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[Hook & Eyes]Coat hooks & eyes, large and are close in appearance to originals. They are solid brass with a black finish. 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

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.
Small $0.25 each (5/8" bottom diameter, 13/16" top diameter)
Medium $0.50 each (5/8" bottom diameter, 7/8" top diameter) - fits most G.G. Godwin & T.W. Moran canteens
Large $0.75 each (13/16" bottom diameter, 1-1/16 top diameter) - fits most Carl Giordano canteens

Shaker Boxes - Set of 6 wood boxes. The smaller box nests into the next larger size box so ultimately all boxes are nested in the largest box. Available in painted oval or unpainted round boxes. The smallest oval box measures 2 1/4" x 4" by 1 1/4" tall and the largest oval box is 7 x 10" by 4" tall. The smallest round box measures 3 1/4" diameter by 1 1/4" tall and the largest round box is 8 1/2" by 4" tall. One set left: Red painted oval. The largest box has two splits (can be repaired with wood glue) Reduced price $75.

 

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