Since the Dawn of Cinema the Western has been the greatest ongoing saga in film history. The first true motion picture was a western (naturally!) made by Thomas Edison’s Company in 1903, called The Great Train Robbery.
Most of us have a favorite western series we grew up watching on Saturday mornings. For many of the Baby Boomer Generation these would include hats from series like
Have Gun Will Travel :: The Rifleman :: Wanted Dead or Alive :: The Virginian :: Wild Wild West :: Hopalong Cassidy
And then there are the modern westerns, which have gathered quit a following. Shows like.
North and South :: Gods and Generals :: Lonesome Dove :: Purgatory :: Deadwood :: Broken Trail :: Justified :: Longmire
And any lover of the western would have to include Lonesome Dove as the finest western story yet told on film. It tells the compelling story of 2 old Texas Rangers that are tired of living in a tame Texas town, and long for the frontier of their youth.
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Our take on the Jess Harper Cowboy hat from the classic TV series, Laramie.
Robert Fuller was one of Hollywood's most handsome leading men in the 1950s and 60s, and he had a fine career playing cowboy heroes, including Jess Harper from Laramie. Our first hat was given to Mr. Fuller in 2017, as a gift from his fan club. More below
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Lonesome Dove (1989) debuting on TV, this is our version of the hat worn by Frederick Forrest as the murderous border outlaw, Blue Duck
Our Blue Duck cowboy hat is one big and imposing cowboy hat with its six inch crown and 4 1/2 inch brim. Shown here in Charcoal, with our optional light trail dust.
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Bonanza (1959 - 1972) debuting on TV, this is our take on the magnificently simple hat worn by Dan Blocker as Hoss.
Big Guys like big hats. And Dan Blocker was a big man right from the start. Weighing 14 pounds at birth he grew to be a 6' 4" and 300 pound favorite on the iconic TV Western, Bonanza. And his Hoss Cowboy hat was the most authentic old west hat, any of the cast of Bonanza wore.
Heath Barkley Cowboy Hat hand made by The Last Best West.
This is a reproduction of the Heath Barkley hat from the classic TV western series, The Big Valley. A great looking hat - it has a 5 1/4 inch crown with a 3 3/4" inch, hand shaped brim.
Eli McCullough Cowboy Hat - Our take on the hat style worn by Pierce Brosnan in AMC's The Son TV series.
This great looking hat has a 5 1/4 inch crown with a 3 1/2 inch, kettle curled, hand rolled and bound edge brim. The show hat has a matching ribbon and bound edge. We show ours with a contrasting chocolate brown ribbon/bow and brim edge. This style of hat could easily be a first cousin of our version of a Union Cavalry Hat we debuted in 2016.
Crown: 5 1/4" inches Modified Cattleman
Brim: 3 1/2" with a kettle curl, hand roll and bound edge
Hatband: 1 inch chocolate brown grosgrain ribbon and bow/matching bound edge
Bucky Oneil Rough Rider Hat - This 2 part movie made for Turner Network Television traces the roots of the Spanish American War and the men who volunteered to go to Cuba and ultimately charge up San Juan Hill with Teddy Roosevelt.
a classic old west military hat custom made by the last best west
The Cullen Bohannon Cowboy Hat from the AMC series, Hell On Wheels, hand made by the last best west
This is the same hat style we made for actor Anson Mount, and he wore as the ass kicking railway man Cullen Bohannon, in the last 2 years of the series.
Crown: 4 1/4" inches
Texas Flat
Brim: 3 1/2" inches
Shown in Black with optional medium trail dust
Available in all colors
Rifleman TV Series Hat a hand-made classic hat by the last best west - our version of the hat from The Rifleman series {1958-1963}
Chuck Connors' Lucas McCain hat
Crown: Modified Cavalry
Brim: Hand Rolled Open
Hatband: Custom 1 1/4" Leather with conchos
Color shown: Whiskey in 20X Beaver Fur-felt
Chuck Connors was deadly with his big loop Winchester Model 1892 and filled the screen as Lucas McCain in the classic TV. western; The Rifleman. This is his hat. Only 12 men have played pro Basketball and Baseball. Chuck Connors was one of them. His long acting career began in 1952, and he never got a better role than that of rancher, and single father, Lucas McCain.
A reproduction of the Rowdy Yates TV Hat
This small brimmed hat is the style worn by Clint Eastwood in that old TV western series, Rawhide (1959-1965) . We have added our optional medium trail dust, giving the hat that worn, just off the cattle drive look. You can add trail dust below as you build your hat.
Crown Height: 4" inches
Brim Width: 3 1/4" with bound edge
Crown Style: Pinched front, pecan top
Color: Sand in 100X beaver fur-felt
with optional medium trail dust
Hatband: 1 inch rough out leather
comes with a windstring as shown
Orry Main Custom Hat - The 1980s were the decade of the mini-series, and the civil war era North and South was one of the best. Patrick Swayze played the young hero, pining for the abused married woman, played by the beautiful Leslie-Anne Down. Show hat is an undyed natural color.
Hoppy Handmade Cowboy Hat - This crown shape comes from early years of the 20th century and was known as the Champiein bygone days. This hat style was made famous by William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy, in his1930 and 40s era B-Movies.
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.
