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When I ride all day , I dont even think of my bumpers ( a milder shaped spur for dressage) and get groceries or whatever else on the way back to the house . I am tired and just like anyone else in their work clothes, I take care of my chores in town with full riding gear on, spurs and all.
No one minds , in fact, young girls love to ask questions about riding at times, in line at checkout. It gives the chance to encourage them to seek and enjoy the outdoors.
After all, this is the west , and ranch country
When I had little ones and got to pick the up from preschool or kindergarten the kids always loved seeing and spinning the rowles on my spurs as I talked to teachers or got kids into coats. Lots of good memories.
Yes thats right , that sound is unmistakable . My father won a pair of silver Spanish rowled spurs , and wore them often. I can clearly hear those light toned chimes in cadence as he walked. To this day, when I hear any remotely like that, the memories of growing up riding with him come flooding back....yes lots of good memories.
I buy the cheap twister hats with holes all the way around the crown and a 4 1/4 or 4 1/2 inch brim for the summer. I call them disposable cowboy hats, because they only last a season, but they are a life saver for redheads like me. For the winter, I have a more expensive felt hat. You really get what you pay for with the felts. But I still can't justify spending $500-$600 on a high quality 50% beaver hat. Even if they do last a lifetime.
And for the guys that say wide brim hats aren't for real working cowboys, I would gladly tell you to eat s***. If youre having problems with them blowing off, line the inside with selfadhesive foam weather stripping. That will help a hat form to your head better. Before I learned that, I would always soak them and wear them dry. Both ways work to a degree. If you live where there's constant straight line winds, I hear stampede strings still work just fine.
Re: cowboy hats
[Re: Boco]
#6371638 11/12/1801:01 AM11/12/1801:01 AM
I grew up in a world where men wore boots hats and jeans. lots of men wear shorts now. Seems kinda odd to me. Wear a ball cap every day. Staw hat if I'm going to be outside all day in the summer sun. Got a couple beaver hats. Put a rattle snake band on one and have a nice black Stetson for those times I need to wear a suit. Don't like riding boots for everyday wear. Got a couple pairs for dress up though. Wear lace up boots most of the time.
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I never wore a cowboy hat but I appreciate a wide-brimmed soaker style hat in the summer to keep the sun off my face and neck. Been wearing one for many years. Mine is similar to this one:
lol. cowboy boots are practical, and i can see why many would wear them. but the hat? you gotta earn the right to wear the hat my friend. if you cant rope and ride, know the dosage for duraxin vs la 300 for pinkeye, how to cut a bull and sew up a prolapse, then the right hasnt been earned.
lol. cowboy boots are practical, and i can see why many would wear them. but the hat? you gotta earn the right to wear the hat my friend. if you cant rope and ride, know the dosage for duraxin vs la 300 for pinkeye, how to cut a bull and sew up a prolapse, then the right hasnt been earned.
Well hardly never rode a horse in my life, but have skinned at least 5,000 beaver which is the raw material for the better cowboy hats. Jim
lol. cowboy boots are practical, and i can see why many would wear them. but the hat? you gotta earn the right to wear the hat my friend. if you cant rope and ride, know the dosage for duraxin vs la 300 for pinkeye, how to cut a bull and sew up a prolapse, then the right hasnt been earned.
LOL! I like your opinion but do you have to be a baseball player to earn the right to wear a baseball hat?
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