custom handmade hat Archives - The Last Best West

1890s Cavalry Hat

$355.00 – $770.00

1890s Cavalry Hat, an authentic old west cavalry hat custom made by the last best west This 1890s cavalry hat is the classic look sported by the US Cavalry in the later quarter of the 19th Century. Add a top quality cavalry cord with acorns for 20 dollars. It slides over the existing satin ribbon and bow - like they did back in the day.

Crown: 5 inches 3 pinch cavalry
Brim: 4 inches Hand worked - Open brim edge
Color Shown: Sand
Hatband: Satin Ribbon cavalry tied

4 Corners Fedora Hat

$355.00 – $770.00

4 Corners Fedora Hat - Our Cavalry Fedora We decided to put our own twist on a fedora, and imagined what an old west cavalry trooper might like to wear on furlough. Bowlers are certainly one choice, but we imagined something a little different.

Hatband: 2" Grosgrain ribbon and bow.
Crown: 4 corner cavalry
Brim: hand shaped Open
Color: Silver Mist
Personalized with your name inside the crown

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4 Corners Ready to Ship Fedora

4 Corners Ready to Ship Fedora - Our Cavalry Fedora in 5X Silver Mist Size 7 3/8 We decided to put our own twist on a fedora, and imagined what an old west cavalry trooper might like to wear on furlough. Bowlers are certainly one choice, but we imagined something a little different. shop more fedoras

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Hatband: 2" Grosgrain ribbon and bow.
Crown: 4 corner cavalry
Brim: hand shaped Bound
Color: Silver Mist
5X Longhair (frontier) Beaver fur felt
Size 7 3/8

THIS IS A READY TO SHIP HAT in like-new condition. Final sale.

6 Shooter Western Dress Hat

$375.00 – $780.00

6 Shooter Western Dress Hat made to order by the last best west Wear this hat and they won’t know if you are coming or going! We named the hat because of the three pinch front and the three pinch back so 3 + 3 = 6 SHOOTER! Shown here in a Deep Moss Green color. This color is a near match for Olive Drab.

Crown: 5 1/2" inches two sided modified cavalry
Brim: 3 1/2" Kettle Curl hand shaped with bound edge
Hatband: 1" inch satin ribbon with bow
Color: Deep Moss Green

Alfred Legends of the Fall Hat

$355.00 – $780.00

Our version of the Alfred Legends of the Fall Hat - the Aidan Quinn hat from Legends of the Fall (1994) This crown shape is the forefather of the Open Road crown shape, and looks good anywhere you might like to wear it, from the Boardroom to the Billiards Hall. Movie hat has an 1898 bow, and if you'd like it on your hat just request it in the PRODUCTION NOTES.

Color Shown: Chocolate brown
Crown: Modified Cattleman
Brim: Hand worked-open
Hatband: 1" inch Satin with bow
CROWN HEIGHT: 4 3/4
BRIM: 3 1/2"

Our hats off to Joshua Anthony for ordering the first one

Angelica Custom Handmade Hat

$390.00 – $810.00

Angelica Custom Handmade hat - This is our take on the Angelica Hat from the 4th adventure for The Pirates of the Caribbean{2011} This distinctive wide brimmed hat is quite a looker, and Angelica under it doesn't hurt either! We have done our best to duplicate the subtle little warts of this hat design. OK so the hatband and bound edge is not the same as the movie hat. Friends of The Last Best West know we don’t even try to duplicate a movie hatband, unless it is simple leather or a satin ribbon and bow.

Crown:Pilgrim
Color:Black
Brim:1" Kettle Curl – hand rolled –Bound
Hatband:3" cloth with round buckle.
Personalized with your name inside the crown

Augustus Custom Handmade Hat

$355.00 – $770.00

augustus custom handmade hat style from the classic mini-series, Lonesome Dove (1989) Loveable old Ranger Augustus McCrae is the scalawag that keeps the Hat Creek Cattle Company loose and is a great counter balance to the salty Woodrow Call. This style of old west crown with it's 3 pinch cavalry creasing was first called the "Tom Mix" after the early movie star, and then became known as "The Gus" crease because of Lonesome Dove. This is a great look for both men and women!

