I feel like my kit is very townsfolkish. I like to imagine myself as a tradesman with a shop in town who enjoys hunting outside of town. I will go a little more primitive when I'm at deer camp for a week in the mountains.
I am NOT a reenactor. I am part of an educational organization/brotherhood that try to live the experience as much as possible. That said, I applaud you for your research. Don't get too stifled in your own evolution to the point where personal experience is tossed away simply because nobody wrote of similar in their journal or placed an item in a box for safekeeping for 200 years. You can apply proven period correct materials and technology to adapt some gear to your needs. It happened from the first stone tools, through your period, to today's current life. A horn cellphone case would, of course, not apply. But, a "period correct" need for an item, made from proper material, is often acceptable. Getting out on the ground officially, using period technology and clothing for over 35 years, I can say that your personal satisfaction, as well as how others will see you, will change exponentially as you knock the shine off your clothing and gear lol. It's not a matter of wearing your clothes on your day off around the house, but more a matter of wearing them as much as you can all the time. Forget about the look; it's more about feeling completely at ease in well-fitting clothes (your items will shape themselves to you like an old pair of shoes). I would offer that a piece of fabric (or even a small sack) to wrap/place your boiler in will keep the rest of your gear from getting black all over them. It can also be used as a potholder or wash rag. Ditch that plastic ziplock (cool though it may be) for a piece of oilcloth. The lighter, as well. Learn various ways to start your fire and PRACTICE them until it's automatic. Believe me, when you can't feel your fingers and it's pitch black and raining as you hunker under your blanket or cover, you appreciate the muscle memory of countless fires started in the dark. You don't carry extra hiking boots or thermal underwear "just in case", don't doubt your abilities by carrying that lighter. Carry a small firekit in your pocket, along with a small folder. In the odd chance that you and your stuff get separated you can still survive. That's what your weskit pockets are for. Proper and appropriate modern gear for ensuring clean drinking water is a necessity. No explanation necessary there. The water at that time didn't contain all the creepies it does now. Also, for many, today's gut flora is unaccustomed to the surprises found in some water. In the course of your journey you will find that that ultra-cool must-have item(s) wasn't as indispensable as you had thought. I haven't carried a lantern for many years (always pack and arrange your gear around your bed the same way and know it by touch/eyes closed(injured)/dark). I have never carried a fork, always a spoon, and already have a ready knife. Go out on some "treks". Overnight, if possible, in different seasons. If you find that you carry an item and didn't use or need it for three times out, you likely can leave it next time. Forcing yourself or manufacturing a need doesn't count. Get out, use your stuff, don't wait until you're a museum exhibit to do so. You'll cheat yourself out of amazing experiences. Take only what you need, not what a book or someone told you. Keep all your extra stuff for the drive-and-dump encampments for families that can also be fun. I envy you those beginning steps. They were so long ago and sorely missed. Great job.
Hi Ehan! Thanks for sharing this part of your journey with us! I think that you are going about accumulating your "kit" correctly. Get what you need to "get out there", enjoy it, and be comfortable. Try to avoid getting it all at once and burning through Trader's Row and the Credit Card. By taking it slow and easy, you'll be able to determine what works... and what doesn't. (Not to mention avoiding purchasing stuff two or three times as your understanding and research gets better!) It is a life time of enjoyment... as you refine what you carry in to "The Great Outdoors". Not every pioneer was a Longhunter... congrats for researching YOUR persona!
Nice kit. I love the 18th century so much. I have been slowly putting together my kit. I have also made a few items at this point. Im glad to see other people who are interested in the same time period. Thanks
Nice start on your kit and persona. I like the Surveyor idea. I've been on the same journey doing Longhunter for a while and still feel like I'm just beginning to figure a few things out! I hope to see you on the Primitive side at the Fall nationals.
Thanks Jack! It's a long but fun journey for sure. I should be wandering around a bit, if you see me, please stop and introduce yourself. I'd love to meet ya!
Nice video. I don't know anyone who is totally "done" with his interpretation. We are all trying to get better. As a civilian you look fine. The round hat is fine as is, or it can be "cocked" any way you wish. I personally don't like a "tricorn", but I wear it for the same reason as most do- because it was the fashion of the day. As you improve, you will find that the more you know, the less you carry. This is a fun hobby, so relax and enjoy the journey!
Very, very nice information. I've been studying and learning about the trek your following for about 60 plus years now. I've learned from a few mistakes (lol), what not and what to do, as well as a few other helpful tricks (or two). When I get a chance to head out for a weekend I am always taking count of what I used (or didn't). Then anything I didn't use I generally weigh the true need of it or not and put it back on the shelf. And too at my age I always try to buddy up with someone else, as things could and do happen in the woods when you least expect it. Another thing that I do is to make sure to carry a well equipped first aid kit with me. Now then being well equipped doesn't mean that I have the items to do brain surgery, but I do carry enough to take care of major cuts (and bleeding), punctures, abrasions, burns, eye and stomach problems etc. So I might also say that carrying adhesive tape and gauze pads as well as a couple feminine napkins can go a long way for different situations that need major attention. Please feel free to contact me if you so desire, as "knowledge is wasted if kept silent"!
