The Appin Papers

Index

• A Brief Introduction
• The Appins:  Regiment and Village Life in 1745
• Clothing, Weapons, Equipment, etc.
• Recommended Reading
• Web Links
• Suppliers

Sutlers (Suppliers)

As always, please check with one of the group's officers regarding the best choices for equipment; not all equipment sold by sutlers on this page may be appropriate for a particular impression. For instance, a sword that is appropriate for the French & Indian War period might not be accurate for someone portraying a Jacobite in 1745.

Arms and related supplies:
Armour Class
By The Sword
Cas Iberia
Dixie Gun Works -- dirk blade kit
Godwin
Highland Arms
Jas. Townsend and Son, Inc.
Kings Ransom
Kremer Pigments
Mad Piper (swords, dirks, sporrans)
McMaster-Carr (metal)
Navy Arms
Past & Present
Pedersoli
Smoke & Fire
Swords-n-Stuff
Track of the Wolf

Museum Replicas carries a few weapons that will do in a pinch, though you will have to modify them to make them correct. Do NOT buy their clothes, sporrans, or jewelry.

Early Scottish Dirk from Museum Replicas Limited
Primitive Scottish Dagger "
Brass Basket Hilted Claymore "

Leatherwork:
C.S. Osborne & Co. Leather Tools
e-Leather Supply
Hanson's Leather
Kentucky Leather & Hides -- carries some deerskin appropriate for pampooties, sporrans; see Appin Paper about sporrans for pattern
Moscow Hide and Fur
Siegel Leather
Tandy Leather

Clothing and Textiles:
Barkertown Sutlers -- men's jackets, shirts, fitted trews, waistcoats
Burnley & Trowbridge, 319 Oaktree Rd., Williamsburg, VA -- 757-253-1644
   -- Catalog w/swatches, $3.  Linens, wool, linsey-woolsey, fustian, horsehair interlining, hemp canvas, buttons, and sundry other period fabrics and supplies
Dharma Trading Co. -- textile crafts supplies; sells indigo and other natural dyestuffs
Diane Jensen - hand-knitted Scots bonnets
EarthGuild -- Supplies for weaving, dyeing, etc.;
Halcyon Yarns -- spinning, weaving, and other fiber arts supplies and books
Hamilton Dry Goods - out of period, but has some appropriate fabric
Handwoven Plaid Cloth for 18th c. Plaid Hose
-- patterns and fabric for 18th c., as well as other supplies
Jas. Townsend and Son, Inc. -- sells fabric, patterns and clothing
Lacis
-- sells hand-knitted knitted bonnets, stockings, 17th and 18th century buttons, pottery, etc.