Richardson Hats: How to Pick the Right Model for Your Brand

Key Takeaways

Every Richardson style we stock falls into six families: trucker, rope and five-panel, seven-panel, performance, dad hats, and booney or beanie. The 112 trucker is one of our best-selling hats by quantity, the 115 fits smaller heads, and rope caps carry the golf and heritage look. Every style customizes with no minimum.

Table of Contents

• What Is a Richardson Hat?
• The Richardson Model Map: Six Families at a Glance
• Richardson Trucker Caps: The 112 Family and Its Alternatives
• Richardson Rope and Five-Panel Caps
• Richardson Seven-Panel and Performance Caps
• Richardson Dad Hats, Booneys, and Beanies
• Which Richardson Hat Is Right for Your Brand?
• Where Are Richardson Hats Made?
• Customizing Richardson Hats with No Minimum
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Picking Your Richardson

Richardson names its hats with numbers, and the numbers tell you almost nothing. A 112 and a 115 look nearly identical in a product photo, yet they fit differently and carry a logo differently.

Most people meet Richardson hats through someone else's cap. Often it is a brewery hat that fit right, or a work hat that held its shape for years. Then they go looking for their own, and the Richardson catalog is a wall of numbers.

The map below sorts every Richardson style we stock into six families, with real specs and fit ranges for each. As of August 2026 that is 38 styles, and we keep adding more. Finding your model should take a few minutes, not an afternoon.

What Is a Richardson Hat?

Richardson is an American headwear company based in Oregon, best known for the 112 trucker cap. In custom headwear, Richardson is the brand decorators reach for by default. The construction is consistent, the color ranges are wide, and people stay loyal to the fits for years. It is our most-ordered brand at Griwolfe.

Two details tell you a lot about the company. First, buyers talk in model numbers, not product names. Nobody asks for a snapback trucker; they ask for a 112 or a 256, the way a mechanic asks for a part number.

Second, the catalog wears its home state. The Umpqua, Rogue, and McKenzie caps are named after Oregon rivers, and the Troutdale and Ashland after Oregon towns.

One term worth knowing before the tables: an undecorated hat is what a decorator calls a blank. The blank is the hat itself, before any logo goes on.

Richardson blanks dominate custom orders because of repeatability. The 112 a crew reorders next season fits like the one they bought this season. That matters when a logo and a uniform depend on it.

The Richardson Model Map: Six Families at a Glance

All the Richardson hat styles we stock fall into six families. Start with the family that matches how the hat will be used, then pick the model inside it.

One spec matters across every family: profile. Profile means crown height, how tall the front of the hat stands above your forehead. Richardson's own spec sheets shorten these to low pro, mid pro, and hi pro; both wordings mean the same thing.

A low profile crown sits close to the head and reads relaxed. Mid profile is the standard trucker height. High profile stands tall and flat and reads bold. Wearers feel this more than they read it; a hat that "runs tall" is usually a high profile crown.

Profile also sets your logo space. A high profile front carries a taller logo, while a low profile front suits wide, short marks.

Richardson Trucker Caps: The 112 Family and Its Alternatives

Trucker caps are the largest Richardson family we stock: 18 styles today, once you count all 10 versions of the 112. The table shows the family at model level, with specs pulled from the manufacturer's data; the 112's versions share one row.

The 112 is one of our best-selling hats by quantity and the cap most buyers picture when they say trucker hat. It comes in 10 stocked versions, including five-panel builds with no center seam, plus rope, camo, tactical, oil cloth, recycled, and youth options. Our Richardson 112 leather patch guide walks through all 10 and which patch suits each.

The one complaint that shows up from daily wearers is sun fade. Navy and other dark front panels can grey out after a couple of months of hard sun. Most people say it while ordering their next one, because the fit keeps them loyal.

The 115 is the same six-panel trucker idea with a lower crown and a fit range that starts smaller. If the 112 runs tall or loose on you, the 115 is the standard answer. The 110 keeps the 112's shape but swaps the snapback for a stretch fit in two sizes.

The 111 drops the structure entirely for a soft, broken-in feel out of the box. The 113 Foamie and 930 Troutdale carry the retro end of the family, one in foam, one in corduroy. You can compare these blanks side by side when you browse custom trucker hats.

Richardson Rope and Five-Panel Caps

This family carries Richardson's rope caps (the 253, 256, 256P, and 258) plus the plain five-panel 255 and 336. These are the models golf shops, outfitters, and heritage brands reach for.

The 256 Umpqua and the 258 are the two most-asked-about caps here, and they differ more than the photos suggest. One runs soft cotton with a flat bill; the other runs performance polyester with a pre-curved bill. Our Richardson 258 vs 256 comparison settles that choice in full detail. The 256 also sits in our top five best sellers across all brands.

Rope details cross into other families too. The 113 Foamie and the 930 Troutdale truckers both carry a braid, so a rope look does not lock you out of a mesh back. You can design custom rope hats directly on most of the blanks in this family.

Richardson Seven-Panel and Performance Caps

The Seven-Panel Caps

Seven-panel construction splits the crown into seven pieces, which rounds the shape and stands it tall. The 168 is the streetwear silhouette: 60/40 twill with a mesh back, structured high profile crown, flat bill, fitting 7 to 7 3/4. The 169 Cannon takes the same tall shape into performance territory. It runs a water-resistant 98/2 polyester/spandex build with laser-cut vent holes on the side and back panels, plus a Stay Dri sweatband.

The Performance Line

The performance family is built for sweat, sun, and movement. Three terms repeat across it.

