Terms and Policies
Please provide a full description of which hat style you desire including wool or fur felt, binding or no binding, color of binding, type and color of cockade, type of button (pewter or brass) and any other details specific to the regiment, unit or impression. Note: Machine sewn hats all have leather liners.
Please include head measurement in INCHES just above the ears and over hair and/or whig.
All prices include shipping within the continental U.S. All shipping is by standard U.S. Mail.
Prices may change at any time without notice.
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE 60 DAYS FROM ORDER TO SHIP FOR HAND SEWN HATS; 30 days from order to ship for machine sewn hats.
NOTE: Our hats are custom crafted to each customer's specifications. Hats are NOT RETURNABLE. Please be specific regarding style, trim, specification including head size. If you have any questions, contact us. We make every effort to reply within 24 hours.
While we have researched our hats extensively, there are unit variations that we may not have within our documentation. As noted above: customers must provide the specifications for other than our "standard" hat offerings (dimensions, color of loopings, binding color and type, cockade color and type, button material and type, etc.).
RESEARCH: We do not provide free research services. CockedHats.com can provide research through Franks Consulting Group. If you desire research regarding a hat, uniform, unit, etc., we would be happy to provide a quote for our research services. We have worked with museums, historical societies, living history units, parks, battlefields and other organizations in the areas of military uniforms, material culture, history and traditions.
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Background
George F. Franks, III, the founder and owner of CockedHats.com has been creating cocked hats and other styles for himself and friends for nearly 40 years. Our customers belong to living history organizations, work for historical sites and also recreate famous period personalities. Additionally, we have crafted hats for museums, theater companies, dance troupes, color guards and re-created martial music organizations. For the past several years a leading impersonators of General Washington has chosen to wear one of our cocked hats to cross the Delaware River on Christmas Day in addition to appearances on televison and other media.
George went on to become a founding member of the 60th Foot, Royal American Regiment at the Fort Pitt Museum. The coming Bicentennial led to his membership with several units in the Brigade of the American Revolution (B.A.R.). George's research focus is on uniforms and clothing of the eighteenth century in North America.
He is a member of the Brigade of the American Revolution, The Company of Military Historians, Continental Line, Gettysburg Discussion Group, Save Historic Antietam, Hagerstown Civil War Round Table, Society of American Bayonet Collectors plus other living history, preservation and military history organizations.
Recommended Merchants, Craftsmen and Organizations.
Based on our personal experience with products and services, we recommend the following sutlers.
*Special thanks to Roy Najecki for promoting CockedHats.com.
Avalon Forge
http://www.avalonforge.com/
Burnley & Trowbridge Co.
http://www.burnleyandtrowbridge.com/
Najecki Reproductions*
http://www.najecki.com/repro/reproindex.html
Company of Military Historians
http://military-historians.org
Other recommended sutlers and vendors: Needle and Thread (Gettysburg), S & S Firearms, Wm. Booth, Draper, Cooperman Drum Company
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