Classic Hats Archives - The Last Best West Classic Hats

Classic Cowboy and Town hats from The Last Best West.

We have over 170 different hat styles in our catalog; enough for even the finickiest cowboy to find a hat style they like! And if you love Old West History you’ll enjoy going through over a hundred pages full of stories about the heroes and villains of the wild west.

Coogan Cowboy Hat

$375.00 – $805.00
Coogan Cowboy Hat style is the COOGAN, worn by Clint Eastwood in 1968s, Coogan's Bluff With the world being scared into sheltering in place over the month of April 2020 we thought we would give our clients and friends a distraction to help the time go by. A contest to engage the imagination and powers of deduction, along with our love of movies.
WE HAVE A WINNER! Well, we have been suitably humbled...this contest was posted at 1:42 April 4 2020 and in just 17 minutes(!) Ben Ellis posted the winning answer. Our mystery hat was the hat style worn by Clint Eastwood as Walt Coogan, in 1968s Coogan's Bluff. Thanks to everyone that played along and stay healthy!

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

Available in all colors (see color tab below)

Crown: 6" inches modified Canadian

Brim: 3 1/2" hand shaped and rolled brim

Hatband: brown leather with a nickle buckle set
Buck – The Best Cowboy Hat

$395.00 – $825.00
Real Buckaroo's wear the Buck
We have what we think is a dynamic cowboy hat design for the 21st century. Great for sun protection, with a 4 3/4 inch crown and a 4 inch brim the hat is tall enough and wide enough to give good all weather protection. We started with the classic Canadian (rectangular top dent) crown and deepened the front and side dents. The brim has a front drover style roll and we have a slight pencil roll at the back and through the sides.

Color shown: Silver Belly

Available in all colors (see color tab below)

Crown: 4 3/4" Canadian (rectangular top dent)

Brim: 4" hand shaped brim with drover roll and slight pencil roll

Hatband: 1/4" grosgrain ribbon tied cavalry style
Jess Harper Cowboy Hat

$375.00 – $810.00
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
Rocky Mountain Ranger Cowboy Hat

$355.00 – $785.00
Rocky Mountain Ranger Cowboy Hat handmade by the last best west Our Rocky Mountain Ranger Cowboy Hat is a custom, handmade cowboy hat. With this design we attempted to fashion a crown shape reminiscent of a ridge in the Alberta Rocky Mountains. We feel this back crease beautifully compliments the 3 pinch creasing we have worked into the front of the crown.

Hatband: 1" satin ribbon with an 1898 bow

Color: Undyed Natural

Brim: 4 inches

Crown: 6 inches
Tom Harte Movie Hat

$380.00 – $780.00
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)
Quirt Western Movie Hat

$375.00 – $785.00
Our version of the Quirt Western Movie Hat has a classic telescope crown, with a kettle curled and hand rolled and bound edge brim. For our money, 1947s Angel and the Badman, is one of the top 20 western movies ever made. And this classic western film has one of the great western character names in the history of western film, Quirt Evans. The Quirt Movie Hat style is also a similar version to the one worn by Will Smith as James West in the wacky 1999 western, the Wild Wild West - the brim is just rolled a little differently. We'll fashion it either way for you, just request the James West version in the production notes section of the order.

Color Shown: Navy Blue

Crown: Telescope

Brim: Pencil roll; Hand shaped-bound

Hatband: 1" Satin with bow

Crown: 4 1/4"

Brim: 3 1/2"
Last Stand at Saber River Hat

$355.00 – $780.00
Our take on the Last Stand at Saber River Hat The Paul Cable Cowboy Hat, worn by Tom Selleck in the TNT TV Movie from 1997. This great looking hat is shown in our BONE color with medium trail dust. Select your options as you put your order together below.

Crown: 6" inches Modified Sagebrush

Brim: 4" inches Hand Rolled with Bound Edge

Color Shown: Bone with optional medium trail dust

Hatband: 1/4" ribbon tied cavalry style With optional wind string
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

Check tabs below for our hat options and colors
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.
Vin Tanner Movie Hat

$355.00 – $770.00
Our version of the Vin Tanner Movie Hat This is the hat style worn by Steve McQueen as the gunfighter Vin Tanner in the 1960s Magnificent Seven. The hat style is similar to the Texican, but the Vin hat has a shorter brim. To make the Vin movie grade add heavy trail dust during the checkout process.

Crown: 5" inches Modified Canadian

Brim: 3 1/2" Hand shaped and rolled - Open

Hatband: 1/4" cavalry

Color Shown: Silver belly
Top Hand Cowboy Hat

$385.00 – $785.00
Top Hand Cowboy Hat - A Hybrid Cowboy Hat – between the traditional and the modern. 19th Century Cavalry crown working, combined with a modern rodeo turn to the brim. Setting the whole look off is a contrasting bound brim, and satin hat band. This is one of the most popular looks sported by professional cowboys. This hat will get lots of attention at the barn dance, or in the winner's circle.

Crown: 5" inches 3 Pinch Cavalry Crease

Brim: 4 1/4" inches Hand Curled and bound

Color: Bone

Hatband: Contrasting chocolate brown 1/2″ Satin Ribbon w/Matching bound edge

Personalized with your name inside the crown
Hidalgo Cowboy Hat

$380.00 – $785.00
Our version of the Hidalgo Cowboy Hat - The Frank Hopkins hat from Hidalgo. {2004} This is the classic "Gunfighter Look". Various versions have been worn by actors like Alan Ladd, Gary Cooper, Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin and Dean Martin. Tell us which one you favor - and we'll shape it, just so.

Crown: 4 3/4" inches

Brim: 3 1/2"

Color Shown: Sand with medium trail dust And Black

Crown: Front pinch; Pecan shaped top

Brim: Hand Shaped-Bound

Hatband: Custom 1/4" leather braid