Last Best West Cowboy Hats and Leather
MADE TO ORDER. MADE TO LAST. MADE IN AMERICA.
Our hand-made hats ship in 6-8 weeks and our custom cowboy leather in 3-5 weeks.
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We are designers and makers of hand made cowboy and western hats, leather holsters, sheaths, chaps, and other cowboy gear. If you are a returning client we say welcome back! And to all you fine folks who are visiting us for the first time – HOWDY!
TWENTY-TWENTY MEANS TWENTY YEARS ONLINE!
Many thanks to all our dedicated clients who have made this possible. And we look forward to offering great custom cowboy leather and the Internets largest selection of online custom hats for at least another 20 years. All made in the USA!
Purchase one of our fine beaver-blend hand made cowboy hats or fine cowboy leather, and you will receive the same quality and workmanship that is worn by more than a dozen of the world’s premier rodeo cowboys riding today. National Security Advisors, Production Companies, Marshals, Sheriffs, Musicians, Writers, Cartoonists, Artists, Athletes, Soldiers, and lots of every day folk love our products, and we hope you will as well. Testimonials
We have over 170 different hat styles in our catalog; enough for even the finickiest cowboy to find a hat style they like! And if you love Old West History you’ll enjoy going through over a hundred pages full of stories about the heroes and villains of the wild west.
We have everything from classic western hats from the 19th century to new versions of your favorite hats from the movies. Take your time, have a wander around. . .there’s lots to see in The Last Best West™.
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WHAT DOES CUSTOM MEAN?
Last Best West Cowboy Hats
We allow clients to switch hatbands between hat styles, and request different crown and brim dimensions. As well you get your name stenciled on the sweatband inside the hat.
Last Best West Leather
We make our Hand Made Holsters, belts and Indian Rifle Sheaths to fit your firearms. We offer custom fit on our holsters for almost any pistol, and make our gun and cartridge belts to your waist and cartridge size. Enter your info in the comments box during checkout.
Classic Cowboy Leather
Hand Made Western Leather Holsters, Indian style rifle sheaths, chaps, and leather accessories that most every old west cowboy and wrangler would have needed to be a real working Buckaroo. Our old west single action holsters are true to the 19th century and perfect for SASS or cowboy action shooters.
All our holsters are lined
Our gun belt backs are suede so the belt stays where it is buckled. All our holsters have a hammer tie down or strap that goes across the action in the case of semi-automatic side arms. All our western holsters can be ordered in any draw style. Cross-draw or strong-hand draw. For the twist draw we recommend our classic Slim Jim holster :: Testimonials
CLASSIC MOVIE HOLSTERS AND BELTS
Our Johnny Ringo holster is a closed toe design and made for quick draws with it’s trigger guard fully exposed from the holster. We’re showing our Johnny Ringo in our dynamic old mahogany color. Adorned with spots and conchos the Johnny Ringo holster and gun belt is one eye catching rig! Find your gunbelt size :: Johnny Ringo Hat
Our leather cowboy holsters; belts and chaps are based on pictures from museums, archival photos and mail order catalogs from the late 1800s and early decades of the 20th century. And of course all the great Hollywood Westerns of the past 100 years.
Replacement Hat Bands
Our creative and original hat band designs are just the thing to jazz up an old hat, or give a new hat a different look. The designs are different enough to appeal to most people, and a great gift for any cowboy that likes to stand out from the herd!
HISTORY OF HAT BANDS
In the middle ages when men went off to war it was customary to take a feather from their loved one. Because men were mostly right-handed, a man would typically lead with their right side when fighting with a sword. The challenge was where to put the feather. At first war fighters would stick the feather in the band of their hat on the right. But soldiers quickly learned it could affect their sight, so the cavaliers adapted and the feather was moved to the left side of the crown, where the bow remains today.
