Posted on the Comstock Heritage website forum by the famous western novelist Johnny Boggs. “The company began in San Francisco in 1886 when J.C. Irvine partnered with a man named Jachens (his first name has been lost to history) and began making brass and silver conchos (and later badges) at…
Buckles made for the farm equipment company Hesston (now owned by the AGCO Corporation in Georgia) have become highly collectible. The first buckle was made in 1974 as a form of advertising. They became associated with the Rodeo Cowboy Association and issued many NFR buckles. Other classic cowboy themes were…
The National Little Britches Rodeo Association is the standard bearer of junior rodeo in the United States. Each year some 2,000 kids from 24 states compete in more than 275 Little Britches rodeos. Kids from age 5 through 18 are eligible to participate in five divisions: Little Wranglers (age 5-7),…
Silver King is a family business started in 1975 by Miguel and Maria Dávalos, natives of Zapotlanejo in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. Today the business is located in Chatsworth, California. Their buckles are very popular and known for interesting unique designs. Everything is hand made of course with the…
From Wikipedia: “Aberdeen Angus is the original name of the breed, which was developed in Scotland from aboriginal cattle native to the counties Aberdeenshire and Angus, and the term is still in use in the United Kingdom, Europe, and other parts of the world, but no longer widely in the…