I've been to a local gathering here in NE Indiana for the past 10+ years as mainly a spectator. I built a strong connection with one of the guys there and always hung out with him. I wish I had bit the bullet and camped out with him much sooner as I just learned he passed away in a freak motorcycle accident. I plan on camping out this year at the rendezvous because I've always wanted to but also to take his place if you will to keep the tradition going. I portray a 1800-1810 woodsrunner. Essentially a mountain man of the Midwest. This video has given me a great deal of information of what to look for to set up my camp gear. Being a woodsrunner, its fine if I am a decade behind in times, as I live in and off the woods and don't always see civilization. Most of my gear is either leather from deer hides I tanned myself, linen, clay or iron. I thank you a million for this video and will use it along with some research to get my woodsrunner kit going
As someone just looking into traditional clothing and kit I appreciate this video! I've been wanting to put together a longhunter kit and outfit, I've got a few deer hides in the freezer waiting to become buckskin.
Good load out. Enjoy your adventures. If you’re going to carry a water filtration system, I’d recommend ditching the sawyer bag for the CNOC 2 L bag. The sawyer bags prone to blow out. They’re lighter and hold more.
I really enjoyed this video, thanks for the upload. I just recently gotten back into muzzleloading and if I was to get into living History I would have to be a merchant or townsman because I am now 68 years old. However, I am healthy and very energetic and Daniel Boone continued to move west into his 60s. So I just might build as a persona a fit 68 year old trapper or long hunter. Once again, good video.
Ethan I have the same pack frame, I acquired it in a trade sometime in the early 80's, I used it alot until my hiatus from this wonderful pastime we call muzzle loading, living history, I am sorry I don't have any information about the pack frame other than it is sturdy and does look period. If you find any more information about it, please post it I would like to know more about it. Thanks, Medicine Man
I'm working on my kit all the time too. One great resource I've found is the Eighteenth Century Material Culture Resource Center and their slideshows. Great, free resource and easy to digest...and by that I mean lots of pictures.
Love your videos Ethan! I'm from northern Illinois and I do miss the woodlands of the midwest. I'm in NW Washington state now...different type of woods here. Also, less biting bugs and critters here.
I’m enjoying your videos. My wife and I have a similar content channel. I’m an avid researcher of the common man during the 18 and 19th century. I’ve come to the conclusion that simply because one can’t find first person reference doesn’t mean it didn’t exist. An example is black hats, they were certainly the most common but, brown did in fact exist. Keep up the good work. I watched your review of the Kalamazoo, also well done. I am planning to attend, perhaps our paths will cross.
Great video! I could find fault with some of your gear, but you're doing a much better job starting out than I did. Now after 30 years of this stuff, I'm pretty confident of my time period portrayal. My first Rendezvous was a white shirt and whitish French fly breeches. Your kit mirrors mine in a lot of ways, except that it's English. Vive la France!!
Good job on the video. My best advice would be..Ensure you only purchase what you need..and even then..make sure you can reference it's use. You'll save a bunch of money in the long run. And..always go by..if I don't use it..don't carry it mind set. That'll make a lighter load..or will in the very least..make room for stuff you'll actually need down the road! Btw..the corn boiler/mucket you have..is a Civil War thing. Best of luck building your persona and getting your kit to where you want it!
Ethan, thanks for the info on modifying my Gemmer. It looks great. It feels good. Quite unlike the factory finish on the stock. Well, your Floop needs a boop! or two. Also scratching between the ears. Bartholomew loved it, I suspect the Floop will also. How about a big raspberry for him? It makes them squirmy, and they giggle. Don't forget to schnozzle the feet. 'They involuntarily spread the beans out. And Purr. Good attire. AS usual, great video.
Thank you John! Happy to have contributed to your muzzleloading journey. For floop booping on the way now that we are in the shop. Thanks for the kind words!
I would point out that brown and grey hats are seen in period paintings so your hat is not non historical although not real common. I do fudge and use a modern first aid kit and water purification I might wonder about the folding fire pan as I can’t find reference to then in eighteenth century…. But know in the nineteenth and Romans had them I do think we over represent the riflemans shirt/coat and I bet your coat was very common, mine is similar All and all I love your kit👍 I also find a sleeved woolen waistcoat handy
Thanks Jeffrey, I've been forwarded a few more references about brown hats because of the video and you are right! Good thought on the pan, it might get moved here when I find a propper kettle. I'm definitely in the market for a woolen waistcot as it gets cooler. Thanks for sharing!
