- Crown: 6 inches
- Brim: 4"
- Crown: Open - uncreased
- Brim: Bound Hand shaped dipped front and back.
- Hatband: 1" grosgrain ribbon with bow
- Color shown: Black in 20X fur-felt
- hats ship in 6-8 weeks.
- Personalized with your name inside the crown
- Hatband not sold separately
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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A custom cowboy movie hat from Lonesome Dove (1989) Our take on the hat style worn by Tommy Lee Jones The Tommy Lee Jones cowboy hat from Lonesome Dove. The Captain Call Handmade Hat is like the character simple, unrefined, and basic. A classic Boss of the Plains with a heavy dip front and back on the bound brim. -
augustus custom handmade hat style from the classic mini-series, Lonesome Dove (1989) Loveable old Ranger Augustus McCrae is the scalawag that keeps the Hat Creek Cattle Company loose and is a great counter balance to the salty Woodrow Call. This style of old west crown with it's 3 pinch cavalry creasing was first called the "Tom Mix" after the early movie star, and then became known as "The Gus" crease because of Lonesome Dove. This is a great look for both men and women!
- CROWN: 6 inches
- BRIM: 4"
- Crown: Modified 3 pinch cavalry
- Brim: Hand worked and rolled
- Hatband: Custom 1/2" leather twist
- Color shown: Sand
- Personalized with your name inside the crown
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Our version of the Samuel Jones Movie Hat - from The Missing The Samuel Jones Hat is the one worn by Tommy Lee Jones, as Samuel Jones, a white man turned Apache, who returns to his estranged daughter in time to try and rescue his grand-daughter from slave traders. Like the character there is nothing fancy about this hat, a simple open crowned cowboy hat with a bit of a pencil roll.- CROWN HEIGHT: 5" INCHES Open
- BRIM: 4" 1/2" Pencil roll, with a gentle hand roll - Bound.
- Color: Pecan
- Hatband: Satin Ribbon with bow, with matching bound edge.
- Personalized with your name inside the crown
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Sundance Kid Cowboy Hat - Our take on a classic western movie hat the hat worn by Robert Redford in 1969s, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. This hat is pretty nondescript and is a good representation of the type of hat that would have been seen in the later half of the 19th century on many of the cowboys riding through the west.- Crown: 4 1/4" inches Telescope
- Brim: 3 1/4 inches open with a gentle hand-roll
- Color: Chocolate with light trail dust
- Hatband: 1/2" distressed brown leather
- Personalized with your name inside the crown
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a historical reproduction of Wild Bill Hickok's hat
Hickok Old West Cowboy Hat. We start with an over sized hat body to make this classic western hat, with a short crown and wide pencil rolled brim. Brims worked different - but essentially the same hat worn by Wild Bill on HBOs Deadwood.- Crown: 4 1/2 inches Texas flat
- Brim 4" Pencil rolled and Bound
- Color: Black
- Hatband: 1" inch Satin with Bow
- Personalized with your name inside the crown
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an authentic old west hat with over sized brim Yellowstone Kelly Custom Hat - We introduced this hat design in 2008 based on what we think Yellowstone Kelly is wearing in the historical photo from the 1890s. The brim we have pretty dang close and we have used a crown treatment that would have been in keeping with the style exhibited by this cultured warrior.
