How did you choose your alias?

[Marshal Deadwood]

The replica badges,,, Marshal Deadwood...was looking at it and thought'...Ummm,,,,if I get lost at least I'll have a name tag on...

Marshal Deadwood

[Dr. Bob]

I did living history and part of my persona was graduating from the Medical School at Transylvania Univ. in Kentucky.  I also do an Army Surgeon and have friends that have called me Dr. Bob for years.  Just came naturally!

[panhead pete]

When I joined SASS, I was going to use Rusty Skillet.  Not being a chef, I thought I would name myself after my 1960 Harley.  Panhead refers to the shape of the rocker covers.  Since Panhead Rick, didn't roll real well, I chose Panhead Pete. 

Happy New Year, One and Al!!l

[delmar]

When I joined SASS, I was going to use Rusty Skillet.  Not being a chef, I thought I would name myself after my 1960 Harley.  Panhead refers to the shape of the rocker covers.  Since Panhead Rick, didn't roll real well, I chose Panhead Pete. 

Happy New Year, One and Al!!l

That is a neat name and a neat explanation, but I think it would be fun to come up with a
pre 1900-possible explanation for the name as well!

I think I'll edit the Opening post to included that suggestion.

[Delmonico]

The Delmonico family from Switzerland had the finest resteraunt in the US if not the world from the 1830's to 1920.  George Pullman named his first dining car "Delmonico."  The real Dodge City as well as the TV one had a "Delmonico's."  Lots of referances in movies, TV, real accounts and even in poetry and song about the food wasn't "Delmonico's" but it was pretty good.










And I can rant as good as anyone:

[Delmonico]

The first shoot (was more of a trial run for CAS in the area) I went to years ago, one of the guys laughed about the short bone-handled knife I had on my gunbelt.  This spring when at my first real shoot, I thought of this and put down "Short Knife."  This is in contrast with the ubiquitous large Bowie type blades you see so often.  I added "Johnson" after seeing "Blazing Saddles" one day.  I just have to officially change it with my club. 

Incidentally, I usually have some sort of really compact blade on my person at most times anyway. 

It's kind of neat to hear everyone's story behind their name.

And as for the time period we depict, you were the most correct, bowies went out of style for the most part with the single shot pistol.  A working man needs a working knife, not a short sword.

[panhead pete]

Hey Delmar,

That is a neat name and a neat explanation, but I think it would be fun to come up with a
pre 1900-possible explanation for the name as well


Well, there was this time I was panning for gold and the newfangled hydro mining people started spraying us down on the creek with the slag and mud.  So I tied a cloth on my head with an extra pan lashed with a leather thong..similar to the hats the Chinese wear. .. And I just kept panning.....  The other miners started calling me Panhead after that.  I cashed in for a few hundred and decided to do something a lot safer like driving cows.....

[delmar]

I was right. That was fun!

[Daniel Nighteyes]

And I can rant as good as anyone:

Better'n most...

[And that's a compliment, Del, backhanded though it be.]

[Short Knife Johnson]

Well, there was this time I was panning for gold and the newfangled hydro mining people started spraying us down on the creek with the slag and mud.  So I tied a cloth on my head with an extra pan lashed with a leather thong..similar to the hats the Chinese wear. .. And I just kept panning.....  The other miners started calling me Panhead after that.  I cashed in for a few hundred and decided to do something a lot safer like driving cows.....

That's pretty good.    Did you stay up all night thinking of that?

[Harley Starr]

If he stayed up all night thinking about that....then I would say the sleepin' would have been worth waiting for.

[Johnny McCrae]

Howdy Delmonico,
Ive been on CAS City for since December of 2005. This was the first time I got hungry and my mouth started to water while reading a post. Your cooking looks mighty good!

Howdy Panhead,
That's a pretty nifty explanation of how you got your alias.

[panhead pete]

Howdy Short Knife,

That's pretty good.  Grin  Did you stay up all night thinking of that?

No, sure didn't take that long!  I am thinking of joining NCOWS and I would have to tie it in some how.  I will probably change it later.  I carry a short skinning knife sometimes myself.  In considering what a cowboy would have to carry, I wouldn't want to weigh down the horse too much.

Happy Trails,

Panhead

[Short Knife Johnson]

Well that might have taken me some serious thinking time to cook that one up.

    "Gadzooks!  That's it!"

[Mustang Gregg]

Hello, the fire:

Mustang Gregg was given to me by a neighbor many years before SASS I heard of CAS (probably 1979).
He came over one night to bitch at me about me keeping him awake with the loud Mustang GT I was working on late at night.
I recollect he walked in and started in with someing like,
"Dammit, Mustang Gregg, *^$#*you&!!#$%^noisy&*()%&*.........!".

And the name stuck.  
I still have a big block Mustang project out in the garage.  I get it out late some quiet nights to blow the cobs out of the pipes.

Mustang Gregg

[Modoc]

Hail from the country that I came from, which is identified by the previous and curent inhabitants: the Modoc tribe.

Never did pick up a modifier like Kid, Bill or Joe.  Just an itinerant range detective seeing the west. 

For those not familiar with the area, This is the parts of Northern Californa, North of the Pit River and East of Mt. Shasta into Nevada and up into Oregun.  The locals fought the U.S. Army to a stand still and hid out in the Lava Beds for a couple of years.

[Howdy Doody]

Mine was a long story that I told on the TV show Cowboys and it would take me too long to type out.

I think ol' Modoc first met me when I had another alias. Been an awful long time Modoc. Someday I am determined to shoot your annual up there in God's Country.

[northwestgrizzly]

Lets see.... the moniker that I use on this site isn't my SASS name(don't have one yet), its a derivative of a nickname I was given back in 1991. I did a lot or re-enacting with certain living history type groupsduring that time and slept alot on the ground inside a tent. I rolled outta the tent one morning stumbled over to the bushes to....well ya know....anyways as I came out of the bushes I leaned up against a tree and it felt real good on my back so I commenced to scratching my back on the tree. And of course thats when I got seen by a few other folks in our encampment. And one good lady stated you looked like a big ole Grizzly bear.....and it stuck. Its a fairly common nickname for us bigger fellars so I add the Northwest to it to set myself apart from all the other Grizzly guys out there....

[Modoc]

Howdy Doody, I think that you were using your wooden head moniker when I first met you, but..............  We are now reaching back almost half of my life-span so the memory may be a bit spooty

Sierra Packer was going by Belle Fouche, like the river in the Dakota teretories, but Polish Clarence (aka Fillmore Coffins) could never pronouce it correctly.  It usually came out something like Belly Farsh .  So she mixed her occupation and location to come up with the curent one.

Kurt N. Kleimer was named after his uncle (germanic) but now is insiting on being called "Just William"  as in "I am Just William"

[Mad Mucus]

High school nickname, Mark->Markus->Mucus..... one of my kids added the MAD

MM