Ah yes water purification is a must, I once got a nasty intestinal bug at an event from a hydrant marked as "potable" water, my rondyvoo pardner and several others got it as well.
One thing about it is your head is. Corrected they did have flat hats at the time but they if you look at some of the things of Daniel Boone he wore a hat like what you're wearing and men did have beards to keep their faces warm from getting wind burned out in the cold your coat was corrective . Being around the cabin or something like that but they wore a different coat and some of the other things they carried
There were brown sheep who’s wool was dyed black. And either way, black wool eventually fades to brown in the sun. So if anything, a brown hat would more authentically portray someone who spends a lot of time in the sun imo.
I'm planing on building a pack setup like this to go black powder bear hunting it is just a shame that I won't be able to wear a bear fur coat when I go hunting it would not be smart 😂 thanks for the vid
Love the video! I’m curious about your hatchet! Where did you find it and what is the style/name of the type that it is? I’ve been looking for exactly that!
Good luck. , take your time go slow, keep going to events. 1 thing at a time. Make what you can , and talk to others if you have any questions. We all started out the same way , no one came to a event the first time and look like a graybeard. I have been doing this for 35 years or so and still working on my kit. Thank you , this my help some flatlander out.🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒
Hey Ethan big fan of your podcast. You said they might make you get your kit wet and have to start a fire? What kind of match is that I’m very interested. Is that like a shooting match? Not a lot of living history in my neck of the states and am curious.
The other day you did a video about installing a vent pick holder on a southern rifle. During the video you referenced a rifle picture book. What was the title of that fine book?
That was a pretty awesome pack. Did you make that yourself? It seemed to be outfitted pretty good, I like that brass compass. You said you were kind of portraying a surveyor. Well honestly I was a land surveyor for 21 years plus or minus. Are you actually a surveyor or are you just portraying one? As flat as the bottom of that Compass is that put me in mind of the plane table. It was a board that was set up level and a compass similar to that was used to to get your azmyth and you drew the map as you went. I only know this because when I was surveying in Oregon the Bossman had a plane table and showed me how to use it. It was pretty awesome I'll tell you that. When I was a surveyor I used to have to go to the courthouse and look up Deeds and some of the Deeds went way back into the 1700 and we had to decipher what they said or used as markers for property corners. It was a lot of fun going out into the woods looking for that particular property Corner when it may have said an old stump for a corner and of course it was gone by the time we got there. Sorry this was so long I was just fascinated by that brass Compass you had. Thanks for the video and showing your setup that was a treat. Always remember keep ye powder dry!
Hey Terry, I didn't make this pack but I believe it to be handmade. I've been thinking surveryor or artist, but also considering an early journalist (To go along with the types of videos we do on the channel). I haven't really nailed anything down concrete, but hope to in the near future. That's so cool that you were a surveryor! I'm finding there are more and more details out there I need to learn about. As a fan of big old woods, I love the idea of them using natural markers, because to them it was always going to be there. 200+ years on wasn't really a concern, haha!! The brass compas is a repro, I'll try to find the maker, perhaps you can add one to your kit.
Since I’m on CZcams, and know practically nothing, I’ll be sure to comment and criticize the accuracy of your kit. 😀😀 You made a point about balancing comfort and reality. That’s a bit of an interesting topic for me, because I believe people were much tougher than us through the less comfortable living conditions they had. Also, I’m not positive, but I think things like wool coats were most likely thicker back then. So should we really try to relive exactly like them when most of us just aren’t that tuff? I’m speaking of cold bad weather of course. Also that tin would be perfect for tinder. You can even make punk wood tinder in it, which I believe would be accurate for a woodsman
What a perfect and informative video! I am shooting for a similar persona starting off, my wife and I are just getting started into living history Been looking at one of those coats from Cobb creek! Yoy mentioned "in indiana" You live here too? Maybe we'll meet eachother at an event this fall
Your gear is great. I think there is a problem with the reenacting community and their approach to newcomers. I hear too much about well I know my gear is not period correct or this or that. It scares newcomers. I have a beard as well. I know it was not so much a fashion but to outright dismiss it is ridicules. I even hear one young fellow say his moccasins are not correct for the area he lives in. Really? That would be like me telling a guy that's been doing it for 20 yrs. that his colonial shoes were not correct because they were made from leather imported from Brazil or belt axe was an import from India. To live the period should not be so serious or Criticized. Do it the best you can have fun with it.
The only references I've found, for these, are what's called a folding lanthorn..and pocket lantern..both references are from the original ledgers of Baynton, Wharton and Morgan. Tho..considering there are no known visual representation of these..who knows. I've also spoken to museums and tinsmiths who both have said..that these were small lanterns with horn panels.
Ethan, I forgot to add that I have a moustache and goatee. None of which are period correct, but in a nod to a modern persona, it isn't going to change. Keep the beard and moustache, it's you.
