More Classic Camping
Complete Camping Cook Outfit for Only $6.15! Get your's today! I want to share a classic camping advertisement for the F. C. Wilson & Co. from the 1916 Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalogue. Weighing...
View ArticleCozy Camp
I made it out for a brief stay in the eastern Ozarks this week. The rain and cold came back just in time for my outing making it a little less comfortable than it could have been but I still enjoyed...
View ArticleSpring Overnighter Gear
Originally posted on Running with Sheep: Spring is here – Hurray for lighter packs! This is what we bring on a light overnighter. Sleepsystem Thermarest Neoair Sleeping matt Sea to Summit Aeros Pillow...
View ArticleWhen Wool Was King
Vintage ad for Jaeger, Pure Wool Bedding. I love wool... I lost the reference for this one but I think it's very early 1900s.
View ArticleEarly Car Camping
I love finding old images like this. They show that we never really change yet are on a continuum of adaptation. The bows that support the canvas top on this (I believe aftermarket) truck bed are...
View ArticleCar Camping – bathing in camp
For most of human history we have moved across the surface of the Earth as more-or-less self-contained units. Rarely alone and generally with all the stuff we owned. Obviously, this was before the age...
View ArticleBoy Scout Gear from 1925
This is a pretty good setup for any outdoorsman (our outdoors woman for that matter). By 1925, the scouts had worked out a pretty good uniform and gear setup based on many old experts not the least of...
View ArticleClassic Liquid Fuel Stoves
A look at the origins and evolution of our favorite camp stove… This post was going to be a few words about the Primus stoves we all love and some images I’ve collected from around the web. As usual,...
View ArticleCampaign Furniture in the Wild
There's not much point to this post other than I like historic images and found some great camp photos from the 1920s. These are mostly Roy Chapman Andrews in Mongolia, 1925-1928 from the American...
View ArticlePeter Michael Bauer, a Portland-Based Re-Wilder
He has a decent re-wilding/survival rant blog that leaves you wanting more. How can you not like a guy with a road-kill squirrel puppet? He doesn't post much but what he does is well-done. While...
View ArticleCamp Stoves: The Svea 123
Arguably the pinnacle of white gas stove design. My little Svea 123. It is essentially a brass fuel tank and a burner; a Molotov Cocktail with a valve. And it comes in one of my favorite colors,...
View ArticleEarly Style Camping Gear
Starting in the upper left and moving more-or-less clockwise: small tomahawk, portmanteau, stoneware jug, braided buckskin cord, patch knife, buckskin bag for brass sundial compass, wool bonnet (tam...
View ArticleCamp Stoves: Optimus 8R
Just some eye candy of the Optimus 8R. Battered, grungy, and well-used, much like it's owner. I really wanted one of these back in the mid-1980s. Since I was bumming around and using air travel, I...
View ArticleCamp Stoves: Optimus 80
Continuing on with the theme of admiration for the classic camp stoves, here is a visual overview of the Optimus 80 / Svea 71. No, they are not exactly the same, but are very close and share virtually...
View ArticleMore Classic Camp Gear from the American West
I have no information about this image as it was one of those random internet finds. The gear looks to be from about the turn of the 19th-20th Century and supplies the basics for an American or...
View ArticleHow to Improvise and Use a Three Stick Roycroft Pack Frame
Thanks to Survival Sherpa for posting this look at making a pack frame. Making a quick, three stick pack frame is a valuable bit of knowledge. How serendipitous that this came up (seems to be a lot...
View Article“Make yourself a wool bush shirt” my article on ‘The Bushcraft Magazine’!
Originally posted on Wild Tuscany Bushcraft: One of my dreams comes true! Last month I’ve written a tutorial on making a wool bush shirt and this article… has been published in the Autumn issue of...
View ArticlePracticing Primitive Daily
Primitive is a loaded word for some people. To me, it means simple and lacking industrial materials. That's not to say primitive cannot be complex or fine work; in fact, it's often just the opposite....
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