Shooting Attire

[Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129]

Heck I'm A Cowboy in real life (busted-up some an gettin old)and lot's of folk round here buy their regular everyday clothes at one of the Three Western Shops in Town ....

The A&W has a hitch rail outside that gets used regularly !!!!

 

And lot's of Cows get moved by folk forking a Horse round here ,,,,, And the fall Round-up in the hills is still mostly done by folks on horses ....

 

 

Jabez Cowboy

[Adirondack Jack, SASS #53440]

If I recall the legends correctly, many other re-enacting type outfits were ruined by "conservative" rule nazis, counting threads, etc. Tex is an old man who helped create something and as he ages, hangs on tight to his vision of it. YES I believe costuming is an important part of CAS, but the general ambiance of a SASS shoot is well served by a mix of "miners", townies, and cowboys (which is to say we ain't all gotta dress to the nines, so long as we try and make an effort. If some kid shows up with his sagging pants and his drawers hanging out, tennis shoes and H-D doo rag, thinking he's gonna shoot, I WILL invite him to the egress. But anything that would more or less do for a"western" theme, anything ya might see on Howdy Doodey to "The Ponderosa" to "Unforgiven" would work just fine for me.

[Wolf Bane, SASS 13557]

I'm pretty sure my western "fantasy" involves Sarah Michelle Gellar and chaps.

 

Then again, it's very early and I'm at an airport short of coffee.

 

Wolf Bane

SASS13557

[Buckshot Frank]

Clint Eastwood wore jeans. Enough said...

[Curley Fryes]

I just joined SASS a short while ago and I don't have all the clothes yet. Some of them I have ordered, but until then I will wear what I have. I just don't have that kind of money all at once. I can buy a little at a time, but I'll get there. I hope nobody thinks the less of me because of it.

[Six-Shot]

anything that would more or less do for a"western" theme, anything ya might see on Howdy Doodey to "The Ponderosa" to "Unforgiven" would work just fine for me.

 

Howdy Doody?! That's would be an awesome alias. Why didn't I think of that? Nawwwwwwww . . . on second thought . . . . I don't have red hair or freckles.

[Marshal Dan Troop 70448]

We all need to remember this is CAS, the Cowboy, first, followed by "action" then "shooting". Its not just the firearms that make it "cowboy". I see, (notice this is singular, and not speaking for anyone but myself), no problems with jeans, nor work shirt, as long as the shirt is something appropiate. Boots, if you like em. Work boots look better then some of the shoes I been seing, street shoes. I also know that there are some oldster that have foot problems, and must wear special shoes, and would allow that, for safety, and health reasons.

But there is also a point being made, and I have seen it, and sure some others have to, and not just new shooters, but seasoned shooters, coming to monthlies in tennis shoes, baseball caps, and camo shirts. I have also heard match directors say they didn't want to turn em away, because of several reasons. There have also been several big shoots, were shooters will lounge around waiting for awards to be presented, and wearing baseball caps, T-Shirts, or polo shirts, and even one coming up in flip-flops to receive an award.

So at what point do you draw a line and still consider it a CAS match, or drop the big "C" and just make it a "AS" (action shooting), event? Its not only our firearms, but the way we present ourselves, in our costuming, dress or uniform, that sets us apart, and instantly recognized by the public, that we are unique. If we dropped all dress requirement, what would be left?

Also, why must everything be written and detailed in a rule books, when common sense, and the "Spirit of the Game" says it all. Its sad to read the comments, mostly "negative",(negative in not the comment, suggestion, or proposal. But negative toward Tex) whenever Tex, or some of the WB make proposals, suggestions, etc. This game, the firearms, accroutment, and this wire, our aliases, and many of the chances that a lot of the shooters have at even becoming gunsmith, and holding classes on shooting, organizing clubs and events, probable would not exist. I somehow can't believe we are all "smarter", nor if suddenly SASS were to cease, have the resources to continue in a national level.

