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  1. Heathfox

    Historic pictures RCMP schooner "St. Roche"

    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...
  2. Heathfox

    What are you wearing today??

    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)...
  3. Heathfox

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    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...
  4. Heathfox

    What are you wearing today??

    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...
  5. Heathfox

    What are you wearing today??

    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... :)
  7. Heathfox

    Loungers' Pets

    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...
  8. Heathfox

    Adventure! Fedora Lounge Folks in Action!

    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...
  9. Heathfox

    Ray Mears lecture

    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.
  10. Heathfox

    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    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...
  11. Heathfox

    Adventure! Fedora Lounge Folks in Action!

    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...
  13. Heathfox

    What are you wearing today??

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

    Adventure! Fedora Lounge Folks in Action!

    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...
  15. Heathfox

    Shoulder bag that looks less purse like

    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...
  16. Heathfox

    What did 1910's-20's hikers/climbers brought or wore?

    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...?
  17. Heathfox

    What did 1910's-20's hikers/climbers brought or wore?

    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...
  19. Heathfox

    What did 1910's-20's hikers/climbers brought or wore?

    Hi Alistair! I'd recommend you read some of the early 20th century books on "woodcraft", a genre flourishing especially in the US. One of the biggest classic authors is Horace Kephart, his books (especially "Camping and Woodcraft"), another prolific writer would be Warren H. Miller. Both can be...
  20. Heathfox

    What are you wearing today??

    Not exactly today, but I guess yesterday also counts... Just poking around the countryside. Sorry for the wierd angle, I had the camera balanced on a tree stump.
  21. Heathfox

    Source for Strathcona/ RCMP boots?

    Thank you very much, Johnny. I sent the folks at Alberta boots an email and got a very quick reply with all the information I needed. Now I can start saving...
  22. Heathfox

    Source for Strathcona/ RCMP boots?

    Good evening, fellow members, I was wondering if somebody knows a place that sells Strathcona boots (the partially laced brown riding boots worn by the RCMP). Since I am based in Europe (UK), I'd be keen on someone who ships across the pond. Thank you very much in advance for your advice...
  23. Heathfox

    Adventure! Fedora Lounge Folks in Action!

    I can't compete with the great outdoors of the Americas or classic firearms like the Hi-Power (European laws being what they are...), but this is as close to hunting I get... Walked a field archery course with a mate the other day and scored a hit on this plastic turkey (the real-life version is...

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