Using appropriate clothing from my current stuff

[Doc Neeley]

As I mentioned when I said howdy, I've been a reenactor for years and have a bunch of clothing for the pre-1840 era. I have buckskin pants and shirts (as well as home sewn cotton suspender style trousers), Taos style moccasins (plus indian style), drop sleeve or frontier style shirts. Tons of beadwork including possibles bags, knife sheaths, capotes (blanket coats). My bride has southwest style apache moccasins, ribbom dresses, buckskin dresses, plus southwest skirts, a buckskin skirt, etc.

Are any of these things appropriate for CAS?

Thanks.

[Forty Rod]

Depending on your character, the era, and what you wear with what, I reckon all of it will work.

Have a ball.

[Jubel]

Amen cousin, all of what you have will work. Take a persona and research him and the time frame. Example early Texas, buck skins and "Mexican" straw hats. Ozark Mountain border wars 1858 to 1870's = derbys, and open top revolvers or Remingtons, and so on and so on. Sounds to me liken ya'll have a leg up on mosta them flatland fureners hey! Besides there are no costume police out here in cowboy country just be comfortable in your persona and what looks real period to you. Iffen ya juss skip tennie Lamas and ball caps ya should be ok. 

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[Delmonico]

A just for fun here, tennis shoes and base ball caps are also perriod correct, they just don't look like the modern ones we are used to.  Tennis players of the time had to wear shoes and base ball players wore hats.

And it should not be hard to work up a perrsonna using what you have, I've seen all this type clothing on folks in fotos dating to the 1890's.

If I can help at all with a perrsona PM me or post what you need.  I've gotten fairly good at it, which is good since thats what I do for a living.   But in all seriousness, when the fur trade era ended a lot of those folks guided wagon trains scouted for the army and similar type work, manyof them kept all or part of the old dress.  Adding a bit of modern 1870's-80's style clothing as funds allow only increases the look.  A lot of those fellas kept there muzzle-loading rifles way up to the smokeless era.

Bill Cody had at least one new Hawken stye rifles made up in the 1870's sometime by Gemme, it is said he liked them for some things.

[Big John Denny]

Doc, you'll be fine with what you have now. In fact, you'll probably look more period then others at a shoot.

[Major 2]

Doc

I'm way newer here than you (in-fact Reg. just today) but I'm not new to Reenacting or CAS.
I started reenacting in the early 70's ( reenacted mounted cavalry some 28 years  both impressions of CW , War of 1812, Trapper Era , Creek War ,Seminole War, Tex/Mex. Indian Wars, even Span/Am)
When I started with CAS in the mid-nineties is was just an extension of the hobby.
I used and mix and matched bits of the various uniforming or buckskins (winter) for CAS. My persona was a retired cavalry major.
 
Now with a renewed interest in the dark side ,using my C&B & Open top conversions ( Instead of Ruger Vaccaro's)

We have a guy that made up a complete Prison inmate persona (from Yuma ) circa 1880's
Several Reb's and a few Span/Am Rough Riders , even a Scot Highlander in Her Majesty's Service (Queen Victoria).
Cowboy Dress from working to Sat. matinee.
 
What you got is gonna be fine