Ranchero Hat and Spurs

On October 10, this year, we'll be attending an historical reenactment at the Dominguez Adobe Museum, in Carson, CA. The reenactment will include a re-staging of the Battle of the Old Woman's Gun of the Mexican-American War as well as a fandango with music, dancing, and a fiesta atmosphere.

I'm working on a historical garb outfit that will present a ranchero from the 1840s. These photos show my Spanish hat and authentic-styled spurs. While many cowboys sported silver-etched spurs, mine are more traditional in the fashion that might have been made by a blacksmith in one of the old small towns or on the rancho itself back in the day. The large Spanish rowl (the wheel) on the spur, for example, is exactly like those of the early Spanish/Mexican soldados, patterned after those worn by the even earlier conquistadores.