Striped Canteen Straps

[Pritchett Ball]

While I was at the Franklin, TN. event, I saw some neat striped canvas canteen straps on some of the tin drum canteens...

I remember some time back a suttler was selling them, but I cannot find who it was on the vendor list.
Any one out there making them?

Kevin Dally

[Murph]

Re: Striped Canteen Straps

Wambaugh, White and Co. carries striped, canvas webbing canteen straps. Not sure if they're the exact sort you're looking for:

http://www.wwandcompany.com/index.ph...sacks-canteens

[Pritchett Ball]

Re: Striped Canteen Straps

THATS IT!

I missed that link on their website, thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

Kevin Dally

[fahtz]

Re: Striped Canteen Straps

I bet one of those was on Kiev's canteen. He used to carry a darker variety of the stripped canteen strap. He might have some left around too!

[Jimmayo]

Re: Striped Canteen Straps

Don't know if this was the type of strap you are referring to but it is interesting.

[joey12thga]

Re: Striped Canteen Straps

Joe Blunt at Carter Jasper supplied several of the canteens and slings that were in use.

[Coatsy]

Re: Striped Canteen Straps

Jim, Thanks for posting that picure of the cateen and strap. It is good to see an original version.

[GreencoatCross]

Re: Striped Canteen Straps

I'll add that a large number of herringbone canteen straps issued from Philadelphia Depot were made with blue threads woven into the edges and sometimes had a red line dyed in the center. One of the earliest contracts for "one inch colored webbing" came from Charles Mount of Philadelphia and dates to November 1st, 1862.

The Federal canteen with the striped strap is great. I saw one almost exactly like it at the Ohio Civil War Show last year; the strap itself was a twill woven "ticking" material, rolled and double stitched, with a common Japanned wire buckle sewn in place for adjustment.