Need to find a 1874 sack coat !!!!!

Marshal J.D.Lightning · January 09, 2008, 02:12:42 AM

Hope everyone is well in this new year !!!

I am trying to find a 1874 cavalry piped sack coat for an enlisted man.

Hoping one of you good folk can point me in the right direction to find one.

Thanks for your time & help.

All the best from Australia.

Lightning

ColonelFlashman · January 09, 2008, 02:19:46 AM

Coone Creek Old West.http://www.cooncreekoldwest.com/frampage.htm?

Drydock · January 09, 2008, 01:12:39 PM

http://www.quartermastershop.com/

Rancid Roy · January 09, 2008, 07:53:50 PM

Howdy Marshal Lightning,

Both Coon Creek and Quartermaster Shop offer very fine quality uniforms.

You might look to www.ccsutlery.com, they offer a cheaper model, I do not know how it "stacks" up to the above though in quality.

Regards.

Dusty Tagalon · January 10, 2008, 09:59:05 PM

It is my understanding that HS History nakes them for quartermaster, so a little bit cheaper there. I have purchased from both.

http://www.ushist.com

Dusty

Marshal J.D.Lightning · January 11, 2008, 01:21:32 AM

Thanks for all your help Guys

Have sent out some emails making inquiries about these jackets.

Will keep you posted.

All the best.

Lightning

Frank Dalton · January 13, 2008, 01:41:36 PM

Quote from: Dusty Tagalon on January 10, 2008, 09:59:05 PM
It is my understanding that HS History nakes them for quartermaster, so a little bit cheaper there. I have purchased from both.

http://www.ushist.com

Dusty

FYI, US Hist/AzRa/Leavey is a retail operation. If you will note, the item numbers listed correspond to the same item number that Quartermaster uses, as orders are usually dropped shipped from the manufacturers, such as Quartermaster directly to the customer.

I purchased the Indian Wars slouch hat from them on 12/6, received it directly from manufacturer in PA. on 12/17. It was not the one I had ordered. I called the CA telephone number and was told I would have to ship it to CA at my own expense, and they would replace it with the correct one.

I asked if they would refund the the return shipping fee since it was their error that the wrong item was sent, and he basically told me that he didn't care. My only alternatives were to send it back at my expense and he would send the correct one, or I could send it back at my expense, cancel the order and they would charge me a restocking fee.

I sent it back the 18th and they received it in CA on 12/27 (UPS tells me so). I called them 1/11 and they didn't even know if they had received it yet, much less actually doing what is needed to send me the correct one.

This is my first order with them and will be my last. Every telephone call I make to them provides me with a better understanding of how un-customer friendly and un-professional they are to their paying customers.

Major 2 · January 13, 2008, 03:00:02 PM

Quote from: Frank Dalton on January 13, 2008, 01:41:36 PM
FYI, US Hist/AzRa/Leavey is a retail operation. If you will note, the item numbers listed correspond to the same item number that Quartermaster uses, as orders are usually dropped shipped from the manufacturers, such as Quartermaster directly to the customer.

I purchased the Indian Wars slouch hat from them on 12/6, received it directly from manufacturer in PA. on 12/17. It was not the one I had ordered. I called the CA telephone number and was told I would have to ship it to CA at my own expense, and they would replace it with the correct one.

I asked if they would refund the the return shipping fee since it was their error that the wrong item was sent, and he basically told me that he didn't care. My only alternatives were to send it back at my expense and he would send the correct one, or I could send it back at my expense, cancel the order and they would charge me a restocking fee.

I sent it back the 18th and they received it in CA on 12/27 (UPS tells me so). I called them 1/11 and they didn't even know if they had received it yet, much less actually doing what is needed to send me the correct one.

This is my first order with them and will be my last. Every telephone call I make to them provides me with a better understanding of how un-customer friendly and un-professional they are to their paying customers.

There is something really wrong ... I know Terry Levey over 20 years ....that does not sound like him , have you talked to him or his wife ?

Frank Dalton · January 14, 2008, 07:51:47 AM

Quote from: Major 2 on January 13, 2008, 03:00:02 PM
There is something really wrong ... I know Terry Levey over 20 years ....that does not sound like him , have you talked to him or his wife ?

Apparently, Terry is the one I talked to the three times I called about this order.

Drydock · January 14, 2008, 07:52:11 PM

In any case, USH does not make anything. Coon Creek and the QM shop are the only real Quality manufacturers I know of for most items 1872-1901. Both outfits have my measurements on file. I've tried others, but these two are the only ones worth the price. For CW items I'd expand to include CD Jarnigan.

Frank Dalton · January 15, 2008, 06:08:44 PM

Quote from: Sgt. Drydock on January 14, 2008, 07:52:11 PM
In any case, USH does not make anything. Coon Creek and the QM shop are the only real Quality manufacturers I know of for most items 1872-1901. Both outfits have my measurements on file. I've tried others, but these two are the only ones worth the price. For CW items I'd expand to include CD Jarnigan.

I agree with your assessment of the quality of QM Shop products and CD Jarnigan, as I have had dealings with both. I have heard nothing but great compliments on Coon Creek, but have yet to order from them!

I think my order with USH will work out in the end, but it makes me wish I had ordered through someone else. I wanted to give them a shot since they have a good web presence, and have a lot of items listed that one does not usually see elsewhere.

Captain Lee Bishop · January 17, 2008, 11:12:48 PM

Quote from: Frank Dalton on January 13, 2008, 01:41:36 PMThis is my first order with them and will be my last. Every telephone call I make to them provides me with a better understanding of how un-customer friendly and un-professional they are to their paying customers.

Man, I'm sorry to hear that! I ordered some shoulder boards through Quartermaster and they seemed like a nice bunch.
Like some have suggested, sometimes these things happen and they're unusual. I had a really nasty dealing with Dirty Billy Hats once, they charged me way too much, took forever and it was almost an entire numbered size too small. When I returned it with a note that I wasn't happy that the size was so off, I got a phone message stating that they never want me to order from them ever again! After relating this story for a while afterward, I've had many people tell me outright that this couldn't possibly have happened as they folks who run that outfit could NEVER do such a thing. Well, they did it, all right. Maybe they were having a bad day that day, but if I ever go through Gettysburg sometime and see that their store is on fire, I'll pull out a stick and some marshmallows and laugh while it burns to the ground.