We don't need to agree with everything Tex, or the WB proposes. And I don't, always agree. But to me, its still the best game in town. MT

[Henry McKenna #700L]

Part of what motivates Tex and the original Wild Bunch is that they not only designed a shooting sport around "having fun" but also as a long term survivor. Much like our own US Constitution and Bill of Rights were constructed to avoid the pitfalls of existing governments, these guys had watched many other shooting sports established just to implode after a spurt of growth. The lessons learned were carefully analyzed and they tried to build a plan for SASS that would avoid stagnation and self-destruction. Such is a delicate balance though, and I cannot blame them for being a bit paranoid when it starts to look like winning is overtaking spirit. The more of a difference one perceives between a shooter who is playing cowboy and one who is playing CAS, the fewer people will be drawn to our sport. It is, and always should be, a great excuse to wear your hat and boots and shoot the classic guns that you like to shoot anyway.

There is plenty of room for costume minimilaists and speed shooters, but the overall spirit of cameraderie and history and cowboy movies and families and cool guns and fun...that's what makes this sport so special and attractive. Those who miss this because the cowboy way cannot be clearly defined in the rule book are sadly missing something pretty important. :FlagAm:

[Bart Solo]

Howdy

 

If you don't know what a Shady Brady is, it is a cowboy hat that looks like the wearer had it on when he hit a pheasant while doing 80mph on a motorcycle.

 

Shady Brady

 

 

 

I mentioned Shady Brady because Shady Brady is a brand of hat. The company has its own website. If you go their website you will see hats of the type worn by old NASCAR drivers like Richard Petty and scantally clad young women pretending to be western in cheap mens magazines, but you will also see straw hats in styles worn to just about every summer shoot I have ever attended. Unless you are outlawing the brand there is no real good definition of Shady Brady. That is my problem with asking Match Directors to become fashion police. Do they have to check labels? Do they inspect jeans to determine if they are really button down?

 

When I want to be a re-enactor authentic down to the last button, I will join NCOWS. That said I have spent a lot of money on clothes, but when it comes to pants have given up on the cowboy brand names. They are too heavy and fit poorly. These days I mostly modify a pair of 501 jeans by adding buttons for braces. During the summer, like a lot of folks, I wear Cowboy Cooler shirts, which are decidedly not from the 19th century. I often wear dedicated cowboy shirts, but I am partial to plaid and to staying warm, so occasionally, when it is cold outside, I will wear an old plaid flannel shirt. So far, except to tell me I have a lousy sense of color and style, nobody has complained about my clothes, at least not to my face.

 

I read the article and I try to dress cowboy. I think I owe it to the other shooters. I don't think it is the place of the match director to prohibit shooters based on some vision of what an authentic cowboy should or shouldn't look like.

 

Yes I wear boots of a style known in the 19th Century. They happen to be very comfortable.

[Man from Little River, SASS #50043L]

Maybe someone can refresh my tired old memory, but when I join SASS in 2003 the Shooters Handbook had a minmum clothing requirement: Jeans, cowboy boots, long sleeve shirt, cowboy hat. When Classic Cowboy came along, it had its requirement and so did B western, but for a very long time the min standard was still listed. But I see in the recent edition it is not there. It was this min that help many shooters that were getting into our sport back when I started, the ability to concentrate on guns, leather, and ammo first and not clothes.

 

Maybe the old way was not so wrong.

 

Just my view from my saddle and only my opinion.

 

I am a match director and will be extremely reserve in giving any shooter a hard time on his or her clothes, this is a fun sport for each shooter to have just that fun and enjoy for a few hours to leave the worries of this world behind and play cowboy once again in their lives.

[Gold Canyon Kid #43974]

Maybe someone can refresh my tired old memory, but when I join SASS in 2003 the Shooters Handbook had a minmum clothing requirement: Jeans, cowboy boots, long sleeve shirt, cowboy hat. When Classic Cowboy came along, it had its requirement and so did B western, but for a very long time the min standard was still listed. But I see in the recent edition it is not there. It was this min that help many shooters that were getting into our sport back when I started, the ability to concentrate on guns, leather, and ammo first and not clothes.

 

Maybe the old way was not so wrong.

 

Just my view from my saddle and only my opinion.

