| you are thinking of buying %LINK1% or riding | | | | War as well as for the proper US Army too. The |
| spurs, you will soon discover some of the old bit | | | | famous makers mark of the North and Judd |
| and spur makers known in the spurs collecting | | | | cowboy spurs is the âAnchor |
| circle as âThe Big 3â. These 3 | | | | Markâ which was put onto each of the |
| manufacturers of spurs, blacksmith, bit and tack | | | | boot spurs they manufactured. |
| are famous for propelling the spurs to the mass | | | | Another member of âThe Big 3â |
| market and for providing people with bits for our | | | | is the Crockett cowboy spurs company, started |
| armies and cowboys who moved cattle 100's of | | | | by Oscar Crockett in the early 20th century. |
| miles in western America. | | | | Oscar learnt the skills needed to manufacture |
| One of âThe Big 3â designers | | | | cowboy spurs from his brother and started to |
| was August Buermann, born in Germany in 1842. | | | | manufacture custom made pairs of cowboy spurs |
| He moved to the United States to complete his | | | | to order as well as standard steel or aluminum |
| training to work as a lock-smith. By the age of | | | | cowboy spurs for the mass markets. When the |
| twenty two he started to produce spurs and | | | | Crockett company purchased the Shipley Spurs |
| equipment for the public and also army personnel | | | | outfit in 1940, they were then making well over |
| and by the beginning of the 20th century the | | | | 170 different models of cowboy spurs from their |
| majority of the US cavalry were wearing spurs | | | | catalogs and private orders. Crockett cowboy |
| that were commissioned and created by the | | | | spurs are stamped with the word CROCKETT. |
| Buermann company. Buermann cowboy spurs are | | | | The last maker in the âThe Big |
| easily identifiable because of their âStar | | | | 3â and some might say the biggest |
| Brandâ logo which is usually found below | | | | member of this group is the manufacturer called |
| or nearby the strap buttons of the out side of | | | | Renalde Spurs. The owner of Renalde eventually |
| the cowboy spur. However, despite his success | | | | ended up owning the other major cowboy spurs |
| and fame, the Buermann trademarks was bought | | | | making companies. He bought the Kelly Bit and |
| up in 1914 by North and Judd, another large and | | | | Spur company in nineteen sixty five and the |
| established bit, tack and spur company. | | | | Crockett Spurs company in 1951. At the time, the |
| North and Judd are also one of the well known | | | | Renalde company was also known as a good |
| spur designers and had their roots in making | | | | maker of saddles, buckles and bit and tack |
| saddles, cowboy equipment and heel spurs before | | | | products. At the end, Renalde had become the |
| 1800. In 1878 they renamed to become the | | | | biggest maker of cowboy spurs in America until it |
| North and Judd Manufacturing Company and | | | | was ceased in 1980, taking with it a varied history |
| employed over five hundred staff, making spurs | | | | and also many of the subsiduary companies and |
| and equipment for the army in the American Civil | | | | names it had purchased over the years. |