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The word “cowboy” evokes a series of indelible images: the wide-brimmed hat, the pointed boots with spurs, the sidearms and gleaming belt buckle. But how much of that cowboy mystique has any basis in reality? Could it be that some of the details were embellished later, after the Wild West was relegated to history books? It comes as a shock to some that the cowboy belt buckle did not come into fashion until the early Western movies of the 20th century.
Ranger belts are more a matter or practicality and aesthetics than authenticity. Although these accessories enjoy an astounding level of popularity among modern-day cowboys, they would have been an unknown commodity in the Old West. Wranglers and outlaws stuck to suspenders and more simplistic forms of belt. Some credit the Mexican cowboys for being first to introduce the silver-accented belts that would go on to inspire ranger belts.
