CW Doc Shores Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 What does everyone think about spurs? What do you like (plain, fancy, brass, iron, etc.)? It's all about personal preference, and what's yours? Ebay currently has close to 1,500 "spurs" in their "Collectiibl Western Amereicana" category. Lookin' to pick up a pair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 They take a good bit to get use to, and a real PITA on stairs/steps. OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Coroner Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Pass. Some of the best advice I've received "Do yourself a favor and take those spurs off." Dutch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafe Conager SASS #56958 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 I wear them most the time, have 4 pair, one basic riding, one cavalry brass spurs, 2 basic with jingle Bob's. Never a problem with them just got to watch coming down stairs Rafe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 I no longer bother with them. I only have one pair. They are the short plain type without rowels. If you would like to have them, CW, send me a PM and I will mail them to you. They have brown leather straps. They were given to me. I will give them to you. They are nothing fancy but you can wear them them to see if it trips your trigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicked Wayne Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 If you are not on a horse they serve no purpose- unless you are in a costume contest of some kind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laramie Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 For me, spurs are part of the fun I do admit that sometimes it's good take them off too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Chance Morgun Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Dutch Coroner said: Pass. Some of the best advice I've received "Do yourself a favor and take those spurs off." Dutch AMEN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Wish I would someday take a photo at the Smith's Restaurant in Collins, Mo. As you enter there is a sign which states, "Please remove your spurs". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Pepper Kid, SASS #60463 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 These are my favorite spurs, goes with my alias. At the range I don't even know I'm wearing them. Banquets and in the car they are a pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slow Mo Dern Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Quote Hey Chili Pepper! That is one good lookin' spur! Mo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cusz M. Dutch SASS Life 55326 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 5 hours ago, Dutch Coroner said: Pass. Some of the best advice I've received "Do yourself a favor and take those spurs off." Dutch Sounds like my wife. She does not allow them in bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 I like my spurs. When Lindholm brothers was closing up shop I got one of the last pairs to come out of their shop. Didn't really have the money to spend at the time but I did anyway, and don't regret it. I like hearing the jingle bobs jingle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 I thought it was a good idea to wear spurs one time until I forgot that I was wearing them and turned my feet back out when I was walking and the spurs came together and locked up and I did a face plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace_of_Hearts Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 21 minutes ago, Yul Lose said: I thought it was a good idea to wear spurs one time until I forgot that I was wearing them and turned my feet back out when I was walking and the spurs came together and locked up and I did a face plant. That's funny right there! May the stage writers that have stairs as a prop and write stages that have you coming down the stairs during a stage........burn in hell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Just now, Ace_of_Hearts said: That's funny right there! Thought you’d like that. I learned I weren’t a spur wearer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moab mark #50732 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 LOL....I thought I'd look cool w/them when I first started. So I bought a pair. But now a days. I'm doing a lot of waddie work. So, spurs and other clothes that I thought I'd look cool in......has been ignored. Still having fun though. And, that's the important thing. Aloha, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollifer A. Dollar Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 For me, wearing spurs is part of the fun of CAS. I have 7 sets, from the cavalry type (which are great for banquets) to one pair with big antique-look rowels. Like Griz said above, hearing the jingle bobs jingle is a big deal. Holler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laramie Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 You're right about the jingle. I have one pair that don't make much noise, and my wife doesn't like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tully Mars Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 I like spurs and wear them most of the time. There have been occasions when I've locked them together, but luckily haven't face planted like Yul. The tips of my boots are scratched from the spurs, don't know how, but they are. Driving hasn't been an issue even a Corolla with a stick at times. The Jingle Bob is great to hear! They are not for everyone though. Tully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CW Doc Shores Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 Great responses. I think I'll look around until I see