Flag Stars & Material

[Robin Hickman]

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BTW : The CF Flag Company likes to bill itself as "America's Flag Company" (you might even say it's their "motto"), and it IS a member of the FMAA.

I have 250 of their PRINTED 3'x5' American flags.


Robin
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[NAVA1974]

. The CF Flag Company likes to bill itself as "America's Flag Company" .

And I understand from Jim Ferrigan that CF Co. once stood for Chicago Flag Company. Now I belive they operate out of Alabama so they had to loose the Chicago moniker.

Nick

[Robin Hickman]

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Hi, Nick !


Yes, the "CF" used to stand for "Chicago Flag". I think the reason for the change was to make it less confusing for their customers and potential customers who might easily get confused as to WHY the Chicago Flag Company is based in Huntsville, Alabama !!!

CF Flag used to be semi-active on eBay using the member name of "BestFlag". They also had/have a "retail" website whose name is based on the "BestFlag" moniker. I bought Flags from them through their eBay outlet.


Robin
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[Robin Hickman]

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It just occurred to me that the difference between the "stiff" and "soft" cotton Flags may be something as simple as the difference between "stiff" and "Soft" Levi's 501 cotton jeans : a couple of washings !!!


Robin
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As I recall though , Robin you store all the flags for your town. That's a bit different than those of us only buying for a single household. I am flying my main flag From a traditional wall mount bracket next to the front door (to the left of front door when viewed from street. Since any of my guests stand next to my flag as they wait at my door, I want them to see a quality flag in great condition.

[csaanv]

. It just occurred to me that the difference between the "stiff" and "soft" cotton Flags may be something as simple as the difference between "stiff" and "Soft" Levi's 501 cotton jeans : a couple of washings !!!

I tried that. I thought by soaking the flag in tepid water that it would "wash out" the siffness but no love.
Cheers,
mike

[american_flag_uk]

My goodness me, how this thread has progressed since I last read it! i ONLY WISH i HADN'T BEEN BUSY OVER THE LAST WEEK OR i WOULD HAVE BUTTED IN SOONER ON THIS ONE!

LMFAO at FLAG SNOBBERY!!!

I am not a flag snobberist - much anyway! Since I have enjoyed collecting US flags from all sorts of companies to try and get a good idea of the variations, in materials, construction, star size, and spacing etc

I must admit I prefer a sewn flag to a printed one, but I see the point about the stars shining up in the sun.. I have a couple of flags with printed stars, and sewn stripes, and they are printed NYLON.

The ones I dislike most are those printed polyester ones.. often the colors are all wrong and they just fade... But I still have a few of them in my collection!

I have a couple of old Annin Reliance cotton flags in my collection -both with 50 stars - printed stars and sewn stripes - the cotton is much thinner than what is used on the modern counterparts, and very soft

[Robin Hickman]

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RE: "Flag Source" : As far as I know, the "Flag Source" website run by J.C. Schultz Enterprises, Inc. (a member of FMAA) is STILL alive and well and can be found at :

http://www.FlagSource.com/


Robin Hickman
Eugene, Oregon, USA
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