It’s nice living in a modernized country where you can turn a faucet and get running water, drive a car to work and get there in less than a fortnight and where our tribal instincts lead us more to the gridiron than to the battlefield. But if you’re an American man, a part of you still longs for a time when men wore loincloths and threw spears at their prey.
Barbecue and custom belt buckles, then, call back a glorious past. Like a family crest in the medieval days, a big, bold belt buckle is like an emblem of one’s identity. Whether that means letting folks know better than to mess with Texas, bragging about our skills on the grill or just letting people know what our favorite TV shows are, a belt buckle sends a message loud and clear.
As for barbecue, that barely needs any explanation. There are no more woolly mammoths left to hunt, but the male heart still hungers for meat, and lots of it. In America, this craving is generally satisfied with barbecued ribs, chicken and burgers.
It’s more than a meal. Just look at how ritualized the whole ordeal is. Nobody sets up a grill, cooks a couple burgers and calls it a day. No, we get a case of a favorite beer, don our ceremonial apron and invite over half the neighborhood to bask in the joys that manliness offers. This isn’t too much different than the tales of the hunt told by caveman hunters at dinner, or warriors and strongmen sharing a barrel of mead after a jousting tournament.
Belt buckles are the closest thing the modern American man has to an emblem or a family crest while barbecue sates the inherent male craving for barely-cooked meat. Whenever your wife tells you to get on a vegetarian diet or some nonsense, just remind her that the male body actually requires a hefty dose of red meat in order to properly function.
Earlier in the year Inola Castings was approached about providing a custom made buckle for a start-up company. We were able to provide a custom belt buckle with a double hook feature and custom backstamp. The PitBoss buckle is a part of the PitBoss BBQ kit which has grown to be a successful venture.