CROWN: 6 inches
BRIM: 4"
Crown: Modified 3 pinch cavalry
Brim: Hand worked and rolled
Hatband: Custom 1/2" leather twist
Color shown: Sand
hats ship in 12-14 weeks
Personalized with your name inside the crown

Big Jim Cowboy Hat

$355.00 – $785.00

Big Jim Cowboy Hat - A bigger brimmed version of our Jim West hat This big brimmed hat has the classic telescope crown with an old west roll to the big kettle curled brim.Big Jim Cowboy Hat is a great Range hat and has a 3 3/4" finished brim width, great for all weather conditions. Add our optional trail dust to take off the new hat shine!

Crown: 4 1/4 " Telescope.
Brim: 3 3/4" inches Kettle Curled and hand rolled-Bound.
Hatband: 1" Grosgrain ribbon and bow.
Color Shown: Black with optional light trail dust.

Blue Steel Custom Hat

$400.00 – $810.00

Blue Steel Custom Hat - Many famous old time actors got their start during the Great Depression in the 1930s, and appeared in all the B-Westerns and Serials that they could get. At the height of the Great Depression 1 in 3 men didn't have a job and in tough times any pay day is a good pay day.

Crown: 3 pinch B-Movie crease.
Color: Charcoal Gray
Brim: Kettle Curl Bound edge Hand rolled
Hatband: 1 inch satin with 1898 bow.
Personalized with your name inside the crown

Boot Hill Cowboy Hat

$355.00 – $810.00

Our Boot Hill cowboy hat is shown in a new color for us - Black Cherry. If you look closely this black appearing hat has a warm under color - a deep cherry that is easiest to see in bright light.

Crown: 5" inches Modified Sagebrush
Brim: 4 inches Kettle Curl with Bound Edge
Color Shown: Black Cherry with black bound edge
Hatband: 1" inch black Satin with 1898 Bow
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Broken Trail Movie Hat

$380.00 – $780.00

Broken trail movie hat - Our take on Robert Duvall's, Prentice Ritter, movie hat from the miniseries, Broken Trail - {2006}

CROWN: 5 inches
BRIM: 4"
Color Shown: Dyed Natural
Crown: Modified 3 Pinch Cavalry Crease
Brim: pencil rolled-open
Hatband: 1/2" twisted leather

Bronc Buster Custom Hat

$355.00 – $795.00

Bronc Buster Custom Hat - Young horses need to be broke, and that means riding them to a standstill – until they start accepting a man on their back and respond to the reins. It takes a lot longer than 8 seconds to saddle break a young mount, and the cowboy that can do that commands top wages on any spread he wants to work on.

Crown:Modified Cattleman Crease
Color:Black.
Brim: Hand Curled and Bound
Hatband:3/4″ satin with bow. Blue contrasting bound edge.
Personalized with your name inside the crown

Bull Rider Custom Hat

$380.00 – $810.00

Bull Rider Custom Hat - A sixteen time World Champion offers his view on what makes people flock to the bull-riding event at every rodeo, “It’s the same reason people glance off the road to get a better look at a car wreck. It’s why the Romans went to the Coliseum to see the lions eat the Christians. People don’t want to see somebody die, but they darn sure want to be there when he does.”

Crown:Canadian
Color:Chocolate
Brim: Hand Curled and bound
Hatband:1″ satin ribbon w/bow. Contrasting pecan bound edge.
Personalized with your name inside the crown

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Bull Rider Ready to Ship Hat

This is the classic Bull Rider crown worn by those incredibly gutsy fellas that ride the bulls at the rodeo's all around the world. As opposed to the fellas who sling the bull!

Crown: Canadian
Color: Chocolate in 20X (50%) Beaver Fur Felt has light trail dust
Brim: Hand Curled and bound
Hatband:1″ satin ribbon w/bow. Contrasting pecan bound edge.
SIZE: 7 3/8

THIS IS A READY TO SHIP HAT in LIGHTLY used condition. Final sale.

Butch Cassidy Handmade Bowler

$355.00 – $770.00

Butch Cassidy Handmade Bowler - Our Butch Cassidy Bowler is an example of likely the most common headware in the mid to late 1800s in North America. A hat style like our Butch Cassidy Handmade Bowler was worn by all classes of people from butchers in New York to politicians in Washington along with the western Outlaw, Butch Cassidy in Wyoming and later, Bolivia.

