They are also good for hiding identities when you rob the valentine general store

From the tag that came on a bandana I got years ago, which had a similar list of uses: "Wipe someone's tears away before you ride off into the sunset."

I like your use of humor and editing to bring in people who may not otherwise be interested in the subject matter.

Up here in Wyoming just about everyone wears wild rags. The most popular size is 44”x44”. In the summer it helps keep the sun and wind off your neck, and once wet (with sweat) it helps keep you cool. In the winter they keep the bitter cold off your neck and you can use it to tie yourself to something so you don’t blow away in the Wyo wind 😉😉 Great video once again. You could do a video on the different type of knots that are used in wild rags.

in the desert southwest we wet the rag and wet the horses lips and clear the dust and sand out of thier nostrils.

Greetings from Ireland. Great stuff. You forgot one very important use, if you wet your bandanna it keep's your neck cool and in turn keep's your whole body cool. I used this for years when I lived in Arizona, an old timer on a ranch that I worked on told me about it.

I'm sorry to say, I'm only afforded to give this video one thumbs up. Very informative as usual, but the humor kept a smile on my face the whole time. Well done 👍

These videos are cheesy as hell but coming off red dead 2 and a trip out west got me intrested to learn so thank yall. From Georgia

I have used mine as a way to carry things, a face mask, a hobble, a flag, a baby blanket and at least a million other things.

I’ve found these videos helpful and rather fun. We don’t have many of these across the pond, I wear a wild rag almost daily as it’s a huge help when staying outside for days on end especially with our mixed up weather.

Used to filter dust on the trail and wipe sweat off you brow

Here in Washington State, back in 1980 after the eruption of Mt St Helens a lot of people used bandanas to block breathing the volcanic ash.

I've been watching a lot of these videos lately as I try to sift through History vs. Hollywood. I'm writing a novel set in the late 19th Century, and it's a bit of a challenge because I want to find the balance between "This only happened in the movies; what people really did in this situation was..." and "I know that readers pick up these sorts of books because there are a few tropes they're expecting to see, so I'd better throw some in there..."

I picked up the habit when I lived in the Philippines (so far West it's East!). I used them then (and now) to mop up sweat on my face but they're so darn useful I can't help but keep one folded up in my back pocket or around my neck when working in the sun.

really enjoying your channel...........lol.......and learning

Handy to use as GAGGS for those noisy people you would like to use them on All the time

Great video! It’s nice to learn about all of the ‘proper’ uses of bandanas! I first came across bandanas as a functional item working at a summer camp, they were mainly used for games and headbands, as well as blindfolds one time for a trust walk

Good videos. I’ve always been interested in canteens. Especially for those traveling very long distances. Were the ones that we see in the westerns big enough to last from one watering hole to the next. especially in the desert areas. I haven’t been able to find much information on them.

Love these videos... Watch everyday some of them more than once. I use bandanas all the time on my motorcycle and when I worked on a farm for older horses. Never leave home without it...

You can also fold it in a triangle and wear it on your head if you hat is a little to big to make it fit properly. Ive used that trick to.

working the far north of Californian (mount shasta on north) a good bandana is a must, when wet helps keep you cool, in the cold it helps keep your spin warm so you dont get to stiff, plus its just a good stylish choice

Silk ones that are larger are wrapped around the neck in cold climates to keep your neck warm.

Heres one for the hopeless romantics of the wild west: Weather your a bandit or a noble sheriff or rancher/farmer or a outlaw Giving your sweetheart your bandana as a token of love before a long trip is one of my personal favorites.

Great video as always, also loved the one on hat etiquette, I always wondered why in Newsies Jack told the two punks that calling people little shrimps is an insult and says "so is this" and takes the guy's hat, now I know why lol. Also as a guy who works on a ranch, this is probably a given, but two other uses for the bandana are to keep the dust out (obviously) and also to keep the body cool in the summer heat. Now for this one I have only seen it on The Lone Ranger (the one with Jay Silverheels and Clayton Moore) and on the old Flicka movie, where they use the bandana as part of the halter/bridal to get the horse used to having something on his or her face so that when the halter is put on they don't freak out. Luckily all the horses the ranch I work on were trained for wearing a halter/bridal when the ranch gets them.