 

I am a match director and will be extremely reserve in giving any shooter a hard time on his or her clothes, this is a fun sport for each shooter to have just that fun and enjoy for a few hours to leave the worries of this world behind and play cowboy once again in their lives.

 

 

In my 2004 SASS handbook I find the following statements:

 

-all clothing must be typical of the late 19th century, a B-western movie, or Western television series

-SASS members have adopted the personas of bankers, blacksmiths, lawmen, gunslingers, railroad engineers, saloon girls, schoolmarms, East Indian British cavalry, US Army cavalry, mountain men, trail cowboys, prairie women, American Indians, and silver screen heros..you name it

-Denims of the Wrangler, Levi, and Lee variety are acceptable.

-Contemporary cowboy shirts with snap fronts are okay, but not even very B-western. Inexpesive cotton work shirts and button fronts are available at Sears, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, and J C Penney stores. These are much more representative of the type of shirt worn in the late 1800s.

 

When you preface the whole rules clothing section to include anything folks wore in a B-Western, or a TV western series, it opens the door wide open to many items of clothing. So at one time (at least in 2004 SASS Handbook), the clothes Tex wants Match Directors to ban were in fact earlier called out as recommended or legal. They are still legal from my reading of the latest SASS rules. I don't wear them but am not bothered by those who do.

 

Edit:

 

Just checked the 1997 SASS Shooters handbook and these words were also in that version of the handbook. So as far back as then jeans and work shirts were perfectly legal and have not been outlawed by any recent rule changes.

 

"Denims of the Wrangler, Levi, and Lee variety are acceptable. Designer jeans (the ones with the colored piping and name embroidered on the pocket) are not allowed.

 

Contemporary cowboy shirts with snap fronts are okay, but not even very B-western. Inexpensive cotton work shirts with button fronts are available at Sears, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, and J.C. Penney stores. These are much more representative of the type of shirt worn in the late 1800's."

[Man from Little River, SASS #50043L]

Gold Canyon Kid

 

Seems like maybe it is a long list of words over something that has been fine for a very long time.

 

Just going to go enjoy myself at shoots and not give it much more thought.

[Griff]

I love this sport. And I love dressin' up the part... on occasion. Some of what I say and hear is contradictory, But then ain't we as humans somewhat full of contradictions? I've been hearing this same tune from the WB for goin on 25 years. Context, folks... is what we "perceive", not always what the writer or speaker meant. And I'll simply say it like this, your "ideal cowboy attire", might be completely different than mine. I like mine rather plain... much as I believe the late 19th century cowboy would have dressed. Practicality rode roughshod over "style" every day of every week. Plain, to me, simply means a tuff pair of pants, be they canvas ducking or a pair of 501 Levis, a button vs snap shirt, and good leather boots, from the soles up. Be they lace-ups or pull-ons.

 

Since the stated period for costuming should be "civil-war era" to 1899, a VERY wide lattitude of styles were prevalent. If your fantasy is based in early post-antebellum, then a person garbed in fashionable 1890's Edwardian clobber is going to "ruin" your fantasy, ain't it? Go ahead, man-up... speak the truth... for the most part, we're adults hereabouts... we can handle the "truth", right? Frankly, once we climbed out of the 1899 limiter by allowing "B-Western," a whole lot of bets were off.

 

After about a year of havin' the Judge on my case month-in, month-out, I made a commitment to dressin' up more... period, gun rig, period chaps, period pants, shirt, vest, coat and hat... not so fancy, but still pricey for a workin' fellar with a family. Then outfittin' that family as they became involved, sometimes meant that we couldn't afford to actually go to a shoot. Passed up a couple so I could afford another gun or article of clothing for the wife or youngin'. NOT an easy choice for any pard or pardette. Mind ya, it wasn't many, but the few that it was sticks in my craw. But, I worked at that commitment, right up till August 2008. 110ºF, and after 4 stages, I literally almost fell out. Even after about a gallon of iced-tea, sittin' in the shade, strippin' all the leather, vest, hat, and soakin' the head under the tap, I could not reduce the core temp. I quit. Summers, I go minimalist. Y'all can go hang if you think either a few verbal barbs here, at the shoot or Tex's article are going to make me kill myself trying to "dress the part."

