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 in at 20 pounds it might be a bit heavy for backpacking but would be great for the car, wagon, pack-horse, or canoe. According to the online Inflation Calculator, this $6.15 kit would cost an equivalent of $149.05 in today’s U.S. dollar. At first this sounds ridiculous but after looking at a recent REI catalog I think it might actually be quite a good deal.

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A Gallery of Some Past Projects

Bodhrans.

Mountain dulcimer.

My traveling bucksaw.

Tools, clockwise from lower left: large awl, sewing awl, rivercane needle case, bone toothpick, sewing needles in center.

A little walnut oil brings out the grain.

Treadle lathe turned bowl and plate made by Mick Robins in spaleted alder (I think). The spoon is Osage orange carved by me.

Willow pack basket I made several years ago. The straps were obviously new then.

The author with his antler-fork walking stick and his dog begging for a walk.

Bodhrans.

Taking a break.

Low-resolution selfie from a morning hike.

Flame maple neck, walnut rim.

Paleotool at Rabbitstick, Rexburg, Idaho

My Portmanteau. 18th Century style, it has become my favorite overnight bag.

The holdfasts in place, holding nothing in particular.

Higher, more ergonomic table.

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The sacred connection.

The small rucksack with the portmanteau attached.

The little table has many miles on it now and doesn’t look this pretty at all. I’m actually in the midst of refinishing it and will post pictures sometime soon.