CFA Old English Baseball Cap
CFA Old English Baseball Cap
 

CFA Old English Baseball Cap

Sale price$65.00

This version of the Colt strapback features the "CFA" embroidery in Old English font on the front panels with an adjustable leather strap closure at the rear.  CFA is the abbreviation  for "Colt Firearms" the long form of which is embroidered on the back of the cap, another detail is Sam Colt's signature featured on one side.

This six-panel baseball hat has a slightly shorter visor for easy maneuverability, branded tape inside the cap and a brass hardware closure features a laser engraved rampant colt design.

CFA Old English Baseball Cap

Rampant Colt

Sam Colt was an innovator in many ways, he was among the first to harness the power of the brand name and image. For example, Colt used a four-headed colt image inlaid into the first pistols he ever made in Patterson New Jersey. He began developing the idea of the Colt as a representation for the brand. As his ideas of the colt imagery grew so did the size of his business and the opportunity to use them at scale. There are literally hundreds of colt images that have been uses as engravings, letterhead, stamps and even as the lead image on the stock certificates of the 1940s.

Colt Signature

Fortunately for us Sam Colt had great penmanship. The signature we use comes directly from a letter that exists which he signed and dated. There are many such documents and on every one his signature is just as crisp and clean. This signature started the thread of authenticity that weaves throughout Colt Manufacturing.

Colt logos through time

  • 1832 Four-headed reverse horse head design
  • 1836-42 Colt in walking or running position
  • 1864 Rampant Colt as we know it used on the dome of the Colt factory in Hartford, CT

You may also like