Mike Jackson’s Hartland Photos:
WESTERN HATS WITH CREASED CROWNS
Text & Photographs Copyright Mike Jackson 1998-2009
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| Most riders seemed to get their own hat molds. Some of the hats are numbered or lettered on the underside of the crown, usually fairly visible. However, some hats like the Clayton Moore Lone Ranger hats have letters so fine, you really have to be searching for them. It is not uncommon to find some of the letters backwards or incomplete, such as the hat for The Texan-Bill Longley. I haven’t inspected every hat in my collection for numbering variations, but there could easily be other numbers or letters in some hats that I have not found. | ||
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| 800 Champ Cowboys : no number or letter, same as Champ style Lone Ranger hat. | ||
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| George Armstrong Custer: no number or letter. Similar to Mackenzie hat, but has crossed swords. | ||
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| Lone Ranger (earlier Champ style) : no number, same as standard Champ hats. | ||
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| Col. Mackenzie : no number or letter, similar to Custer hat except lacks crossed swords. | ||
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| There are three large Champ hat molds that I know about. I’ve never seen a factory painted black one. Most are molded in white plastic, however a few of them have also been painted white to match the white paint added to the figures. Most of those probably went with the all black large cowboy. The Cowgirl hat is slightly different than either of the Cowboy hats. | ||
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| Large Champ Cowboy Hat - Style 1 : This one has a deep crease and severe slant back. | ||