Crown: 4 1/2" inches OPEN: Round Uncreased
Brim: 2 1/4" inches Kettle Curl Bound
Hatband: 1 1/2 inch satin with bow
Color shown: Black

Cattle Baron Cowboy Hat

$380.00 – $780.00

Cattle Baron Cowboy Hat - a classic old west cowboy hat hand made by the last best west Even this cattleman crease has an old west look to it. Crown creases originated by working cowboys so they could easily pick up their hats. This classic crown creasing and variations of it are now seen more than any other cowboy hat style.

CROWN: 5" inches Old West Cattleman
BRIM: 3 1/2" Pencil rolled; hand shaped and Bound
Hatband: 1 " Satin with Bow
Color Shown: Chocolate with optional light trail dust

Center Ring Pro Rodeo Cowboy Hat

$410.00 – $850.00

We start with an over sized hat body to make this OUR CENTER RING PRO RODEO HAT. High crown and big brim it is the most popular style Pro Rodeo Riders are wearing these days. Both cowboys and cowgirls can be seen wearing this hat style. We know Rodeos. We know Cowboys. And we know rodeo cowboy hats!

Crown: 5" inches, Modified Canadian
Brim: 4 1/2" Hand rolled with bound brim edge
Color Shown: GRANITE
Hatband: CHARCOAL grosgrain ribbon, bow and matching brim edge

Champie Old West Hat

$400.00 – $815.00

Champie Old West Hat - a classic over-sized cowboy hat hand made by the last best west This is an early crown treatment from the early decades of the 20th century. Hat makers started offering pre-creased crowns and shaped brims after they saw the most common way the working Cowboys had of creasing their hats. Our Champie Old West Hat is one big hat and if you want great sun and weather protection this hat will fit the bill.

Crown: 5" inches "Champie" Crease
Brim: 5" inches Kettle Curl Bound
Color: Sand
Hatband: 1 inch satin with bow.
Personalized with your name inside the crown

Chet TV Movie Hat

$380.00 – $810.00

Chet TV Movie Hat - Our version of the Keith Carradine cowboy hat from Monte Walsh (2003) The Chet Hat is another sagebrush dented crown similar to the Wasey, brother to the Conagher, and Byron McCelroy. We start with an over sized hat body to get that extra wide brim on the Chet. THE COLOR DYED NATURAL IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE.

Color Shown: Dyed Natural
Crown: 4 1/2" inches Modified 3 dent Sagebrush
Brim: 4 3/4" inches Hand Rolled-Open
Hatband: 1 1/2" satin Ribbon and Bow

Chute Boss Custom Hat

$380.00 – $785.00

Chute Boss Custom Hat - The Chute Boss is responsible for telling the competitors their order, getting the stock set for the right riders, and ensuring everything’s as it should be before the chute’s opened and the cowboy and critter explode out into the infield. An important job demands an important hat.

Crown:Cattleman Crease
Color:Sahara
Brim: Hand Curled and Bound
Hatband:1/2″ satin with bow, with matching bound edge
Personalized with your name inside the crown

Cimarron Custom Movie Hat

$355.00 – $770.00

Cimarron Custom Movie Hat - Our version of the Yancey Cravat hat from the 1931 best picture winner. This is a very versatile hat style. The crown is a modified tycoon with a big kettle curl and roll to the brim. Musicians seem to favor our Cimarron Custom Movie Hat, and it looks great with a good suit of clothes. Performers hat, Dress Hat, or wear it on the range and impress the critters. What more do you need in a hat!

Crown: 4 1/2" inches Modified Tycoon
Brim: 3 1/2" Kettle Curl, hand rolled
Color Shown: bone
Hatband: 1" Grosgrain ribbon and bow.
Personalized with your name inside the crown
Musician Favorite

Cole Jackson Cowboy Hat

$355.00 – $810.00

Cole Jackson Cowboy Hat - The upswept crown on this hat is a classic look sported in many westerns throughout film history. This hat style is similar to The Tristan, Dodge City, Hidalgo and others!

