A western movie worth watching is one that has an authentic wardrobe. What makes a cowboy look like a real cowboy is his hat. If the cowboy in the western movie doesn’t have a cowboy hat that matches that time period then the move just isn’t good. Western movies that are depicted in the 1800’s […]
C M Russell the artist, painted many cowboy’s in his artwork of the old west. He even worked as a cowboy in his younger years, so he had a good understanding of the wardrobe of the cowboy . His hats are all boss of the plains hats with short brims and open crowns. Some of the […]
If you are looking for a custom fit hat. You need to get your head measures to get the cicumfrice then you need your head measured to get the shape of your head. After we get your shape we make a band block out of wood to the measurement shape of your head. We use […]
If you are looking for an Old Western Hat Band look no farther because we have vintage leather hat bands. They don’t look like new leather hat bands because we use antique leather to make each hat band. Each hat band is unique and one of a kind. If you want your hat to look like […]
Band blocks are used in making hats. After measuring a persons head shape we take the pattern and cut out what is called a band block. This band block is used to form the hat to so that the hat has the shape of the persons head. Not every person has the same shape of […]
The cowboy hat of the old west is the Boss of the Plains hat. The Boss of the plains hat had an open crown that was 4″ and a flat brim that was from 3 1/2 to 4″. It was generally light in color and it protected the cowboy from the hot sun in the […]
The hats in the west were open crown with a flat brim and were mostly light in color. The open crowns were usually 4″ rarely taller, The crown of the hats didn’t have creases in them. They would dent them with wear and by grabbing them by the crown. The brim of the hats were […]
In the old west the cowboys wore hats to protect them from the sun and weather. The best color of hat was a light color like a Sand, Silver Belly and Bone. These colors made it so they wouldn’t get so hot in the hot sun. With a custom hand made hat you can get the same […]
If you are looking for a custom hat with distressing you have come to the right place. At Staker Custom Hats you can get a custom cowboy hat that looks like it has been worn for years and has sweat stains. You can request how much distressing you want. I can make your hat look really […]
If you are going to dress up like a cowboy from the 1800’s you have got to get the right hat. With the wrong hat you just don’t look the part. The hat will make or break it. I hate to watch a movie where the cowboys don’t look authentic because of their hat. If […]
