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The ongoing legacy of Montana silversmiths nearly outshines its championship trophy buckles.
By Lorna Thackeray
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The ongoing legacy of Montana silversmiths nearly outshines its championship trophy buckles.
By Lorna Thackeray
Every PRCA world champion has an exclusive work of art that hangs just below the waistline—a 14kt gold belt buckle by master craftsmen at Montana Silversmiths.
“It’s a cowboy business card,” says Judy Wagner of the Columbus, Mont.-based company. “It tells who they are and what they’ve accomplished. That’s their Super Bowl ring. That’s their Stanley Cup.”
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Should cattle branding be replaced with other identification technologies, like iris scanning, tattooing, tagging, etc.?
Yes- branding is a cruel, 19th-century anachronism.
27%
No- branding is cost effective, efficient, and humane.
73%
Total votes: 60
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