Transform your GREAT KILT into a HAMMOCK? Historical, Survival, Camping Hack
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Didn't know I was ready for a kilt video but I'm ready for a kilt video.
On this channel everyone is ready for a kilt video!
A guy I used to know that participated in hammer throwing at highland games At something like 1.9m and 145kg he was damn big. He tried this while we were out practicing bush craft skills in Scotland. He went arse first through the hammock, which got us falling about the place laughing, followed by the kind of swearing only a Glaswegian can do. I was laughing so much I got a minor tear in the muscles between the ribs. He got a new better quality one after that.
If anyone is using paracord, after doing the first two wraps-and-overhands, I'd recommend flipping the tag end of the kilt over to the other side, then wrap it in 2 more wraps-and-overhands like the first time. This back-cinches the fabric to help prevent it from working its way free. Paracord is slippery AF. Coarse rope like what is used will have less chance of slipping free when wrapped around the equally friction-heavy surface of good wool.
Superb, love my hammock for a good night's sleep.
And paracord stretches loaded overnight...
I was thinking of using a smooth rock to lock it.
After seeing Living Anachronism's video on what an adventurer would likely use as a bed and then this video, any and all adventuring guilds should just have hammocks or hammock tie ups all over
Hey Tom, try using your rope doubled up, making a larks head around the tree, then use a simple sheet bend on the plaid. Make sure the the plaid is folded in half for more strength, and so you can stuff dry grass and/or your sheep skin inside it to help battle conduction.
Tom, I've been fascinated by your demonstrations of the great kilt's versatility. From the video, it looks like you may have had enough overhang with your cover to fold it and use it as an underquilt.
Just want to say that I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos. Keep it up. Very informative, inspiring and entertaining.
My sincere applauds to you.
I used to do this in the army with my woobie (military issue blankey.) Slept in it for 2 weeks once and never had it rip or tear. My favorite sleeping arrangement for field events, easily.
Great idea! Maybe try to shorten the fabric that wraps over the stick on both ends. Then, wrap the cordage as usual plus around and crossed over the stick for extra support and maybe less stress on fabric.
Which means you can create a sort of impromptu hunting swivel chair by tying both sides to the same tree.
All your learning details have been saved for preface needs, thanks for the Fandabi hammock teaching aid, cheers!
How much time would it take to hand weave a traditional great kilt like that one? One of my Aberdeenshire ancestors has his occupation listed as a weaver and I always wondered what life would have been like for him and his family.
For a beginner? I took up weaving this year, and it takes me almost as long to warp the loom as to weave the piece. This is 160cm wide and 5m long, so it’s the maximum width achievable on a 80cm wide loom (not counting shrinkage) and 5m is a very long warp to wind. You could of course use a really wide floor loom too, and you probably don’t need a whole lot of shafts as there’s no fancy pattern. It’s maybe tabby weave or maybe twill. Tabby (normal weave) is a bit faster to make, I think. I’m currently making a 2m by 1m shawl/cloak and it’s taken me about 6 hours to set up the loom (with help from my teacher). It’s my second piece. I hope you do take up weaving - I’m really enjoying it and feel a connection to the past that’s very rewarding.
@@ek-nz It is on my list of homesteading skills to learn.
Ah yes my favorite guitarist, Kilt Hammock from the band Celtellica
Damn, last time I was this early my wife wouldn’t talk to me for the rest of the evening.
Great video brother always a treat!
There's a Dave Canterbury video that gets into making a hammock with two sticks on each end.
Someone folds a corner over one log, then puts the other one next to it, then rolls both together 2 or 3 times.
After that, someone makes a figure-8 with the ties a few times, taking the webbing/cord through the middle of the two sticks on the side from under, goes over the stick that's closest to the middle, back through the middle & over the other log, then someone ties everything off like normal
This looks remarkably cozy.
Kilts and Fandobi Dozi, name a better duo.
Hey Tom, lovely video! That worked much better than I expected. I think it would be possible to reinforce the plaid hammock with a "frame" in the form of a rope/net hammock underneath, and since its just a reinforcement it could be much less dense and heavy than a normal net hammock. It could also give you options to stuff or hang debris or blankets for under insulation.
