Cross Bolo Tie — Retro Slide, Silver-Tone or Bronze-Tone

A Retro Cross in Two Metals

This is a cross-slide bolo with a deliberately old-fashioned casting, offered in silver-tone or bronze-tone over zinc alloy on a 41-inch leather cord. It reads as Sunday wear first and western wear second.

Silver-tone or bronze-tone

The two finishes change the character more than one casting should allow. Silver-tone photographs crisp against dark fabric; bronze-tone mutes the shine and gives the cross the look of a piece passed down rather than picked out. Buyers dressing for church tend toward bronze; for a black-shirt formal setting, silver-tone carries better. Either way the design stays small-scale and legible — a cross, not a belt-buckle-sized display.

Style notes

Under a collar with a plain shirt, the cross sits where a tie knot would, which is why it works for services, baptisms, and family photographs. Keep the rest of the outfit quiet and let the pendant do the talking. If this is your first bolo, the slide-height rules in our guide to wearing a bolo tie apply here unchanged, and our silver-tone bolo ties hold more options in the brighter of the two finishes.

What to know before you buy

Both finishes are plating over cast zinc alloy; neither contains silver or bronze as a base metal. This is jewelry with a religious motif, not a devotional object, and we sell it as such. The leather cord arrives at 41 inches and adjusts by moving the slide — no cutting involved. Sweat is harder on plating than rain, so a quick wipe after warm days pays off.