I know red and blue were colors from the period ..but we learned a lesson from the britsh about how dumb it is to were red in the woods..blue is no better.. greens Grey's and browns ..were the camo of the period..like white blankets in the summer ur going to stick out like a sore thumb and be see from along ways off .wich would be counterproductive if ur trying to be unseen by predators animal or human...
Great video, Ethan! I am doing something very similar. I’d love to post some photos of my kit. Do you have a FB page set up for sharing my kit with others interested?
Cast blades aren't period correct and in fact are trash they won't hold a good edge because there not forged ie. Heat treated to be abel to . That's why there so much cheaper .look up H&B forge in ohio...excellent quality..and the come pre sharpened ...
I've heard alot about facial hair in the late 1700s.. During the rev war, obviously, men were clean shaven military protocol, but after.... lots of ppl I know after getting out of the service grew out their hair and beards..because they could ..I see no difference then .1600s beards were in fashion, then fell out because inlisted men didn't have the ability to choose for them selves .but even then ppl that defied the norm had beards. I dont see why Longhunters, especially those who had been out for a while wouldn't have. Fur traders and the early 1800s mountain men definitely had beards again out in the Bush for long periods of time .. and by the mid 1800s u weren't a man if u didn't have a beard .and let's not forget how many ppl imagrated to America during this time from other parts of the world where beards were a common thing . After the rev war .well do to ppl that lived in the towns mite of keept the fashion for a while but the ppl who headed out into the wilderness ....can't see it .
I am a civil war reenactor in a world war II reenactor I'm also doing mountain Man reenactment as well of the operation mountains some of your clothing is okay but some of the clothing that you got on there is not period of correct at all I'm sorry to say but some of the clothing that you do have is not early you basically got settlers clothing not frontier type clothing of the long hunters outfits and that's the problem that you have right now the hats. Timing you don't have no problem with the hat the coat it could be off and on because you can have it on and you can have it off because of the climate but they had a frost hunting flock coat that they had for that and that was. Correct clothing coat
I Love Muzzleloading , You just keep doing exactly what you're doing with what you have going already. You've faithfully done you're research and shouldn't be discouraged by the wayward critic. If I ran an event, you'd be on the jury.
Hard to him. His voice is too low to hear him. His articulation gets blurred. Some of his information is good, but the information is not authentic to the period. He’d do better to get more of his gear authentic to the period before he gets on camera and speak up
I feel like my kit is very townsfolkish. I like to imagine myself as a tradesman with a shop in town who enjoys hunting outside of town. I will go a little more primitive when I'm at deer camp for a week in the mountains.
I like that Andrew, thanks for sharing.
I am NOT a reenactor. I am part of an educational organization/brotherhood that try to live the experience as much as possible. That said, I applaud you for your research. Don't get too stifled in your own evolution to the point where personal experience is tossed away simply because nobody wrote of similar in their journal or placed an item in a box for safekeeping for 200 years. You can apply proven period correct materials and technology to adapt some gear to your needs. It happened from the first stone tools, through your period, to today's current life. A horn cellphone case would, of course, not apply. But, a "period correct" need for an item, made from proper material, is often acceptable.
Getting out on the ground officially, using period technology and clothing for over 35 years, I can say that your personal satisfaction, as well as how others will see you, will change exponentially as you knock the shine off your clothing and gear lol. It's not a matter of wearing your clothes on your day off around the house, but more a matter of wearing them as much as you can all the time. Forget about the look; it's more about feeling completely at ease in well-fitting clothes (your items will shape themselves to you like an old pair of shoes).
I would offer that a piece of fabric (or even a small sack) to wrap/place your boiler in will keep the rest of your gear from getting black all over them. It can also be used as a potholder or wash rag.
Ditch that plastic ziplock (cool though it may be) for a piece of oilcloth. The lighter, as well. Learn various ways to start your fire and PRACTICE them until it's automatic. Believe me, when you can't feel your fingers and it's pitch black and raining as you hunker under your blanket or cover, you appreciate the muscle memory of countless fires started in the dark. You don't carry extra hiking boots or thermal underwear "just in case", don't doubt your abilities by carrying that lighter. Carry a small firekit in your pocket, along with a small folder. In the odd chance that you and your stuff get separated you can still survive. That's what your weskit pockets are for.
Proper and appropriate modern gear for ensuring clean drinking water is a necessity. No explanation necessary there. The water at that time didn't contain all the creepies it does now. Also, for many, today's gut flora is unaccustomed to the surprises found in some water.
In the course of your journey you will find that that ultra-cool must-have item(s) wasn't as indispensable as you had thought. I haven't carried a lantern for many years (always pack and arrange your gear around your bed the same way and know it by touch/eyes closed(injured)/dark). I have never carried a fork, always a spoon, and already have a ready knife. Go out on some "treks". Overnight, if possible, in different seasons. If you find that you carry an item and didn't use or need it for three times out, you likely can leave it next time. Forcing yourself or manufacturing a need doesn't count.