 

But... even I, recognize that there's a line, a minimum that must be met. It might be a little blurry to a few, but it is the job of the rest of us to help clarify that line for the blurry-eyed. However, before you get up on yer high-horse and start dictatin' where that line EXACTLY is... make damned sure of your facts. Just 'cause I think Wrangler 13MWZs aren't ok, and Levi's 501s are... doesn't necessarily make it so. Just because I think a Wrangler snap work shirt AIN'T and a Sears button-down work shirt IS, don't make it necessarily so. Cuttin' the collar off a oxford dress shirt don't automatically convert it into a period shirt. Ok, it has MORE of the appearance of an authentic 19th century shirt, but, the fact is, it AIN'T. But, and this, folks is an important distinction, in this thing we call CAS, appearances count.

 

'Sides, if there's anything that turns my stomach, makes my fantasy disappear faster'n a 99¢ taco, it's the sight of a 60+ year-old gent (to be kind), all 250 lbs of gut-hangin' flab, dressed in his button-fly, suspendered canvas pants, complete with ridin' boots, spurs, chaps, vest, hat, wrist cuffs, neckerchief and plug of tobacco in his jaw. This I know to be a fact... all I gotta do is look in the mirror before I head out the door! But, in truth, I live for the fall and winter, when I can dress up in my buckskins, moccasins and come out and play "scout-that-talksalot-shoots-slow-and-poorly" with my friends!

 

As usual... RO1, page 6, RO Attitude Rule # 4.

 

PS: Bart, at the time that rule was enacted, the feathered hatbands that Driftwood so eloquently described (I know, I had one) were all the rage, and "Shady Brady" ONLY made those type hats. Context, context, context. Sorta like that Judge (real) so long ago said, (paraphrasing, I think), "... pornography, impossible to define, but you know it when you see it."

[Widder, SASS #59054]

I'm pretty sure my western "fantasy" involves Sarah Michelle Gellar and chaps.

 

Then again, it's very early and I'm at an airport short of coffee.

 

Wolf Bane

SASS13557

 

 

And MY western fantasy involved Dana Delaney.....

 

 

..........Widder

[Marshal Dan Troop 70448]

This might help. MT

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=did%20cowboys%20wear%20bluejeans&source=web&cd=9&ved=0CGYQFjAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.odl.state.ok.us%2Farchives-week%2Flessons%2F2004%2Fcowboy-gear.pdf&ei=u_qzTsW1NMK3tgefyZnaAw&usg=AFQjCNH1VHh_z7Wu3SjfVYFg3Qrn-__8fw

[Guest Cinch, SASS#29433]

I am having an urge to shoot a tire!!

[SIESTA, SASS #21303]

I don't read the CC articles very often and that includes Tex's editorial. I did read Tex's article last night and I don't think that he was off base that much. I don't have that much against period style blue jeans, as long as an appropriate shirt, hat and period footwear are worn. I believe that if a shooter sticks with this sport, he will upgrade his accessories and wearing apparel as he can afford it. Most shooters that won't bother to upgrade will probably lose interest and stop coming. I would say that the wearing of non-period hats and footwear is one of my major objections. I think that all SASS members should at least promote minimal costume requirements.

 

Siesta

[Henry McKenna #700L]

I love this sport. And I love dressin' up the part... on occasion. Some of what I say and hear is contradictory, But then ain't we as humans somewhat full of contradictions? I've been hearing this same tune from the WB for goin on 25 years. Context, folks... is what we "perceive", not always what the writer or speaker meant. And I'll simply say it like this, your "ideal cowboy attire", might be completely different than mine. I like mine rather plain... much as I believe the late 19th century cowboy would have dressed. Practicality rode roughshod over "style" every day of every week. Plain, to me, simply means a tuff pair of pants, be they canvas ducking or a pair of 501 Levis, a button vs snap shirt, and good leather boots, from the soles up. Be they lace-ups or pull-ons.

