Custom cowboy hat

[Sheriff Dill]

Does anyone know of anyone who makes custom cowboy hats ?

Edited April 4, 2025 by Sheriff Dill

[Tex Jones, SASS 2263]

Try D Bar J in Las Vegas:  dbarjhats.com

[Sedalia Dave]

Lots of custom hatters out there.  If you want a custom fitted hat I suggest you find one in your area. I should point out that a high quality felt hat will cost as much or more than a firearm.  

 

Do a google search for     custom hatter new england    Found several that may be near you.

 

 If you want one that will hold up to getting wet you'll need one that is at least 50% beaver. Don't go by the "X" as a guide to the ratio of felt to beaver fur in a hat. Every maker uses a different scale. 

[Irish Pat]

try Colorado Mountain hats. they support SASS and come to EOT every year 

[Irish Pat]

[Rough 'N Ready Rob]

Golden Gate Western Wear  www.KnudsenHats.com  510- 232- 3644  Bill has a add in the Chonicle .

  He has made me a number of hats, always happy.

[Rip Snorter]

Randy at Law Dog Hats in Billings, MT - has made several great hats for me.  Great guy as well!

[Billy Boots, # 20282 LTG-Regulator]

https://www.mikescustomhatters.com/

Mike Helms, Longview, TX

[Stump Water]

A 2nd for Mikes.

 

And... https://www.optimohatworks.com/

[Black Hills Barb]

Landers Hatworks   He has a Facebook page and a website.  

[Dapper Dave]

6 hours ago, Billy Boots, # 20282 LTG-Regulator said:

https://www.mikescustomhatters.com/

Mike Helms, Longview, TX

Yep, they made this one for me.

 

 

Edited April 4, 2025 by Dapper Dave

[WymoreWrangler SASS 46187L]

Rand cowboy hats make good ones...

 

[Rip Snorter]

Rand, if the one in Billings, has great looking hats and accessories on display.  Fancy shop, good help to talk to. Haven't bought from them yet because of Law Dog, a one man shop I have patronized for at least a dozen years.  If I needed another hat, I'd be tempted by their Quigley copy, but not distressed and with a tooled leather / sterling band I have in hand.  

[JohnWesleyHardin]

I have two hats from Colorado Mountain Hat Company.  They are expensive but great hats.  I shoot with one and have one for banquets.  Wear the shooting hat in all conditions it is in the same condition as when I bought it 5 years ago.

[John Barleycorn, SASS #76982]

8 hours ago, Black Hills Barb said:

Landers Hatworks   He has a Facebook page and a website.  

CJ Landers is also a SASS shooter. 
https://www.landershatworks.com/?

Edited April 5, 2025 by John Barleycorn, SASS #76982

[Flanigan Flats]

I’ll play. 
 

https://findingnevadawild.com/old-world-artistry-on-the-comstock/

 

 

[SHOOTIN FOX]

Shorty’s Okc.

[Scarlett]

CJ made this hat from my idea and I love it! And I love CJ, too! He’s a fine young man! 

[Dirty Steve]

C J Landers - Landers Hat works - landershatworks.com

[KatfishKid]

I have a Rands hat that I purchased second hand and it's a really nice hat. I'm planning on getting a hat from Landers next year. I'm still unsure of the style I like best, so I have been buying second hand. Once I figure out the style I like best, I'll have a custom one made. 

[watab kid]

i think  spent $15- 20 for my hat , got at thrift store i visited on my lunch break back when i was working out of town at one point , it has served me well for 20 years now , i like it and im confident it will live out the rest of our lives quite nicely , not fancy but its serviceable like cowboys were back when 

 

came v=back to add that on my trip to shot show one year i wore iyt and got noticed by a couple women - the had a way of being vocal , i met them in about a half dozen places after that and they reminded me so even tho it might be pretty plain and nondescript some folks recognize it 

Edited April 11, 2025 by watab kid

[Griff]

I've bought custom hats from D Bar J, an outfit up in Colorado that will remain nameless (because I can't remember it & the hat has been re-blocked with new sweat band and liner in the intervening 35 years...), and factory made hats from Stetson & Resistol.  My 2 Stetsons are 52, 34 years old, the Resistol only 17.  My Colorado hat, and 2 Stetsons have been cleaned and re-blocked by Manny down at Texas Hatters when he was still around Buda, TX... he's now located in Lockhart.  That original Stetson was a 4X hat... barely in the budget for a recently separated squid going to college on the GI Bill.  The other Stetson & the sole Resistol were bought as part of my Sheriff's uniform and are 15X and only due to their generous LE discount were in my budget.  All have stood the test of time, rain, unplanned meet-ups with dirt, some soft landings due to wind and others quite hard with me inside!    (Well, except the Resistol & the D-J, as they've only been worn for uniform wear & cowboy shoots respectively.  But, learning to care & clean will extend the life of any hat.  Any hat is only as good as the blank it is made from.  More beaver content will make for a more durable hat.  Forget "X" count, each manufacturer has their own rating system.  Stetsons I trust, their 4X from 50 years ago is the same as their 4X today.  I"m not exactly sure what % that represents, but it's a noticeably less then the 15X.  And even that has a better "feel" than an all wool or partial rabbit fur felt.  Good luck with your search, it can be fun... frustrating & rewarding when you get a hat you like and feel good about.  

[Roy Goode - SASS 114620]

On 4/4/2025 at 4:58 AM, Tex Jones, SASS 2263 said:

Try D Bar J in Las Vegas:  dbarjhats.com

 

I got my hat from them.  Great guy, easy to deal with, gave me a "factory tour".

[Dantankerous]

Hatman Jack's in Wichita, KS has fixed me up well over the years. Top notch little hat store in old Delano district (ya know... where Wyatt Earp first worked as a deputy patrolling Wichita's uncouth side of the River). 😀

 

 

[Dallas McBoomboom]

My everyday hat is a once newly reconditioned and custom shaped (now thoroughly whupped and comfy as an ol pair of 501s) Resistol from @Tucker T Fudpucker, and I love it almost as much as I like saying the name of the guy I got it from 🤣. 

That said, I'm also saving my pennies for one from Landers Hat Works.

[Bladesmith, SASS 113085]

Hats by Grizz is another good choice.