Our version of the Jim West Cowboy Hat - Robert Conrad's hat from the series, Wild Wild West (1965-69)We are excited to offer the exact dimensions of the original Jim West hat! One of our customers bought an original series-worn Robert Conrad hat at auction, from the iconic 1960sTV series The Wild Wild West. He was kind enough to supply us the exact measurements of the original. If you'd like a wider brim just request it in the PRODUCTION NOTES section of the order form below.
Our version of the classic Wild Wild West Cowboy Hat has a Texas Flat crown and a wide 3 3/4" brim. Click on the tabs below to see our hat options and colors.
Color Shown: Sahara
Crown: 4 1/2" inches Texas Flat
Brim: 3 3/4" inches
hand shaped and rolled-Open
Hatband: 1" custom leather with buffalo side concho
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.
Our version of the Longmire Custom Handmade Hat - A little different than our Last of the Dogman hat, the Longmire has more roll to the brim, and the crown has the same unique shape as our Cimarron.
Crown: 4 1/2" inches
Brim: 4"
Color Shown: Sand and chocolate with optional medium Trail Dust .
Justified Series Hat - Our take on The Raylan Givens hat
Fairly straight forward the Justified hat is a modern rodeo style cowboy hat, with a patterned leather hat band. Order yours today.
Dead Eye Marston Gamers Hat - John Marston hat from Red Dead RedemptionA classic gamers hat hand made by the last best west.Here's our take on the John Marston hat, shown with optional windstring, and light trail dust. Easily select your hat options as you build your hat below.
Steve McQueen wore this hat style in his first starring role on TV as Josh Randall the young Bounty Hunter, in the series Wanted Dead or Alive.Our Josh Randall Cowboy Hat is a short crowned hat with a telescope crown and a hand roll to the brim. Available in all colors - see color tab below for a complete list of our colors.
CROWN: Telescope 4 1/4" inches
BRIM: 3 1/2" Hand rolled - Open
Color Shown: Chocolate with optional medium soiling
the Trampas Custom Handmade Hat - from the series The Virginian (1962-1971)
The classic tv series; The Virginian debuted in 1962, and had a great run of 9 years on the small screen. James Drury, Doug McClure, and Lee J. Cobb, were the key actors, and the series writers were very good. We make our version of this hat.
Paladin Hat - the Have Gun Will Travel Gunfighters' Hat (1957–1963)
The hat Richard Boone wore with the kettle curl and with the pecan crown is the early season hat and the one we like the best. You can also order the one worn for several later seasons with the 4 inch brim and taller crown. You can choose either style simply by entering your choice in the production notes below. We make our version of the TV Series hat.
Early season hat has smaller dimensions and a kettle curled brim
Crown: 4 3/8 inches
Brim: 3 1/4"
Color Shown: Black
Crown: Pecan top
Brim: Kettle curl hand rolled-Open
Hatband: Custom 1 1/4" black leather with 4 conchos.
Later season hat has a taller crown and a 4 inch hand rolled brim
Crown: 5 1/4 inches
Brim: 4"
Color Shown: Black
Crown: Pecan top with front pinch
Brim: Hand shaped - Open
Hatband: Custom 1 1/4" black leather with 4 conchos.
Our take on the Tom Harte movie hat
The Tom Harte hat is worn by Thomas Haden-Church and he crafts as fine a cowboy hero as you'll find and standouts as Tom Harte in HBO's, Broken Trail. {2006} A saucy upturn to the right of the brim gives this cowboy movie hat it's distinctive look.
CROWN: 5 inches
BRIM: 4"
Color Shown: Chocolate Brown
Crown: Modified Cavalry Crease
Brim: heavy roll on right -bound
Hatband: 1" inch grosgrain ribbon and bow
Tom Harte Movie Hat - from the mini-series Broken Trail (2006)
Bullock western hat - The Timothy Olyphant hat from HBOs Deadwood
Our take on the Bullock hat is a millenary design known as the Dakota in the late 1800’s and was popular with the more affluent in the Old West. Made famous again in HBO’S raw western, Deadwood, it was the hat worn by Sheriff Bullock, portrayed by Timothy Olyphant.
The Dakota was one of the six hat styles we started our old west hat catalog with back in 2003. If you would like a contrasting color for the hatband and bound edge just enter it in the PRODUCTION NOTES below as you build your hat.
Our take on the Young Jake Custom Handmade Hat from Comanche Moon.{2008}.
We start with an over sized hat body to make the Young Jake hat style with its tall modified 4 dent military crown and a extra wide brim for great sun and weather protection. Walk around in your own shade with this big brimmed hat!
Jake Spoon Lonesome Dove Hat - our take on the Robert Urich hat style from the mini-series (1989)
This is a big dang hat – befitting the self-centered character deftly played by Robert Urich. Everything is about Jake and this thoughtless, arrogant, gambler makes a bad choice and ends up riding with the wrong crew. We start with an over-sized hat body to make the Jake Spoon.
Crown: 6" inches
4 dent military
Brim: 4 3/4 inches
Kettle curled/hand rolled with bound edge
A custom cowboy movie hat from Lonesome Dove (1989) Our take on the hat style worn by Tommy Lee Jones
The Tommy Lee Jones cowboy hat from Lonesome Dove. The Captain Call Handmade Hat is like the character simple, unrefined, and basic. A classic Boss of the Plains with a heavy dip front and back on the bound brim.
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!
