Holiday Gift Guide: The Wild West
Handsome and (stylishly) rough-hewn, these gifts are exactly what your family and friends need to tap into their inner cowboys and girls. On eBay, as sellers seek to capitalize on the emerging desire for all things for the modern-day wrangler, listings of items with the term "Western" are up 15 percent in a recent 15-day period vs. a 15-day period six months prior.
1. Wooden Horse Sticks: These wooden stick horses come well appointed with leather bridles and reins, leather ears, and yarn manes.
2. Roy Rogers Lunchbox: A no-brainer for any boy who dreams of starring in his own western.
3. Stetson Felt Cowboy Hat: A chocolate brown wool felt topper is not only crushable, but also water resistant—a smart gift for folks in rainy climates.
4. Cowboy Boots: From the extravagant stitching to the tawny-hued leather, this is everything we want in a classic cowboy boot.
5. Western Belt: A tooled leather belt is just right for the urban cowboy.
6. Western Oil Painting: A pastoral painting is a sweet, one-of-a-kind-depiction of frontier life.
7. Western Cowboy Shirt: Pearl buttons add a nice bit of adornment on an otherwise tough plaid button down.
8. Antique Tooled Leather Purse: A vintage metal frame handbag is refined and yet rough-and-tumble, in an Annie Oakley-ish kind of way.