[TexasCowboy]

"A man who is fond of a good Stetson and has a favorite bolo tie has no need to ever tie a Four-in-Hand knot around his own neck."

Since ties were originally intended to wipe the mouth while eating, and since I can usually keep most of the food in my mouth, I've never seen much point in a traditional tie.

Now, Western string ties are pretty handy if you're castrating boar hogs and you lose your tie string.
Beats the heck out of holding that one in your mouth while you fish for the other one!

I think women like men who like themselves and have confidence in themselves to handle just about anything that comes down the pike.

[B4Ranch]

Ties of any sort just feel unnatural to me. A Stetson or a ten star straw hat just seem to be something that you should never leave the house without. They'll handle the rain and keep your head out of the sunlight better than anything else.

I've never got around to cutting hogs or sheep, calves are another story. Buckets full, more than the dogs could eat in one day, at least if I expected any work out of them tomorrow. Somehow Saturdays just never ended up being a cuttin/branding day so the dogs stayed slim. LOL