a pair that I like and give them a try. I think I like the sound of the jingle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Sin Nombre Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 I wear spurs to every match. I ain’t ever had them lock together like like Yul, but I did learn to be careful while kneeling down to pick up brass. Luckily mine aren’t sharp enough to add extra holes in my backside. To me, there ain’t many things more cowboy than wearing spurs. Maybe the hat and boots, but spurs aren’t far behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Love em. I own 5 pair now. I won't play cowboy without wearing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grass Range #51406 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Squatting with your spurs on takes care of an itchy butt without being obvious and scratching with your hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Chance Morgun Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 6 minutes ago, Grass Range #51406 said: Squatting with your spurs on takes care of an itchy butt without being obvious and scratching with your hand maybe that's what he meant when he used the tag "assessories" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cholla Bob Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Feel naked without them. And that Jingle, Jangle....well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Oh, something I forgot to mention. When wearing spurs, be careful if you cross your legs when sitting down in a chair. A pard of mine let me try a set of spurs with big / long rowels. We sat down at the end of the match to have a beer and wait for the scores and I crossed my legs. Put a hole in my pants and a nice scrape on my thigh. I forgot I was wearing the spurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Ned Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 A proud owner of a pair of Lindholm Brothers spurs, haven’t had any problems when wearing them, I do take them off when driving. Ned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major BS Walker Regulator Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I wear spurs maybe 50% of the time. Never had a problem. Started with the smallest rowel I could find to test wearing, then bought a larger rowel and after test wearing those bought a pair with a bigger rowel than the second pair. Still no problem. The only real draw back to wearing spurs for me is the extra weight. Stages with a lot of movement, they will slow you down and tire you out sooner sort of like jogging wearing ankle weights. Many people just can't wear them at all. I do have a few scuff marks across the toes of my boots that polish hides but have never tripped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oklahoma Dee Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Spurs are like any piece of equipment in this game, such as the loaded guns your shootin, you have to be aware and present minded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rance - SASS # 54090 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 22 hours ago, Angry Ned said: A proud owner of a pair of Lindholm Brothers spurs. Ned I'm a proud owner also of a pair of these... Wore them quite a few years.. Never a problem.. until.. about a year and a half ago (after new hip) they got tangled on a pivot move. I went down .. Yeah.. Face first.. No injuries.. I took took them off and haven't worn them since.. Rance Just my thinkin' only.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tascosa, SASS# 24838 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Ive worn spurs most of my life before I ever heard of SASS, so I drive, go up and down stairs, sit and cross my legs, all with spurs on. Mine are custom made by Robert Campbell, a local spur maker. Never got in my way but then Ive been wearing spurs for about 65 years. The rowls are 5 cinco pesos. What the Texas Rangers made their badges out of. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goatneck Clem Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I am like Oklahoma Dee I like my spurs. A Rancher friend of my Dad's gave me my first pair of spurs when I was about ten years old. I have been using spurs ever since. I started buying and selling and collecting spurs in high school. We make all the Bit and Spur shows at the Cowboy gatherings here in Texas. The Cowboy Gatherings with spur shows are like the gun shows with all the spurs makers and traders 1000's of spurs for sale or trade. Goatneck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Reb, SASS #54804 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I shoot Bwestern so spurs are req. Even if they wern't I would still wear them. Yul's story made me think of one that happend at our range. The start of the stage was standing by the horse, holding the reins. 1 of the cowboy's tried to "game" the start. He stood holding the reins behind his back. At the buzzer he dropped the reins. they looped around his spurs. He ended up in the same position as Yul Lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HossMunny Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 7 hours ago, Tascosa, SASS# 24838 said: Ive worn spurs most of my life before I ever heard of SASS, so I drive, go up and down stairs, sit and cross my legs, all with spurs on. Mine are custom made by Robert Campbell, a local spur maker. Never got in my way but then Ive been wearing spurs for about 65 years. The rowls are 5 cinco pesos. What the Texas Rangers made their badges out of. " Saw a rasp pair just last week made with silver dollar rowels, Indian penny bells and Morgan dime jingle bobs. Coolest spurs I've ever seen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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