National Museum of American History Long before American cowboys sported bandanas, the European snuff user of the 18th century suffered from an embarrassing problem: Blowing his nose into a white ...

"It's my superpower. It's my own feeling of identity. Somehow I became 'Bandana Man,'" he says with a chuckle, also citing Lynyrd Skynyrd's Johnny Van Zant as an inspiration in forehead-wear.