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Stovepipe Shako - Privates
Shakos use 26 ounce wool felt
stretched and formed and then stiffened with white shellac. Brim is
of heavy vegetable tanned leather. A leather pocket is sewn in behind the
brass plate for the tuft or plume. There is an internal hat band is of soft
suede leather with a natural linen liner to adjust hat height. There is
also a 1/2 inch wool lace outer band along the edge of the peak. Peaks are
rough side up as per original.
Please specify if you are
ordering for light infantry so the tuft pocket can be sewn on the inside of
the shako.
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Basic Stovepipe Shako - $130.00
Wool Tuft - $30.00 (specify
colour)
Universal Brass Plate - $45.00
Leather Rosette - $5.00
Unit Button - $2.00
Grenadier Button - $3.00
Light Infantry Pewter Badge -
$15.00
Light Infantry Brass Badge -
$25.00
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Stovepipe Shako – Light Infantry
Shakos use 26 ounce wool felt
stretched and formed and then stiffened with white shellac. Brim is
of heavy vegetable tanned leather. A leather pocket is sewn inside for the
tuft or plume. There is an internal hat band is of soft suede leather with a
natural linen liner to adjust hat height. There is also a 1/2 inch wool
lace outer band along the edge of the peak. Peaks are rough side up as per
original. Most light infantry had
braided green wool cording as shown.
There are two types of badges - pewter or brass. I can also
brass plate the pewter badge. The brass badge is imported from
England.
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Basic Stovepipe Shako - $130.00
Wool Tuft - $30.00
Light Infantry Green Cording - $30.00
Leather Rosette - $5.00
Unit Button - $2.00
 Pewter
Badge - $15.00
 Brass
Badge - $25.00
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Belgique Shako - Privates
Shakos use 26 ounce wool felt
stretched and formed and then stiffened with white shellac. Brim is
of heavy vegetable tanned leather. A leather pocket is sewn inside the hat
on the right for the tuft or plume. There is an internal hat band is of
soft suede leather with a natural linen liner to adjust hat height. There
is also a 1/2 inch wool lace outer band along the edge of the peak. The
edge of the shield has hand sewn edging. Peaks are rough side up as per
original. Hooks are sewn on to attach the cording. Cording is wool braid.
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Basic Belgique Shako - $160.00
Wool Tuft - $30.00 (specify
colour)
Universal Brass Plate - $40.00
Wool Cording - $40.00
Leather Rosette - $5.00
Unit Button - $2.00
Grenadier Button - $5.00
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Belgique Shako - Officer
Shakos use 26 ounce wool felt
stretched and formed and then stiffened with white shellac. Brim is
of heavy vegetable tanned leather. A leather pocket is sewn inside the hat
on the right for a plume. There is an internal hat band is of soft suede
leather with a natural linen liner to adjust hat height. There is also a
1/2 inch wool lace outer band along the edge of the peak. The edge of the
shield has hand sewn edging. Peaks are rough side up as per original. Hooks
are sewn on to attach the cording. Cording is gold with red stripe
braid. The officer plate has the background dimpled as per original.
Unit button is usually gold plated.
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Basic Belgique Shako - $160.00
Feather Plume - $32.00
Officer Universal Brass Plate
- $45.00
Gold/Red Cording with Tassels
- $50.00
Leather Rosette - $5.00
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Belgique Shako - Royal Artillery
Shakos use 26 ounce wool felt
stretched and formed and then stiffened with shellac. Brim is of
heavy vegetable tanned leather rough side up. A leather pocket is sewn
inside the hat on the right for a plume. There is an internal hat band is
of soft suede leather with a natural linen liner to adjust hat height.
There is also a 1/2 inch wool lace outer band along the edge of the peak.
The edge of the shield has hand sewn edging. Hooks are sewn on to
attach the cording. Cording is a deep yellow for artillery. The plate
is unique to the British Royal Artillery as well.