One of the most versatile items of the Western wardrobe, and truly amaxing

Living off the land, or just living on the move, bandanas can serve as sacks for carrying stuff like eggs, nuts, dried game or anything else that's easier to carry wrapped up.

I heard that range cowboys used silk, since it could be used to filter dust and strain water. Cotton bandanas were worn by farmers.

Bandanna use : To rob a bank :D Love your videos, just found the channel and going back to older videos because they are so cool.

Just picked up my first authentic bandana like the old frontier ones. Absolutely love it and wish I’d have done it sooner

There is NO way, not NO way you can ever have too many bandanas

If you have shallow pants pockets a bandana can be stuffed in the pocket to keep your loose change and pocket knife from falling out when you sit down.

I KNEW IT , I KNEW IT !!!! 👍 It was driving me nuts, there had to be more to your story. My daughter stopped an Arizona Ghost riders video and searched your name, "Santee". I knew I saw you some where before! You are so humble...always uplifting other actors before yourself. You as far greater than you let on. I bow to you, Maestro Santee. (I'm going to have to research the others). You are and the others are hidden treasures. 👍

Very nice video. I would have liked to have seen a demonstration on the different ways to wear and tie a bandana.

To absorb sweat while working. It also helped keep you cool when it became saturated with sweat, and the sweat evaporated.

Bandanas are great on a job site, use to wipe the sweat off your face, or use it as a headband like I do when cleaning containers and tanks, helps with sparks irritating your scalp, or even as a filter when a mask is unavailable( anything is better than nothing when dealing with fumes ) p.s been watching your videos all day today great stuff

Fun stuff! 'Love it! And I'm learning, too!

I noticed that todays bandanas are smaller than what they used to be, it's hard to find a long bandana to use as a neckerchief.

I love bandanas. I have loads of vintage full-square Boy Scout neckerchiefs as bandanas.

Nice to see Dustin in a vid

Your channel is great. Bandanas were extremely versatile

very good as always they can also be used as a head band or a hat band

KEEP THEM COMING & REALLY ENJOY THE T REX ALSO KEEP HIM IN THE VIDEOS

Love your short vids dude!!!

(Cowboy steps into the saloon, and looks at Jerry and Dan.) "Gentlemen, I do believe that is a snack-bandanna."

Very amazing video well done and I love listening to your videos as I am blind and I am a white cane long cane user

I do like to wear my bananas when we take family photos 😂 adds a pop of color

Wetting it and wrapping it around your neck can help significantly in recovering from heat exhaustion and in preventing it if done while working in the heart.

Those ancient bandanas are super gorgeous!! Excellent video Santee! Merry Christmas to you and your team!!

I wear my rags to keep the sweat out of my eyes they are a must during the summer doing construction great vid bud 👍 👍 👊

Texas cowboy up until the 1960's wore rather small bandannas. The ones that came from Mexico set the standard and were usually yellow, orange or red. Somehow, the Colorado cowboys got the idea that very large bandannas were necessary. When they came to Texas to get their boots made, the boot maker made their boots with pride and laughed at their big bandannas. These pictures that Santee showed, have cowboys in their regular shirts of the latter half of the 19th century. Collars were often lacking. The buttons only went half way down the shirt, and they usually came in reds and blues. Most cowboys looked down on anybody in a white shirt. That changed in the 1950's when the heavily starched snap button shirt became formal dress for ranchers coming into town. In Texas, they have a plant called the Arkansas plum. In Arkansas it is called Chickasaw plum. It was not unknown for a cowboy to load down a bandanna with plums and take them home to the cook.

Another great video! Thank you guys. I have a questions about gun wounds. Everything from using a blue cheese to gun powder. Thank you Stan

Lead rope, napkin, food container...just a few things you didn't mention I use mine for. Never roll out of bed with out it.

Wow, bandanas are more practical than I thought

I had to click on it as I misread the title as Old West Bananas! I'll put my glasses back on.

I always keep one or two with me they are handy things to have around.

