Cowboy Gear: Why Spurs Are For More Than Just Looks

To most any person raised in the city, the cowboy’s jingling spur rowels might appear to be pure pretension, but the spurs to which they are attached are a very necessary part of his equipment. Not that the cowboy doesn’t enjoy the jingle mind you. In fact, long ago cowboys are known to have fastened small pear-shaped pendants to the axle of the spur rowel and called them “jingle-bobs.” The sole…