Making a mostly accurate reproduction of a civil war 1861 cartridge box
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- I was asked to make a Civil war cartridge box. I know there are folks out there that make these, so I thought it should be easy to find a pattern for one. I was wrong. Couldn't find a pattern anywhere, and then I found out that details varied between manufacturers and specifications changed as the war progressed and procurement became more difficult. So I spent a couple weeks making my own pattern from a poor quality replica, and a bunch of pictures, measurements and descriptions.
While I definitely don't claim this pattern will make a museum quality replica it does make a cartridge box that is kind of sorta not entirely unlike an 1857 or 1861 .58 cartridge box.
This pattern is available for purchase at bransonsgenera...
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Would love to make one, if for a Napoleonic era, they seem very similar except for a wooden insert. Bravo, fantastic job.
Thank you!
It would probably be a little larger. Napoleon's troops had .69 cal muskets. Similar to some of the smoothbores still in use at the beginning of the civil war. Those early war cartridge boxes were larger.
Great eye for detail! Very nice job, you are a talented leather fellow!
Thank you!
I really love your work, you inspire me to be a better leatherworker myself. Thank you.
Wow, thank you!
Sir,
Is the product you used to hot stuff the Cartridge Box available commercially ?
If so - What is the name of the product ?
If not - Would you mind sharing the recipe ?
I really like the notion of adding pine resin (I wonder if pine tar would work in a pinch ?) as that adds an excellent layer of water resistance. Where do you get your pine resin ?
Additionally - Where did you get your #14 rivets ?.? They are hard to find sometimes ...
Another great construction video. I watch everything you post since I stumbled across your channel !.!
I very much look forward to your reply.
Kind Regards,
CW Peterson
Grass Valley, California; USA
Have you thought or planned to make a cap box pattern to go along with this?
I plan to, but not sure when I will get it done. The day job gets in the way of these plans I have.
Those are double running stitches. Not saddle stitches. They look very similar but there's no twist or knot in the centre. Ive noticed a few American leatherworkers incorrectly call that style of stitching a saddle stitch.
Cool pouch you've made though. Fairly complex design. 👍
Do you have a historic source for twisting or knotting the threads? As near as I can tell that is a modern idea. I have done some research on it when I was working for a colonial era museum and created a replica item for an exhibit. I see no added benefit to it because the stitches will hold tight until both threads break either way. Twisting or knotting the threads will just shorten the longevity of the stitches by causing the threads to wear through each other as the leather flexes with use. Similarly to how lock stitches often fail.