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Basic Belgique Shako - $160.00
White Wool Tuft - $30.00
Royal Artillery Brass Plate -
$60.00
Yellow Cording with Tassels -
$40.00
Leather Rosette - $5.00
Artillery Button - $2.50
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Rev War Light Infantry
Felt cap with silk scarf wrapped around lower edge and a
horse hair bow on the side. There is
a front felt shield. Other
decorations can include such things as feathers, bear fur, and horse hair.
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Cap - $100.00
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Rev War Light Infantry 34th Regiment
This uses reddish brown horse hair mounted on a central
“fin” with a front felt shield and has a silk scarf sewn on the perimeter.
Horse hair bow on the side.
The badge is not included.
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Cap - $150.00
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Chapeau Bras, can be folded flat. Made with map
board which is shellacked to resist rain damage, all hand sewn, black wool
melton, with silk rosette, gold and red tassels for infantry and gold and
blue tassels for navy. Comes with gold button and plume pocket and a linen
liner inside to adjust height. American chapeau bras has the American eagle
centered on leather cockade and gold tassels.
Chapeau Bras - $250.00
Plume - $32.00
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Belgique Shako Cords
(100% wool except for the
officer's cording)
- White
for line infantry and grenadier
- Dark
Green for light infantry
- Dark
Yellow for artillery
- Gold
and red for officer
Gold and blue tassels/cording
also available for officer in the navy, (for a chapeau bras and not a
shako).
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White wool cording - $40.00
Green Wool Cording - $40.00
Yellow Wool Cording - $40.00
Officer Gold/Red Cording -
$50.00
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Leather Rosettes - These are pressed leather
rosettes.
Standard British size was 2 inch diameter.
American units used 4 inch diameter.
Sometimes rosettes were layered on top of each other.
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2 inch diameter - $5.00
3 inch diameter - $8.00
4 inch diameter - $10.00
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Feather Plumes - Line company was white over red (2/3
white and 1/3 red). The doctor's plume was black and is shown on the
left. Grenadier was all white and light company was all green.
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Specify colour for plume - $32.00
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Wool Tuft - White over red for line infantry, all white
for grenadier, all green for light infantry. Some militia units used
other colours such as brown or black. They are about 6 inches in height and
1 1/2 inches in diameter mounted on a solid heavy single wire slightly
flattened.
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Specify colour for tuft - $30.00
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Specialized Tufts and Plumes - These are hand made by me
- not imported from overseas so I can make whatever you wish. Write with
details on what you are looking for. (Diameter, colour, ball, tapered, stem
length, single or double wire, brass base, etc.
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Typically about $30.00 each.
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American Infantry War of 1812 Tombstone Leather Shako -
Vegetable Tan leather, foul weather flap.
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American Leather Infantry Shako - $180.00
Nickel Plated Infantry Plate -
$30.00
Shako Cord - $25.00
Wool Tuft with 4 inch leather
rosette and Eagle button $45.00
Since leather has very little adjustment,
please provide your head circumference accurately.
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American Marine Shako - The American Marine shako is
similar to the stovepipe British except tapered the opposite direction,
with the top being wider than the bottom. The brim is made with felt
stiffened with leather.
Basic American Marine Shako -
$150.00
Red tapered wool tuft - $30.00
Deep Yellow Cording - $40.00
Brass Plate - $40.00
(Marine buttons, plate, and
eagle button only supplied if you buy complete package)
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Bell Top Shako – 1816-1844
These varied in size depending on the time period. Typically 11 inch diameter top covered
with leather overlapped on the side by one inch. Height varied but about 6 ¾ inches to 7 ¼
inches depending on the year. A 7/8
inch band typically sewn both edges is on the lower edge with a buckle at
the back. There is a inner leather band with a linen adjustment for height.
Everything on the outer shell is hand sewn.
A small brass tube is sewn in the front to mount a ball tuft or
other plumes and tufts used throughout this period.
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Basic Bell Top: $360.00
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Albert Shako (British 1844-1855) - The shako is
similar to the stovepipe shako except with a patent leather top and patent
leather brim and rear rain guard. It also has a chin strap. The wool
tuft was a ball affair with the same colour codes as before.
