Cowboy action garb
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it's hard to get the stuff in Canada but I've had good luck with folks like Buffalo Arms, buying over the net. I got my knee high western boots at Alberta boot, who makes a bunch of styles.
Whatever you wear you will have fun like the rest of us.
Whatever you wear you will have fun like the rest of us.
Please define "not expensive". If you want $20.00 blue jeans try Walmart. If your looking for something more authentic try Wahmaker.
http://reps.scullyleather.com/catalog/category.asp?BRN=WAH
http://www.wildwestmercantile.com/cgi-bin/Category.cgi?category=home&type=store
Whatever you do, please don't show up in running shoes and a baseball cap, now that really looks funny!!
http://reps.scullyleather.com/catalog/category.asp?BRN=WAH
http://www.wildwestmercantile.com/cgi-bin/Category.cgi?category=home&type=store
Whatever you do, please don't show up in running shoes and a baseball cap, now that really looks funny!!
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- Orleans, Ontario
For a costume, I wear jeans, a shirt and a cowboy hat and boots. The boots are the most expensive but you can substitute Wellington's (without the chains) from Sears that are not that expensive and are quite comfortable. It doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg to look like a cowboy. 
Take a trip to Cowtown, go see the Alberta shoe hospital downtown and have them fit you for cowboy boots. i have seen themdo some amazing things with boots for people. of course once you have made the trip a Smithbelt hat should be added :}
Thrift stores and yard sales for collarless shirts, vests, suit coat and pants. Fabric Centre discount bin for pure silk remnant for wild rag/neckerchief. E-bay for my boots (Ariat full support ropers new $45.00 U.S.) and name brand stuff (Scully, Tombstone Outfitters, Wah Maker) or the SASS Wire Classifieds.
http://sassnet.com/forums/index.php?showforum=14
Cowboy action isn't cheap but I would rather spend the bulk of my money on guns and shells, I have no problem wearing "previously experienced" shirts and vests.
http://sassnet.com/forums/index.php?showforum=14
Cowboy action isn't cheap but I would rather spend the bulk of my money on guns and shells, I have no problem wearing "previously experienced" shirts and vests.
Even though the sport is commonly called "Cowboy Action Shooting", you really just need to dress in "period appropriate" style (or "Hollywood" impression of same) - not necessarily as a wrangler or gunfighter.
Many really imaginative shooters go for some other look entirely - e.g. military, farmer, townsperson (whether storekeeper, gambler, saloon girl, doctor, whatever) and so on - then you can be perfectly justified in such things as wearing much more comfortable lace-up shoes or ankle boots, which are potentially also much more affordable (especially if you can locate something suitable at a thrift store) ...
Many really imaginative shooters go for some other look entirely - e.g. military, farmer, townsperson (whether storekeeper, gambler, saloon girl, doctor, whatever) and so on - then you can be perfectly justified in such things as wearing much more comfortable lace-up shoes or ankle boots, which are potentially also much more affordable (especially if you can locate something suitable at a thrift store) ...
Working Man or Woman In the Late 19th Century Keeps Co$t$ Down Eh
GrantR has a key idea here which I do support as well. For my alias of Silver Mtn Conductor SASS# 51733 I picked the dress of a train conductor on the Port Arthur Duluth and Western Railroad (PD& W RR) at the Lakehead/Fort William-Port Arthur Canada in 1897.
To complete this outfit, all I needed was a trainman's jacket in the 19th Century style whcih was easy to do, a pair of pants with braces and boots that are easy to walk in, essentially ankle lace up boots. A trainman's cap, white shirt, watch chain, some gloves for riding the rails and presto!
An Engineers outfit or Brakemans even easier!
Guarding the express box is my job on the PD&W Silver Mountain run out to the Canada-USA Border.
After all all those herds of cattle were being driven to a railhead, either Kansas City or the Lakehead. Jesse and Frank or the Silver Fox found trains fascinating so I get to play a part here.
Also my Grandfather James Northcott ran a mine locomotive in 1901-1914 so it is a "natural" for me.
With Silver Mtn Conductor SASS# 51733 I act out what my Grandfather would have done in the 1890's IF he had journeyed to the Lakehead versus Lakefield.
The only possession James Northcott brought to Canada in 1887 was his double barrelled shotgun.
He loved to hunt and fish. I do too eh!
Keep it simple eh!
GrantR has a key idea here which I do support as well. For my alias of Silver Mtn Conductor SASS# 51733 I picked the dress of a train conductor on the Port Arthur Duluth and Western Railroad (PD& W RR) at the Lakehead/Fort William-Port Arthur Canada in 1897.
To complete this outfit, all I needed was a trainman's jacket in the 19th Century style whcih was easy to do, a pair of pants with braces and boots that are easy to walk in, essentially ankle lace up boots. A trainman's cap, white shirt, watch chain, some gloves for riding the rails and presto!
An Engineers outfit or Brakemans even easier!
Guarding the express box is my job on the PD&W Silver Mountain run out to the Canada-USA Border.
After all all those herds of cattle were being driven to a railhead, either Kansas City or the Lakehead. Jesse and Frank or the Silver Fox found trains fascinating so I get to play a part here.
Also my Grandfather James Northcott ran a mine locomotive in 1901-1914 so it is a "natural" for me.
With Silver Mtn Conductor SASS# 51733 I act out what my Grandfather would have done in the 1890's IF he had journeyed to the Lakehead versus Lakefield.
The only possession James Northcott brought to Canada in 1887 was his double barrelled shotgun.
He loved to hunt and fish. I do too eh!
Keep it simple eh!
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Yep, old shirts that look period, Thrift store and Sally Anne specials for nearly everything if you look over a period of time and don't try to do it all at once. Cut off the collar on shirts and hem the rough edges so they don't fray. Jeans with the belt loops cut off and a pair of braces to hold them up.
I've seen some pards with nice looing boots they picked up at prices that made me wish I had dropped in and looked them over.
The biggest problem for me is knowing when to stop picking up stuff! LOL!
Seems my cowboy outfits are starting to outnumber my other clothes.
But that isn't really a bad thing is it?
Had a lot of favourable comments about the Scully range bib front shirts I sometimes wear. And during the warmer weather, I've taken to wearing a Stetson again.
Hey, I'm from Edmonton and grew up in Alberta, so it's in the blood.
I've seen some pards with nice looing boots they picked up at prices that made me wish I had dropped in and looked them over.
The biggest problem for me is knowing when to stop picking up stuff! LOL!
Seems my cowboy outfits are starting to outnumber my other clothes.
But that isn't really a bad thing is it?
Had a lot of favourable comments about the Scully range bib front shirts I sometimes wear. And during the warmer weather, I've taken to wearing a Stetson again.
Hey, I'm from Edmonton and grew up in Alberta, so it's in the blood.
Jarlath said:
I saw some of these on the shelves in the Mens section at Bass Pro last weekend. They call them Union Suits. Long, red, underwear! I picked up a pair just to be different and the wife says I glow in the dark now!
If you're not in the Toronto area, you can likely find them on the BPS website (in US $$ of course) or try your local WallyMart. They may have in the workwear section.
