Choose your material, color, and size; then
buy your hat. Next, we customize even more!
If you know what you want, simply click below to purchase your custom hat by selecting your material, size, and color. If you need to learn more, view below all the choices. We are always available for consultations if you need help deciding what you want!
Design Your Custom Western Hat
True West Hats are Made with The Finest Available Materials
European Hare
European hare (rabbit) fur is wet-felted, making a super-strong and water-resistant hat. The fur on this custom hat is compact and strong. We call the European hare hat a lifetime hat, lasting most wearers a lifetime! We block, sand, iron and sew and hand steam shape to finish.
Pure Beaver
Pure Beaver fur is wet felted beaver fur. We call this hat our Generational hat, as many will be passing this down to grand-kiddos. This hat holds its shape and is incredibly soft and extremely durable at the same time. We block, sand, iron, and sew and hand steam shape to finish
Dress Weight or Western Weight?
Dress Weight
This hat comes in European hare or Pure Beaver. It is very light weight. This weight of hat is typically used to make more fedora/city styles a well as outdoor (think Indiana Jones) styles of hat. On a summer day, this is my go-to (or straw). This is still a great hat for wearing in snow and rain! We carry this hat in several color options - the maximum brim length is 3 1/4 and the brim is better in a scoped or flat. It can have a small cowboy curl if desired.
Western Weight
This custom hat is much stiffer and heavier. A perfect hat to wear and use while working or something that will go through the elements. Just think - it's what the cowboys wear!! The brim can be up to 4 inches or at times even more, you can cowboy curl, flatten (bolero type) or scope. If you are looking for a heavy strong, stiff hat, this is exactly what you are looking for.
Hat Color Choices
Bone - Cream
Silverbelly
SANDY
FOrest
Black
Steele Grey
Chocolate
Fawn
Whiskey (Western Beaver Only)
Carbon Gray (Western Beaver Only)
Moss (Only Pure Beaver)
Natural (only in Pure Beaver)
Crown Shapes
Fedora
Our number 1 shape - Notice the tear drop shape on the top of the hat. The fedora shape is used with dress hats and outdoor hats as well as "teardrop" on our Western hats.
Gus
Our runner up shape! The Gus crown is named after Gus from the Lonesome Dove. A very classic Cowboy shape, lower up front with a single crease down the middle and rounded in the back.
Bolero
Some call this a bolero, some call this the gunfighter - Georgio O'keefe made this style popular on one hand, and Clint Eastwood did on the other!
Canyon
Canyon for a Western Hat or LBJ Canyon for a dress hat - this crown is stylistic in shape with a "canyon" going down the center. This is a classic western hat or a fantastic LBJ!
Brims
Flat
This brim is completely even and flat - you can lay it on a table and it will be completely flat.
Cowboy Curl
Scoped
Front and Back are tipped giving it a scope look
What's Your Hat Size?
To start customizing your hat, place a measuring tape around your head about 1/8″ above your ear, across the mid-forehead, completely circling your head. Hold the tape firmly, but not too tightly. Basically, you need to measure your head exactly where the hat will sit.
Choose your material, color, and size; then
buy your hat. Next, we customize even more!
All we need to get started is color and material chosen, then we can customize crown shapes, brim sizes, brim shapes, and trim - see all the details below. This step happens once the purchase has been made!