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    I'm always trying to add little things to my impression to improve authenticity. The latest thing I've been looking at is putting together an authentic toiletries kit. I was wondering if anyone out there could point me in the right direction. I would really like to find some first hand accounts that talk about toiletries. Thanks for any help.
    Morgan B. Tittle

    The Drunken Lullaby Mess

    "... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language ... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
    Theodore Roosevelt 1907

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    Re: authentic toiletries

    Not quite what your looking for, but hopefully helpful:

    John Taylor

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    • #3
      Re: authentic toiletries

      Morgan,

      I use a small poke sack with a bone handle, boar bristle toothbrush, a small tin of tooth powder and a small tin with modern medications. Sometimes I will add a small piece of lye soap and a small, huck towel. For living history purposes I also have a period razor. Original period razors can be found for reasonable prices (however I suggest using them for show and not for real shaving). Get a new repro razor if you wish to actually shave with it.
      Aside from a very small housewife, this is about all I carry in regards to toiletries.

      regards,
      Jim Butler
      Jim Butler

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      • #4
        Re: authentic toiletries

        Morgan,

        Kevin O'Beirne's article on Knapsack and Haversack Packing 101 on the Columbia Rifles website, hands down is my favourite. http://www.columbiarifles.org/Articl...l_Packing.html

        Regards,

        Jason
        Jason C. Spellman
        Skillygalee Mess

        "Those fine fellows in Virginia are pouring out their heart's blood like water. Virginia will be heroic dust--the army of glorious youth that has been buried there."--Mary Chesnut

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        • #5
          Re: authentic toiletries

          A properly constructed toothbrush and tooth powder and the rice bag from your haversack. That's all you need.

          :wink_smil
          [FONT="Book Antiqua"]"Grumpy" Dave Towsen
          Past President Potomac Legion
          Long time member Columbia Rifles
          Who will care for Mother now?[/FONT]

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          • #6
            Re: authentic toiletries

            Thanks for the help everyone. Has anybody out there come across actual accounts of soldiers in the field talking about toiletries or related items?
            Morgan B. Tittle

            The Drunken Lullaby Mess

            "... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language ... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
            Theodore Roosevelt 1907

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            • #7
              Re: authentic toiletries

              Originally posted by fedcampaigner View Post
              I would really like to find some first hand accounts that talk about toiletries.
              Take time to read letters and journals, and you will find plenty of references to period toiletry items, especially soap, or the lack thereof. In the meantime, you have had some excellent advice on this thread.
              [B]Charles Heath[/B]
              [EMAIL="heath9999@aol.com"]heath9999@aol.com[/EMAIL]

              [URL="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Spanglers_Spring_Living_History/"]12 - 14 Jun 09 Hoosiers at Gettysburg[/URL]

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              [EMAIL="beatlefans1@verizon.net"]31 Jul - 2 Aug 09 Texans at Gettysburg [/EMAIL]

              [EMAIL="JDO@npmhu.org"] 11-13 Sep 09 Fortress Monroe [/EMAIL]

              [URL="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Elmira_Death_March/?yguid=25647636"]2-4 Oct 09 Death March XI - Corduroy[/URL]

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                Re: authentic toiletries

                just a toothbrush stuck in a buttonhole for me, the haversack is a far too foul and greasy of a place for it.
                Nicholas Lionberger

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                • #9
                  Re: authentic toiletries

                  Originally posted by Charles Heath View Post
                  Take time to read letters and journals, and you will find plenty of references to period toiletry items, especially soap, or the lack thereof. In the meantime, you have had some excellent advice on this thread.
                  Mr. Heath,

                  Thats what I am trying to find. Could you point me in the right directioin of these soureces. I'm not lookin for someone to do the research for me...I just need a little help getting started.
                  Morgan B. Tittle

                  The Drunken Lullaby Mess

                  "... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language ... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
                  Theodore Roosevelt 1907

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                  • #10
                    Re: authentic toiletries

                    Awhile back, I would say a year, someone posted some excellent pictures of some toiletries; ie toothpaste containers and the such with the actual labels so clear. I believe it may have been lost when the AC went down.
                    Kindest Regards;
                    Harold Adams
                    Co. F, 48th NYVI
                    "On occupation duty in Florida"

                    Here we are, some with whole skins, and some not so whole. Others have been left behind. For myself, I can only wonder if there is a bone left in my carcass when I think of the wholesale carnage through which I have passed. My bruises are inward.
                    Pvt. J. Haley, Co I, 17th Maine Vols., 9 June 1865

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