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Mark W. Fletcher (Bronbo)
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Username: Bronbo
Post Number: 624
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 09, 2007 - 4:01 am: | |
I saw this on Ebay. I never knew tin was used for stitch patterns. Has anyone used it/tried it?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=0 09&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=1900 81174954&rd=1&rd=1
Hope the link works, but it is item # 190081174954 |
Gary Cunningham (Gcunning)
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Username: Gcunning
Post Number: 220
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 09, 2007 - 4:12 am: | |
I got some patterns from a shoemaker and one of them was made of tin. He also had vamp patterns made of formica. |
Tex Robin (Tex_robin)
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Username: Tex_robin
Post Number: 1088
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 09, 2007 - 4:33 am: | |
Mark,
I have several cutting patterns made from aluminum and some made of tin but a stitch pattern would be difficult to make from tin. I have never seen any bootmaker using tin for stitch patterns...It just wouldn't be practical. We are constantly changing our patterns and paper is the ideal material. You would have to drill holes with a tiny drill on a drill press to do it...Just not practical in my opinion...TR |
Tom O'Sullivan (Tomo)
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Username: Tomo
Post Number: 18
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 09, 2007 - 6:21 am: | |
I had a look earlier and was suprised as to how clean the pattern was. I think it may have been zinc sheeting. It is/was commonly used in the leather industry for patterns because it's very easy to cut and doesn't rust, you could almost make the holes with a centre punch.
Tom. |
Mark W. Fletcher (Bronbo)
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Username: Bronbo
Post Number: 626
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 09, 2007 - 2:56 pm: | |
Tom,
Good to see you again.
Teitzel Boots was an old boot company in Kansas, I think in Wichita. I read that they primarily made military boots during the late 1800s-early 1900s, then in the 1920s focused on cowboy boots. They also went by the name Teitzel-Jones. They closed shop shortly after WWII.
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Carrlyn Miller (Carrlyn)
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Username: Carrlyn
Post Number: 819
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 09, 2007 - 4:16 pm: | |
Just an FYI
"J.C. Teitzel was originally headquartered in 1884 at Junction City, adjacent to Fort Riley, which had one of the largest, and the last horse cavalry units in the country. In 1916 he and his partner C.C. Dehner moved the company to Wichita so they could concentrate on making boots instead of repairing them, and be close to a steaady supply of labor. At that time Schuyler Jones bought into the company, then took over sole ownership in 1930. When the horse cavalry was phased out during WWII, so was the steady market for English riding boots. Thus, Teitzel-Jones began making cowboy boots, a venture that lasted only until 1950."
Source The Kansas Story, Cowboy Boots.
I noticed on ebay that the person selling the tin is located in Omaha, Ne. The Dehner Boot Company is still located in Omaha making riding boots, short boots, etc. |
Tex Robin (Tex_robin)
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Username: Tex_robin
Post Number: 1089
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, February 10, 2007 - 1:29 am: | |
The item is still there if anyone is really interested in looking at it again...Just put in the item number like Mark said...TR
190081174954
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