Get out, use your stuff, don't wait until you're a museum exhibit to do so. You'll cheat yourself out of amazing experiences. Take only what you need, not what a book or someone told you. Keep all your extra stuff for the drive-and-dump encampments for families that can also be fun.
I envy you those beginning steps. They were so long ago and sorely missed. Great job.
Thank you!!
Hi Ehan! Thanks for sharing this part of your journey with us! I think that you are going about accumulating your "kit" correctly. Get what you need to "get out there", enjoy it, and be comfortable. Try to avoid getting it all at once and burning through Trader's Row and the Credit Card. By taking it slow and easy, you'll be able to determine what works... and what doesn't. (Not to mention avoiding purchasing stuff two or three times as your understanding and research gets better!) It is a life time of enjoyment... as you refine what you carry in to "The Great Outdoors". Not every pioneer was a Longhunter... congrats for researching YOUR persona!
Thanks Martin! I hope it helps others get started and not feel intimidated. Thanks for watching!
Good start. Keep us appraised of your progress.
Nice kit. I love the 18th century so much. I have been slowly putting together my kit. I have also made a few items at this point. Im glad to see other people who are interested in the same time period. Thanks
You'll find many like minded folks Adam, it's a great community. Thanks for watching
Nice start on your kit and persona. I like the Surveyor idea. I've been on the same journey doing Longhunter for a while and still feel like I'm just beginning to figure a few things out! I hope to see you on the Primitive side at the Fall nationals.
Thanks Jack! It's a long but fun journey for sure. I should be wandering around a bit, if you see me, please stop and introduce yourself. I'd love to meet ya!
I love the foldout lantern! That is so cute and handy!
Wow thanks Abbie!
In the Florida Park Service my first person 30 years ago was the same as yours, a surveyor in 1840’s Florida Territory.
Nice video. I don't know anyone who is totally "done" with his interpretation. We are all trying to get better. As a civilian you look fine. The round hat is fine as is, or it can be "cocked" any way you wish. I personally don't like a "tricorn", but I wear it for the same reason as most do- because it was the fashion of the day. As you improve, you will find that the more you know, the less you carry. This is a fun hobby, so relax and enjoy the journey!
Very, very nice information. I've been studying and learning about the trek your following for about 60 plus years now. I've learned from a few mistakes (lol), what not and what to do, as well as a few other helpful tricks (or two).
When I get a chance to head out for a weekend I am always taking count of what I used (or didn't). Then anything I didn't use I generally weigh the true need of it or not and put it back on the shelf. And too at my age I always try to buddy up with someone else, as things could and do happen in the woods when you least expect it. Another thing that I do is to make sure to carry a well equipped first aid kit with me. Now then being well equipped doesn't mean that I have the items to do brain surgery, but I do carry enough to take care of major cuts (and bleeding), punctures, abrasions, burns, eye and stomach problems etc. So I might also say that carrying adhesive tape and gauze pads as well as a couple feminine napkins can go a long way for different situations that need major attention.
Please feel free to contact me if you so desire, as "knowledge is wasted if kept silent"!
I've been to a local gathering here in NE Indiana for the past 10+ years as mainly a spectator. I built a strong connection with one of the guys there and always hung out with him. I wish I had bit the bullet and camped out with him much sooner as I just learned he passed away in a freak motorcycle accident. I plan on camping out this year at the rendezvous because I've always wanted to but also to take his place if you will to keep the tradition going. I portray a 1800-1810 woodsrunner. Essentially a mountain man of the Midwest. This video has given me a great deal of information of what to look for to set up my camp gear. Being a woodsrunner, its fine if I am a decade behind in times, as I live in and off the woods and don't always see civilization. Most of my gear is either leather from deer hides I tanned myself, linen, clay or iron. I thank you a million for this video and will use it along with some research to get my woodsrunner kit going
Thanks very much for sharing. I learned a lot.
Nice video. I'd like to see more like this
More to come!
SO beautiful knife! congratulations!
As someone just looking into traditional clothing and kit I appreciate this video! I've been wanting to put together a longhunter kit and outfit, I've got a few deer hides in the freezer waiting to become buckskin.
Wow Nick that's awesome! So glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see your gear someday!
Fun memories of learning to use a flint and striker. The clothing and bags look pretty solid for authenticity.
Thanks Joel! We need to get you outfitted someday ;)
Good load out. Enjoy your adventures.
If you’re going to carry a water filtration system, I’d recommend ditching the sawyer bag for the CNOC 2 L bag. The sawyer bags prone to blow out. They’re lighter and hold more.
I really enjoyed this video, thanks for the upload. I just recently gotten back into muzzleloading and if I was to get into living History I would have to be a merchant or townsman because I am now 68 years old. However, I am healthy and very energetic and Daniel Boone continued to move west into his 60s. So I just might build as a persona a fit 68 year old trapper or long hunter. Once again, good video.
