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Thanks so much for giving me a baseline. I am coming from the Ultralight world. I have always enjoyed history and antiques. Therefore, the craft is the perfect transition for me.

Thanks Shaun . Hello from East Texas see you on the guild.

The local Goodwill store can fill the bill on obtaining at a reasonable price. Cook gear, sleep system, clothing, just go check it out. You can refine your gear as you go along.

Pre filter I also use ranger beads for counting how many times ive filtered water

Shawn, Thanks for the video it was very informative. Be Safe Out There!

Aluminum is carcinogenic, toxic. Also, some vintage military gear could contain hazardous chemicals - fire retardants and waterproofing materials as well.

Yes sir I just rewatched your video on the Stoppole mess kit and recently I just watched James Bender video on his home made version of the Stoppole mess kit and I think that you would find it very interesting Sir,and again I have learned a lot from you and I thank you for that Sir

Great video!

Oh worries i old scout do law oath hold it.

Got chek bag going mod out for basic rucksacke and geared to bush craft.

My streak knives home be hard damage they resturant steak knives. They heavy duty thicker normal house meat knife.

Wax my bags

Hey check outtrying get couple wool blanket two. Four pound grade.

I just got cool deal militery pup tent but more moderen vietam area type my time military the shelter half. Forty buck two full gear set it up awsome find. Cooked my ww2 scout kit find steel best way better standard kit just got aluminum 9ps cook kit your right that thing garbage to thin like cup with measurements rest yuke i scout eighties but kit cook was fifties. My canteen was eighties two quart.

Made a discovery while elk hunting in the mountains. If you take a large cotton or canvas game bag it makes a good mattress when packed full of pine needles and leaves. They are cheap. Even cheaper if you wait till after hunting season.

Good points and gear. Lanterns are available at a lot of places as well as garage sales. You can set up a canvas tarp. harbor freight has an 8x10 for under 50. I mean a tarp not drop cloth. If you have a yard start by setting up there or a close park where you are not far from your car. If you are doing this with a lady you want to keep going with then add some extras to make her comfortable. If you want to wait til next year to allow time to get gear, try one of those town wide or long drive garage sales where they go for several miles. Make offers. Still try close to where you can bail out if you are not doing well. Probably the most needed thing to this activity is to learn to sew. It wasn't easy for any of us and we didn't have videos to learn from. Like Sarge says it don't have to be beutiful just function for you. Used old sewing machines are not expensive.

thoroughly flushed out large Gatorade type bottles wide mouth easy filling, the bulk containers of modern gum, plastic screw top 'jar' type containers suitable for coffee,sugar etc, here's a slightly strange one, make your own match safe ? ask around family and friends do any of them use effervescent tablets, vitamin C, denture cleaning, they all come in airtight watertight tubes use only limited by imagination

I'll disagree on the tent selection. The prices of the available WW1 & WW2 reproduction pup tents is comparable to those being asked for Viet Nam vintage pups. Under the "Buy Once, Cry Once" philosophy, the more authentic tent is more economical because at some point, you're going to want to replace that 1970s-80s tent for one that all your buds are using. Air mattresses can be covered with blankets. A wool blanket is a wool blanket, a Nalgene bottle can be put in a pack. But a tent---that's the center of your camp. I'll also mention some exciting things are coming on the sleep-system/shelter system fronts for Classic Camping. Stand by, its stuff that everybody interested will need to know about.

New subsciber here, love the channel. My wife and I are big hikers, gram counters if u will and recently started doing bushcrafting trips and love it. Your channel is full of great information thank you sir for the content

Great content. Thank you.

Green River has sold a zillion Dadley through the years. Kephart added a half guard.

I’m 61 yrs old and never used blanket pins - another big thanks for a great video

Just a reminder. The WWI mess kit was made to be used with the aluminum canteen cup which would have served as a pot. I was a boy scout for like 10 years. I started off with the scout mess kit and found the food sticks and burns fast on the aluminum pan and the pot was too small. I never used the cup and brought a larger sized plastic glass like you would us at home because it held more fluid. After I acquired a USGI mess kit that has a stainless steel pan the sticking and burning were substantially reduced. I had also switched to USGI pistol belt, canteen, canteen cup and carrier. After that I entirely lost track of what happen to the boy scout mess kit. The USGI stuff took care of my cooking needs. Note that I only brought the USGI mess kit pan. I left the aluminum lid/tray part at home.