At each end gather the plaid together and begin to pass rope about 6 inches from tbe end and fold the plaid over the rope. Now wrap the rope tightly 6 times around the plaid so that the first part of rope and plaid make almosta ring wrapped in rope. The rope should be notted and then join the rest of the rope around the chosen tree and hitched off. I'd get a free standing bug net over you on a ridge line above you. Put another ridge line 4 inches above that for a tarp.
Good video , especially your emphasis on the weight of the kilt to get the desired effect. Greetings from Norway
aarrrhh ! I crave to do the same with my great kilt. Thanks for the experiment.
There is a way to secure rope to fabric or tarp. You fold a smooth stone into the fabric and tie around it. Similar to how you used those sticks. They’re called buttons
Dave Canterbury did one similar using an wool army blanket about 8 or 9 years back it might pay to look that up he rolled the ends around a stick and tied off to that in his it might give you an idea or 2!
Colorado Springs, Thank you, GO NAVY!!!
Excellent video. I feel this is lost knowledge you have rediscovered.
I adore that tunic coat
Looking forward to that future overnighter, now!
I think you are just fabulous. I loved watching this. Cheers to ingenuity, daring, practice, and your success! 🎉
Fantastic, as always!
What a great idea. I'm getting my first great kilt soon.
That was awesome Tom!!!
Good job Tom! You're so inventive. I actually like lying on the ground because there is something beautiful about resting on Mother Earth's body. I love the tunic you're wearing!
Always learning from these. Thanks Fandabi Dozi.
that Forrest looks magical! Great video
Cheers, great vid
Very informative as always Tom 👏 keep them coming 👍
Awww mate.. fantastic. Videos are gettin better n better
I think it's a great idea. Cheers mate.
I love this idea! Definitely giving this a try this Spring. You do some awesome work, Sir.
Somebody out there needs to make a techno/house song of you saying "Floating Woolen Cocoon" 😂
My Great Kilt has a length of 8,5 mtr. So there is lots of material to fold it in double layer as the hammock and a single layer on top.
Cool. I have often wondered about doing this.
thats an interesting idea,to have your kilt as a hammock
Wow that looked so simple and beautiful with the sticks! You are so creative and curious - always a good time to watch along!
Crazy good idea. Great video, well presented and thought out
You ever thought of having a non historically accurate plaid specifically for messing around with in new ideas and concepts? I sewed two wool blankets 9ft by 7ft 3.5lbs each to make my Great kilt. Added belt loops and Tarp tieouts on the edges of the fabric more for holding stakes than bearing any real weight. The imaginations the limit with these thing
That looks great! Given the width of the plaid, and the 5m length you’ve got, could you perhaps tie the two ends together to double it over and then tie it off as you have done, you would then have an under blanket with the lower section. You could then tie the excess sides up over your legs using little knots/pegs/pins or a second blanket if it’s too snug/fiddly.
That was awesome.
I love these videos
Love your videos. Thank you for all your work. You could probably run a low Ridgeline and drape that excess over it for better rain runoff
Great stuff good idea.
Man, I'm not going to test it, but I really want to. It seems like a really cool experience, but I've never camped in a hammock and I'm heavy. Who knows in the future?
NICE JOB!!!
Great video
You should consider doing another HOW TO MAKE video. Like the staff vid. Mabey even teach a few strikes.
Very bee handing hammock ever ❤
if the " blanket " part touches the ground, like it was when you were using it in the vid. then the bugs have a path to you
so cool!
Great experience
That would be great as a chair, but as a hammock to sleep in... not without an underquilt. The wind blows under the hammock and drops your core temperature.
i use my throw blanket bunched up as a pillow in the hammock so you could use the excess kilt as such or as a bug net for the head. and a blanket big enough to wrap up in the hammock for general use.
Sir, I thoroughly enjoy your work and I thank you for your it. I feel that you could really develop a really cool camping system with this theory. I.e. pre whittled end sticks that serve some multi-purpose, kilt more suited to the task (slightly thicker/longer), designated cordage for said task, etc. I feel that a person could develop a system for a lifetime 😀. Blessings to you and yours.
