You are viewing this forums as a guest which limits you to read only status.
Only registered members may post stories, questions, classifieds, reply to other posts, contact other members using built in messaging and use many other features found on these forums.
Why not register and join us today? It's free! (We don't share your email addresses with anyone.) We keep email addresses of our users to protect them and others from bad people posting things they shouldn't.
Nemo said:EZ: I had a running gun battle with editors of American Digger Magazine about brass tent rope tighteners a couple of years back. They believe brass tightners are not Civil War but can be found on same campgrounds used later by military or even scouts. I checked as many CW photos as I could at the National Archives to prove them wrong. Every tent rope tightner I could find was the wooden "Dog Bone" tightner (see below). I think they are right. It was probably much cheaper to make.