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Buckles: The Cowboy Calling Card

by | Oct 24, 2010 | Art, Guns and Culture

You might be a redneck if someone asks you for an ID and you show him your buckle.
Out West, the belt buckle’s significance reaches beyond its functionality of keeping your pants from sagging. The buckle can proclaim the wearer’s name, initials or brand, boast of a significant achievement or reveal devotion to country or a calling. Some folks call the Western buckle the “cowboy calling card.” To discerning Westerners


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