 

Since the stated period for costuming should be "civil-war era" to 1899, a VERY wide lattitude of styles were prevalent. If your fantasy is based in early post-antebellum, then a person garbed in fashionable 1890's Edwardian clobber is going to "ruin" your fantasy, ain't it? Go ahead, man-up... speak the truth... for the most part, we're adults hereabouts... we can handle the "truth", right? Frankly, once we climbed out of the 1899 limiter by allowing "B-Western," a whole lot of bets were off.

 

After about a year of havin' the Judge on my case month-in, month-out, I made a commitment to dressin' up more... period, gun rig, period chaps, period pants, shirt, vest, coat and hat... not so fancy, but still pricey for a workin' fellar with a family. Then outfittin' that family as they became involved, sometimes meant that we couldn't afford to actually go to a shoot. Passed up a couple so I could afford another gun or article of clothing for the wife or youngin'. NOT an easy choice for any pard or pardette. Mind ya, it wasn't many, but the few that it was sticks in my craw. But, I worked at that commitment, right up till August 2008. 110ºF, and after 4 stages, I literally almost fell out. Even after about a gallon of iced-tea, sittin' in the shade, strippin' all the leather, vest, hat, and soakin' the head under the tap, I could not reduce the core temp. I quit. Summers, I go minimalist. Y'all can go hang if you think either a few verbal barbs here, at the shoot or Tex's article are going to make me kill myself trying to "dress the part."

 

But... even I, recognize that there's a line, a minimum that must be met. It might be a little blurry to a few, but it is the job of the rest of us to help clarify that line for the blurry-eyed. However, before you get up on yer high-horse and start dictatin' where that line EXACTLY is... make damned sure of your facts. Just 'cause I think Wrangler 13MWZs aren't ok, and Levi's 501s are... doesn't necessarily make it so. Just because I think a Wrangler snap work shirt AIN'T and a Sears button-down work shirt IS, don't make it necessarily so. Cuttin' the collar off a oxford dress shirt don't automatically convert it into a period shirt. Ok, it has MORE of the appearance of an authentic 19th century shirt, but, the fact is, it AIN'T. But, and this, folks is an important distinction, in this thing we call CAS, appearances count.

 

'Sides, if there's anything that turns my stomach, makes my fantasy disappear faster'n a 99¢ taco, it's the sight of a 60+ year-old gent (to be kind), all 250 lbs of gut-hangin' flab, dressed in his button-fly, suspendered canvas pants, complete with ridin' boots, spurs, chaps, vest, hat, wrist cuffs, neckerchief and plug of tobacco in his jaw. This I know to be a fact... all I gotta do is look in the mirror before I head out the door! But, in truth, I live for the fall and winter, when I can dress up in my buckskins, moccasins and come out and play "scout-that-talksalot-shoots-slow-and-poorly" with my friends!

 

As usual... RO1, page 6, RO Attitude Rule # 4.

 

PS: Bart, at the time that rule was enacted, the feathered hatbands that Driftwood so eloquently described (I know, I had one) were all the rage, and "Shady Brady" ONLY made those type hats. Context, context, context. Sorta like that Judge (real) so long ago said, (paraphrasing, I think), "... pornography, impossible to define, but you know it when you see it."

 

Well articulated Griff!

[Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L]

This might help. MT

http://www.google.co...fVYFg3Qrn-__8fw

 

 

Hey, that's kinda neat - thanks for the link!

 

GG ~

[Jefro, SASS#69420]

In my 2004 SASS handbook I find the following statements:

 

-all clothing must be typical of the late 19th century, a B-western movie, or Western television series

-SASS members have adopted the personas of bankers, blacksmiths, lawmen, gunslingers, railroad engineers, saloon girls, schoolmarms, East Indian British cavalry, US Army cavalry, mountain men, trail cowboys, prairie women, American Indians, and silver screen heros..you name it

-Denims of the Wrangler, Levi, and Lee variety are acceptable.

-Contemporary cowboy shirts with snap fronts are okay, but not even very B-western. Inexpesive cotton work shirts and button fronts are available at Sears, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, and J C Penney stores. These are much more representative of the type of shirt worn in the late 1800s.