Seems like a good kid, I'm sure you're very proud. Nice to see fathers teaching their sons like this

What they did was share the can of condensed milk with other scouts so none was wasted. So if each scout opened a can a day none was wasted. SEMPER FI

Yep haven’t had those types of cakes in years. Was just telling a little pigmy about this stuff. Cracken up 🥹😅😂🤣. Man you brought back some serious childhood stomach issues. We had books that had that recipe to make at home during winter times. Oooh my god. The laughter 😆 SEMPER FI

Test the solder for lead. It will test positive

I want to get a Hudson Bay blanket but the price for one of those is ridiculous. But it’s probably worth it to be warm.

A hatchet or small axe is non-negotiable imo. I've spent many snowy winter nights in the woods with an SAK and a cheap estwing hatchet. By all means bring more than that but if you have to pick one tool when your life depends on a fire, take the hatchet or small axe. A bigger knife is a nice-to-have unless you're skinning animals.

Great Video Mr. Dyer and Thank You!

Shawn, Thanks for the video and your prospective on the wool blankets and Hats Off To You Young Man!

Well done!

I like to bring felt snowmobile boot liners along if concerned about cold feet. If real cold, I throw a chem hand warmer in each. Felt liners are very light and don't take too much space in my ruck.

Nice job. I recall sleeping at my grandparents house as a little tyke during a dark, dry, artic cold, Minnesota winter in the early 1970's. My grandma had many blankets on my bed; one was heavy wool. After being tucked in, prayers said, and goodnight kiss, my Grandma shut off the lights and closed the bedroom door as she left. As I lay there, I soon found that, if I flipped the covers off as fast as possible, there was such a gigantic mass of static sparks that I could literally light the room.

Good content. Thank you

Did you check out the D Day reenactment in Conneaut, Ohio. I loved all of the 1945 encampments and gear.

I should imagine blanket pins are also useful for emergency clothing repairs

Kapok was also used as a filling for early flotation vests presumably using the air trapped within the fibres

I was in the US Army from 1986-2016. I was issued a wool blanket, but I don’t think I ever used it. The exception is when I went to ROTC Advanced Camp in the summer of 1987, I was forced to make my bed in the barracks for inspection. I slept on top of the wool blanket so I didn’t mess my bed up. I just thought of the wool blanket as something to use on a bed. It never occurred to me to use it in the field. We were initially issued these heavy cotton sleeping bags that were difficult to compress. We also had the poncho liner which younger Soldiers call a woobie. It wasn’t until the late 1990s that I was issued the wonderful Modular Sleep System. Anyway, looking back, the wool blanket would have been a good thing to use when the temperatures were in the 50s at night instead of that bulky heavy sleeping bag. The poncho liner is good when it’s in the 60s.

Does anyone remember the Dutch wool blankets from the 50s and 60s? I still have a couple which come out when the winters get cold.

Nice colection of Scout blankets. Don't forget you can find old wool blankets that were used in houses. They have brighter colors. I have a light green/blue, a yellow and maybe a pink. Guys back then would not have cared about the colors. Actually they liked light colors. Alpaca is nice if you can find one that honestly has a high alpaca wool content. When making that blanket setup for sleeping make sure you can skin out of it during the night and get back in. You will need at least one trip to the head if you are older.

I just had a question in my head about Civil.War bandages. I watched an informative video before I realized it was you! Just recently watched your Yucca pack video. I enjoy your content on a vintage approach to things. We can all learn from the past.

Dad had one of these and gave it away in his advanced years. I’ve been looking for one since.

I made my first baker in high school metal shop in the late seventies, using plans from Boy’s Life Magazine. It was a huge hit on canoe trips and overnight camping trips. Brownies and cookies (using pre-made dough from a sausage-like tube) were very popular.

Can you explain what squirrel is for us new people? And how can we attend?

Man I love your video, thanks. I finally gave in after 20+ years in gathered end hammocks and went to a Haven XL. I'm 63 and wanted better sleep, problem solved.

Dave was the best on DS.

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where do you get the rubber blanket/poncho thanks

What's up with that nasty ass looking nicotine mustache