Originally Posted by Sierra

Be careful about buying bandanas! They used to be sturdy and useful giant "hankies" that would keep out dust and could be used for just about anything. Now days bandanas are "cute". They are smaller and much, much thinner. You can still get the old style, but you have to look for them. Perhaps western shops, or work clothes specialty shops. I grew up on a cattle ranch and we used bandanas for handkies, dust covers for our faces, hotpads at campfires, as wash cloths and towels, for dishes and our own bodies. (I'm not saying we used one for all of these, but these were some of the purposes of the sturdy bandanas.)