BlueBookGuy Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share #76 Posted July 22, 2020 A last photo of the grouping. Quality of the whole, and some layouts should be greatly enhanced from the earlier ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share #77 Posted July 22, 2020 a very last shot at the Schofield in a different lighting than the one in above post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pararaftanr2 Posted July 22, 2020 Share #78 Posted July 22, 2020 Fantastic items, beautifully photographed. Thanks for sharing Franco! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointedcuffs Posted July 23, 2020 Share #79 Posted July 23, 2020 Outstanding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share #80 Posted July 23, 2020 thanx very much Paul and Pointedcuffs !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slobo Posted July 23, 2020 Share #81 Posted July 23, 2020 Franco, I like the hat. Any commentary on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share #82 Posted July 23, 2020 Hello, hat could likely be the only item being not in the correct timeframe the other pieces comfortably are. Decidedly a vintage beaver fur hat with ribbon-bound edge, civilian-made but very difficult to identify - headband too much deteriorated and also crudely repaired. Only legible are 3X BEA ... (standing of course for beaver), I seriously doubt it's an original Stetson as made in late '800s or early '900s. Much likely it's later in my opinion. Another chance is, could instead be a Stevens Company hat (they also manufactured hats in very similar fashion as Stetsons') but if so, that company didn't exist before 1917. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron bender Posted July 24, 2020 Share #83 Posted July 24, 2020 Great looking set! Glad to see folks worldwide appreciating the American West, and the US Army in general in a very transitional time. The quantity of experimental equipment and field trials during this time frame is mind numbing. One could collect 1865-1898 and never complete it in 100 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share #84 Posted July 24, 2020 Thanx very much 'bender for appreciating. As a sidenote for this topic, Cavalry carbine was the first 'Trapdoor'-style gun I got when I didn't think yet about a US Cavalryman set of equipment. Back then idea was, to be able through the time to get one specimen for each of the various models (and their variations?) composing this fascinating family but it turned out being not feasible for many a reason - would have been at least 10 different guns, maybe more. Currently the collection includes four Trapdoors; however adding one Spencer Mod. 1865 carbine, one Sharps Mod. 1867 carbine and one Remington Mod. 1871 rifle there are seven pieces to make some history of long guns for the military section. Here the four Springfields as they look currently: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skypilot6670 Posted July 24, 2020 Share #85 Posted July 24, 2020 That is very , very nice. My compliments, you’ve put together a great grouping. Thanks for posting them. Fraternally Yours. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share #86 Posted July 24, 2020 Too kind Mike, thanx very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share #87 Posted July 25, 2020 Forgot some tips about the four Springfield guns in the above photo: rifle Mod. 1866 (this made in 1867), rifle Mod. 1868 (made in 1870), carbine Mod. 1877 (made in 1881) and rifle Mod.1888 (made in late 1890). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share #88 Posted October 3, 2020 hello again at last, a final change to the Cavalryman display and quite the very ultimate one. Since long ago I was looking for the two items I've found out very recently, both within a few weeks between - this was in my mind time ago but not easy at all, considering many a factor (in my personal instance at least). The older blackish, commercial-made hat and the cavalry-style gauntlets, (they civilian-made too) will be much useful going to another displat; here the Cavalryman has just got a Pattern 1889 campaign hat in great condition, and a pair privately purchased riding gauntlets, Indian-made (Cree or Chippewa tribes) and decorated w/ very nice horseshoe motif. Balance of equipment - Pattern 1890 blouse w/ Corporal chevrons, Trapdoor carbine w/ M-1885 sling, Schofield revolver in a Pattern 1881 (variant #3) holster, and Pattern 1885 cartridge belt w/ ammos, - remain the same as seen in previous photos. Hope you like them. Gauntlets from very late 1890s or very early 1900s, sporting beadwork in shape of four horseshoes + those classic stripes on hand's back; seemingly not a too complicated job if compared to many others, yet in total some 3,940 small beads in four colors. Each pierced to allow for a very thin thread to pass through. Hat is an original 1889 Pattern in great shape, w/ typical 'snowflakes'-style side vents (somehow like a te-point star), plus original Pattern 1858 Cavalry hat cord for privates and NCOs; a couple super-tiny moth holes and nothing more. Drab fur felt (maybe nutria?) and two-row stitching on brim, denoting a very early specimen in transition from the Pattern 1883 hat. Close-up of beads, stitching method is mostly of the so-called 'overlaid stitching' for the horseshoes and (I believe) the 'lazy stitching' for the six stripes. Most beads are rounded and the rest are faceted, overall a little less than 4,000 beads solidly tied to the two gauntlets - what an appalling amount of time must have required !! Leather is still good and enough supple and so is beadwork, with no bead loss or loose threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share #89 Posted October 3, 2020 Here in a somehow 'warmer' lighting than some photos above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pararaftanr2 Posted October 3, 2020 Share #90 Posted October 3, 2020 Beautiful stuff there Franco. The bead work on those gloves is incredible. Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share #91 Posted October 4, 2020 Thanx very much Paul !! 😃😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share #92 Posted October 4, 2020 ... and the last pics including the guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanemono Posted October 4, 2020 Share #93 Posted October 4, 2020 Wonderful group!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyrocket Posted October 9, 2020 Share #94 Posted October 9, 2020 I'll second that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share #95 Posted October 18, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share #96 Posted November 14, 2020 again a Schofield's last image, this time at the right side - markings of Maj. Schofield's two patents are visible with enough details. Thinking a bit more, do not know why vast majority of (my) photos duly show the left side 😗 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZPhil Posted December 1, 2020 Share #97 Posted December 1, 2020 BBG, I know I already said how much I liked your Cav collection, But I kept coming back to that Schofield. That is a beautiful example you have!!! Semper Fi Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWS Posted December 1, 2020 Share #98 Posted December 1, 2020 Quote But I kept coming back to that Schofield. That is a beautiful example you have!!! X2 Very nice and crisp, even reblued! You need one of these original manuals to add to your great looking group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share #99 Posted December 2, 2020 Thanx Phil and GWS for appreciating !! 😃 btw, that manual is something GREAT! Is it your's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWS Posted December 2, 2020 Share #100 Posted December 2, 2020 BBG- Yes, I've had it for about 25 years. Dated 1882. Notice the name of the Secretary of War! I've had several Trapdoor rifles over the years and a 2nd model Schofield too, so when I saw this manual I had to have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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