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Leatherneck Products
Belts, Buckles, Guitar (and other instrument) straps, wallets and cases. It's all made out in the garage with no machines. The products should speak for themselves. Weather you need matching straps for your garage band, or your a lone singer/songwriter that wants a personalized one. Do you want to get dad the classic belt and wallet for a father's day or Christmas gift? Don't forget mom too, a personalized clutch bag or checkbook cover will have all the other church ladies wanting one just like it. Are you an aspiring cowboy or weekend motorcycle rider and could use a pair of pink chaps? If you don't already see what you want on this page shoot me an email at HUFFSTUTLERCHAD@YAHOO.COM with your idea and we can make it happen.
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What is a Leatherneck?

Leatherneck is a slang term for a member of the United States Marine Corps. Now accepted by Webster as a synonym for Marine, the term "Leatherneck" was derived from a leather collar once worn around the neck by both American and British Marines. Beginning in 1798, "one stock of black leather and clasp" was issued to each U. S. Marine annually. The dress blue uniform still bears that stock collar today, while the service uniform's standing collar was changed to a rolled-flat type prior to WWII.

This stiff leather collar, fastened by two buckles at the back, measured nearly three and a half inches high, and it prevented the neck movement necessary for sighting along a barrel. The origin of the leather neck collar has to do with early 19th Century military fashion trends in Europe and North America. Its use among enlisted men supposedly improved their military bearing and appearance by forcing the chin high and to serve as protection for one's neck from sword blows. General George F. Elliott, recalling its use after the Civil War, said it made the wearers appear "like geese looking for rain."

The stock was dropped as an article of Marine uniform in 1872, after surviving through the uniform changes of 1833, 1839, and 1859.
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