Recent content by Heathfox

Good afternoon! By reading up on a completely different story on the internet I came across a schooner used by the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) to supply and police the coasts of arctic Canada between the 1920s and 50s. The ship was the first vessel to completley circumnavigate the...

I was splitting some beech logs that will eventually turn into chair legs. Wearing a vintage Pendelton shirt, traditional German carpenter's trousers and - leather slippers... Of course I don't work with heavy logs in those slippers, but I wasn't allowed to cross the house (to fetch the camera)...

Home-made blackberry gin. Same as sloe gin, just with blackberries instead of sloes. I set that stuff up in late summer of 2015. Then I acted on the advice of my late grandfather: "Put it away and forget about it!" - He said that about home-made cider. So we remembered about the blackberry gin...

Since everyone is wearing white... Not today, but day before yesterday (guess it still counts): We're visiting my mum in Germany at the moment, and we took her for a birthday outing to Eltville on the Rhine (well worth a visit if slightly touristy). The restaurants were all packed unfortunately...

After a morning spent mucking around the vegetable patch and chopping firewood.... Hat: Akubra, shirt and waistcoat: Filson, trousers: ??, boots: Repro M1931 cavalry boots by WPG. Note: The slightly rude gesture is not aimed at the public, just at the photographer... :)

Not exactly a pet in the stricter sense of the word, but it sort of applies. This is Dolly, the horse that I unfortunately do not own but had riding lessons on this winter. She is a Shire Horse cross and basically an armchair of a horse, her gaits are that beautiful! Unfortunately she has...

Good afternoon adventurers! I got out of doors for some walking, tree-hugging and bird watching this weekend, staying at my mother's place in west-central Germany. I took a leisurely hike through the woods and along a swampy river valley. Plenty of birds to be seen (including an unusual visitor...

Quite a story... Dillon Wallace's books are available (free and legal) on www.archive.org and on Project Gutenberg -- He was quite a good writer.

Here in Old England we call such socks "shooting socks" often with turn-overs in contrasting colours, the Scots know them as "kilt hose" in all sorts of colours - you might want to try looking for those. It is basically a sturdy pair of wool socks long enough to fold over at the tops, you may...

Nice hat, Big Man! Sometimes, the action one gets is very low key indeed. This morning I got a brief chance to get away from behind my desk. I know I can't keep up with the fantastic shooting irons some members have shown here (e.g. Renault's Winchester...!!!!) but nothing beats a bit of light...

Inspired by all the 1920s-30s outdoor wear I have seen on the forum here. Breeches and knee socks....:

Very nice, gents! Always great to see horses in action. Can I ask where you get your campaign hats from? I like the shape of the pre-Montana peak US army hats...

I would also have recommended a "cartridge bag" or "shooting bag" type of bag, like the ones made by Brady (Barbour comes to mind as well as Beretta). I have this one, a replica of a WWI officers haversack: http://onlinemilitaria.net/products/4629-WWI-Officer-Musette-Bag/?bc=no -The quality is...

Great picture! Looks like the chap on the right carries some of his duffle down his shirt front...?! Or is that a bag slung over his shoulder...?

Hi Alistair, I should have asked this earlier: What exactly are you planning to do? Are you actually going to hike or climb in classic clothes and equipment? And in what sort of terrain at which time of the year? Knowing that, we can give you some more specific advice. For climbing clothes...