Interview any Brit (and hundreds of other eastern countrymen) and they will tell you that the cowboy hat is a symbolic and iconic emblem associated with the United States. The cowboy hat is a prominent element in the western films they enjoy, the country songs they listen to and the masculine image portrayed in American advertisements (think Marlboro cigarettes, Jimmy Dean sausage and Dodge Ram trucks). I choose to wear a high-crowned, wide-brimmed, soft-felt hat best known a