 

When you preface the whole rules clothing section to include anything folks wore in a B-Western, or a TV western series, it opens the door wide open to many items of clothing. So at one time (at least in 2004 SASS Handbook), the clothes Tex wants Match Directors to ban were in fact earlier called out as recommended or legal. They are still legal from my reading of the latest SASS rules. I don't wear them but am not bothered by those who do.

 

Edit:

 

Just checked the 1997 SASS Shooters handbook and these words were also in that version of the handbook. So as far back as then jeans and work shirts were perfectly legal and have not been outlawed by any recent rule changes.

 

"Denims of the Wrangler, Levi, and Lee variety are acceptable. Designer jeans (the ones with the colored piping and name embroidered on the pocket) are not allowed.

 

Contemporary cowboy shirts with snap fronts are okay, but not even very B-western. Inexpensive cotton work shirts with button fronts are available at Sears, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, and J.C. Penney stores. These are much more representative of the type of shirt worn in the late 1800's."

GCK, please don't muddy up the issue with common sense and facts.

 

 

Jefro Relax-Enjoy

[Flat Water Bob]

We have a rather informal club where cowboy action shooters can learn sport of cowboy action shooting, have a good time,and work on their improving their skills if they choose. We certainly would not turn someone away for having a modest cowboy outfit... particularly a newcomer. That said, however, my personal opinion is that costuming is every bit a part of the sport as are the firearms, gun carts, etc., and I find that those who do not even attempt to dress the part....or clubs that make no attempt at cowboying up their range might enjoy golf or bowling. At least there you don't need to dress the part, restrict your equipment, or ...... Wait a minute.....

[Adirondack Jack, SASS #53440]

If yer hat looks like ya stole it from Richard Petty, it probably don't belong at a CAS event.

[Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life]

So lets see now

I have my Wranglers that I wear when moving COWS - cowboy in my opinion

I have my Carharts henley that I wear underneath my shield shirt or button front cotton work shirt when I move COWS - I would say cowboy but I choose to wear the shield shirt or button front cotton work shirt for CAS.

I have my Ariats - modern man made soles but very comfortable in the stirrups when I move COWS - so I think they are cowboy. Sometimes I will wear my Ariat lacers when doing ground work and they work well for CAS.

I have my palm leaf hat I wear when irrigating, my pretty felt hat for dress up, my dirty felt hat for everything else and my ball cap for moving COWS (it doesn't blow off as easy). I wear the first three for CAS and leave the ball cap at home (even though it sees more time around COWS than the others)

I have clip on suspenders that I wear with everything - everyday, including moving COWS. Very rarely wear a belt.

 

So I have modern pants, modern cowboy boots, modern cotton work shirts, modern cowboy hats and modern suspenders that I wear when working with COWS and now I find they are not cowboy enough? Who knew?

 

Regards

 

 

Gateway Kid

[Carolina Cowboy]

I am still trying to figure out what a Shady Brady is, or isn't.

 

The only objection to blue jeans I can imagine involves zippers. Is Tex going to require all of us to open our fly.

 

here you go

http://www.shadybrady.com/

[Blastmaster]

So lets see now

I have my Wranglers that I wear when moving COWS - cowboy in my opinion

I have my Carharts henley that I wear underneath my shield shirt or button front cotton work shirt when I move COWS - I would say cowboy but I choose to wear the shield shirt or button front cotton work shirt for CAS.

I have my Ariats - modern man made soles but very comfortable in the stirrups when I move COWS - so I think they are cowboy. Sometimes I will wear my Ariat lacers when doing ground work and they work well for CAS.

I have my palm leaf hat I wear when irrigating, my pretty felt hat for dress up, my dirty felt hat for everything else and my ball cap for moving COWS (it doesn't blow off as easy). I wear the first three for CAS and leave the ball cap at home (even though it sees more time around COWS than the others)

I have clip on suspenders that I wear with everything - everyday, including moving COWS. Very rarely wear a belt.

 

So I have modern pants, modern cowboy boots, modern cotton work shirts, modern cowboy hats and modern suspenders that I wear when working with COWS and now I find they are not cowboy enough? Who knew?

