I think button or wooden toggle fastening would be better, velcro can collect the debris and mud - making it less effective, thinking of my fishing jacket at times ;-)Originally Posted by PADDY
I think button or wooden toggle fastening would be better, velcro can collect the debris and mud - making it less effective, thinking of my fishing jacket at times ;-)
Cordially,
Charles Godfrey, Esq.
Paddy, I was looking through my Littlewoods catalogue from 1940’s and saw this^, and immediately thought of you! I will try to scan it properly and send you a copy, if you like : )
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Our little £1 car boot tent
"Better Camping" by zombikombi1959, on Flickr
The old car boot bargain £1 tent by zombikombi1959, on Flickr
Vintage on a Shoestring Budget ;-)
I've reenacted for many years and our tents were made from a material known as sunforger canvas http://periodfabric.com/sunforger-tent-canvas/
I've sewn up sunforger canvas tents that lasted 10 years and never leaked with this material. Just a thought for those wanting to make their own vintage tent without the problems of conventional canvas.
Mike - that's basically the same as mine!! Sssschhh!!!! only £1..!!!! that is crazy!! I can tell you I paid 'a bit' more than that! Fantastic DEAL..!
Hot ginger and dynamite, There's nothing but that at night,
Back in Nagasaki Where the fellers chew tobaccy and the
women wicky-wacky Woo.
David - that duck canvas looks really good and at decent prices too! Shame that the cost on postage to the UK wouldn't make sense for me to purchase it. I'm after some to make a ground sheet from!
Hot ginger and dynamite, There's nothing but that at night,
Back in Nagasaki Where the fellers chew tobaccy and the
women wicky-wacky Woo.
Greetings, Friends,
My wife and I have done quite a bit of period camping, as we're deeply involved in Living History, 18th century, and I also collect backpacking stoves, and can do a period camp for several time periods that way, too. Here is our fairly large Tentsmiths (the absolute BEST tent maker out there today!!!) Round End Slant Wall Marquite tent, at a camp we do up in Utah at Fort BuenaVentura.
The smaller wedge tent and fly, to the right of our lovely Marquis, is also from Tentsmiths (as are all of our period tents), and it serves as a cooking area and food supply tent.
Here's another shot of this very comfortable and lovely camp.
Here's a shot of the inside, taken by Carl Geers (a fine professional photographer) with his great panorama camera. Our tent has a painted canvas floor, furniture of our period, including an antique rope bed, and for this camp, a wood stove, as the temps got down to 16° at night! We were enjoying a nice breakfast when Carl asked if he could take this shot, and we're really glad he did so.
Finally, one of Ol' Doc M on the range during one of our many shooting contests. My flintlock was made by Danny Caywood, and it's got two barrels, one a .54 caliber rifled barrel, and one .62 caliber smoothbore barrel. This is a great firearm, and I've used it to feed a group of us, once, on a 100+ horse scout in the mountains of Idaho. As long as I do my part, it hits what I ask it to.
By the way, my cocked hat is made of beaver and rabbit felt, and has done yeoman service for around 25 years! It's battered, beaten, and dirty, but it's still my woods and scouting hat. Thanks for checking out our camp, and God Bless!
Every Good Wish,
Doc
P.S. I'll try to find some more period photos, which include our stove Gatherings, and post them here, too.
The only thing that can never be taken away from you, is your honor. Cherish it in you and others.
here is my tent
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same tent different spot
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