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Post by Jim Boylston on Jun 29, 2008 20:59:40 GMT -5
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Post by fespar on Dec 18, 2008 18:34:01 GMT -5
Speaking of Fess Parker.For more than fifty years I've been wanting a Davy Crockett cap EXACTLY like one worn by him in King of the Wild Frontier.True,he wore several different ones.Until I figure out how to post photos let me just say that it should look like the one he wore at the Alamo.I doubt it is a coon,looks more like beaver.Can anyone help me out?
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Post by Allen Wiener on Dec 18, 2008 22:31:18 GMT -5
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Post by texast on Dec 19, 2008 0:15:55 GMT -5
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Post by billchemerka on Dec 19, 2008 8:58:37 GMT -5
Several caps were made for Fess for his Disney Crockett productions. Two types were used in the initial trilogy (particularly "Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter"): coonskin and coyote.
One of the coonskin caps was on display last summer at Disney Studios.
The best way to have a cap duplicated is to first get a good digital color photo from the Disney Treasures DVD. Several photo angles are better than one, but make sure it's the same cap.
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Post by texast on Dec 19, 2008 15:20:55 GMT -5
Yea your right Bill, I forgot about the coyote. thinking back some that might have been the type I had when I was young also. It closely looked more like coon although it wasn't if I remember right. It was not a full cap either as there was no face/head on it though. So hard for me to remember it in detail after so many years.
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Post by Jim Boylston on Dec 19, 2008 17:05:08 GMT -5
I ordered a coonskin cap from crockettcoonskincaps as soon as I found out that my first grandchild was on the way. (Born in August. I was shooting for Crockett's birthday, but missed it by a week.) There are certain traditions one must pass on!
At any rate, I found these folks to be very friendly and prompt in their service, and can recommend them.
The cap I ordered was a coon tail cap..I figured a full-faced coonskin cap might scare the little guy!
Jim
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Post by fespar on Dec 21, 2008 5:28:42 GMT -5
Thanks for your comments!I'd have no problem in providing a number of photos of how the Crockett-cap should look.But where can I get one made?
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Post by texast on Dec 21, 2008 16:34:32 GMT -5
I would suggest if you want to try to get one made you should probably contact crockettcoonskincaps.tripod.com/index.html They may be able to do something custom and who knows they might even make a new line out of it if they don't already have a similar. Else you need to find a coon skin it, dry it (be sure to make a good coon soup also, waste not want not) and tell the wife ... get busy sewing this up this way .... J/k. |
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Post by fespar on Apr 10, 2009 17:07:31 GMT -5
In January,2009,I contacted Western Costume in my 50-year long search for an exact copy of Fess Parker's Davy Crockett cap(see The Alamo episode).First,I was told that they could make me for about $1000.00.I responded "Go Ahead!"A month later they informed me that they were not sure they could make one as per my request and suggested I look elsewhere!Western Costume,can't make a coon-skin cap?Now,where do I search?NONE of the Internet sites I've found make anything even close.HELP!
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Post by fespar on Jul 5, 2009 7:06:51 GMT -5
Man can go to the moon,man can clone animals.However,man cannot make a Fess Parker/Davy Crockett cap!
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