Tweet
What is up with Ben Tart? Is he still in business? His website has been down forever (bentart.com) and he doesn't answer emails, etc. Does he have a new website and contact info that I just don't know about? If he's out of business, does anyone have another source for natural, undyed jean or cassimere?
-
Nic Clark
2017 - 24 years in the hobby
Proud co-founder of the Butcherknife Roughnecks -
Paul B. Boulden Jr.
RAH VA MIL '04
(Loblolly Mess)
[URL="http://23rdva.netfirms.com/welcome.htm"]23rd VA Vol. Regt.[/URL]
[URL="http://www.virginiaregiment.org/The_Virginia_Regiment/Home.html"]Waggoner's Company of the Virginia Regiment [/URL]
[URL="http://www.military-historians.org/"]Company of Military Historians[/URL]
[URL="http://www.moc.org/site/PageServer"]Museum of the Confederacy[/URL]
[URL="http://www.historicsandusky.org/index.html"]Historic Sandusky [/URL]
Inscription Capt. Archibold Willet headstone:
"A span is all that we can boast, An inch or two of time, Man is but vanity and dust, In all his flower and prime." -
Re: Ben Tart
Hi,
He is still in business, as of last weekend, when I saw him at the 145th Gettysburg reenactment.Andrew KasmarComment
-
Re: Ben Tart
Nic,
He's been away from home for weeks, what with two Gettysburg events and other committments. He's got fabric and finished goods--and likely a pile of orders to work down as well in the wake of both events.
Gonna be one of those 'pick up the phone and call at various hours' until you get him sort of things.Terre Hood Biederman
Yassir, I used to be Mrs. Lawson. I still run period dyepots, knit stuff, and cause trouble.
sigpic
Wearing Grossly Out of Fashion Clothing Since 1958.
ADVENTURE CALLS. Can you hear it? Come ON.Comment
-
Re: Ben Tart
Talked to him on friday and ordered up some of his blue-gray jean.
thanks,
Dirk Behana
6th LouisianaDirk Behana
26th North Carolina
Shocker Mess, Hedgesville Blues
C.W.T.
Friends of Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site
King Solomon's Lodge #346 F.&A.M.
Pioneer Lodge of Ohio (Reenactor Masonic Lodge)Comment
-
Re: Ben Tart
252-883-5374Luke Gilly
Breckinridge Greys
Lodge 661 F&AM
"May the grass grow long on the road to hell." --an Irish toastComment
-
Re: Ben Tart
I also purchased a coat from him at 145th Gettysburg re-enactment. If he is going out of buisness, then I am very glad to have gotten one last piece of his art.Comment
-
Re: Ben Tart
what is his email?
-Matt RennierMatthew "Bullfrog" Rennier
4th O.V.I Co. B
"Union Guards":baring_teComment
-
Re: Ben Tart
He called in sick this morning (Monday the 14th) but says he'll be in tomorrow. I'll show him this thread when he comes in.
No, he is not going out of business--he is very much still in business as last week at Gettysburg shows. It's just that he does not like to answer many inquiries, and I can't blame him as it would be overwhelming if he tried.
Also I keep him chained to the grindstone as my minion here in the conservation lab.Spence Waldron~
Coffee cooler
"Straggled out and did not catch up."Comment
-
Originally posted by 6thLouisiana View Post
That's some very good looking jean! I've got him making me a couple things from it too.William L. Shifflett
Valley Light Horse and Lord of Louisa
"We are still expecting the enemy. Why dont he come?" -JEB Stuart
In Memory of 3 Sox, 4th Va Cavalry horse, my mount, my friend. Killed in action January 9th, 2005.Comment
-
Re: Ben Tart
Originally posted by Iceman View Post
Nic, I am still in business and business is very good. As a matter of fact I just took a large order from Pea Ridge Military Park this past Friday for osnaburg to make curtains for the Elk Horn Tavern. My phone number works (252-883-5374) and I do have undyed jean in stock. I "blew-up" my web site and I am working on a new one. If I don't answer just leave a message. I am using Spence's screen to calm the panic before it spreads to the general public.
Ben Tart (not an approved vendor)Spence Waldron~
Coffee cooler
"Straggled out and did not catch up."Comment
-
Re: Ben Tart
Does anybody know what Mr. Tart is offering at the moment concerning fabrics? He has not updated his homepage for some time.
Thanks.Bene von Bremen
German Mess
"I had not previously known one could get on, even in this unsatisfactory fashion, with so little brain."
Ambrose Bierce "What I Saw of Shiloh"Comment
-
Re: Ben Tart
Ben,
Just give him a call. I talked to him last week about some fabric for a new project. That is the best way to find out what fabric is in stock and what new fabric is in the works.
just me,
Dirk BehanaDirk Behana
26th North Carolina
Shocker Mess, Hedgesville Blues
C.W.T.
Friends of Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site
King Solomon's Lodge #346 F.&A.M.
Pioneer Lodge of Ohio (Reenactor Masonic Lodge)Comment
-
Re: Ben Tart
Dirk,
Thank you. It is just that I am from Germany and a call to the States via a cell phone is not very cheap ...
Thing is I would like to know if he still has some logwood dyed fabric, which is hard to get by these days and seems to stay that way for some time to go.Bene von Bremen
German Mess
"I had not previously known one could get on, even in this unsatisfactory fashion, with so little brain."
Ambrose Bierce "What I Saw of Shiloh"Comment
-
Re: Ben Tart
Hi.
I have a pair of pants comming from him in logwood. He should have it soon.
Hope this helps.
Bill
It is hard to catch him, just leave a message. He is very good to work with.Comment
Comment