Another million dollar idea brought to you by Dan Heil

I've heard a lot of country music since arriving in Thailand, and not shitty country either, but some really good music: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Hank Sr. & Jr., Chris LeDoux, etc.  I've also seen a lot of Thais wearing western shirts, Wranglers, old Levis, Tony Lama boots and gigantic silver belt buckles.  Asking a few of them where they get all this western gear they tell me that a lot of it can be found in second-hand shops, except for the belt buckles.  The Thais who are into the cowboy look would ride a bronc bareback to get their hands on a massive belt buckle and some esoteric country music.  I think this may have something to do with not only the enduring mystique of the Old West, but also, here in Thailand at least, with the sheer foreign-ness of the big sky country, saloons, sheriffs and gunslingers.  The counterpart of this veneration of the foreign is clearly visible in the very common fascination in the West with the customs and imagined goings-on of the Old East, e.g. samurais, I-Ching, yoga and martial arts.  So, the million dollar idea: import belt buckles and hard to find western gear, e.g. peace pipes, Native American beadwork, old rifles and pistols, to the East and export hard to find eastern gear to the West.  Just another wonderful idea from the mind of Daniel Heil, bringing cultures together since whenever.