Basic Albert Shako - $250.00
Wool Ball Tuft - $25.00
Brass Plate - $50.00
(I get the brass plates from England
and there is a very limited selection of unit numbers unless you are
willing to order a bunch). These are only sold with the shako.
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1855 Style Shako
Shako shown is a copy of a 1855
Rifleman shako from Fort Wellington.
It has a sunken leather top with a horse hair plume with oak leaves
base. The rosette is a silk cord
half sphere with a mounted queen’s crown.
There is a small chin strap and leather liner with a linen adjustment
for height.
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Please contact for pricing.
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1861 British Quilted Shako
This shako is one of the most difficult
and time consuming to make. The shell
is covered with a quilted wool with sewing lines made 5/16th of
an inch apart. The brim is patented leather with a front edge cover sewn
on. There is a ½ inch wide chin
strap and a 5/8 inch band along the lower edge The band is sewn along its
edges. There are two options on the
venting, (see pictures below). The
original design had a gorgon face mounted on the back with the eyes and
mouth used as vents. After finding
out that small bees liked to think the gargon mouth was an entrance, the
gargon was later replaced with side vents which were screened. The badges are pewter with the gorgon
badge plated brass.
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Basic Shako without badges - $350.00
Front Canadian Militia Badge - $30.00
Back Gorgon badge - $25.00
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29 Shot Ammo Pouch - Suitable for Revolutionary War and
War of 1812. Fixed maple wood block with compartment underneath for
tools and flints.
Ammo Pouch - $160.00
White Buff Shoulder Belt -
$60.00
2 1/4 inch belt width.
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Revolutionary
War 36 shot "flip-over" Ammo Pouch (Rawl's Pouch)
The
wood block has 18 holes in each end and flips over after the first 18
cartridges are used.
These were used in the Rev War.
Ammo
Pouch - $160.00
White Buff Shoulder Belt - $60.00
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British French and Indian
Style 21 shot Ammo Pouch with
belt: $200.00
Belting made with "
champagne " buff leather which is a light yellow colour imported from
England. Buckles are 2 3/4 inch.
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18 Shot Belly Box, hard maple,
options to have belting on inside (considered safer reduced flipping) or on
the outside (historically correct).
18 shot Belly Box - $40.00
GR2 or 3 Embossed Gold - $5.00
Belt with iron buckle for
Belly Box - (specify waist size ) - $25.00
Bayonet Hanger for belt:
$40.00
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9 shot Belly Box showing Sam Browne catch
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9 shot Belly Box - $30.00
Belt with iron buckle for
Belly Box - (specify waist size ) - $25.00
GR2 or 3 Embossed Gold - $5.00
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Officer Sword Belt - white buff leather, shown with
"GR" brass belt plate (extra).
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Shoulder Sword Belt - $80.00
"GR" Shoulder Plate
- $28.00
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British War of 1812 White Buff Bayonet Belt, using real
English White Buff Leather imported from England, 2 1/4 inch width.
(Bayonet/scabbard not included).
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Bayonet Belt - $70.00
Oval Belt Plate - Plain -
$28.00
Oval "GR" Belt Plate
- $28.00
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French Style French and Indian War Double Frog White
Buff Waist Belt - lower unit held sword or axe while upper unit held
bayonet. The axe was more common in North America.
Belt is 2 inch wide.
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Belt - $110.00
Please specify waist size.
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English Style White Buff Double Frog Waist or Shoulder
Belt - Original belt was worn around the waist but both the French and
English in North America almost immediately started to wear their belts
over the shoulder. Lower unit usually held an axe and the upper unit
the bayonet.
Belt is 2 inch wide.
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Belt - $110.00
Please specify waist size or
whether you plan to wear it over the shoulder.
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Musket Sling, White Buff: This design was used when it
was discovered brass buckles were causing the white buff to turn black.