Thanks for watching Francis! Happy to hear you are active: use it or lose it is what my grandfather always said
That pack frame looks just like the Trapper Nelson Pack Frame .
Nice review.
thanks! I’ll do some digging, maybe that’s who made this one
Ethan I have the same pack frame, I acquired it in a trade sometime in the early 80's, I used it alot until my hiatus from this wonderful pastime we call muzzle loading, living history, I am sorry I don't have any information about the pack frame other than it is sturdy and does look period. If you find any more information about it, please post it I would like to know more about it. Thanks, Medicine Man
GREAT VIDEO. I really like the pack frame and pack. Simple yet elegant. Now I have to add this to my list of makes. Thanks for sharing.
Next time I'll bring it out for ya to see. Perhaps at 5 medals?
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You can make a waterproof, emergency fire kit with a cow horn.
Definitely on my list
Good job, Nathan. Now to get out and use it. Will evolve with each encampment. As an old friend use to say, get it dirty like Girty.
Love that! Thanks for watching
I'm working on my kit all the time too. One great resource I've found is the Eighteenth Century Material Culture Resource Center and their slideshows. Great, free resource and easy to digest...and by that I mean lots of pictures.
I love love love those slideshows! Can’t believe I didn’t mention them!! Thank you for the reminder!
Love your videos Ethan! I'm from northern Illinois and I do miss the woodlands of the midwest. I'm in NW Washington state now...different type of woods here. Also, less biting bugs and critters here.
Oh yeah man you have the big woods out there! Thanks for the kind words!
I’m enjoying your videos. My wife and I have a similar content channel. I’m an avid researcher of the common man during the 18 and 19th century. I’ve come to the conclusion that simply because one can’t find first person reference doesn’t mean it didn’t exist. An example is black hats, they were certainly the most common but, brown did in fact exist. Keep up the good work. I watched your review of the Kalamazoo, also well done. I am planning to attend, perhaps our paths will cross.
Wow thanks so much! I'm a big fan of your channel. Please stop by and chat with me at Kalamazoo!
Great video! I could find fault with some of your gear, but you're doing a much better job starting out than I did. Now after 30 years of this stuff, I'm pretty confident of my time period portrayal. My first Rendezvous was a white shirt and whitish French fly breeches. Your kit mirrors mine in a lot of ways, except that it's English. Vive la France!!
Great to hear David, thanks for sharing! I've had many a pair of those fly breeches over the years! Pretty comfortable.
Good video thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
That brass lantern is a new thing for sure..the tin candel box is period but not before civil war ..not nit picking just trying to help
Good job on the video. My best advice would be..Ensure you only purchase what you need..and even then..make sure you can reference it's use. You'll save a bunch of money in the long run. And..always go by..if I don't use it..don't carry it mind set. That'll make a lighter load..or will in the very least..make room for stuff you'll actually need down the road! Btw..the corn boiler/mucket you have..is a Civil War thing. Best of luck building your persona and getting your kit to where you want it!
Dude that saw is awesome 👏
Thanks Tommy! Gotta survive out here in the wilderness!
Ethan, thanks for the info on modifying my Gemmer. It looks great. It feels good. Quite unlike the factory finish on the stock.
Well, your Floop needs a boop! or two. Also scratching between the ears. Bartholomew loved it, I suspect the Floop will also. How about a big raspberry for him? It makes them squirmy, and they giggle. Don't forget to schnozzle the feet. 'They involuntarily spread the beans out. And Purr.
Good attire. AS usual, great video.
Thank you John! Happy to have contributed to your muzzleloading journey.
For floop booping on the way now that we are in the shop.
Thanks for the kind words!
@@ILoveMuzzleloading Ethan, you do a good thorough job on the videos. I love them. Keep on Booping!
In many cases those round tins would be used to store lard or butter.
I would point out that brown and grey hats are seen in period paintings so your hat is not non historical although not real common.
I do fudge and use a modern first aid kit and water purification
I might wonder about the folding fire pan as I can’t find reference to then in eighteenth century…. But know in the nineteenth and Romans had them
I do think we over represent the riflemans shirt/coat and I bet your coat was very common, mine is similar
All and all I love your kit👍
I also find a sleeved woolen waistcoat handy
Thanks Jeffrey, I've been forwarded a few more references about brown hats because of the video and you are right!
Good thought on the pan, it might get moved here when I find a propper kettle. I'm definitely in the market for a woolen waistcot as it gets cooler. Thanks for sharing!
Ah yes water purification is a must, I once got a nasty intestinal bug at an event from a hydrant marked as "potable" water, my rondyvoo pardner and several others got it as well.
Nice kit. When you use your ball mold, wrap up the handles with some leather.
Great idea, thank you!