Color Shown: Sand.
Crown: modified 3 pinch cavalry.
Brim: Hand shaped-Bound.
Hatband: 1/2 inch ribbon tied cavalry style.

Conagher Movie Hat

$380.00 – $785.00

Conagher Movie Hat - One of our all time favorite westerns ever - Conagher (1991) as portrayed by Sam Elliott captures perfectly the spirit of an old west wrangler. Our version of the Conagher cowboy hat.

Crown: 5" inches
Brim: 4"
Color Shown: Bone
Crown: Modified Sagebrush
Brim: Hand Shaped-Open
Hatband: Wrapped 1/4" Custom Wind string

Custer Civil War Cowboy Hat

$355.00 – $810.00

Custer Civil War Cowboy Hat - George Custer was as flamboyant an old west personality as any of his generation, and was anything but camera shy. Many pictures exist of Custer and this one was taken at the end of the Civil War {1866} when Custer still held his battle rank of Major General. We were proud to make a Custer for legendary guitarist, James Thornbury, formerly of Canned Heat.

The color RUST IS UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

Crown: 4" inches soft pecan top
Brim: 4 3/4" Hand shaped, centre right pushed up
Color Shown: Rust (currently unavailable) with black bound edge
Hatband: 1" inch black Satin with 1898 Bow
Musician Favorite

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Custer Hat – Ready to Ship

Custer Hat - READY TO SHIP Civil War Cowboy Hat in Pure Beaver (100X) THIS IS A READY TO SHIP HAT in like-new condition. Final sale.

Crown: 4" inches soft pecan top
Brim: 4 3/4"
Size: 7 1/2 Hand shaped, center right pushed up
100X beaver fur felt
Color Shown: Rust with black bound edge
Hatband: 1" inch black Satin with 1898 Bow.
Black/Gold Cavalry Cord INCLUDED
INSIGNIA and cavalry cord included

Cutter Custom Handmade Hat

$410.00 – $810.00

Cutter Custom Handmade Hat - This big hat has a 6 inch crown and a 4 3/4″ brim width. This hat is a cousin of our Little Bill hat from that Oscar Winning movie by Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven.

Crown:modified cattleman with side dent
Color:Black
Brim: Hand Shaped -Open
Hatband:1/2″ fur-felt self buckle. With feather.
Personalized with your name inside the crown

Dakota Fancy Custom Hat

$385.00 – $810.00

Dakota Fancy Custom Hat - Custom Rodeo Hat is dressed up with a distinctive Indian motif on the cloth hat band and bound brim edge.

Crown: Cattleman Crease
Color:Black
Brim: Hand Shaped and Bound
Hatband:1″ Cloth with Indian Motif: Matching cloth on bound edge.
Personalized with your name inside the crown

Dolarhyde Movie Hat

$375.00 – $785.00

Our take on the Woodrow Dolarhyde Movie Hat - the Harrison Ford cowboy hat from Cowboys and Aliens hand made by the last best west For most of Cowboy and Aliens, Woodrow Dolarhyde wears a Pecan colored hat, but at the end of the film, he can be seen wearing a gray (our granite color) one. This modified 3 pinch cavalry crown is a cousin of our traditional 1890s cavalry hat and has a bound edge with a gentle hand roll. It is also similar to our Top Hand hat.

Crown: 5 1/2 Modified Cavalry
Brim 4" inches hand rolled - bound edge
Color Shown: Granite
Hatband: 1" Grosgrain ribbon and bow and matching bound edge.

Drake the Ripper Hat

$355.00 – $770.00

This is our take on the Drake the Ripper Hat - The hat worn by actor Jerome Flynn as Victorian Detective Sergeant, Bennet Drake, in the BBC drama, Ripper Street. It has a long modified cavalry shape to the short crown,with a small pencil roll on the bound brim. This BBC drama hit the screen in 2012 and the BBC drama is set in 1889 London, 6 months after the Jack the Ripper murders.

Hatband: 1" Grosgrain ribbon and bow.
Crown: modified cavalry
Brim: 1/2 inch pencil roll, hand shaped Bound
Color: Black
Personalized with your name inside the crown

Dunson

$380.00 – $810.00

Our version of the Dunson Hat - From the movies; The Searchers; Red River; and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. We start with an over sized hat body for our Dunson hat, and you can choose your brim working. The look from The Searchers; Red River; or The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Enter your choice for brim shape in the production notes below.