COWBOY
MOVIE HATS
BEFORE 1970
LADIES COWBOY HATS
CLASSIC AND MODERN
OVER SIZED
COWBOY HATS
BIG BRIMMED HATS
Cowboys and Aliens The Jake Lonergan Hat
We really enjoyed Cowboys and Aliens, it is kind of a cross between Aliens and Tombstone, with a fine cast. Daniel Craig plays ruthless cut throat, turned reluctant hero, Jake Lonergan, in 2011s highly entertaining big sci-fi western, Cowboys and Aliens.
In addition to Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford has a great role as the heavy handed cattle baron, Woodrow Dolarhyde. After Dolarhyde‘s son and dozens of other townsfolk are abducted, Dolarhyde, bands with the outlaw Lonergan, and other men in the area and off they go after the Aliens.
This movie is based on eyewitness accounts of cowboys taking pot shots at massive “birds” in 1890s Arizona. When the cowboys’ shot at them, they apparently heard the bullets bounce off, the “leather like skin”. The action starts right away in Cowboys and Aliens, when we see how Jake got his hat.
Quotable Quotes
“The Old West is not a certain place in a certain time, it’s a state of mind. It’s whatever you want it to be.”
— Tom Mix
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Hi Sonja, I received my (modified City Lights) hat yesterday. It is everything I hoped it would be, I absolutely LOVE it. Thank you for fixing it exactly as I asked, it is truly a custom hat. I have always wanted a custom hat and finally found it. Thank you so much for your customer service and attention to detail.
Good evening (in SA), I am in love, really. This hat {pure beaver Justified}is just in another class. It is insanely beautiful! I have to say, not even Stetson comes
close. Please pass on my gratitude and appreciation towards everyone involved, especially the craftsmen. I have no words…I will start saving for my next one immediately! I have attached photos of just a few hours after I opened it. I will speak to you soon. Enjoy your long weekend weekend.
Hello, I wanted to thank you for this amazing hat! (Tristan) Brilliant craftsmanship, a perfect fit. I really couldn’t be happier! A little Fuller’s Earth has been added for the show I’m doing, but I think the photo does it justice. Thank you again!
Got my hat you guys rock I’m in love with it!!! Best quality hat I’ve ever had the privilege of wearing!
Hi Sonja, We are loving James’s custom lid (Modified Custer) and wanted to send you a glimpse of its new home. Next time James will be gigging in it! Thanks for everything. Rhyl and James in Australia. 01-13-13
We just received Josey Wales around 3:00pm. The box looked like it had been just put together. There was no dents scraped or tears in it. Josey was out of his barn so to speak but was in beautiful shape which is testament to the quality of the work that you do the hat blew us away blew us away.
Hat (Bullock) received…and I could not be more pleased with it. Your company is, hands down, my favorite hat-making company. You can quote me.
dear Sonja, OMG. congratulations Last Best West has hit another grand slam home run! My Tom Harte hat fits like it was made for me! oh that’s right, it was….i toss away in disdain the hat stretcher and padding you included with the hat. it fits like a glove. well, i may not LOOK like Thomas Hayden Church when i put it on my noggin, but i sure feel like him and THAT’s what counts. it is another work of art. thank you.
i’m house hunting in Texas where the actor lives (ssshhh). i hope if i wear it around town, i may get to meet him. it is perfect. i can barely keep myself from running into my study just to try it on agin’ wow. thank you.
ARRIVED!!! And they (Combination Shoulder Holster) are stunning. Thank you so much for the amazing turnaround. That was light speed! It’s going to our weapons department and heading to set…We have had to have custom leather holsters made for other shows like “Westworld” and “Mind Hunter” and your work is outstanding. Love to circle back the next request. Please thank everyone for us, really appreciate the effort to make this happen!
In person the cowboys were mostly medium-sized men… quick and wiry, and as a rule very good-natured; in fact, it did not pay to be anything else. In character, their like never was or will be again. – Teddy Blue Abbott; Cowboy 1882
