Miscellaneous Items
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Miscellaneous Order Form.pdf.![[Hook & Eyes]](notions/hook-eye.jpg) Coat hooks & eyes,
large and are close in appearance to originals. They
are solid brass with a black finish. These measure 1/2" long by 3/8"
wide. Hooks & eyes were used to close the fronts of Regimental coats
along the lapels and to hook together the skirts. 4 sets/$1.00 |
 Blackball
- This is a one ounce ball made of beeswax, lampblack and tallow that was
used to help "waterproof" and polish shoes, scabbards and cartridge
pouch flaps. Blackball is often mentioned in 18th journals and orders as
being one of the items that soldiers include in their "kit" along
with extra shoe soles and heels and a brush to apply the blackball. Cuthbertson
writes (pg.85, XLIII), "knapsacks...should be made with a division,
to hold the shoes, black-ball and brushes, seperate from the linen..."
Cuthbertson also recommends the use of lampblack and beeswax on scabbards
and pouch flaps (pg.100, XXIX) and blackball on shoes (pg.114, XVII), "...every
soldier should be furnished with a pair of shoe-brushes, and a blacking
ball of good ingredients, that there may be no excuse, for not having at
all times their shoes and gaiters extremely clean and highly polished."
$3.00 Sold Out - I'll make more, but won't
have it done until mid-May. |
Beeswax - one ounce cake of pure yellow beeswax. Beeswax should be applied to linen thread prior to sewing to help keep the thread from fraying or breaking. $1.00 Four ounce block $3.00 |
| Canteen Cork Stopper- a tapered 1" tall cork for canteens or bottles.
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