Now that the auction's over, I get to finally ask:

[majormoore]

This hat is made by Clearwater Hat Co.

Mike Moore

 

[Tango Yankee]

Apparently it's supposed to be a hat style common to the periods reenacted by fans of muzzleloaders and other "black powder" type of firearms.

http://www.crazycrow.com/events_rendezvous/

I was only vaguely familiar with the term, having read about it somewhere, sometime.

Cheers,
Tom

 

[Feraud]

The hat is meant to represent one worn during the Fur Trade Era. A reenactor's styled hat.