AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Ruben heads to Westgate Mall to meet a local hat creaser who has been shaping cowboy hats for over 40 years.

Terry Martin, owner of West Texas Western Store, says it’s a family business that started back in 1973.

Martin says it’s all he’s done since he graduated high school in 1980.

“We’ve always shaped hats. It’s changed a little, most of the hats used to come from the factory and you just tweaked them a little bit,” said Martin. “Now, nearly everything we sell, it comes open crown, flat brim.”

He says they start from scratch because everyone has their own style. It’s bigger brims mostly but they can cut them down if they’re too big.

There’s are more colors than there used to be, and everything is kind of custom fit.

“We’ve been doing this a long time. We’ve

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