FINALLY! The Authentic Rank Insignia You've Been Looking For!

[Jeff Thompson]

Re: FINALLY! The Authentic Rank Insignia You've Been Looking For!

Patrick,

I received my order this morning. They are outstanding!

Thanks for the quick shipment.

Thanks,
Jeff

[Joe Walker]

Re: FINALLY! The Authentic Rank Insignia You've Been Looking For!

Pat-

Any chance you can have any made with metalic thread in the future?


Joe Walker

[Bushrod Carter]

Re: FINALLY! The Authentic Rank Insignia You've Been Looking For!

Mssrs. Gingras and Marti,

Your orders were posted earlier this week. That should be hitting your mailboxes soon. Please let me know when they arrive.

Joe, this batch of rank insignia is ALL made with hand embroidered spun metalic stock.

[Greg Barnett]

Re: FINALLY! The Authentic Rank Insignia You've Been Looking For!

I received mine on Monday.
Very nice. I like them very much.
Cheers.

[mtvernon]

Re: FINALLY! The Authentic Rank Insignia You've Been Looking For!

I received mine today, and I thank you for the speediness. Now, I fear I'm the only one who needs to ask (though I hope I'm not), how exactly do I attach them? Does one sew them as is with the square of fabric intact, or do you cut around the insignia and leave just enough room for the thead's purchase?

I hate asking questions like this but I've searched for answers here and elsewhere with no luck.

Thanks Again,

[Bushrod Carter]

Re: FINALLY! The Authentic Rank Insignia You've Been Looking For!

Joe,

There is extra fabric around the insignia. Feel free to cut off as much (or as little) as you see fit - leaving enough around the rank to sew it to the uniform.

What was that - a two or three day (not counting the weekend and holiday) delivery time from ordering? Not bad?

[mtvernon]

Re: FINALLY! The Authentic Rank Insignia You've Been Looking For!

Joe,

There is extra fabric around the insignia. Feel free to cut off as much (or as little) as you see fit - leaving enough around the rank to sew it to the uniform.

What was that - a two or three day (not counting the weekend and holiday) delivery time from ordering? Not bad?

Thanks for the advice and, again, the speedy delivery time. I guess it wasn't TOO slow!

[Mark Choate]

Re: FINALLY! The Authentic Rank Insignia You've Been Looking For!

Pat,

Joe opens an interesting subject. I have seen the rank on original uniforms with backing and then again I have seen strictly the gold thread portion sewn on ( ex. for a capt. the individual three gold strands sewn individually).

Question: Is there a preferred method, especially in the western theatre?

Oh, and on the delivery, the only thing that would improve on the service and the speed would be if you hand delivered each set along with a hand-shake and a greeting. :D

thanks,
Mark

[Bushrod Carter]

Re: FINALLY! The Authentic Rank Insignia You've Been Looking For!

Mark,

(this discussion applies to Confederate EMBROIDERED rank - only)

Yes, you see the rank applied both ways. I do not believe the West has any more prominent application one way or the other.

The difference between the two is this: The patch (rank applied to material and then applied to a uniform) was used when the uniform was already completed and needed to have rank applied to it. On the otherhand the individual application was part of the construction process, i.e. the rank was embroidered directly to the material that the collar was being made from. The tailor would then take the somewhat larger piece of material that already had the embroidery applied to it and cut out the entire collar piece and then apply it to the uniform.

This is something that we don't see in our hobby – for two reasons: 1) our officers often wear different rank depending on the event and 2) the expense of having a uniform jacket made for each rank. HOWEVER, I am now offering this service for those who are planning ahead for a custom uniform, and, in fact, I already have one client to do this.

The problem, from a hobby perspective, is that if the rank is applied directly to the collar that is the rank for that jacket - period. Unless you are good at taking a jacket apart and reapplying a different collar this option isn’t very practical.

I hope this helps.

[Mark Choate]

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Patrick,

It helps tremendously! It is the best explanation that I have ever received on the subject......of course, it is also the only explanation that I have ever received on the subject.

Seriously, that is very helpful and I thank you for the info and for all of the hard work that you've done for the cause of increased historic accuracy!!

Mark

[Coatsy]

Re: FINALLY! The Authentic Rank Insignia You've Been Looking For!

Pat,

Thanks for a superior product! The delivery time was not long at all. I ordered the Confederate infantry set and the different ranks will definitely be used mulitple times in the future.

[DougCooper]

Re: FINALLY! The Authentic Rank Insignia You've Been Looking For!

Pat - do you have any of the CS sets left? If so, paypal finger at the ready. I suddenly realized my last authentic rank just flew south to Bill Treadway on a jacket.

One other technique for sewing these on was directly to the collar using a tiny slit for the end of each bar passing just inside the collar material and then sewn down. I suppose that was done to present a more neat appearance. One could remove and replace these, but it would be laborious and kind of hard on the collar material.

On the same subject, sleeve rank galloons - anybody ever see a second or third row applied due to promotion...or as I would guess, the entire set was replaced? How about mis-matched sleeve and collar rank? Many of us have wrestled with this dilemna I imagine.

[elcid01]

Re: FINALLY! The Authentic Rank Insignia You've Been Looking For!

Pat, Yes i think im the client that you are going to get the material for the colar of my next coat. Joe and I are in the Material looking stage of the project.

Great look to the stars also! Applied them to the Hanesworth frock this past weekend. Ill take pics and post.. they really "pop"!


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[Jeremy Bevard]

Re: FINALLY! The Authentic Rank Insignia You've Been Looking For!

Do you have any of the Union ones left?

[DougCooper]

Re: FINALLY! The Authentic Rank Insignia You've Been Looking For!

Well done Pat - the best I have yet seen!