One thing about it is your head is. Corrected they did have flat hats at the time but they if you look at some of the things of Daniel Boone he wore a hat like what you're wearing and men did have beards to keep their faces warm from getting wind burned out in the cold your coat was corrective . Being around the cabin or something like that but they wore a different coat and some of the other things they carried
There were brown sheep who’s wool was dyed black. And either way, black wool eventually fades to brown in the sun. So if anything, a brown hat would more authentically portray someone who spends a lot of time in the sun imo.
Thanks!
Nice
I'm planing on building a pack setup like this to go black powder bear hunting it is just a shame that I won't be able to wear a bear fur coat when I go hunting it would not be smart 😂 thanks for the vid
Hope you have a good time!
Love the video! I’m curious about your hatchet! Where did you find it and what is the style/name of the type that it is? I’ve been looking for exactly that!
Very cool stuff
Thanks!
Matt Baker’s two volume book set “ A Pilgrim’s Journey” would be a good reference, if u could find them.
Mark Baker
Definitely, reading some original accounts now but will be digging out some Baker books soon.
Good luck Ethan.
Thanks Jack!
nice video...
Thanks for the visit
Those glasses suit you well
Thank you
👍 Nice informative video. Where did you acquire the pack and frame?
Good luck. , take your time go slow, keep going to events. 1 thing at a time. Make what you can , and talk to others if you have any questions. We all started out the same way , no one came to a event the first time and look like a graybeard. I have been doing this for 35 years or so and still working on my kit. Thank you , this my help some flatlander out.🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒
Thanks Flatlander! Appreciate your kind words
Hey Ethan big fan of your podcast. You said they might make you get your kit wet and have to start a fire? What kind of match is that I’m very interested. Is that like a shooting match? Not a lot of living history in my neck of the states and am curious.
Thank yoututbe for recommending me this channel, I am in search for videos like this!!!!!
subbed and liked!!
The other day you did a video about installing a vent pick holder on a southern rifle. During the video you referenced a rifle picture book. What was the title of that fine book?
That was a pretty awesome pack. Did you make that yourself? It seemed to be outfitted pretty good, I like that brass compass. You said you were kind of portraying a surveyor. Well honestly I was a land surveyor for 21 years plus or minus. Are you actually a surveyor or are you just portraying one? As flat as the bottom of that Compass is that put me in mind of the plane table. It was a board that was set up level and a compass similar to that was used to to get your azmyth and you drew the map as you went. I only know this because when I was surveying in Oregon the Bossman had a plane table and showed me how to use it. It was pretty awesome I'll tell you that. When I was a surveyor I used to have to go to the courthouse and look up Deeds and some of the Deeds went way back into the 1700 and we had to decipher what they said or used as markers for property corners. It was a lot of fun going out into the woods looking for that particular property Corner when it may have said an old stump for a corner and of course it was gone by the time we got there. Sorry this was so long I was just fascinated by that brass Compass you had. Thanks for the video and showing your setup that was a treat. Always remember keep ye powder dry!
Hey Terry, I didn't make this pack but I believe it to be handmade.
I've been thinking surveryor or artist, but also considering an early journalist (To go along with the types of videos we do on the channel). I haven't really nailed anything down concrete, but hope to in the near future.
That's so cool that you were a surveryor! I'm finding there are more and more details out there I need to learn about. As a fan of big old woods, I love the idea of them using natural markers, because to them it was always going to be there. 200+ years on wasn't really a concern, haha!!
The brass compas is a repro, I'll try to find the maker, perhaps you can add one to your kit.
Since I’m on CZcams, and know practically nothing, I’ll be sure to comment and criticize the accuracy of your kit. 😀😀
You made a point about balancing comfort and reality. That’s a bit of an interesting topic for me, because I believe people were much tougher than us through the less comfortable living conditions they had. Also, I’m not positive, but I think things like wool coats were most likely thicker back then.
So should we really try to relive exactly like them when most of us just aren’t that tuff? I’m speaking of cold bad weather of course.
Also that tin would be perfect for tinder. You can even make punk wood tinder in it, which I believe would be accurate for a woodsman
Thank you! I agree, we are very used to modern comforts. A good friend says, "Embrace the suck", LOL. It's a mentality I'm trying to adopt
Jim I agree with your comments about punk wood char for starting a fire, it was more common for long hunters than char cloth.
What a perfect and informative video! I am shooting for a similar persona starting off, my wife and I are just getting started into living history Been looking at one of those coats from Cobb creek! Yoy mentioned "in indiana" You live here too? Maybe we'll meet eachother at an event this fall
Thank you! I am a born and raised Hoosier! Hope to see you on the trail!
What about an 1849 Colt pocket model?
Horses were ubiquitous then. I imaging there might be some horse care items in there like maybe a brush?