 

Regards

 

 

Gateway Kid

 

 

Gateway,

 

Ya ain't got no cow $hit (CS) on any of those articles of clothing.

 

For the rest of you, ya need a dab of CS on yer boots for a minimum to qualify Ol Gateway can bottle some up and sent it to ya for a S&H fee.

[Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life]

Damn...what did I miss! Still havn't got my Nov CC.

[Bart Solo]

here you go

http://www.shadybrady.com/

Take a look at the entire website. You will see lots of hats that look very familar when you go cowboy shooting.

 

I remember an actor named Glenn Ford who appeared in a lot of westerns wearing something that looked a lot like one of the Shady Brady old west collection.

 

The problem with the Shady Brady rule is that there is both a "Shady Brady" style and there is company that sells an entire "Shady Brady" line, some of which look pretty standard to me. By the way I have a crushable Stetson that is a pretty nice western style hat, but I am not sure crushable hats were all the rage in 1890 Arizona.

[Utah Bob #35998]

Damn...what did I miss! Still havn't got my Nov CC.

 

Same ol stuff.

An article by Tex which if followed by a thread of both overreactions and underreactions.

[Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L]

Same ol stuff.

An article by Tex which if followed by a thread of both overreactions and underreactions.

 

my underreaction = Yaaaaaawn

 

 

GG ~

[Sergeant Smokepole #29248L]

I just joined SASS a short while ago and I don't have all the clothes yet. Some of them I have ordered, but until then I will wear what I have. I just don't have that kind of money all at once. I can buy a little at a time, but I'll get there. I hope nobody thinks the less of me because of it.

 

 

And if they do, just lean over and do what I do....

 

Tell them to pull the corn cob out of their arse....

[Sergeant Smokepole #29248L]

Damn...what did I miss! Still havn't got my Nov CC.

 

 

I'm still waiting for my October issue....

[Doc Coles SASS 1188]

I like Tex's monthly comments and I look at them aspirational. He thinks we can all do better on some things, and given the level of push back, he steps on a few sore toes. I personally like to go to shoots where folks put some effort into their clothing. I certainly do so. I think it adds to the whole experience for everyone involved. But hey, we all do this our own way. I have never said anything to anyone about their clothes, as long they meet the SAS minimums. But I think its important to remember that they are minimums and don't mind Tex pointing out that we can all be better than that without much effort.

[Doc Coles SASS 1188]

Gateway,

 

Ya ain't got no cow $hit (CS) on any of those articles of clothing.

 

For the rest of you, ya need a dab of CS on yer boots for a minimum to qualify Ol Gateway can bottle some up and sent it to ya for a S&H fee.

 

 

I have one Stetson that still has mud in from a horse wreck I had 20 years ago (the knuckle head slipped and fell into a giant puddle), dose that count. I figure, why wash it off, the rain will take care of it (and it has to a certain extent).

[Marauder SASS #13056]

Talking about this, here's some photo's for your enjoyment.

http://www.archives.gov/research/american-west/images/094.jpg'>http://www.archives.gov/research/american-west/images/094.jpg

 

The photos have links down the page that are numbered with a short description.

http://www.archives.gov/research/american-west/

Some of the cowboys dressed just as the minimum standards in SASS state - except their hats sure varied a lot!

 

It is good encourage folks to dress up. I prefer a carrot rather than a stick in such encouragement. And seeing others dressed up as much as they enjoy. It adds some flavor, but isn't required just as the old photos show.

[Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L]

Talking about this, here's some photo's for your enjoyment.

http://www.archives..../images/094.jpg

 

The photos have links down the page that are numbered with a short description.

http://www.archives..../american-west/

Some of the cowboys dressed just as the minimum standards in SASS state - except their hats sure varied a lot!

 

It is good encourage folks to dress up. I prefer a carrot rather than a stick in such encouragement. And seeing others dressed up as much as they enjoy. It adds some flavor, but isn't required just as the old photos show.

 

Hey! The feller 6th from the left in the first link stole my hat!

 

GG ~