Stay Dri is Richardson's performance sweatband, built to manage sweat rather than soak it up. R-Flex means a stretch fit instead of an adjustable strap. UPF is a sun protection rating for fabric.

Among the six-panel performance caps, the 632 hat vents through laser-cut holes and the 220 hat swaps structure for a relaxed shape. The 512 uses Richardson's Softsnap closure.

Two fit notes worth pulling out of the table. For smaller heads, the 512's SM size starts at 6 1/2, the smallest fit in the lineup, with the 225 close behind at 6 5/8. And the 935 Rogue's bill is flexible, packable, and floats, a detail fishing and river brands tend to appreciate.

Richardson Dad Hats, Booneys, and Beanies

The unstructured family is small and soft. The 254RE Ashland is 100% recycled polyester twill with a cloth strap and flip buckle, fitting 7 to 7 3/4.

The 324RE Odell runs a 65/35 cotton blend certified to the Global Recycled Standard, with a tri-glide buckle. The 326 Peach Twill is 100% cotton brushed for a soft feel, with the same low, relaxed shape. The RE in a model name marks Richardson's recycled-material builds; the trucker family has one too, the 112RE.

Past the cap silhouette, the 909 McKenzie Booney is a 100% nylon, water-repellent sun hat with UPF 50+, silicone eyelets, and an adjustable chin strap. The 146R Waffle is a 100% acrylic cuffed beanie with an 11 1/2 inch knit. One production note on beanies: patches attach by hand stitching rather than heat press, and every embroidery method applies as usual.

Which Richardson Hat Is Right for Your Brand?

Match what you want the hat to do, then start with the model listed and adjust from its family table.

Mixing models in one order is normal, not an exception. A powersports dealer's second order with us ran 576 caps: 288 camo mesh-backs and 288 navy Richardson 112s, with the same front embroidery across both. If you are torn between two models, order one of each first. With no minimum, a single unit of each settles the fit question before a full run.

Where Are Richardson Hats Made?

Mostly overseas, like nearly all stock headwear. Richardson is an American company that designs its line in Oregon, but the sewing of the caps themselves happens abroad. That is true across the blank headwear industry. The FTC's Made in USA standard requires "all or virtually all" domestic production, and almost no stock cap clears that bar.

The part of a custom hat that can genuinely be American is the work done after sewing. Our customization is in-house in Greensboro, North Carolina: multihead embroidery machines, printing equipment, and sewing equipment under one roof. When you order a Richardson cap from us, the blank arrives through Richardson's supply chain, and every stitch of customization happens in our shop.

Customizing Richardson Hats with No Minimum

Every Richardson style we stock takes the full method range. That means standard flat embroidery, 3D puff embroidery, and 3D puff chain stitch embroidery; leather, PVC, woven, sublimated, and embroidered patches; and full-color printing. There is no minimum on any of them.

Buyers who only need 10 caps often hit minimums elsewhere and end up weighing overseas lookalikes. Here, 10 caps is an ordinary order, and so is one.

A few Richardson-specific things we handle in production. Six-panel fronts like the 112 have a center seam, and a small centered logo crossing that seam needs careful setup to stitch cleanly. It is one of the things we check on your design proof before anything gets stitched. Thread and patch colors can be matched to your brand's Pantone color, with 38+ thread colors available in the Design Studio.

The process is the same for 1 cap or 1,000. You design on a live preview of the exact Richardson style you picked. We email a design proof within 1 to 2 business days, with unlimited revisions before production.

Standard production is 2 weeks for embroidery and printing, and 4 weeks for patch methods. Rush service is available, as low as 3 business days; reach out by phone, email, or live chat and we'll work with your timeline.

This scales to uniform-grade orders. A state Army National Guard unit ordered 400 caps from us on the 112FP. Each cap carried a hand-stitched leather patch on the front and a woven patch on the side. Order custom Richardson hats and the Design Studio shows your logo on the actual cap before you check out.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the most popular Richardson hat?

Among the Richardson styles we sell, the 112 trucker is one of our best sellers by quantity, ordered across trades, outdoor brands, and corporate programs. The 256 Umpqua also sits in our top five. Both fit 7 to 7 3/4, and the 112 adds an XL version for larger heads.

What is the difference between the Richardson 112 and 115?

Crown height and fit. The 112 has a mid profile crown and fits 7 to 7 3/4, with an XL version above that. The 115 is the low profile version: it sits closer to the head and fits 6 7/8 to 7 5/8. Pick the 115 for smaller heads or a lower look.

Are Richardson hats made in the USA?

No. Richardson is based in Oregon and designs its caps there, but the sewing happens overseas, as with nearly all stock headwear. The customization is where American production genuinely happens; we embroider, patch, and print every order in-house in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Is there a minimum order for custom Richardson hats?

No. You can order as low as 1 unit of any Richardson style with any customization method: embroidery, patches, or printing. Patch orders at 1 unit cost more per unit because of setup, and 1-unit orders are not eligible for refund.

Picking Your Richardson

Three decisions get you from the whole catalog to one model. Pick the family first: trucker for the classic logo cap, rope or five-panel for golf and heritage, seven-panel for streetwear. Performance covers sweat and sun, and unstructured covers the relaxed look.

Pick the profile second, because crown height changes both the fit and your logo space. Pick the fabric last: cotton for a soft, broken-in feel, polyester when the cap will live outdoors.

If you already know your model, start designing custom Richardson hats; the live preview shows your design on the exact style you picked. If you are still between two, order one of each and let the caps decide.

Have a question about your order? Contact us; we'll get back to you the same day.