Mike Jackson’s Hartland Photos:
WESTERN HATS & WARBONNETS
Text & Photographs Copyright Mike Jackson 1998-2008
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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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| Seth Adams (Ward Bond) : O, R, U, S, similar hat to Maverick Gunfighter only black. | ||
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| Annie Oakley : no number or letter, has holes for thread, similar to Evans hat except has braided edge. | ||
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| Jim Bowie : no number or letter, same as Earp hats—only white. | ||
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| Tom Jeffords : no number or letter, slightly crushed oval crown. | ||
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| Brave Eagle (later sets shipped with both Warbonnet and Feather) : no number or letter. | ||
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| Brave Eagle (probably shipped without warbonnet in the very beginning) | ||
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| Buffalo Bill - Pony Express Rider : no number or letter? | ||
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| Early 800 Champ Cowgirl : rare hat, flat elongated crown | ||
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| Cheyenne : no number or letter, has hatband with “arrowheads”. | ||
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| 800 Champ Cowboys : no number or letter, same as Champ style Lone Ranger hat. | ||
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| Davy Crockett : no number | ||
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| George Custer: no number or letter. Similar to Mackenzie hat, but has crossed swords. | ||
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| Dale Evans: no number or letter, same has used on early Champ Dale & later Green Dale, some Champs | ||
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| Matt Dillon : no number or letter, has a fine line around brim, otherwise very similar to Troop GF hat. | ||
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| Wyatt Earp (Horse & Rider) : no number or letter , range from reddish to maroon, to black | ||
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| Gil Favor (Most Common Hat Variation) : GF or FG | ||
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| Gil Favor (Early Uncommon Variation) : no number or letter | ||
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| Hoby Gilman : 825 | ||
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| Jim Hardie (Horse & Rider) : H | ||
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| The Jockey : hat not removeable | ||
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| General Lee : no number | ||
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| Lone Ranger (later Clayton Moore style) :no number (common), LR (uncommon), 801 (uncommon) | ||
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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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| Brett Maverick (Horse & Rider) : M | ||
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| Sgt. Lance O’Rorke : no number, This hat is smaller than the Preston hat. | ||
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| Paladin (Horse & Rider) : P, same hat as Paladin Gunfighter. | ||
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| Sgt. Preston : no number or letter, larger than O’Rorke’s hat. | ||
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| Josh Randall : 828, 28, 82 | ||
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| Johnny Yuma - The Rebel : no number | ||
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| Lucas McCain - The Rifleman : no number(rare), 826 (common) | ||
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| Roy Rogers (early V-Fringe version) : no number , no hatband, narrower than later RR hat. | ||
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| Roy Rogers (later Horizontal Fringe version) : no number , hatband, wider than early version RR hat. | ||
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| Chief Thunderbird (same bonnet for Warpaint and regular set), different than Brave Eagle warbonnets | ||
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| Bill Longley - The Texan : 827, 27, 72 | ||
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| Tonto : same feather as used with Brave Eagle sets. | ||
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| General George Washington :no number. | ||
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| Cochise (This figure never has a hat) | ||
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| Some of the Gunfighters share hats with their Horse and Rider sets. However, Maverick and Hardie have smaller heads and were fitted with their very own hats. | ||
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| Jim Hardie : no number or letter, smaller and more slender hat than Horse & Rider | ||
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| Brett Maverick : usually R, smaller hat than Horse & Rider, not known to have a black hat except on TV. | ||
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| Chris Colt : no number or letter. | ||
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| Clay Hollister : no number or letter. This is the most common. Brochures show one similar to Dillon hat. | ||
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| Wyatt Earp : no number or letter, same as Horse & Rider, often maroon, sometimes black. | ||
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| Bat Masterson : no number or letter | ||
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| Paladin : P, same as Horse and Rider hat. | ||
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| Vint Bonner : no number or letter | ||
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| Dan Troop : no number or letter, similar to a Dillon hat but no fine line at the edge of the brim. | ||
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| Johnny McKay : no number or letter, similar to a Dillon hat but thicker and black | ||
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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. | ||
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| Large Champ Cowboy Hat - Style 2 : Not much of a crease and less slant. | ||
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| Large Champ Cowgirl Hat : Flat crown | ||