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  • #1

    Wheel cap

    Hey pards,

    I'm going to start making a civilian wheel cap, and I want to know if anybody has any documentation on them, and if there were ever any caps with like 2 colors, anything out of the ordinary is what I'm really looking for. Hell any documentation at all will work!

    thanks,
    Last edited by tater_cuffie; 03-25-2009, 07:31 AM.
    Kyle (Cuffie) Pretzl
    The Tater Mess
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    Re: Wheel cap

    Kyle -

    Are you talking civilian or military? If the latter, you can borrow my copy of "Army Blue" by John Langellier which has several nice images of the '39 cap as worn in the 1850's. I can bring it to Ft. Scott if you are interested. If you are going for a civilian pattern, I'm not much help.
    [FONT="Times New Roman"][/FONT] Aaron Racine
    [COLOR="Blue"][I]Holmes' Brigade, USV[/I][/COLOR]
    [COLOR="Silver"][COLOR="Gray"][I]Macon County Silver Greys[/I][/COLOR][/COLOR]

    [COLOR="Red"]"This gobbling of things so, disgusts me much. I think the city should be burned, but would like to see it done decently." - Maj. Charles W. Wills, February 17, 1865, before Columbia, S.C.[/COLOR]

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    • #3
      Re: Wheel cap

      Just a moment...
      http://theyoungcampaigner.typepad.com/the_young_campaigner/2007/10/make-your-own-m.html
      Nick Buczak
      19th Ind

      [url]http://www.allempires.com[/url]

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      • #4
        Re: Wheel cap

        The blog post makes an interesting observation: "After the [Mexican] war was over, that style of hat became popular with common people." What kind of cap or hat was fashionable for the masses before then, or where can one go for this information?
        Will Hickox

        "When there is no officer with us, we take no prisoners." Private John Brobst, 25th Wisconsin Infantry, May 20, 1864.

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        • #5
          Re: Wheel cap

          Hello,

          I believe Chris Semanchik (sp? i always mess it up) made a few wheel caps several years ago. From some photos I've seen (When I find the links I'll post them), they tended to be one color of one fabric. Cordorouy and oil cloth come to mind.

          Best,
          Matt Mickletz
          [SIZE="3"][FONT="Century Gothic"]Matt Mickletz[/FONT][/SIZE]

          [SIZE=4][SIZE=3][/SIZE][FONT=Garamond][COLOR="#800000"][/COLOR][I]Liberty Rifles[/I][/FONT][/SIZE]

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          • #6
            Re: Wheel cap

            Originally posted by FortyRounder View Post
            The blog post makes an interesting observation: "After the [Mexican] war was over, that style of hat became popular with common people." What kind of cap or hat was fashionable for the masses before then, or where can one go for this information?
            The style was popular with common people well before the Mexican War and like nearly all fashion in the 19th century wasn't an American creation; keep digging you'll find the answers.
            Ian McWherter

            "With documentation you are wearing History, without it, it's just another costume."-David W. Rickman

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            • #7
              Re: Wheel cap

              The Prussians wore similar caps during the Napoleonic Wars. They were also the first military to wear frock coats.
              Nick Buczak
              19th Ind

              [url]http://www.allempires.com[/url]

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              • #8
                Re: Wheel cap

                Afternoon Tater,

                Nick Buczak is right on with his reference to the Young Campaigner article "Make Your Own Mechanic's Cap". The instructions are clear, consise and easy to follow.

                I would be interested in more documentation on this hat as well. I hope this thread might generate some new material as well.

                I remain the same and hope remain too!

                Frank Campbell

                AKA: Furlough Frank
                1st CO Volunteer Infantry Company D
                [FONT="Comic Sans MS"][I]Frank E. Campbell[/I][/FONT]

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                • #9
                  Re: Wheel cap

                  Bill Wickham of Dirty Billy's Hats makes them. He may have a great deal of info on them as well. Clifford Earl Hyde

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