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Ask Rex Beerbot!

Page updated Nov 3. 2003

Below are some questions I have received from emails:

So I bought a great belt buckle but don't get how to wear it with a normal belt. Do I need a belt that has no buckle??
-L. Oct. 29, 2003

L, I feel yer pain. I was given a real nice Mack Truck buckle from the depression era. Seems like the buckles from that time don't match the belts from today! Some leather outlets will sell belts without the buckles but I ended up getting a buddy who does a bit of leather work to fashion a custom belt for me. He's done a couple of custom belts for me cause its hard to find a belt big enough for my glorious gut! Good Luck to ya!

Where can I buy black long sleeve western shirts?
- B. Oct. 24th 2003

Well, I pretty much do all my western shoppin' at SHEPLERS-The World's Largest Online Western Store I bought a couple of fancy western shirts there myself, last i checked they had some black'uns there on sale!

Rex, how can i get a beer gut like yours? Do you have a secret?
-T.Y. Oct 19th, 2003

Nope, no secret - just drink alot of beer and by all means avoid lite beer, its from the devil!

Could you tell me when the pointed toes were put on cowboy boots? I know what year the square and round toe boot began but the pointed toes. Why did they put pointed toes on boots? Thank you.
-L Oct. 13th, 2003

Howdy there. I actually may have the answer for ya here, this from another cowboy boot site of mine

The Northampton Museum in England, foremost in its collection of shoemaking, exhibits of a pair of 1630 boots with high tops, 2-inch heels and pointed toes, and significantly in keeping with the era, they were straights – i.e. neither right nor left.

As far as why they put them pointed toes, I haven't the foggiest. I've heard there are easier to put in stirrups that way. But I I have a buddy who says they made 'em that way so you squash cockroaches and other vermin in the corner of yer room!