The is on ebay a sword, of rapier design, that is being described as a c.1700's Spanish colonial. The sword does look old, but the crude construction of the...
Hola! I couldn't access it directly from the link, but typed Spanish - Colonial - Rapier - Sword into the search engine on the E-bay home page. If you mean the...
Try this link to get to it: http://tinyurl.com/9qjgf I've come to love "tinyurl.com" since I hate to type Best, Eduardo --For Revolutionary War information on...
Re: sword on ebay I was comparing the sword to some images I have of the Historical Society collection and it has a lot of similiar qulaities, except for the...
Thank you all for your assistance and suggestions. Though I have not yet made it to Nacogdoches, I was able to access SFASU's Steen Library website. There I...
Hola Richard, Your message did reach me, but it seems that my reply did not reach you. The reference for that list is in my office and I will send it to you...
Tim, *VERY* cool, indeed! Perhaps if we start working on it now, we could assemble a fleet, in order to re-enact it's destruction by hurricane. Are you...
Hola! There are lots of photos on the related website www.Soldados.us, which can be reached from the links. You can also see photos in the links in the Open...
Thank you, David, for your informative reply. Indeed I did not receive your earlier response. After my post, I found an additional thread that discussed...
... Try a query with Richard Lanni in Deltona, Florida: bucklecastings04@... Richard makes a variety of repro 16th, 17th, and 18th C. buttons, many cast...
Hola Richard, I'll do my best to answer your questions, but please understand that there are some things that just are not yet known. Though I have been at...
- Thanks, David, I appreciate your candor. You explanation of the method of procuring uniforms in different areas makes sense and answers my questions...
--Mr. Cole: For a long time I kept beating my head against a stone wall over the cut of the chupa corta and breeches and finally went out and had one made....
Thanks, Mr. Grant, for your comments and encouragement. I will accept your tactfully-worded advice and "chill-out". I, too, wish like to construct parts or...
... Sometimes I write to harsh, I hope you didn't think I was telling you to chill, what I was meaning is that you are not going to find the "Smoking Gun", and...
Hola Richard, I'm a little surprised that you are recommending "foxing" breeches to a new soldado de cuera reenactor. You wrote to me on several occasions...
Hola Richard, I hope you don't think I am picking on you, but what the heck is a "bauble?" Do you mean the queue or pig-tail? Best wishes, David ... up ... ...
Thanks for the additional information, Mr. Grant (may we dispense with formalities?...please call me Richard). No, I did not take any offense at all from your...
Did they mean "galon" instead of "bauble"? Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld. ... From: "David Rickman" <drickman@...> Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005...
... Sometimes I wonder, have you ever tried to get wool velvet, not cotton velvet or blend but real wool velvet, that can be used for period clothing. Not a...
Hola, Now I am thoroughly confused. What has Napoleon's comment about baubles to do with soldado de cuera uniforms? The origial quote, by the way was "On...
Hola Richard, No, I have never tried to obtain wool velvet, but it is still made - it is used for automobile seats and other purposes. I've found it on the...
... questioned a tailor period 18th and early 19th century reproduction clothing that it is not the same nor the same weight of cloth. Yes I wanted a blue...
... Without getting deep into this, I was quoting my professor, who said the word bauble and that Napoleon said in laymens terms give them bauble. I was...
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