- CROWN: 4 3/8" inches Texas Flat
- BRIM: 3 1/4″ inches Hand rolled with a kettle curl
- COLOR SHOWN: BONE
- HATBAND: Matching 1 1/2″ inch grosgrain ribbon
- Musician Favorite
OLD WEST COWBOY HATS
The Cowboy Hat defines the wearer
A traditional cowboy prized his hat above all things – with good reason. It was often worth a month or two’s wages – and that made it very expensive. The cowboy likely spent hours personalizing the hat with creases to the crown and molding the brim – that made it his.
A 19th century cowboy would go to hell and back to retrieve a misplaced old west hat and it was seldom further than an arm’s length away.
Old Fashion Quality
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.
The Last Best Cowboy Hat
We start with the best fur-felt hat body available – made in the USA – and fashion as fine a hand-made western hat as you can find anywhere, for any price.
Made to order. Made to last. Made in America by the Cowboys at The Last Best West.
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Have Gun Will Travel Dress Hat - Our version of Paladin’s Carleton Hotel Town Hat. From the TV series (1957-1963) hand made by the last best west In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Have Gun Will Travel, was one of the most watched TV shows of the early decades of television. Richard Boone portrayed the character Paladin convincingly to millions of viewers and the hats were great. -
Our version of the Alfred Legends of the Fall Hat - the Aidan Quinn hat from Legends of the Fall (1994) This crown shape is the forefather of the Open Road crown shape, and looks good anywhere you might like to wear it, from the Boardroom to the Billiards Hall. Movie hat has an 1898 bow, and if you'd like it on your hat just request it in the PRODUCTION NOTES.- Color Shown: Chocolate brown
- Crown: Modified Cattleman
- Brim: Hand worked-open
- Hatband: 1" inch Satin with bow
- CROWN HEIGHT: 4 3/4
- BRIM: 3 1/2"
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Tom Horn Cowboy Hat - Our reproduction of the Steve McQueen cowboy hat from the movie, Tom Horn - {1980} The crown creasing of this hat is close to the Augustus, but it's the hand shaped brim that gives this movie hat its unique character and look. Hired by the leading citizens of a county to eradicate rustling, Horn, goes about his business too efficiently, making his employers nervous for their own safety.- Crown: 6 inches
- Brim 4"
- Color Shown: Camo, Silver Belly and Sand
- Crown: 3 pinch crease.
- Brim: Hand worked-Open
- Hatband: 3 braid rope or 1" grosgrain ribbon and bow.
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Col Yorke Cavalry Hat - Our version of this classic hat from the horse westerns of the 40s and 50s. The Cavalry trooper was immortalized in the John Ford Cavalry Trilogy - and this is the same hat that you can see in almost every scene from those three great movies: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon; Fort Apache, and Rio Grande.- Crown: 4 1/4 inches
- Brim: 4"
- Color Shown: Silver Mist.
- Crown: 4 corner "diamond" shaped crown.
- Brim: Hand worked-Open upturn at the front.
- Hatband: 1" Satin with Bow.
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Hondo Custom Cowboy Hat - Here's another great western made from a popular Louis L'Amour story. The movie, Hondo, was released in 1953, and was based on a short story by L'Amour, called, The Gift of Cochise. Our take on the Hondo Custom Cowboy Hat has that classic diamond shaped crown, with a 4 inch brim for great sun and all weather protection.- Crown: 4 1/4" inches 4 sided Cavalry
- Brim 4" inches Dipped front and back Open
- Color Shown: Sahara with optional light Trail Dust
- Hatband: 1" satin ribbon and bow Shown with optional yellow cavalry cord.
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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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Rock'n Billy - A variation of our Little Hoss hat this hat has a slight pencil roll, bound edge and cavalry style hat band. We made this first hat for the guitar player in an English ZZ Top tribute band. Rock on Bubba!- Crown: 6 inches
- Brim 2 3/4"
- Color Shown: Pecan with optional medium Trail Dust.
- Crown: Open or Uncreased.
- Brim: Pencil roll and hand shaped-Bound Edge.
- Hatband: 1/4" chocolate ribbon, cavalry tied.
- Musician Favorite
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The Little Hoss Cowboy hat - a great character hat style - hand made by the last best west
Little Hoss Cowboy Hat - A Doctor in upstate New York wanted this unique hat style for his rural practice. This town hat style and variations of it were seen in cities and towns all over the world in the 19th century.- Crown: 6 inches
- Brim: 2 3/4"
- Color Shown: Pecan in long haired Frontier fur felt
- Crown: Open or Uncreased
- Brim: hand rolled-Open
- Hatband: 1" Grosgrain ribbon and bow
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Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore Hat - This hat is a higher crowned variation of a cavalry slouch hat, with an unbound brim, dating back to the mid 1800s. We have a 1 inch satin ribbon and bow for the hatband with the cavalry cord slid over top. The crown shape makes this hat a cousin to our Little J hat.- Crown: 6 inches
- Brim 4 inches
- Color Shown: Black with optional light trail dust.
- Crown: Modified Slouch.
- Brim: Hand rolled-Open.
- Hatband: Satin Ribbon and bow with optional Cavalry Cord.
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Officer's Civil War Hat - A traditional 1860s era cavalry hat hand made by the last best west Officer's Civil War Hat - Louis Kossuth was an immigrant from Hungary and in 1852 he introduced the "Slouch Hat" style to America. Over the next decade the term came to signify almost all soft creased hats with medium or wider brims. Even a medium brim was an improvement over the European styled Kepis and Forage caps of the day. Shown in Union black, if you wish Confederate Gray - order silver mist.- Crown: 4 1/2" inches
- Brim: 4 inches
- Color Shown: Black.
- Crown: 3 dent slouch.
- Brim: Hand shaped with 1/2" Pencil Roll-Bound.
- Hatband: 1" Satin with 1898 bow. Shown with optional windstring and cavalry cord.
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1890s Cavalry Hat, an authentic old west cavalry hat custom made by the last best west This 1890s cavalry hat is the classic look sported by the US Cavalry in the later quarter of the 19th Century. Add a top quality cavalry cord with acorns for 20 dollars. It slides over the existing satin ribbon and bow - like they did back in the day.- Crown: 5 inches 3 pinch cavalry
- Brim: 4 inches Hand worked - Open brim edge
- Color Shown: Sand
- Hatband: Satin Ribbon cavalry tied
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Working Champie Cowboy Hat - This is the working version of the Champie. Open Brim - not bound, more creasing to the crown. This crown shape is one of the most popular designs - from the late 19th century all the way to modern times. These days this basic crown shape is called the "Gus" after Robert Duvall's character in Lonesome Dove.- Crown: 6 inches
- Brim 4"
- Color Shown: Sahara.
- Crown: Modified 3 Pinch cavalry.
- Brim: Hand worked-Open.
- Hatband: 1/4" grosgrain ribbon Cavalry Tie
