Lace, Tape, Webbing, & Rope

¼" Bias & Stand, Metallic lace, Gold or Silver $5.00/yd
3/8" Bias & Stand, Metallic lace, Gold or Silver $5.50/yd
½" Bias & Stand, Metallic lace, Gold or Silver $6.00/yd

Worsted Wool Herringbone Lace; imported from England

Left to Right: 3/8" in Natural White or Black (not pictured) $2.25/yd,
½" Natural White, Artillery Gold, Scarlet Red, Yellow, and Black (not pictured) $2.50/yd

3/8" wide lace also available in a 54 yd roll for $90
1/2" wide lace also available in a 54 yd roll for $100

Left to Right: ¾" Green, ¾" Natural White, 7/8" Highland Green (partially in shadow), ¾" Scarlet Red $3.00/yd
3/4" wide lace also available in a 27 yd roll for $62

Not Pictured: 1" wide Natural White worsted herringbone lace $3.50/yd or in a 54 yd roll for $140

British Serjeants Lace: 3/8" wide Natural White straight single twill weave $2.25/yd, or in a 54 yd roll for $90 (current stock of this lace measures 7/16" wide)

NEW Worsted Straight Twill Lace, 1/2" wide, Natural White $2.50/yd (54 yd roll - $100)
Regimental striped laces were woven on a straight single twill lace. This lace is the same weave, but without the colored stripe. This lace should be great for use on coats that called for white laced buttonholes. I offer this as alternative, but keep in mind the herringbone lace is equally authentic for white laced buttonholes, as the Guards coat in England clearly uses that weave.

Regimental laces ½" wide worsted wool, $4.50/yd. Generally 12 yards of lace is needed to loop the buttonholes of a regimental coat. Caution: the regiments associated with these various stripe color combinations are correct for the Revolutionary War. The same regiment may have used another stripe color combination before and/or after the American Revolution. For example, the 42nd Foot used lace 'A' during the 1750's and lace 'C' during the 1770's.

A) Top - red stripe on both edges: 5th Foot
B) Middle - blue edge stripe: 2nd, 7th, 10th, 18th, 21st, 30th, 61st Foot
C) Bottom - red edge stripe: 16th, 42nd Foot

Other regimental striped laces are available on special order with a six week delivery. Special orders have a 55 yd (50 meter) minimum at a cost of $8.75/yd. The price per yard decreases as the special order quantity increases by 55 yard increments. 110 yards: $5.50/yd; 165 yds: $4.50/yd; 220 yds: $4.00/yd.

Worm pattern laces (such as the 14th, 15th, 31st, 32nd, 34th, 52nd Foot) are woven on a Jacquard loom and are available, but are $24.00/yd with the minimum 55 yd order.

As of August 2009 Druid's Oak (Neal Redmond) has 8th Foot and 64th regimental laces in stock.

Worsted Wool Braid - imported from England, typically used on hat brims.

Left to Right: 1 ¼" Gold, Yellow, Navy Blue, Black, Scarlet Red, and Natural White $4.00/yd.

Also available in a 54 yd roll for $165

100% Linen Tape, unbleached, available in four widths by the yard:
1/4" $ 1.00/yd
3/8" $ 1.25/yd,
1/2" $ 1.25/yd
3/4" $ 1.50/yd

Hemp Linen Webbing. Plain weave, natural white (half bleached) color, thick and strong for canteen and camp kettle bag straps, bayonet and cartridge box carriages, knapsacks, slings, etc. This webbing is 0.10" thick, or about twice the thickness of a car seatbelt. The 1" wide webbing is also available in unbleached, and is slightly thinner at 0.07" thick.
1" wide, $1.00/ft
1 ¼" wide, $1.25/ft
1 ½" wide, $1.50/ft
2" wide, $2.00/ft

Rope & Cord

Hemp Linen Cord. 1.4 mm and 2.5 mm diameter, black color, for cocking hats and cockade loop. The 1/4" mohair tape also works well for this purpose. $.50 per foot. Five feet of cord or tape is required.

Hemp Linen Rope, natural color, 3-strand twisted rope. Available in 3/16" or 1/4" diameter.