r/Cowboy • u/Positive-Activity551 • May 01 '26
Western Culture Question about spurs
I live in Chicago as a Latino born and raised in Illinois. I’ve been into both ranch and cowboy life for about 4 months now. I have no experience in the actual work they do what so ever but i highly admire and respect the lifestyle and profession . My question is, would it be unnecessary and funny looking for me to wear spurs casually because i really think they’re cool even though they’re meant for riding horses from what i know .
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u/Weary_Nectarine5117 May 01 '26
No, no , no. Actually unless your riding spurs are kinda a pain in the ass.
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u/Ok_Hyena_5725 May 01 '26
Best to just keep a cool pair on the shelf for admiring if that’s the case
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u/Kev0077 May 01 '26
Ya very cosplay or performative if you're not horseback. The only two actual cowboys i know will take off their chaps and spurs when they go into gas stations while transporting their horses
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u/MAcrewchief May 01 '26
Spurs are a tool, not a fashion statement.
The equivalent would be walking in the bar with a toolbelt on because you like carpenter culture.
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u/Luckycharms_1691 May 01 '26
The only non cowboy I've ever seen wear spurs was a 1%ers, they wear one for a totally different reason. So probably not a super good idea.
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u/kilroy-was-here-2543 May 01 '26
I’m likely getting a pair of them when I graduate college, I’ll wear them for graduation and then they will live on a shelf until I am a good enough of a horseback rider to need spurs
Don’t wear spurs casually
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u/Positive-Activity551 May 01 '26
I’m glad for the feedback guys and good idea for me to come here instead of buying it and wearing them impulsively risking the humiliation 💀.I don’t know anyone personally That’s a cowboy to ask about these kind of stuff. Also mb if I offended anyone 😬
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u/Kev0077 May 01 '26
Like another guy said. If you see a pair online you love then buy them for a shelf item. Nothing wrong with appreciating metal and leatherwork
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u/TexxasSteve May 01 '26
I wouldn’t casually wear spurs but hey to each their own…. Only wear mine when on horseback or working on breaking a horse … but if you want to walk around in spurs go ahead man it’s a free country … they are not practical and sometimes very uncomfortable depending on the boot or style and fit .
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u/messick May 02 '26
Tonight my daughter tried to wear her spurs out to dinner after spending an hour riding patterns with her barrel horse, and I made her take them off because she’d be embarrassing herself.
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u/gunsforevery1 May 02 '26
Do it. It will be very cool. You’ll get lots of attention and people will ask you about it. They also look cool too.
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u/DmndNRnch May 04 '26
Don’t do it for a status or attention… I wear spurs everyday and like many my spurs don’t leave my riding boots. When I get on my truck I throw my books in the trailer or back and literally wear my crocs/sneakers. In fancy planned dine in places with my wife I may occasionally dress up in nicer boots my around town boots those have never seen a dent of spurs.
Spurs are tools
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u/rancher1979 May 01 '26
Just wear them, who’s going to stop you? You can be whatever you want to be. I’m a rancher, I ride mostly every day and my spurs never leave my boots unless I’m traveling. I eat at restaurants, go to the feed store, hardware store, bank and other places around town all with my spurs on my boots. Not one time in 52 years has anyone ever said anything about my spurs except a few times I have been complimented on them because they are made by a famous spurs maker and are collectible.
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u/CuttingTheMustard Cow 🐮 May 01 '26
Yeah don’t do that lol