Hi Folks,
Does anyone have a pattern for gaiters , thwe material they should be made from, no and type of buttons?

All the best,
Robert

i AM NOT AWARE OF ANYONE HAVING A PATTERN FOR THE 1812 GAITORS. MOST MEMBERS HAVE THEIR GAITORS MADE OF BLACK WOOL CLOTH WITH THE NUMBER OF BUTTONS VARYING DEPENDING ON HOW LONG YOUR LEG IS, I HAVE 20 BUTTONS ON EACH GAITOR MEANING THAT THEY VIRTUALLY TOUCH EACH OTHER. THE BUTTONS ARE MADE FROM BLACK LEATHER AND KEITH REDFEARN IS THE ONLY SOURCE I AM AWARE OF. THE BUTTONS HOLES ARE REINFORCED WITH A STRIP OF LINEN APPROX 15MM WIDE WITH ANOTHER STRIP AROUND THE TOP OF THE GAITOR, IT HELPS TO STOP THEM FALLING DOWN YOUR LEG! WHILST KEITH MAY NOT HAVE A PATTERN HE MAY MORE DEATILS.DON'T FORGET TO SEW A PEICE OF LEATHER UNDERNEATH THE INSTEP. THE HANDBOOK OF FRENCH INFANTRY UNIFORMS SHOWS THE APPROX SHAPE, I CAN ONLY SUGGEST YOU MAKE A MOCK UP OF A GAITOR FROM SOME CHEAP LINEN AND MAKE IT TO MEASURE.

I HOPE THE ABOVE HELPS!

Hi Rob
I have a pattern for black wool gaiters. I'm not sure if there ever was an oficial pattern. This pattern i have is probably a Dave Rushworth pattern
that he did when he was a member.
( dated 1989).
Hainsworth wool is probably the best
and the dearest, but you get what you pay for.
James

Hi James,
Hainsworth do a wool doeskin in black, it is pretty pricey, but looks the right stuff. Keith sent me a pattern, so I will look to making this up shortly, once I have wool.

The osprey book indicates that French line were issued with two pairs of Gaiters, one in Grey Linen and the other in black wool, when was the grey linen worn and was it really grey?

Kind reagrds, robert

The "grey" gaiters are worn on the march, the black in full dress, if the grey are worn out then the black can be worn at all times.

The grey gaiters are of unbleached linen, and therefore vary in there "greyness"

Keith