Western Purse JO-O-Kay Handbag Clasp Hand Tooled Leather Vintage Very Nice

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Western Purse JO-O-Kay Handbag Clasp Hand Tooled Leather Vintage Very Nice :
$32.99

Vintage Jo-o-Kay Western Handmade Hand Tooled Purse. Approx. 11\"L x 8\"H x 3 1/2\"D. Has two zippered long pockets and one side open pocket. Divided
inside by one pocket almost to bottom of purse. This purse in is amazing condition for its age. Leather on purse shows little to no wear, just a few little rub
marks. Edges, corners and bottom are in great condition. There are metal feet that have protected the bottom. Only thing we really see is some wear on the
strap. Strap shortens or unsnaps and releases to shoulder strap length. Also inside there is a new tooled leather long strap like piece that we believe
is intended to be used as a replacement strap, but unsure how to use it. Shortened strap is 8\" drop, shoulder length drop is 15 1/2\". Has a clasp on front.
Purse has many more years of use, it is made that well. The strap unsnaps on each end and stays together and slides to longer length. Any questions please let
us know. Please note we will be away from the computer from 7/16-7/22 for a short break for some summer R & R. We will be back at it on the evening of
the 22nd of July and shipping out anything that has ended on the 23rd. Thanks for understanding!!
Here is some info I found when researching the company name on the inside label:
\"From a site onOklahoma history, I found out that Jo-o-Kay is a trademarked name that isn\'t in the trademark archives. But it stands for John and Kay (Katherine) Simpler, ofArdmore, Oklahoma. Actually they weren\'t technically of Ardmore, they were of somewhere else, but they moved to Ardmore in the 1950s, after the owner of the Western Supply Company encouraged them to. Western Supply made leather goods, specifically the hand-tooled kind, and the owner\'s family and the Simplers would have cookouts every Saturday night once things got going. The suede and leather coat business started, probably, as a discussion over hamburgers on a buggy night. Imagine everyone, filling up on good Okie beef and looking towards fall. Everyone needs a good jacket, after all.

Main Street in Ardmore,1958.John and Katherine wanted to call it Jo-Kay. But Jockey, already making underwear, paid for them to add an extra o into the name. As if someone might confuse a two-tone, snap-close cowhide leather jacket with a snazzy cowboy yoke for a pair of Y-fronts. At any rate that\'s what the Simplers did, though locals always called it Jo-Kay.

A later 1970s label (which, upon second thought, makes me wonder if the Grits n Ham jacket was actually from the 1960s)\"
FOUND THIS INFO ON ANOTHER SITE, COMPLIMENTS OF RESEARCHER QUOTED!!