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Anybody have a source for Goodyear or other types of hard rubber buttons. I need (10 ) 1" buttons for a couple of projects and my usual source has dried up.
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David Parent
The Cracker Mess
MLK Mess
Black Hat Boys
WIG
Veterans would tell of Sherman's ordering a flanking movement and instructing a subordinate how to report his progress: "See here Cox, burn a few barns occasionally, as you go along. I can't understand those signal flags, but I know what smoke means" -
Re: Source for Goodyear buttons?
David, surprisingly, the quirky buy/sell community site Etsy usually has a pretty good selection. For example, a quick search of "goodyear button" in the vintage category rendered this as the first result.
Usually prices are as variable as the style of buttons. I've nabbed large matching sets on Etsy for as little as $3. But here I go giving away all of my secrets. . .Caleb Miller
"A man who is clean has a better opinion of himself than one who is not and invariably makes a better soldier. This then is an important matter." - Inspector's comment on MacRae's Brigade, 1864 -
Re: Source for Goodyear buttons?
Discovered Etsy yesterday and got excited when I saw those buttons but their not quite what I'm looking for. Favorited this site and will continue to monitor. Thanks for the suggestion Caleb.David Parent
The Cracker Mess
MLK Mess
Black Hat Boys
WIG
Veterans would tell of Sherman's ordering a flanking movement and instructing a subordinate how to report his progress: "See here Cox, burn a few barns occasionally, as you go along. I can't understand those signal flags, but I know what smoke means"Comment
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Re: Source for Goodyear buttons?
David, you can try your luck on EBay. Sometimes I'm able to get good sets on there at reasonable prices OR for more variety you can look up Bill Macintosh, he has hard rubber buttons galore.Cheers,
[COLOR=Red]Kirby Smith[/COLOR]
Loblolly Mess
Too many ancestors who served and events on the schedule to post here...Comment
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Re: Source for Goodyear buttons?
Kirby, thanks. Ebay was where I've been getting them but there's none right now. Do you have contact info for Mr. Macintosh?David Parent
The Cracker Mess
MLK Mess
Black Hat Boys
WIG
Veterans would tell of Sherman's ordering a flanking movement and instructing a subordinate how to report his progress: "See here Cox, burn a few barns occasionally, as you go along. I can't understand those signal flags, but I know what smoke means"Comment
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Re: Source for Goodyear buttons?
David, well I usually see him at events. I think his phone number is still 410-962-8503.Cheers,
[COLOR=Red]Kirby Smith[/COLOR]
Loblolly Mess
Too many ancestors who served and events on the schedule to post here...Comment
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Re: Source for Goodyear buttons?
Also check with the Button Baron. He's got some listed with on his civilian fliers.Mike Stein
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Re: Source for Goodyear buttons?
I have seen some from Blockade Runner Sutler out of Tennessee. They have a website blockaderunner.com They are not 1 inch however they are 7/8 inch and 5/8 inch.
Here is a link to the page with the buttons on it.
Dan Stilley
Tater Mess/ Holmes Brigade
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Henry Hollenbeck- 11th Kansas Cavalry Co. B
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Thomas Freeborn-72nd Illinois Infantry Co. I[/COLOR] [COLOR="#FF0000"]Killed at Franklin, Tennessee[/COLOR]Comment
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Re: Source for Goodyear buttons?
I have found some very nice original ones on Ebay...do a search on original Goodyear hard rubber buttons.Tom "Mingo" Machingo
Independent Rifles, Weevil's Mess
Vixi Et Didici
"I think and highly hope that this war will end this year, and Oh then what a happy time we will have. No need of writing then but we can talk and talk again, and my boy can talk to me and I will never tire of listening to him and he will want to go with me everywhere I go, and I will be certain to let him go if there is any possible chance."
Marion Hill Fitzpatrick
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Re: Source for Goodyear buttons?
Dan,
From what I understand Blockade Runner's buttons are plastic.
Tom,
Thanks for the advice. That's where I had been getting them. The source I was using had not had sets in a while. That's why I posted on the AC and on the other forum. I have purchased collections on ebay recently to pick up patterns that I have multiples of in order to make sets. You have to get lucky to pick these up though. Sometimes there's competition and they get bid up and other times you can get them cheap.
I actually was contacted by a source who contributes alot on the other forum about sets he had available but than he wouldn't respond to repeated contacts. Some people are flakey that way.Last edited by Mcguire; 03-09-2012, 09:15 PM.David Parent
The Cracker Mess
MLK Mess
Black Hat Boys
WIG
Veterans would tell of Sherman's ordering a flanking movement and instructing a subordinate how to report his progress: "See here Cox, burn a few barns occasionally, as you go along. I can't understand those signal flags, but I know what smoke means"Comment
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Re: Source for Goodyear buttons?
Well now, a real thinking member of the Cracker Mess would have called the Goodyear Company direct. Did you try that one yet? :pMichael Comer
one of the moderator guysComment
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David Parent
The Cracker Mess
MLK Mess
Black Hat Boys
WIG
Veterans would tell of Sherman's ordering a flanking movement and instructing a subordinate how to report his progress: "See here Cox, burn a few barns occasionally, as you go along. I can't understand those signal flags, but I know what smoke means"Comment
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Re: Source for Goodyear buttons?
Blockade Runner's reproductions of hard rubber buttons are in fact plastic.Originally posted by Mcguire View PostMatthew SempleComment
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Re: Source for Goodyear buttons?
Another good place to get them from is the civil war civilian out of broken arrow,OK
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