Let’s just start by saying that it doesn’t take long to realize that you’re not in a typical clothing store when you venture into Ball and Buck, the newly opened All-American men’s store that is situated at 3 Lewis Street in Boston.
There’s always something to say about a pioneer. That person, or business, that goes out and blazes a trail for the rest of the world to follow is worth taking note of. Lewis and Clark were pioneers. Jim Bridger was a pioneer. All those folks at Plymouth Rock, too.
Hanging on the wall at my father’s house is a set of antlers that were mounted by my grandfather. A 12-point buck with a rack that starts half as thick as an adult man’s wrist and tapers with tines that end as thick as the same man’s index finger.
