Brass Buckles
Upon request, most items
can be cast in solid sterling silver at additional cost.
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All these brass buckles
are lost-wax cast in Rhode Island, and I do the finish work.
The iron tongues are hand made from New England cut nails, and are not common
cotter pins.
Beware of the cheap India/Pakistan imports which are poor replicas of the
original buckles.
The crisp sharp details are lacking in the imported replicas, also the rear
of the buckles are often flat.
On the original buckles the rear is often contoured to allow the leather to
slip through the buckle.
Importers have offered to supply these replicas to me, but in my opinion they
just don't measure up.
"CD"
- Fits 2¾" strap for earlier style cartridge pouches. With two
iron tongues. $12.00 |
"CX"
- for 2 5/8" wide straps. Cast from original found in the Lake Champlain
valley and used on a 21 hole pouch of the 1760-77 period. It has two claw
type brass tongues. $16.00 |
"CY"
- for 1¾" wide straps. Cast from original found in the Hudson
River valley and used on a Continental Army "New Construction"
cartridge box of the 1778-1783 period. It has a single iron tongue. $10.00 |
"CP"
- Cartridge pouch catch & hook, from British and American originals
found at Staten Island and Morristown. Furnished with brass rivets. $25.00 |
"CZ"
- Fits 2" strap, from original found near Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y. $9.00,
with iron tongue $11.00 |
"DB"
- for 1¾" waistbelts, from original found at Fort Frederick,
MD $10.00 with iron tongue. |
"DD"
- for 1¾" waistbelts, from original found at Fort Frederick,
MD $11.00 with iron tongue. |
"DZ"
- Officers sword waist belt buckle with two piece lion head buckle frame
and serpents "S" hook (see Collector's Illustrated, pg.
53 #5) Also found at Fort George in N.Y. City. The lion head is 1¼"
diameter, 5" overall length, and fits a 1" wide belt. $25.00 |
"EA"
- Fits 1 3/8" strap. Original found at Fort Richmond on Staten Island.
$7.00; with iron tongue $9.00 |
"EB"
- Fits 1¼" strap. Originals found at Fort Frederick, Ligonier,
and Michilimackinac. $6.00; with iron tongue $8.00 |
"EF"
- Fits 1 5/8" strap. Original found at Fort Stanwix and was probably
used on slings with the wide sling swivels as found at Ft. Stanwix and Ft.
Ligonier. $8.00; with iron tongue $10.00 |
"EX"
- Fits 1 3/8" strap. Originals found in a Continental Army camp in
the Hudson Highlands of N.Y. and in a British redoubt on Staten Island.
$6.00; with iron tongue $8.00 |
| "1812"
- for 2 7/8" wide straps. This is a War of 1812 U.S. Rifle Regiment
buckle made from an original in a private collection. With two iron tongues.
$15.00 |
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