How a cowboy makes a Lariat

[Pitchy]

This is pretty cool.

http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserv ... ariat-1917

[Idiot]

Thanks Pitchy. That was a great film.

Here's another site about the dying role of being a cowboy, in this case "buckaroos."

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/buckaroos/

[Pitchy]

Thanks those are neat vids too.

[gamekeeper]

Very interesting videos...thanks for sharing.

[RIHMFIRE]

thanks

[chadbr]

Those are great -- I need to go cut some horsehair... I would love to try that.

[Rusty]

That's pretty neat Pitchy.

Several years ago there were quite a few people around here that were waking in the morning to find that their horses tails and manes had been cut off. I guess this might explain it.

[Dave]

That is very interesting

[kimwcook]

That's a neat vid. I only wish I could braid and do the things the ole Buckaroos used to and still do. I grew up with horse hair pads, cinches and other odds and ends. Never could warm up to the the feel of it. That's why I don't use horsehair mecates. I know the why one uses a horse hair mecate, but I'll just need a little more time.

[Pitchy]

Bumping this up as it`s pretty cool.

[M. M. Wright]

Tom Horn made lots of hair stuff while waiting to be hung. Some of it was on display in the "Cowboy Hall of Fame" in OK City. I know, they've changed the name but I can't remember it right now. Maybe Little Doc remembers.

[Borregos]

Very interesting Pitchy, thanks for posting

[Steelbanger]

If I were a horse in Pitchy's neighborhood I'd be mighty nervous about now. Hey Pitchy, Sixgun has horses.

[Griff]

Those horsehair lariats and cinches are best handled with gloves. At least the ones I've had! They might not have been the best quality articles, but I knew they were handmade. I've often wondered if those "bristle" were responsible for some of the buckin' I've endured! My favorite (also the hardest to manage), is a 45' riata (softened rawhide) I have. Next, and probably the 2nd hardest, is a 35' hemp rope. I had an old cowboy back in the '60s that wouldn't let me use a modern rope until I could handle that hemp one. When I finally got to use a poly rope... it was like "...too easy..."! Those old-time cowboys had skill. But, as with anything, they'd also had LOTS of practice.

[Arminius]

The Part with "no Rattler will cross Horse hair" true???

Would be just great to keep them away ... wonder, if it would work with Cobra´s, too???

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[Pitchy]

If I were a horse in Pitchy's neighborhood I'd be mighty nervous about now. Hey Pitchy, Sixgun has horses.

The Part with "no Rattler will cross Horse hair" true???

I wouldn`t bet my life on it.

[Griff]

The Part with "no Rattler will cross Horse hair" true???
Would be just great to keep them away ... wonder, if it would work with Cobra´s, too???
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True for those 1,000 times it works, not so true for the one time it doesn't!

[Dewight]

There were five men lynched in Lookout Ca. In 1901 for cutting horses tails. That wasn't the only reason, but was one of the main complaints against them. The bridge they were hung from is still there.

[Leverluver]

That was probably Pitchy that passed through WY last October

Not for dial up

http://www.server-jbmultimedia.net/Glen ... 102012.pdf

[Pitchy]

[1894c]

THAK YOU PITCHY FOR THE FLIC...growing up as an urban-NY kid we never had any need for a lariat, cowboy hats, boots, or even horses, but i sure could bus and subway surf...we always wore black Converse high-tops though...like a cowboy, us kids sure knew when it was time to beat feet... :)

[RIHMFIRE]

nice video....

the only Lariat I have ever owned has four wheel drive