Crown: 4 3/4"
Brim 4 3/4 inches
Color Shown: Black.
Crown: Telescope.
Brim: Hand curled (Red River Version)-Bound.
Hatband: Custom 3/4" leather.

Dylan Custom Town Hat

$355.00 – $785.00

Our version of the Dylan Custom Town Hat - A 21st century updated version of his classic Rolling Thunder hat from the 1960s. This hat has a classic telescope crown, with a pencil roll, creating a dynamic and distinctive hat. A couple of musicians from Bavaria in Germany liked the hat that they had seen Bob Dylan wearing in a 2010 concert. So we made them two.

Crown 4 1/2" inches
Brim 3 1/2"
Color Shown: Bone
Crown: Telescope
Brim: Pencil rolled-Open
Hatband: 1 1/2" Satin ribbon with Bow
Musician Favorite

Dylan Thunder

$360.00 – $810.00

Dylan Thunder - Our take on The Rolling Thunder hat from the 1960s. Bob Dylan has some of the most dedicated fans, and his appeal is truly world wide. It should come as no surprise that there are festivals dedicated to bringing together all the various tribute singers of his timeless songs. We made this first hat, for one of them.

Crown: 4 1/4" inches
Brim: 3 1/4"
Color Shown: Silver Belly.
Crown: Soft top dent.
Brim: pencil roll, front pushed up slightly-Open.
Hatband: 1" Grosgrain ribbon and bow
Musician Favorite

Everett Hitch Movie Hat

$395.00 – $810.00

Everett Hitch Movie Hat

Our version of the Everett Hitch Movie Hat - from Appaloosa {2008} This big hat could have been copied from our Hickok. Our Hitch hat has an extra wide brim with a kettle curl and hand rolled brim. If you wish a windstring, you can add it during the check out process.

Crown: 5" inches
Brim: 4 1/2"
Color Shown: Dyed Natural
Crown: Telescope
Brim: Pencil rolled; Hand worked -bound
Hatband: 1" Satin with bow
Personalized with your name inside the crown

Fred Dobbs Classic Fedora

$355.00 – $770.00

The Fred Dobbs classic fedora - our version of the classic fedora from the Bogart film, - Treasure of the Sierra Madre. (1948) One of our all time favorite films this hat is a new version of the ratty top that Bogart sports as the living-on-the-edge adventurer, Fred C. Dobbs. A classic movie fedora from the last best west shown here in our rich charcoal color.

CROWN: 5 inches
BRIM: 2 3/4 inches
Hatband: 1" Grosgrain ribbon and bow.
Crown: Fedora
Brim: Snap Brim, hand shaped
Color shown: Charcoal
Personalized with your name inside the crown
Musician Favorite

Have Gun Will Travel Dress Hat

$355.00 – $780.00

Have Gun Will Travel Dress Hat - Our version of Paladin’s Carleton Hotel Town Hat. From the TV series (1957-1963) hand made by the last best west In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Have Gun Will Travel, was one of the most watched TV shows of the early decades of television. Richard Boone portrayed the character Paladin convincingly to millions of viewers and the hats were great.

CROWN: 4 3/8" inches Texas Flat
BRIM: 3 1/4″ inches Hand rolled with a kettle curl
COLOR SHOWN: BONE
HATBAND: Matching 1 1/2″ inch grosgrain ribbon
Musician Favorite

Hondo Custom Cowboy Hat

$355.00 – $785.00

Hondo Custom Cowboy Hat - Here's another great western made from a popular Louis L'Amour story. The movie, Hondo, was released in 1953, and was based on a short story by L'Amour, called, The Gift of Cochise. Our take on the Hondo Custom Cowboy Hat has that classic diamond shaped crown, with a 4 inch brim for great sun and all weather protection.

Crown: 4 1/4" inches 4 sided Cavalry
Brim 4" inches Dipped front and back Open
Color Shown: Sahara with optional light Trail Dust
Hatband: 1" satin ribbon and bow Shown with optional yellow cavalry cord.