TV Series/Mini Series Hats The Last Best West

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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.

OUR STANDARD DELIVERY IS 18 – 22 weeks for our quality hand made cowboy hats. The Last Best Cowboy Hat. One of a kind Fur-Felt Art.

Made to order. Made to last. Made in America by the cowboys at The Last Best West.

Custom Cowboy Hat – The 1957

$410.00 – $830.00
Custom Cowboy Hat - The 1957. Richard Boone wore one. So did Dean Martin. Richard Benjamin the star of the original West World movie wore one.
Fact is you could tune into just about any tv show or western film from the 1950s and 1960s and see some sort of variation of the hat style we are calling, 1957. And it is still popular today with the Whitey character from the TV series Godless sporting one.

CROWN: 4 1/2 inches Front pinch, Pecan top

BRIM: 3 1/2" hand rolled

Hatband: 1/4" satin ribbon tied cavalry style

Color: sand with optional medium trail dust

Personalized with your name inside the crown
Roy Goode (Godless) Cowboy Hat

$410.00 – $830.00
Roy Goode Cowboy Hat, from the Netflix limited series, Godless.
Our Roy Goode (Godless) Cowboy Hat has a classic 4 inch crown with a slight front pinch. Our Godless cowboy hat has a distinctive and dynamic brim treatment that is sure to get second looks whether you're in the boardroom or at a barn dance. A classic gunfighter hat.

CROWN: 4 inches

BRIM: 3 3/4"

Crown: Slight front pinch, Pecan top.

Brim: oversized snap fedora brim

Hatband: 1" satin ribbon

Color: gun barrel grey

Personalized with your name inside the crown
Jess Harper Cowboy Hat

$410.00 – $860.00
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

Color shown: Charcoal in 20X Beaver Fur-felt

Available in all colors (see color tab below)

Crown: 4 1/2" inches pecan top with front pinch

Brim: 4" hand shaped

Hatband: 1 inch hand made leather with studs
Blue Duck Cowboy Hat

$420.00 – $905.00
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.

Color shown: Charcoal in 20X Beaver Fur-felt

Available in all colors (see color tab below)

shown with optional light trail dust

Crown: 6" inches Reverse Tycoon

Brim: 4 1/2" hand shaped heavy dip front and back

Hatband: 1" grosgrain ribbon and bow
Hoss Cowboy Hat from Bonanza

$415.00 – $905.00
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.

Color shown: Silver Belly in 100X Beaver Fur-felt

Available in all colors (see color tab below)

shown with optional medium trail dust

Crown: 6" inches open un-creased

Brim: 4 1/2" hand shaped and rolled

Hatband: horse hair hat band
Heath Barkley Cowboy Hat from Big Valley

$410.00 – $865.00
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.

Crown: 5 1/4" inches Modified Cattleman

Brim: 3 3/4" hand shaped and rolled brim

Hatband: 1 1/4 inch custom dark brown leather

Color shown: Sand in 20X Beaver Fur-felt

Available in all colors (see color tab below)
Eli McCullough Cowboy Hat

$405.00 – $865.00
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

Color shown: Pecan in 20X Beaver Fur-felt

Available in all colors (see color tab below)
Bucky ONeil Rough Rider Hat

$410.00 – $875.00
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

Crown: 5" inches

Brim 3 1/4"

Color Shown: Pecan

Crown: 3 dent military.

Brim: Flat/Open.

Hatband: 1 1/2" Satin with1898 bow shown with optional Black/Silver Officer Cavalry Cord.
Bohannon Cowboy Hat

$385.00 – $795.00
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

Hatband: 1″ inch grosgrain ribbon and bow.
Rifleman TV Series Hat

$410.00 – $865.00

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.
The Lone Ranger Hat

$385.00 – $900.00
This is our take on the Lone Ranger hat from the 1950s era western series, popularized by actor Clayton Moore.

Crown: 5" inches

Brim: 4"

Color Shown: Bone

Available in all colors (see below)

Brim: hand rolled with kettle curl

Hatband: twisted leather

Comes with matching wind string
Rowdy Yates

$410.00 – $845.00
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