Hello all. Here is my camp that i setup.(http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff462/yeazellphoto/ponderosa%20rondy%202011/ponderosarendezvousmay26through312011012.jpg). When i find more i'll add them to this post. Well here is another picture(http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff462/yeazellphoto/black%20powder%20items/miscstorehousewinterrondys004.jpg).
Ron
Here's a picture of when the clan all camps together.(http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff462/yeazellphoto/black%20powder%20items/miscstorehousewinterrondys006.jpg).We may have lost the tepee from tearing apart from the last couple storms.Will be working on it this winter.
Crazell:
I hope the TP is repairable, I really like TP's wouldn't fit into the East, but then neither do I or a early Jake Hawkens so maybe someday.
Forrest
Cool camp.
nice camp, maybe you can set up at fort rowdy, in two weeks. it's in covington ohio. sept 30th oct 1st,2nd.
its 10 miles west of piqua and about 14 miles east of greenville. check the rendezvous ohio web site for more details. hope to see you there!
Thanks guys.
I will check out the site and see if i can make it to covington...
I just got a baker lean-to aond your pictures answered some questions about setting it up.
Thank you
old mountain man skrt
Quote from: old mountain man on October 24, 2011, 08:48:35 PM
I just got a baker lean-to aond your pictures answered some questions about setting it up.
Thank you
old mountain man skrt
Now i set mine up a little different.Same basic design,except i fold in the side walls to make it enclosed. Nornally they go straight out and that end is open.You can make a small fire in the front to heat it up and not be all smokey...I'm glad the pictures could help.
Thank you for giving me a couple of ways to set it up
old mountain man
love the baker tent, be in one soon I hope. and great camp location. keep up the good work.
We're working on ours - same old Baker from 20+ years ago, outfitted with new poles, ropes and iron. Can't wait!
Here's a question open to all: What about the seating? Is there any historic evidence of these criss-cross-type or other type of chairs being used in trapper camps? It's a debate our group has been yakking about for some time. While it's more comfortable sitting on an chair than on the ground, I wonder if it's proper and acceptable. I have my own opinion, but am ready to be swayed by consensus of the community.
It does not make any sense to me that a mountainer would pack around chairs.
Quote from: Julius on August 10, 2012, 04:00:28 PM
It does not make any sense to me that a mountainer would pack around chairs.
[hmm]Hmmm, depends on how decrepit he might be, I guess.
Cool camp! But are those trees HC/PC?
good question about the folding chairs ! those criss cross chairs go back a long way apparently , but I think they were more something a military commander would have had in camp ! here`s a site you can check ! it`s interesting !
http://www.designboom.com/eng/education/foldingchair.html
another page you might find interesting ! the guys at the top knew how to live in style , even in camp ! lol this collection is amazing , but I doubt the average bloke carried much of this nature about with him ! I figure , that for the average longhunter or mountain man his chair was wherever he sat ! wether it be on the ground ,or a log ! . http://www.campaignfurniture.com/exhpdfs/Chris%20Clarke%20Cat%20FinalCopy.pdf
Quote from: beowulf on August 10, 2012, 05:55:11 PM
another page you might find interesting ! the guys at the top knew how to live in style , even in camp ! lol this collection is amazing , but I doubt the average bloke carried much of this nature about with him ! I figure , that for the average longhunter or mountain man his chair was wherever he sat ! wether it be on the ground ,or a log ! . http://www.campaignfurniture.com/exhpdfs/Chris%20Clarke%20Cat%20FinalCopy.pdf
Fascinating link! The craftsmanship of the campaign furniture is amazing but equally amazing is the work that their servants must have endured carrying all that stuff around, setting it all up and then breaking camp to move on. Makes my back hurt. This description of the powder cans made of copper and made to fit together caught my eye, and my apologies for taking this thread off topic somewhat, but I thought it was worth noting;
30. Black Powder Drum
The purpose of using copper to make this Black Powder Drum is to minimize the danger from
sparks that might be created if steel was used. It has 2 lids; a turned mahogany one and a copper
plate that it sits on top of to cover the hatch opening. It is probable that it had a further copper cap
lid and there remains a ring for its fixing. The number of lids emphasizes the need to protect the
contents from coming into contact with fire. The interior is fitted with 7 japanned tin canisters
with brass screw tops. They are all wedge shaped except the central circular one and the first
one to be removed after that. If it was not smaller in size and rectangular, it would be impossible
to remove or fit the canisters into the drum. This is the only one to also have a folding handle to
assist in its removal. It is probable that this drum was used at sporting shoots to distribute the
powder to the different butts and it has a tubular copper swing handle to carry it. This drum
has no maker's name but James Walker of Wapping patented a very similar can for gunpowder
storage in 1810. However, his initial patent was contravened by Sir William Congreve of the Royal
Laboratory, who was interested in similar drums for naval use. Although Walker successfully
sued the government in 1816 a number of other makers produced similar copper storage tins for
powder over the years. Early to mid 19th Century.
Quote from: Julius on August 10, 2012, 04:00:28 PM
It does not make any sense to me that a mountainer would pack around chairs.
That was my argument (and still is) but I may be out voted and be the only one sitting on a blanket srndr
Beowolf, thanks for the link. I found another (http://www.jedsmithmountainmen.com/chair.php (http://www.jedsmithmountainmen.com/chair.php)) I may consider as a compromise to the boys and their advanced age!
Quote from: Swede on August 10, 2012, 07:55:52 PM
Quote from: Julius on August 10, 2012, 04:00:28 PM
It does not make any sense to me that a mountainer would pack around chairs.
That was my argument (and still is) but I may be out voted and be the only one sitting on a blanket srndr
Beowolf, thanks for the link. I found another (http://www.jedsmithmountainmen.com/chair.php (http://www.jedsmithmountainmen.com/chair.php)) I may consider as a compromise to the boys and their advanced age!
interesting !that type chair goes back a long way ! dont see why they could`nt have been used !