- CROWN: 5 1/2 inches
- BRIM: 4 1/2 inches
- Crown Shape: Modified Cavalry Pinch
- Color: Whiskey
- Brim: Hand rolled with 1" kettle curl Bound Edge
- Hatband: 1" inch Chocolate brown satin with 1898 bow
- Personalized with your name inside the crown
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Jeb Stuart Hat - Based on the General's Original Hat Additional color and option information is located on tabs at the bottom of the page.- Crown: 4 1/2"
- Brim: 3 1/2" inches
- Crown: Modified Cavalry
- Color: Sand with optional medium trail dust
- Brim: hand shaped/right tacked to crown - bound
- Hatband: 1 1/2" grosgrain ribbon, with 1898 Bow
- Personalized with your name inside the crown
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Plainsman Custom Hat - A Blend of Two Styles This great looking hat is a blend of 2 hat styles. This has the Tom Mix sagebrush shaped crown, and the brim shape from the Decker. We start with an oversized hat body to do this big hat with a brim width of 4 3/4".- Crown: Modified sagebrush
- Color shown: Chocolate
- Brim: hand shaped - bound
- Hatband: 1" grosgrain ribbon, with 1898 Bow
- Crown Height: 3 1/2" front; 6" back
- Brim: 4 3/4"
- Personalized with your name inside the crown
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Westerner Movie Hat - Our take on Gary Cooper's, Cole Hardin hat from The Westerner (1940) This classic old west hat has a soft telescope crown, with a big 4 inch brim, and a gentle dip to the front and back. Shown with our optional medium trail dust our Westerner Movie Hat could easily be mistaken for the hat worn by Denzel Washington as Chisholm in the new western remake of the 1960s iconic film The Magnificent Seven. All it needs is a narrow cord hatband. If you want the Chisolm version, just ask for it in the PRODUCTION NOTES section of your order.- Crown Height: 4 1/2"
- Brim: 4"
- Crown: Soft Telescope
- Color shown: Black with optional light Trail Dust
- Brim: hand shaped with slight roll - Open
- Hatband: 1" custom leather hatband
- Personalized with your name inside the crown
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Pinkerton Custom Town Hat hand made by the last best west During the Victorian Era {1837-1901} this short top hat was one of the more common hat styles worn throughout the English speaking world. We have made the Pinkerton Custom Town Hat with everything from a 3 1/4" crown (musician) to a full 6 inch top hat. If you have specific crown and brim measurements, just enter them in the PRODUCTION NOTES below, as you build your hat order. This style also looks dynamite on women, and as a STEAM PUNK hat!- Crown: 4" inches Texas Straight
- Brim: 2 3/4" Hand Shaped Bound
- Hatband: 1 1/2" satin with bow.
- Color: Black
- Personalized with your name inside the crown
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Boss of the Town Hat - The original Cowboy Hat from 1865 Our Boss of the Town Hat with an open or rounded crown is similar to the one worn by Wyatt Earp in 1993s excellent western film, Tombstone. The Texas flat crown version is more of a gaucho, or South American look. We will shape it either of these ways, enter your choice below as you select your hat details and options.
- CROWN: 4" inches
- BRIM: 4" inches
- Available in all colors
- Hatband: 1" inch grosgrain ribbon and bow.
- Crown: Open OR Texas Flat
- Brim: Flat with bound edge, or pencil rolled
- Colors Shown: Black, Pecan
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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.- 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
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Cattle Baron Cowboy Hat - a classic old west cowboy hat hand made by the last best west Even this cattleman crease has an old west look to it. Crown creases originated by working cowboys so they could easily pick up their hats. This classic crown creasing and variations of it are now seen more than any other cowboy hat style.- CROWN: 5" inches Old West Cattleman
- BRIM: 3 1/2" Pencil rolled; hand shaped and Bound
- Hatband: 1 " Satin with Bow
- Color Shown: Chocolate with optional light trail dust
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Butch Cassidy Handmade Bowler - Our Butch Cassidy Bowler is an example of likely the most common headware in the mid to late 1800s in North America. A hat style like our Butch Cassidy Handmade Bowler was worn by all classes of people from butchers in New York to politicians in Washington along with the western Outlaw, Butch Cassidy in Wyoming and later, Bolivia.- Crown: 4 1/2" inches OPEN: Round Uncreased
- Brim: 2 1/4" inches Kettle Curl Bound
- Hatband: 1 1/2 inch satin with bow
- Color shown: Black
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Jolan Custom Dress Hat - More of a Town Hat Design, the Jolan has a small brim and was a popular look with people of substance in the West of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Essentially the same design as the Champie and the smaller brim makes it a great look for women.- Hatband: 1 1/2 inch satin with bow.
- Crown: Creased
- Brim: Kettle Curl Bound
- Color: Black
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Our take on the Virgil Cole Movie Hat - from Appaloosa {2008} Our Virgil Cole Hat is the cowboy hat worn by Ed Harris in 2008s excellent Western Film, Appaloosa. This is also the hat with only minor changes (a front pinch to the crown and a bit more roll to the brim) that Mr. Harris wears as The Man in Black, in HBOs new western hit, Westworld. It's almost like the character is patterned after a mean and vicious Virgil Cole. If you would like The Man in Black version, add the request to the PRODUCTION NOTES. The style is a an adjusted version of a basic Boss of the Plains style cowboy hat. Add a homburg dent to the crown and give a nice dip to the front of the brim and there she be. Pretty close to a Fort Bragg version of the US Cavalry Hat from the 1870s.- Crown: 4 1/2" inches Modified Homburg dent
- Brim: 4"' inches Hand worked-bound
- Color Shown: Black
- Hatband: 1" Satin with bow
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Our take on the Pale Preacher Movie Hat - from Pale Rider (1985) A variation of the timeless Boss of the Plains design which was the first "Western Sombrero" made for the general public in 1865. Immortalized by The Preacher from that great western from Clint Eastwood, Pale Rider.- CROWN HEIGHT: 4 1/2"
- BRIM: 3 1/2"
- Color Shown: Black
- Crown: Texas Flat
- Brim: Hand worked-bound
- Hatband: 1" Satin ribbon with bow
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Our interpretation of the Brad Pitt Tristan Movie Hat in Legends of the Fall (1994) Our Legends of the Fall cowboy hat is a classic cowboy hat design worn by many of our favorite cowboy movie heroes through film history. In Legends of the Fall this hat style is worn by Brad Pitt as Tristan Ludlow, in this big sweeping western story.- Crown: 5 1/4 inches
- Brim: 4"
- Color Shown: Sahara; with optional medium trail dust.
