It is kind of nice when someone beats you to the punch sometimes! Makes life alot easier. This started as a project several years back where I had a M1872 set reproduced off of an original (for a VERY pretty penny). Slowly I started to get access to other Indian Wars items and collections and met a talented leather worker. We started trying to do a few thing be coordinating with three or more people across three states and life events (lost jobs, health, moves, divorces, etc) cause the project to drag and something to get postponed indefinitely. All of a sudden the curator of Fort McKavett, Texas (who took over from me when I was there) said he wanted to redo the barrack as 1874 as he and I discussed several times (and what really started my 1872 fixation). He said he needed 20 sets of gear! My maker wasn't able to handle such an order and the prices would be astronomical. I knew What Price Glory has started doing some great quality Spanish American War stuff though I thought "what the heck"...boom, its now reality. The stuff will be good quality and inexpensive by comparison. Everything is being made off copies of originals or museum quality copies made off of originals. Myself and a man named K.C. Kirkman sent alot of original and high quality reproductions to California where they were hand delivered to India for patterning. I even sent a bag full of original hardware. Things will trickle in over the course of the next few months that will appeal to the casual shooter to the advanced collector (you should see the prototype M1872 meat can)
Chris Fischer
F-Troop