- Crown: 6 inches
- Brim: 4"
- Color Shown: undyed natural same as movie hat
- Crown: Modified 3 dent Sagebrush.
- Brim: Hand Rolled-Open.
- Hatband: Custom 1/2" Leather.
You won’t find these western hats at your nearest mall. Many of the brim shapes or crowns may look familiar, may even be the same, but they are poor imitations, cookie-cutter designs; mass produced and available virtually anywhere. Don’t follow the herd – strike out on your own with a classic custom western hat from The Last Best West.
Authentic Designs from The Last Best West
We take our western heritage seriously and work hard at preserving the qualities that made it great. Our hats are made the old west way – one at a time, and believe if you want that perfect western movie hat – you should be able to get the same looking hat that the character wore.
We start with the best fur-felt hat body available – made in the USA – and fashion as fine a custom western hat as you can find.
Made to order. Made to Last. Made in America.
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Open Range Cowboy Hat - Our version of the Charley Waite hat worn by Kevin Costner This is a classic old west design with a sagebrush crown. This is Charley's hat. This is the same basic crown shape as worn by Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp, in My Darling Clementine (1946). This is a classic western movie hat design with more than a 60 year history. Charley Cowboy Hat -
Our version of the Daniel Plainview hat - There Will be Blood Hat We show our Daniel Plainview Hat with a contrasting hat band and bound edge; Movie Hat is a Pecan color with a matching Satin Ribbon and Bow and bound edge. If you wish a different color hat band and bound edge please enter it in the PRODUCTION NOTES section as you build your hat below. Similar crown styles Wasey, Byron McCelroy, Conagher
- Crown 5 inches
- Brim: 3"
- Hatband: 1 1/2" grosgrain ribbon and bow.
- Crown: modified Sagebrush
- Brim: pencil rolled with a slight hand roll
- Color Shown: natural with a chocolate brown ribbon, bow, and bound edge.
- Musician Favorite
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Our take on the Charley Prince Western Movie Hat - from the 3:10 to Yuma (2007). Charley's hat style is the often seen telescope crown with a 4 inch brim, with a healthy dip to the front and back of the brim.- Crown: 4 1/2" inches
- Brim 4 inches
- Color Shown: Black
- Crown: Telescope
- Brim: Hand shaped-Open
- Hatband: Dark 1" leather
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Our version of the Ben Wade Movie Hat - From the 3:10 to Yuma (2007) Ben Wade's pistol has a cross in the butt, and is referred to as, "The right hand of God." Well, here's the hat band. Nickel and enamel cross conchos on black leather. OR go with the brass cut-out star concho with brass tacks hatband, or choose green embossed leather for a little different look. Add your hat band choice to the production notes below as you build your hat.Women! The short crown and small brim make this a great look for the fairer sex.
Ben Wade Hat- CROWN: 4 1/2 inches
- BRIM: 3 1/4"
- Color Shown: Black and Chocolate.
- Crown: Telescope.
- Brim: Kettle curled and-Bound.
- Hatband: 3 Choices for Hatband.
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Frontera Movie Hat - a hand-made cowboy movie hat from the last best west - our version of the hat Ed Harris wore in the movie Frontera This great looking movie hat is the same style worn by Ed Harris in 2014s feature film, Frontera. We are showing one version in a new color for us, BUCKSKIN, a nice, warm earth tone. The other is in our brilliant bone color, the same as the movie hat.- CROWN: 5" inches Modified Cattleman crease
- BRIM: 4 1/2" inches Hand rolled with a bound brim edge
- COLOR SHOWN: Buckskin
- HATBAND SHOWN: 1/2" inch grosgrain ribbon Chocolate brown ribbon and bound edge
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Our take on the Boss Spearman hat from Open Range This great cowboy movie hat is from the western, Open Range, (2003) This crown shape is a variation of the classic Cattleman's crown crease. The brim has a noticeable hand roll with a down turn at the front and back. We've made the Boss Spearman, movie grade with our optional light trail dust. Easily select your options as you build your hat below.- Crown: 5 inches
- Brim: 4 inches
- Color Shown: Granite with optional light Trail Dust.
- Crown: Modified Cattleman crease.
- Brim: Hand Rolled-Open.
- Hatband: 1/2" leather.
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Wyatt Handmade Hat - This is the hat style worn by Kevin Costner in 1994s, Wyatt Earp. This style has the same basic shape and design as a traditional 19th century Cavalry Hat. Differences: Centre crease is fatter, side creases are longer and wider, and the brim is flatter with a downturn at the front and back.- Crown: 5" inches
- Brim: 4"
- Color Shown: Black with optional light trail dust
- Available in all colors (see below)
- Crown: Modified 3 pinch cavalry
- Brim: Hand Rolled-Open
- Hatband: 1" inch grosgrain ribbon with bow
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Cowboys and Aliens Jake Lonergan Hat This is a modified crown treatment of a cavalry style, with the edges exaggerated. This movie is based on eyewitness accounts of cowboys taking pot shots at massive birds in 1890s Arizona. When the cowboys' shot at them, they apparently heard the bullets bounce off, the "leather like skin". The action starts right away in Cowboys and Aliens, when we see how Jake gets his hat. This is our version of the movie hat.- Crown: 5 inches
- Brim: 3 7/8"
- Color Shown: Chocolate.
- Crown: Modified Cavalry pinch.
- Brim: Hand shaped-Open
- Hatband: 1/4" ribbon tied cavalry style.
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Cry Macho Cowboy Hat - Clint Eastwood cowboy hat from the film, Cry Macho This classic cowboy hat design is a variation of the style Mr. Eastwood wore in his role as Rowdy Yates, in the late 1950s era TV western, Rawhide. Another gem of a movie from Director Clint Eastwood. This modern western features familiar themes, but with the Eastwood touch it comes across fresh and powerful. This is the cowboy hat he sports as former rodeo star, Mike Milo.
- Color shown: Chocolate brown
- Available in all colors (see color tab below)
- Crown: 4 3/4" pecan top front pinch
- Brim: 3 3/4" hand shaped brim
- Hatband: brown leather
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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
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Our take on the Byron McElroy Hat (Bounty Hunter) - from the 3:10 to Yuma (2007). Our McElroy hat is a smaller brimmed variation of our Wasey and a cousin of our There Will Be Blood hat, this was the hat worn by Peter Fonda as Byron McElroy in the 2007 action filled remake of the western classic - 3: 10 to Yuma.- Crown: 5" inches
- Brim: 3 1/4 inches
- Color Shown: Undyed Natural with optional light trail dust.
- Crown: Modified Sagebrush.
- Brim: Kettle Curl with a hand roll-Bound.
- Hatband: 1" inch satin ribbon with bow.
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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.
