"Tom Horn" suspenders?

[Mossyrock]

Gents,

Go back and watch "Tom Horn" with Steve McQueen.  In this movie, he wears green, button-on suspenders with thin blue stripes.  Any idea where to find a pair of these?  I have checked with all of the "usual suspects"...

Mossyrock

[panhead pete]

I would look at Civil War sutlers first.  Fall Creek Sutlery,  Blockade Runner, S& S Sutlers, C & D Jarnagin and Regimental Quartermaster.  You may not be able to find the exact material but thin striped were common then.

If you or a friend are handy with a sewing machine, go to a fabric store and buy striped 'osnaburg', 'canvas'  or 'ticking' material.  You can buy piercing buckles from a Civil war sutler and make them.  Needle & Thread in Gettysburg has material and the period hardware.  Not as quick as using a card and ordering a pair, but you'll be the only guy who has em'!

Good luck,

PhP 

[Mossyrock]

I would look at Civil War sutlers first.  Fall Creek Sutlery,  Blockade Runner, S& S Sutlers, C & D Jarnagin and Regimental Quartermaster.  You may not be able to find the exact material but thin striped were common then.

If you or a friend are handy with a sewing machine, go to a fabric store and buy striped 'osnaburg', 'canvas'  or 'ticking' material.  You can buy piercing buckles from a Civil war sutler and make them.  Needle & Thread in Gettysburg has material and the period hardware.  Not as quick as using a card and ordering a pair, but you'll be the only guy who has em'!

Good luck,

PhP 

Thanks, Pete.  Great resources.  Unfortunately, no joy on the suspenders.   

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[Abilene]

Howdy Mossyrock,
I haven't seen Tom Horn in a long time and don't have the movie in my collection.  Are the suspenders green with two skinny blue stripes down the middle and a skinny light gray stripe down the outside edges?  If so, I have a pair of those in a Y-back elastic style that I got maybe ten years ago from some CAS vendor that I can't recall.  But River Junction carries an X-back pair that appears to be the same color:
http://www.riverjunction.com/X-Back-Suspender--Elastic-_p_239.html
I also noticed some time back that either Tom Selleck or Sam Elliot had the same color style braces in one of their movies, and Jeff Osterhage as Tyrell Sackett wears them in The Sacketts.
Hope that helps.

[Mossyrock]

Howdy Mossyrock,
I haven't seen Tom Horn in a long time and don't have the movie in my collection.  Are the suspenders green with two skinny blue stripes down the middle and a skinny light gray stripe down the outside edges?  If so, I have a pair of those in a Y-back elastic style that I got maybe ten years ago from some CAS vendor that I can't recall.  But River Junction carries an X-back pair that appears to be the same color:
http://www.riverjunction.com/X-Back-Suspender--Elastic-_p_239.html
I also noticed some time back that either Tom Selleck or Sam Elliot had the same color style braces in one of their movies, and Jeff Osterhage as Tyrell Sackett wears them in The Sacketts.
Hope that helps.

Yup, those are the ones I am looking for, preferably in "Y" back.

[Coal Creek Griff]

I have a pair I've had since I was a teenager--I think they were my dad's. They are just as you describe.  The only brand is on the adjustment buckles.  They say "Police Brace".  Don't know if that helps.