> Lahti's compromise by using treated cloth. like capt.
> has INDIRECTLY pointed out to me.
Clint,
I don't know why I'm bothering, but to my recollection I made it pretty
clear that I had gotten away from using "treated" cloth for my shelter
finding that plain cloth sheds water just fine.
YMOS
Capt. Lahti'
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Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 18:42:24 -0700
From: "BARRY CONNER" <conner_one@email.msn.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Snowshoe treatment
Spar Varnish, marine type that displaces water pretty good, John Kramer can
probably tell you more Todd or may even have a better product that he
produces.
Take care,
Buck Conner
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty" Thomas Jefferson 1771
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From: "Todd Glover" <tetontodd@juno.com>
To: <hist_text@xmission.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 5:33 PM
Subject: MtMan-List: Snowshoe treatment
> Hello all,
>
> I'm refurbishing a pair of old snowshoes. Anyone have any suggestions as
> to the best kind of varnish to use on the lacing?
> I doubt it was used historically....what was used to help preserve the
> lacing or webbing? Were they greased? I guess it's possible to use pitch,
> but it seems that it would be quite brittle and break off. What are your
> thoughts?
>
> "Teton" Todd D. Glover #1784
>
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Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 18:48:37 -0700
From: "BARRY CONNER" <conner_one@email.msn.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: looking for blackpowder club in Edmonton ,Albert
Take care,
Buck Conner
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty" Thomas Jefferson 1771
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From: <Traphand@aol.com>
To: <hist_text@lists.xmission.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 4:30 PM
Subject: MtMan-List: looking for blackpowder club in Edmonton ,Albert
> Someone once gave me the E-Mail address and website for a
> newsletter and gunclub located in Edmonton, Alberta Canada.
Try Northwest Journal at:
http://www.agt.net/public/gottfred/nwj.html
> Also, does anyone know if Clark & Son Mercantile is still in
> business. The website I had for them doesn't work anymore.
> If you have their current website, or if they sold out and you
> know the new owners info, please send that to me.
Paul Jones in Texas bought the farm last summer from me, can be reached at:
http://www.clarkandsons.com/
> Thanks!
>
> Traphand
> Rick Petzoldt
> Traphand@aol.com
Take care,
Buck Conner
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty" Thomas Jefferson 1771
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Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 21:15:30 EST
From: MarkLoader@aol.com
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Canvas /Bedding
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"The Chronicles of George C. Yount" while with William Wolfskill in 1830 in
the Wasatch Range wrote:
The blankets used by these travellers of the wilderness are of a peculiar
kind, very thick and almost impervious to water- A small stream of water
running directly through a corner of their camp, they found not difficult to
keep open for the use of themselves and their animals. and a blazing fire was
kept burning night & day in the center- With their Beaver-skins they were
enabled to cover themselves and provide a comfortable bed. Thus they lay ,
shut out from all the world, while the storm was hawling around them, and the
snow falling in astonishing profusion--
Mark " Roadkill" Loader
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>"The Chronicles of George C. Yount" while with William Wolfskill in 1830 in the Wasatch Range wrote:
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<BR>The blankets used by these travellers of the wilderness are of a peculiar kind, very thick and almost impervious to water- A small stream of water running directly through a corner of their camp, they found not difficult to keep open for the use of themselves and their animals. and a blazing fire was kept burning night & day in the center- With their Beaver-skins they were enabled to cover themselves and provide a comfortable bed. Thus they lay , shut out from all the world, while the storm was hawling around them, and the snow falling in astonishing profusion--
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