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Pure Cowboy
Members: National Bit, Spur & Saddle Collector's Association Members: Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America
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Tax Season Discount! Many of our devoted collector clients have asked us to reduce our prices until April 15th – TAX DAY. We, at Pure Cowboy, understand that tax day can be a heavy burden. The government won’t give you a break – so we will! We've decided to offer a discount of 15% on our entire collection of Antique Western Americana and Cowboy Memorabilia until April 15th, 2012. It's your money and you deserve a break! Note: discount does not apply to items listed in “The Bargain Bin” or our saddles already discounted for February!
Item #WA612 / Miniature Cowboy Rig
This handcrafted miniature saddle is perfected with the complete outfit needed by the most well-appointed cowboy. The set is comprised entirely of exquisitely made 1/2 scale cowboy gear: saddle, riata, breast collar, quirt, cinch w/ horsehair "shoofly", headstall, bit, spurs, chaps. There are buffalo fur woolly chaps made by Casey Jordan, saddle maker and silversmith par excellence (www.caseyjordansaddle.com), silver overlaid working spurs, a bridle and bit with engraved heart Conchos, and exquisitely hand-engraved, one-of-a-kind, full working model of a Colt single action 45, with an exquisitely embossed leather holster and a gunbelt which sports a marked Edward H. Bohlin buckle, tooled in a full floral pattern. There is even a hand braided rawhide riata as well as a quirt with a leather handle and popper. Exact measurements and details of the makers can be viewed by clicking on the links next to each item. The saddle stand is included. This is a "one-of-a-kind" collection which took a number of years to assemble at considerable expense. The entire set will take up no more room than a waste-paper basket and is perfect for an office, a library or a prominent spot in a Great Room. Complete Miniature Cowboy Rig / Item #WA612 / Item #WA612 / $7,500.
Items Included In This Set:
Miniature Saddle - 8" Seat.
Miniature Braided Rawhide Riata
Miniature 45 Caliber Single Action Army Colt
Miniature Engraved Spurs and Leathers
Miniature Headstall and Engraved Bit
Miniature Braided Rawhide and Leather Quirt
Miniature Woolly Chaps with Tooled Belt
Miniature Tooled Holster with Gunbelt
Salesman's sample saddles and cowboy gear originated in the late 1800's. Sometimes referred to as "half-sized saddles", Western salesman's samples were not limited to saddles. Almost any manufactured article to be sold in the early American West that was either too expensive to keep in inventory, too large to lug around on sales calls or had to be made to order for the buyer was made in miniature for use as a sales tool.
The majority of companies utilizing these miniature versions of their wares were selling in areas where catalogs and the manufacturers of the gear were not easily found, as it was impractical to load down a travelling salesperson with full sized merchandise. Motivated by the growing number of cow towns and rail stops popping up on the frontier and the post cattle-drive prosperity of discerning cowboys and ranchers who needed quality gear, insightful saddle and tack suppliers began to build scaled down versions of the originals and the miniature art was born. These salesman's sample miniatures made it possible for their salesmen to pack numerous examples of their work in a travelling trunk that could be easily moved from town to town in the remote and sparsely populated West. Soon these samples were being used in shops where customers could see them and special order their own size or customized engraving of an item. Salesmen and shopkeepers alike understood that these exquisite examples were much better than a picture in a catalog as the workmanship was much more apparent and the potential buyer was much more able to visualize what his rig would look like upon delivery.
Complete Miniature Cowboy Rig / Item #WA612 /
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The American West is celebrated and collected by people all over the world -- we offer easy international shipping, by either the US Postal Service, UPS, Federal Express or Container.
Please contact us at your convenience: michael@purecowboy.us or sarah@purecowboy.us Members: National Bit, Spur & Saddle Collector's Association Pure Cowboy, 1770 West State Street, # 315, Boise, Idaho 83702 208.342.5019 or toll free: 888.575.1890 All items sold by Pure Cowboy are for decorative purposes only. All other uses are exclusively the buyer's responsibility Copyright © 2008-2014 Pure Cowboy |
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