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Post by brokennock on Nov 8, 2023 6:59:35 GMT -7
It is somewhere between 1755 and 1775, living in or on the edge of the woods, somewhere in the northeastern American Colonies, PA, western NY, MA, CT, NH....
Need to go and gather some fatwood, what shall ye carry it in?
I feel a split pouch, even of market wallet size, would be a pain to put sticks and split kindling into. A basic drawstring bag?
Materials? Construction?
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Post by Black Hand on Nov 8, 2023 9:40:06 GMT -7
Break/cut the pitchwood into pieces that will fit in a sack of any kind. Cut into smaller pieces at home and put into your tinder bag.
What I usually do is carry the entire chunk in my hand and process at home.
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Post by brokennock on Nov 8, 2023 12:30:32 GMT -7
Break/cut the pitchwood into pieces that will fit in a sack of any kind. Cut into smaller pieces at home and put into your tinder bag. What I usually do is carry the entire chunk in my hand and process at home. In my case I could have quite a walk back to the truck, so hand carry is probably not an option. I really don't like to carry anything in my hands except either my gun or my walking staff anyway. I'd like to process it down to kindling size on site as much as possible. Also, I'm intending this next batch more for lighting the wood stove as we don't like to use paper in it. While I'm out I intend to gather more birch bark too. |
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Post by brokennock on Nov 8, 2023 12:32:59 GMT -7
I know it has been discussed elsewhere before, but I can't remember the conclusions reached, and for the sake of generating more discussion I'll ask....
When does the "pack basket" appear on scene in the northeastern New England colonies, or maybe post revolution.
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Post by Keith on Nov 8, 2023 15:41:31 GMT -7
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