History: As the Strange Ink Pictures Prop Master I have made significant contributions to the collection. In fact, one could go so far as to say that the Strange Ink Pictures Prop Department is merely the Dan Larson Prop Department with a different name. Of the 3 items I have catalogued so far in this series… all 3 of them are items that belonged to me personally. This item is no different.

I acquired this item in Colorado at Buckskin Joe’s Frontier Town and Railway which is kind of like a Renaissance Faire but with cowboys instead of knights (note to self: create Faire with cowboys AND knights)(Editor’s note: A Westernaissance Faire?). I figure purchasing this item in Colorado at a place like Buckskin Joe’s is about as authentic as I can get for an item like this. While it’s not a REAL Texas Ranger tin star it is a reproduction cast from a real one and it was sold to me by a man who pretends he’s a cowboy 5 days a week.

Application: This is another item in the library that doesn’t have too many uses. Sheriff, deputy sheriff… Renaissance Faire Sheriff. While it’s really only good for Sheriffs we could definitely cross genres with it. Nothing about it says that it can’t belong to a Space Sheriff or Pirate Sheriff.

Value: It was right around $25 or Twenty-five Bucks if you will, when I bought it. It’s not made out silver or anything, so inherently it has not increased in material value. To me personally, it’s one of my favorite possessions. While I have never been nor ever intend to be a Sheriff in the old west (or at a festival that recreates the old west) I’ve worn it as part of several Halloween costumes and display it proudly on a shelf next to my other prized possessions: a fossilized dinosaur tooth and a statue of Pedro Martinez.

Previously… SI.003 Evil Mask

Up next… SI.005 Katana

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