Good idea
Your gear is great. I think there is a problem with the reenacting community and their approach to newcomers. I hear too much about well I know my gear is not period correct or this or that. It scares newcomers. I have a beard as well. I know it was not so much a fashion but to outright dismiss it is ridicules. I even hear one young fellow say his moccasins are not correct for the area he lives in. Really? That would be like me telling a guy that's been doing it for 20 yrs. that his colonial shoes were not correct because they were made from leather imported from Brazil or belt axe was an import from India. To live the period should not be so serious or Criticized. Do it the best you can have fun with it.
I agree Gil, it’s better to get started and learn along the way than to never start because it’s not perfect. Thanks for watching!
You might think about tricorning your hat
That's on my list for this year.
I'm having a difficult time finding any references to that folding candle box, the second one you showed. Could you point me in the right direction?
Hey Griffin, I'm trying to track it down in my library of books, will try to get that for you asap.
@@ILoveMuzzleloading Awesome thanks!
The only references I've found, for these, are what's called a folding lanthorn..and pocket lantern..both references are from the original ledgers of Baynton, Wharton and Morgan. Tho..considering there are no known visual representation of these..who knows. I've also spoken to museums and tinsmiths who both have said..that these were small lanterns with horn panels.
I believe your folding pocket knife is called a "Hawkbill"
Ah, thanks!
Ethan, I forgot to add that I have a moustache and goatee. None of which are period correct, but in a nod to a modern persona, it isn't going to change. Keep the beard and moustache, it's you.
Thanks David, havn't seen my chin in 10 years and I'm a bit nervous about what it looks like, Haha!
Did you trim your hat blank, and if you did how did you trim it?
I eyeballed it mostly. I sat the hat on a cutting matt and took to it with a utility knife.
What state are you from.... It always is so Green....
Hoosier state! There’s more than corn here as they say!
@@ILoveMuzzleloading I'm just a little south west of you in Newton county....
I know red and blue were colors from the period ..but we learned a lesson from the britsh about how dumb it is to were red in the woods..blue is no better.. greens Grey's and browns ..were the camo of the period..like white blankets in the summer ur going to stick out like a sore thumb and be see from along ways off .wich would be counterproductive if ur trying to be unseen by predators animal or human...
Great video, Ethan! I am doing something very similar. I’d love to post some photos of my kit. Do you have a FB page set up for sharing my kit with others interested?
Karl, I’d LOVE to see some pics, Facebook.com/groups/ILoveMuzzleloading is where you can find my Facebook group
Cast blades aren't period correct and in fact are trash they won't hold a good edge because there not forged ie. Heat treated to be abel to . That's why there so much cheaper .look up H&B forge in ohio...excellent quality..and the come pre sharpened ...
I've heard alot about facial hair in the late 1700s.. During the rev war, obviously, men were clean shaven military protocol, but after.... lots of ppl I know after getting out of the service grew out their hair and beards..because they could ..I see no difference then .1600s beards were in fashion, then fell out because inlisted men didn't have the ability to choose for them selves .but even then ppl that defied the norm had beards. I dont see why Longhunters, especially those who had been out for a while wouldn't have. Fur traders and the early 1800s mountain men definitely had beards again out in the Bush for long periods of time .. and by the mid 1800s u weren't a man if u didn't have a beard .and let's not forget how many ppl imagrated to America during this time from other parts of the world where beards were a common thing . After the rev war .well do to ppl that lived in the towns mite of keept the fashion for a while but the ppl who headed out into the wilderness ....can't see it .
Are you from Indiana I'm in fort wayne
I am from Indiana! I have some good friends in Fort Wayne
@@ILoveMuzzleloading I thought I herd the accent good guess I guess whell hell yeah keep up the good work
I lived in Elkhart for a short time. Most all of my life has been in Tennessee.
I wish I was there, I would have been perfect as Benjamin Franklin! 😫😫😫😫😫😫
I am a civil war reenactor in a world war II reenactor I'm also doing mountain Man reenactment as well of the operation mountains some of your clothing is okay but some of the clothing that you got on there is not period of correct at all I'm sorry to say but some of the clothing that you do have is not early you basically got settlers clothing not frontier type clothing of the long hunters outfits and that's the problem that you have right now the hats. Timing you don't have no problem with the hat the coat it could be off and on because you can have it on and you can have it off because of the climate but they had a frost hunting flock coat that they had for that and that was. Correct clothing coat
I Love Muzzleloading , You just keep doing exactly what you're doing with what you have going already. You've faithfully done you're research and shouldn't be discouraged by the wayward critic. If I ran an event, you'd be on the jury.
Hard to him. His voice is too low to hear him. His articulation gets blurred. Some of his information is good, but the information is not authentic to the period. He’d do better to get more of his gear authentic to the period before he gets on camera and speak up
Thanks for the feedback, could you point me to some resources to help me learn?
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Thanks very much for sharing. I learned a lot.