Mike Jackson’s Hartland Photos:
WHITE WESTERN HATS
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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| 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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| 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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| Gil Favor (Most Common Hat Variation) : GF or FG | ||
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| The Jockey : hat not removeable | ||
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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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| 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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| Tonto : same feather as used with Brave Eagle sets. | ||
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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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| Brett Maverick : usually R, smaller hat than Horse & Rider, not known to have a black hat exept on TV. | ||
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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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| 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 | ||