ANTIQUE VINTAGE SILVER ARROW SPURS ca 1900
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SILVER ARROW SPURS ca 1900 THESE OLD SPURS CAME OFF OF A RANCH IN EASTERN WASHINGTON THAT WAS IN ONE FAMILY FOR OVER 100 YEARS. I GOT THE SPURS FROM THE GRANDSON OF THE GUY WHO HOMESTEADED THE RANCH. THE SELLER IS IN HIS MIDDLE SEVENTIES. HIS DAD USED THESE SPURS WHICH HE GOT FROM HIS FATHER WHO HAD THEM MADE OR GOT THEM FROM HIS FATHER. THIS IS THE STORY I GOT FROM MY SELLER. LOOKING AT THE SPURS, I'D SAY THE STORY IS ACCURATE. MY SELLER CLEANED THESE SPURS A LITTLE. THEY WERE BROWN WITH DRIED HORSE SWEAT, HE SAID. YOU CAN STILL SEE A LITTLE BROWN ON THE SILVER.... I HAVE NOT CLEANED THEM FURTHER. THE SILVER UNDER THE LEATHERS SHINES NICELY, SO SHOULD THE REST IF ONE HAD AT IT WITH SILVER POLLISH. I COULD FIND NO OBVIOUS MAKER'S MARK ON THE SPURS THOUGH I LOOKED EVERYW EVEN TO THE EXTENT OF TAKING OFF THE LEATHERS ON ONE SPUR SO I COULD LOOK UNDER THE BUTTONS. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE LEATHERS ARE ON ONE SPUR INCORRECTLY. I PUT THE ONES I TOOK OFF ON THE OTHER WAY ROUND FROM THE WAY THEY WERE. I THINK THAT THE LEATHERS WERE ON WRONG AND ONE STILL IS. YOU GUYS CAN FIGURE IT OUT. I'M HOPING SOME ONE OF YOU COLLECTORS OUT T WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE MAKER FROM THE DESIGN. PLEASE LET ME KNOW THE MAKER IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY HIM. THESE ARE ARROW SPURS AS YOU CAN SEE. THEY SEEM TO ME TO BE PRETTY HIGH GRADE AS THEY ARE SILVERED AND
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