Easily adjusted by sliding leather loops to desired position.
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Musket Sling - $40.00
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British Artillery Tools. Pictured on the left are
the standard issue British Artillery tools. Pictured on the right are
the drawings from Pierre Turner's book "Soldiers' Accoutrements of the
British Army 1750-1900". Pick is from solid brass, hammer is
brass with oak handle. The cannon spike is forged steel and has the
angled slit in the end.
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Hammer - $25.00
Pick - $10.00
Spike - $7.00
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British Royal Artillery Powder Horn. Copied from
original. Polished brass with steel spring. Hand made from sheet
brass and brass stock. Horn colour may vary (black, white and some amber
colours depending on the horn). I make three different sizes
depending on the purpose of the powder horn.
Revolutionary War Powder Horn
for Light Infantry has an end cap of 2 3/8 inches making the length of the
powder horn typically 10 to 12 inches.
Royal Artillery used a priming
horn which is smaller. I have two sizes; a two inch diameter end cap
which tends to make the horn about 7 to 9 inches long and a 1 1/2 inch
diameter end cap which makes the horn 6 to 7 inches long. Original examples
from North America show a horn with a 2 inch diameter while original
examples from Europe show a 1 1/2 inch diameter horn. The horns vary in
colour, curvature, and size.
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Revolutionary Light Infantry Powder Horn - $110.00
Royal Artillery Large Priming
Horn - $95.00
European Small Royal Artillery
Priming Horn - $95.00
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Royal Artillery Pouches shown on the left. Belts
are 2 1/2 inch wide English buff with brass tips. Pocket on the front
belt hold a brass hammer and two brass picks. Brass rings on the belt
hold a red wool cord which carries the Priming Horn. The pouch cover is
English white buff with a cast brass crown mounted. The pouch itself
is "English Tan" leather with a wood block containing 9 holes for
cartridges and two holes for cannon spikes. The pouch has two 2 5/8 inch
brass double-D buckles.
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Buff Artillery Belt with Brass Tips - $110.00
Brass Pick - $10.00
Brass Hammer - $25.00
Pouch with wood block, white
buff cover, brass crown and two brass buckles - $245.00
Artillery Spike with slanted
slit - $7.00
Royal Artillery Priming Horn -
$95.00
Red Wool Cording with Tassels
- $25.00
Complete package - $534.00
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British French & Indian Matchcase: Brass with
hardwood top. Used in Grenadier Companies on front shoulder belt.
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Matchcase: $60.00
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Artillery Cartouche - Heavy leather container to
transport the powder charge from the storage box to the artillery piece. Small
ones are 4 1/2 diameter and the large ones are 6 inch diameter.
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Cartouche 4 1/2 inch - $160.00
For other sizes, please Email
for price.
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Revolutionary to early War of 1812 British Style Packs -
Painted duck cloth outer cover, (English Tan or reddish-brown), heavy linen
inner lining, English white buff leather straps, iron buckles and brass
front buckle. Size is approximately 18 inch square when folded. Linen ties
and black horn buttons to secure clothing and items.
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Pack as shown - $220.00
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Neck Stock - British 1812 Neck Stock - black leather,
medium soft contoured for comfort. Includes black leather lace for tie.
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Neck Stock: $15.00
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Original Camp Chair
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Camp
Folding Scissor Chair – Red oak with forged pins.
Folding Field Chair used by
Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Allen about 1780
Material: Oak
Height: 72.3 cm
Width: 67.2 cm Depth: 36.2 cm
Location: New Brunswick Museum,
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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Camp Scissor Chair - $120.00
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French-Field-Tourniquet-circa-1812
Made from brass, bloodwood and cotton
webbing.
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French Field Tourniquet-$65.00
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British Wood Canteens
Made
from clear pine, shellacked and painted.
“BO” branded on side. For
people who are not familiar with shellac, it is a natural bug secretion much
like bees wax and is used in the food industry to coat pills, candy and
fruit.
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Wood Canteen with strap - $80.00
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