Forum: The Great Outdoors

As a motorcycle buff, I have had a couple of the Triumph retro bikes during the last 8 years. My last one being theTriumph Scrambler...... ...

Servus Bergkameraden, More high adventures with Project Edelweiss 2012. Read more about it: ...

http://petanque-america.com/index.html The old French pastime seems to be becoming (slowly) more popular here in the U.S. MP

For the life of me, I absolutely cannot find the perfect vintage style khaki field shirt, of the sort worn in "The Jewel in the Crown". Khaki...

Translation of the inscription on the monument reads: Here stood S.S. Maklakov's small house that served as the base of guerrilla group of Major...

Greetings, I just got an M39 rucksack and was wondering if anyone could offer some assistance for cleaning/restoration. 1. There is the...

Each time I go I try and find classic style gear. Having a great deal of trouble with tall boots that don't blister when on long stalks (think lion),...

This is my first post on this forum. Me and a few guys at work absolutely love this place. Anyways I would like to contribute a picture of my...

With summer upon us, I have been perusing the various threads at The Fedora Lounge in search of information on going to the beach...Golden Era style....

I like the looks of the the Red Wing Gentleman's Traveler/Beckman/9011. (Have only seen it on the web.) I already have the Wolverine 1000-Mile...

I'm not sure if this is the correct section, but it is a travel trunk, so. I have my mom's old overland trunk which really needs some cleaning up and...

Gents, For my outdoor trips or when I went canoeing I always took an old army tent-half or ventile poncho to make a primitive shelter. This...

I posted this on the WWII forum and I did not get much response, so I'll try here:

Here's the story as it was told to me.... One night, back in the early sixties, a young Navy pilot was returning to Oceana in his F-11A when his...

Does anyone know of suppliers (preferably in Europe) who make bicycle helmets that look like they are from the 1930-1940 era? Bicycle helmet looking...

Hey everyone, I'm looking to find the smaller of the two swiss salt and pepper rucksacks. However, Load-up only has the larger one now...

Hello, still you can get them on various webshops and on ebay. I wrote a post with some images of the smaller vs. the bigger salt and pepper swiss...

Gentlemen: I've just picked up an old turn-of-the-Century camping/travelling stove. Found it literally plastered in dirt and dust that has coated...

I took my son snowboarding a while back and I saw this fellow and couldn't help but take a pic. Who knows, maybe he's on this forum:

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/islandhopping-sicilian-style-20120216-1tazu.html

I just finished Wade Davis's recent book Into the Silence, sort of a history of the early, 1920s Mount Everest exhibitions (George Mallory, et al.),...

I was eyeing a pair at a barn sale this summer, but I wanted a pair that would be more than just a decoration. So does anyone here have and use...

I just bought these boots by English shoemaker, GRENSON. They are from their Heritage Range, whereby they recreate classic boots such as British Army...