Mostly end up using one as a sweat rag or soak it to wrap around my neck in the summer, though I’ve also used it to wrap around the hand guard on a rifle when it became too hot to hold during the summer.

I'll use it to make coffee while camping! Kinda like a tea bag!

Keep up the good work !!!!!

I like to wear a bandana at work in my factory job because it keeps my hair out of my face as I work.

Old west rappers would use red or blue bandanas respectively to signify their coast of origin, and likewise their loyalties to either the "Big E" or "Double Pac" ranches. Border skirmishes between these rival spreads are said to continue even into the modern day.

best not mentioned use i think of is as a sling: supports the bum arm while allowing the unfortunate injured person to ride onward to a doctor

You could also tie them on the end of a stick and carry things around

Did they wear ponchos in the old west

In a pinch you could use it as a wash rag.

Thanks for another great video guys.

3:21 -- Banana necklaces! 🤣 Santee is troubled! 🤦‍♂️🤣

I love y’all a videos so so much!!!!

Fun way to learn about bandannas! Have a great weekend :)

Santee, great video as usual. I enjoy your videos. They are informative and entertaining. They seem to be well researched. This one, however, seems to continue the myth of the yellow bandana worn by the US Cavalry. The US Army never issued or wore yellow bandanas. This is a Hollywood myth of the 1940s and 1950s. The soldiers did wear bandanas on the campaign trail. But, bandanas were a private purchase item that the soldiers purchased from the Fort or Post Sutler Store or from merchants in the nearest town. Those bandanas were in the popular colors of the day: red, blue, paisley, etc.

When I was in Cub Scouts we wore a bandana (“kerchief”? I think it was called), and I remember having a metal slide for it.

I wear a bandanna around my neck whenever I mow my property. Keeps the bugs from going down my shirt!

That was a great episode!

Thanks for this

Educational and hilarious as always! I love it!

Well Santee, you know what they say: Time flies like an arrow and fruit flies like a banana. Kind Thanks Pal! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

I didn’t expect to see BATJAC JW in here.

The old word in english for scarf slide is woggle as used for example by the boy scouts for their version of the bandana.

They work well as a eye patch

Oh man I'm glad I found this channel! Informative and funny! Subscribed!!

Could you do a video specifically about straw hats in the old west

My favorite part of my Boy Scout Uniform was the bandanna with the slide.

The one that you haven't done the guns of the civil war that's the one that I really like to see from muskets to cap and ball revolvers to the Gatling guns to artillery because I'm a civil war reenactor and world war II reenactor and I love them all and I'm the lead scout for the 8th of Kansas frontier brigade

I love watching your videos Santee! They are so informative and I love learning new things!👍 And that part with banana, hahaa!! Made me laugh! Even that joke about appealing😂😂😂

bandanas are real handy for when i'm robbing the stage couch.

You two were great in "Brokeback Mountain"!

You forgot the most important thing. They are used in a sandstorm to cover your horses eyes. The horse can see through the silk and the dirt will not go through. That way you can still get where you’re going

Bandanas were used to plug wounds and as slings.

I use one at work most every day. Wrap er around my head and it keeps the sweat outta me eyes. And it looks badass! Lol

“Open the door, get on the floor. Everybody walk the dinosaur.” - Was (Not Was) 1988 - Jed I. Knight 1888

As always Sweet, have a large collection of them (bananas too)😁👍🏻🤠

You look like you were going bananas there towards the end!

In a pinch u can use a bandana as TP🧻

Yep. I wear one just about every day. In winter, wearing a silk bandanna around the neck is very good to help keep one warm. In summer, it helps keep ya cool, with water poured on it. Plus, they just look 'cowboy', so that's reason enough for me.

Loved those Wild West bananas. You can also use them with cereal 🥣

The double bandana joke was good.😊

I like Jerry's banana claw necklace !

Good vlog Santee thanks.

I’ve got to split. This topic was bananas

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A bandana for a gent, wash like mothers and grandmother's aprons, good for just about anything you could think of. Besides a cowboy would look silly riding with an apron on, so he just tied his around his neck. Nuff said.