Range repair

[Texas buckaroo]

Awhile back I was guiding trails on a pretty snorty horse he was a handfull but was coming around when we got back to the trail head I started helping the group off their horses(as was part of the job) when I noticed my spur felt off fortunately I had a piece of elastic around it to keep it from riding up my boot cause when I checked it the button that holds my straps on was missing. I was able to makeshift a button from an old piece of lace using the same button as one would use to fasten the flap on a chap pocket but that leaves me wondering if anyone else has done this for any amount of time with positive results? If so how long did it hold up for you? I'm trying to figure out if it would be worth keeping (maybe cutting off the remaining metal buttons and making them match as they're older spurs and the leather button seems to not scuff up my boots near as bad)

[Dwight]

I don't wear spurs much . . . mainly when I'm in a parade with my cousins . . . 

But I took all of mine . . . put them in a wood vice that had leather jaws . . . and squeezed them so that when I put them on my boots . . . between the heel and the heel of my boot . . . in that little crease . . . 

I tightened them up until they did not move . . . I could wear them outside . . . get on a horse . . . off . . . walk around the yard . . . and the spurs stayed on my boots.  

They're not tight enough to scratch the boots . . . and you certainly wouldn't ride far with them . . . but that is how I wear mine . . . with of course a leather spur strap across the front arch of my boot.

May God bless,

Dwight