Enjoy watching you finding new use for The Great Kilt, on that where do you buy your Great Kilts, probably looking for one that's not so heavy, it's not very cold here in Australia
Hello from New Zealand 🇳🇿 😍
Wow! What is the layer you are wearing on top? Im very curious! Great video!
this is so cool
Another great video mate. Where did you get the tunic your wearing?
Fandabi Dozi 👍
One day I would like to buy one
Cool! I love this. I have seen a few videos using a wool blanket in a similar way to make a hammock. It would be useful to search them out to see the different knots and techniques (some use sticks, similar but different to what Tom used) and get more ideas and inspiration for experimentation. Tom, if you read this, I love that coat you are wearing! It's beautiful. Where did you get it?
Could you make a detailed video of different ways you can carry your sgian dubh you designed?
That will stretch the fabric. But very cool idea.
I would love to see this same video with an experiment with ancient roman kit. The toga was approximately like the plaid in size and shape and function. I, honestly, see a continuum of functional clothing across Europe in the 0-1750 CE range. Toga was often also of wool and of roughly the same proportions. You could speak latin as well: same video, but in latin with Scottish subtitles, in a toga, camping in Caledonia.
Looks great!
Where do you buy such plaid? Any online shop to recommend?
Brilliant!
How much does wool stretch or deform when wet or dry (like where the butt presses on it)?
Apologies if this is in an earlier video, but have you considered lanolising the kilt to make it even more water repellant?
where do you get your plaids from just I can't find any weavers on Harris, Sky, Mull or other islands. please respond cheers Jay
It rarely gets cold here in TEXAS, but I want to get a kilt like yours, what material would you recommend to buy? Thank you for posting.
Hello, Where did you get your great kilt blanket? Thanks.
Have you seen Dave Cantebury's wool blanket hammock?
I fucking love it feels like CZcams if it was invented in 1700s
Well done. But to your point of history, you're right. If it's your main source of warmth, setting it up like a hammock wouldn't make sense, since you can simply wrap it around yourself. Plus, you're also right about an undercover/quilt. Without that, you're heading into CBS (Cold Butt Syndrome) territory, and sleep might prove elusive. 🙂
Could overlock some holes in mounting points?
Where does one acquire material for a great kilt? I've looked on the interwebs and I'm having trouble finding decent heavy weight plaid wool!
where did you buy that plaid? struggling to find authentic, thick and large
Where can I purchase a great kilt like the one you have ?
We need our heritage back in all forms, we should start by seriosly advocating wearing kilts again under our clan names and embracing how much we are Scotland! Everything else in todays society is wearing someone elses rags, we've had tartans specific to our own names and identities for a very long time, now we clad ourselves in anyones crap and dont care where it came from. Its the perfect time in the current state of society to make great change by ourself for ourselves, then we can help others x
“Loudoun!!!”…3
So, all in all, would you still recommend carrying a lightweight hammock to use in conjunction regardless? They add almost no weight, so I might just stay that path anyway.
Would the wool be as strong if it gets wet?
A simple sheet bend knot is what I'd use, rather than bother with finding and prepping a stick .
Bending of the sheet (plaid) into a 'U' and running the rope through, around and crossed under itself. Look it up, it's a very useful, secure knot that I use all the time. AND it's easy to tie and untie. The double sheet bend knot makes it even more secure.
For the tension line towards either tree as well as for a ridge line for a tarp above, I'd suggest using a truckers hitch as demonstrated by Coalcracker bushcraft 😊
@Nikos Bushcraft and Survival why knot?
@Nikos Bushcraft and Survival ok, any advice on another option that I can use instead? (Not an expert, just found that knot useful to get a good tension)
you have the right idea pleating it first, but then just fold it over and do a sheet bend, no need for the sticks.
Hi ther how many great kilts you got
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I think I need a kilt
I was already sold now I have to bite the bullet, Good wool is expensive!
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Where can I find a cheep kilt like these
you must have the same insulation under as you do over.....if you don't you will freeze