- Crown: Pinched front, Pecan top
- Brim: Hand rolled-open
- Hatband: 1" dark brown leather
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Our take on the Ike Clanton Movie Hat - from Tombstone {1993} The 4 dent military style crown was a common crown treatment in the old west. This hat with the pushed up front was worn by Stephen Lang as the cowardly drunk, Ike Clanton, in one of Hollywood's all time great western's - Tombstone. You may want to add one of our horse hair hat bands to complete the look.- Crown: 4 1/2" inches modified 4 soft dent military.
- Brim: 4" inches Hand shaped front pushed up - Bound
- Color Shown: Whiskey
- Hatband: 1 inch satin with bow
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Our version of the Johnny Ringo Hat - from Tombstone {1993} Hats in the old west shipped with a satin ribbon and bow for the hat band and cowboys would often add their own hat band and just slide it over the existing satin one. Our custom Ringo hat has the same off kilter crown as the movie hat, and the same rakish upturn to the right side of the brim. Instead of the braided horse hair band that's sported in the movie, we've chosen to wrap our custom wind string, around the existing band. Comes with wind string, you do not need to order separately.- Crown: 4 1/2 inches
- Brim: 4"
- Color Shown: Black
- Crown: off-kilter telescope
- Brim: Hand worked-Open, pushed up center-right
- Hatband: Black 1 inch satin with bow. c/w custom Wind String wrapped over the ribbon
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Our version of the Doc Holliday Cowboy Hat - from Tombstone {1993} Doc's adversary amongst the Cow Boys, of course, was Johnny Ringo. So naturally the Doc Holliday Cowboy Hat is the opposite of Johnny Ringo's. The fedora working to the crown suggests culture and education, and the left turn up on the brim infers a dangerous bent to his personality. Also shown is a 20X sand colored Doc Holliday cowboy hat made for a theatre company in Nashville. Order yours today. Doc Holliday Cowboy Hat- Crown: 4 1/2" inches
- Brim: 4 inches
- Color Shown: Black with medium trail dust and Bone
- Crown: Fedora top and pinch
- Brim: Hand worked, left side curled higher-Bound
- Hatband: 1 inch satin with bow
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Our take on the Curly Bill Cowboy Hat - from Tombstone {1993} A great attention-getter for a show hat, regardless of the company you keep. Want an attitude? Put this baby on. You'll find yer strut is a little tighter, your snarl a little meaner wearing this classic old west hat.- Crown: 5 inches Texas Flat
- Brim: 4" Heavy front upturn, flat with a bound edge
- Color Shown: Sand and Silver Mist
- Hatband: Leather/concho's is our standard hatband. Silver Mist color hat has a windstring for the hatband
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Our take on the Texas Jack Vermillion Hat - from Tombstone {1993} Another uncomplicated hat. This is the hat style worn by Peter Sherayko as Texas Jack Vermillion. A classic Boss of the Plains, with a pushed up front and bound edge. Shown with optional windstring. Movie hat is a bone color.- Crown: 4" Open - Uncreased
- Brim: 4 inches Pushed up centre-right front, flat/bound edge
- Color Shown: undyed natural
- Hatband: Custom 1" satin ribbon and bow.
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the Tall T Custom Cowboy Hat - From the 1957 movie. Randolph Scott's favorite cowboy hat. This style of hat, the Tall T Custom Cowboy Hat can be seen in many of Scott's best films and starting in 1947 Randolph Scott made only westerns. Shown in our Silver Mist color, which is a true pale gray and a rich, authentic old west color.- Crown 5 inches
- Brim: 4"
- Color Shown: Silver Mist
- Crown: Modified cavalry
- Brim: Hand rolled and shaped-Open
- Hatband: 1/2" twisted buckskin/w custom wind string.