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Title: RE: Riflemens frock
Post by: IronBull on October 09, 2010, 12:38:34 AM

Would a Mountain Man worn a Rilfemans Frock?

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Post by: Gordon H.Kemp on October 09, 2010, 03:09:19 AM

Good qyestion? my guess would be "YES" ! At least those that first  ventured into the mountain man territorys first . The frock was a common item of wear for many years amongest those that ventured into the new ar eas of the country. Some of our resident experts on clothing should be along shortly .

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Post by: cb on October 10, 2010, 04:31:21 PM

yes - as noted especially in the earlier period they would have been made of cloth (linen or hemp), but there is also documentation for leather ones and these continued to be worn into the 1860's.

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Post by: Captchee on October 10, 2010, 05:34:01 PM

probably the for runners of the   wonderful great coats to