distressed, burnt etc etc....a Canadian Nick Foucette. He too is close to $1200 for beaver. Not sure who wears them but he runs it as a full time business and does very well.
Makes me wonder what I should be charging when bodies cost me $4-500 a piece and they’ll presumably be higher quality and better fit than commercial variants.
Herring Custom Hats full beaver westerns start at $975 and go up to almost $2k. He has a coyote/beaver blend he makes that I really want to afford some day.