- 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
from the last best west
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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Made to order. Made to last. Made in America by the cowboys at The Last Best West.
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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. -
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 DuckOur 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
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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
- 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
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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
- Hatband: Matching 1" Satin Ribbon/Bow
- Color: Sahara
- hats ship in 6-8 weeks
- Personalized with your name inside the crown
- Hatband not sold separately
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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!- Crown 6 inches
- Brim 4 3/4"
- Crown: Modified Sagebrush
- Hatband: 1" Satin Ribbon/Bow
- Color shown: Bone
- Brim: Kettle curl/handroll – Bound
- Personalized with your name inside the crown
- Hatband not sold separately
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Custom Cowboy Hat - The 1957. Richard Boone wore one. So did Dean
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.
Martin. Richard Benjamin the star of the original West World movie wore 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
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Hoppy Handmade Cowboy Hat - This crown shape comes from early years of the 20th century and was known as the Champie in bygone days. This hat style was made famous by William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy, in his 1930 and 40s era B-Movies.- Crown: 6 inches Crown: Champie Crease
- Brim: 4 1/2" inches Kettle Curl and hand rolled- with bound edge
- Color Shown: Black
- Hatband: 1" Grosgrain ribbon and bow.
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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
- Hatband: Custom 3 braid 1/2" buckskin leather
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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
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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.
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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.- Color Shown: Silver Mist
- Crown: Modified Canadian.
- Brim: Hand shaped-Open
- Hatband: 1 1/4" Custom leather with 6 concho's.
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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
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Dead Eye Marston Gamers Hat - John Marston hat from Red Dead Redemption A 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.- Crown: 4 1/2" inches
- Brim 3 1/4"
- Color Shown: Chocolate
- Brim: Hand shaped - Open
- Hatband: Custom 3/4" brown leather with gromets
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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.- Crown Height: 3 3/4"
- Brim: 2 1/4"
- Color Shown: Black.
- Crown: Telescope.
- Brim: Pencil roll and hand shaped-Open.
- Hatband: 1/4" ribbon, and a second 1/2" band.
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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. -
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)
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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
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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.- Crown: 6 inches Slouch
- Brim 4" inches Hand rolled-Open
- Color Shown: Silver Mist
- Hatband: Cavalry Cord
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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.
- 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.
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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
