About The Last Best West™
Here’s an old west adventure novel for people of the West- The Last Best West
We debuted in May of 2000 as a modest website to promote the old west adventure novel, The Last Best West™. Get it at Amazon.com
Within a few years we added an online retail element and have been growing our great catalog of cowboy hats, leather and other great cowboy gear.
We are a family run and managed business, and unlike most hat and leather sellers on the Internet, we make and sell our own hats and leather, not resell someone elses, or import them from overseas. We make museum quality hats and custom leather and our hard wearing cowboy gear is renowned for its workmanship and on trail performance. ~ Testimonials
Longfellow is the author of The Last Best West™ and the chief web designer and content writer for our website. An old west historian, hatter, leather worker, retailer, and reformed dandy, it is Longfellow’s skill and talent as a designer that first developed and set the standards for our custom hats and leather products, and continues to drive development of new products.
One of the most rewarding things about operating this website is hearing from visitors and customers about how entertaining and informative they find our old west content and how pleased they are with our custom products. Some people have even suggested The Last Best West is the trend setter and at the forefront of a renaissance in cowboy hats and values. To all these people we humbly say thankee-thankee.
It’s not our way to talk ourselves up, but our B-Movie hat page has been credited with starting a revival of interest and sales of these old movie gems from the 1930s and 40s. Make sure you get the DVDs with restored versions and after watching one or two you will be hooked! And to all the people that keep the Old West alive in performance groups, living history, and SASS participation we wish you all the best for helping us Keep the Faith.
ORDER DESK and OFFICE HOURS
Monday to Friday 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern
Questions? Please fill out our contact form or e-mail us at [email protected]
PLEASE NOTE! If you are expecting an e-mail from us, and do not receive one within 24 hours, check your SPAM or JUNK mail folders, as sometimes your mail service will intercept legitimate e-mails.
Key Staff of The Last Best West
Customer Service
Our customer service team is led by
Sonja
Customer Service Manager
If you have ordered a custom hat or leather piece chances are you have e-mailed with Sonja. She is our Queen of Customer Service and oversees all of the emails that come in (and makes sure they all get answered!).
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Our Craftsmen
Travis
Operations Supervisor
Travis co-ordinates all the production aspects of our hat and leather orders, and makes sure all the little details get taken care of. In addition he will be the designer you work with if you have a special project.
Monty Master Hatter
With more than 15 years experience fashioning fine cowboy and western hats you will learn what 1000s of our clients have already, that Monty is as fine a Milliner as there is working today. And when he’s not making hats he’s busy tending to his own ranch or his in-laws, or working some rodeo in the summer. No Bull!
Randy Leather Master
Randy’s leather career started 30 years ago when he started to apprentice for Jerry Croft, the master craftsman that made Tom Selleck’s leather in Quigley Down Under, and dozens of other westerns. After learning his trade he operated his own saddlery store for close to 20 years. Randy’s attention to detail produces stunning looking leather!
From hand made hats and holsters to hat bands and chaps, we design and make some of the best old west gear you will find :: Testimonials If you need help or have a question please e-mail us at [email protected]/
We know a lot about the old west, cowboys, their tools, firearms and western film history, but we don’t know everything.
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