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Hawken! Young man I’m sixty. I’ve aspired for years to follow through with kindred passions . Humility and transparency are oozing from this video. (my first one , I’m new here) . My son is your age and I kept him in the woods and on the water every opportunity I had . The God given spirit , that dwells in us , is regenerated and charged from being in nature, we are made of dirt ourselves and we glean energy from greeting our hands in it. Your content is most refreshing and I both subscribed and hit the like button as well as the notification bell. Ecclesiastes 11:9 Proverbs 3:5-6 Take care and keep your powder dry and coffee ( chocolate) hot.
Hocking. (I thought you said "hawking" at first, then I saw "Hocking Hills" in your description and realized it is the name of a place.) I enjoy your content and hope you continue.
Hocking, I am now 66 years old and have been doing this since I was 12. I love nothing more than spending time out.in the wilds of my BC Canadian west coast. Keep learning and enjoying, it all goes by way to fast!
I just found your video and love it. I should have took the path you have taken and live my life that way, I was just born 200 years to late, I’m 67 now divorced and live in a camper right next to the wood and enjoy as much of the old way as I can. I can’t hunt like I used to because of bad knees and hips but I do garden and can when I can. Still cook outside over the fire and in my Dutch oven. Keep the good videos coming it brings out my time in West Virginia before moving to Virginia, be safe and God bless.
I got into this along time ago. Still have everything. Shirts,hunting frok ,and loincloth , i got from a trading company called oyo . That was how the French spelled ohio back on the frontier. Their place was a little past yellow springs. Made my leggings myself. My sash, leg ties,and strap for my pouch were all made on a inkel [not sure about spelling] loom , by the sister of the women who owned oyo. I dyed some of my clothing using walnut hulls. My dad and i made my 50 flint. Has all browned iron furniture. I have taken two deer with it. A good friend who does outstanding leather work made my pouch . Has the weeping heart on the flap, not really frontier , more fur trade era. Dave made it and i like it and thats that. I wear dyer double soled trail mocks , so not really period correct. Well got to go ,maybe I’ll see at friendship someday. Keep the wind in your face and your powder dry.
In England, we do a thing called wild camping. I say this with the greatest respect to all the other channels I’ve ever watched, amateur and professional alike, but this one kept my interest all the way through. It’s the sheer amount of respect that you have for our ancestors that struck me the most. I really can’t wait for the next vid, when you get even closer to the real thing. Well done 👍
Hocking is like 1 hour from me beautiful place I think you did an incredible job I like how you go into detail with everything love your new video brother keep them coming !!!!
I really enjoyed this video, and one thing you said made me think. You said you doubted that back them they would have been burning cloth to use to start fires and I totally agree, cloth would be to valuable and expensive. One thing i have thought, never have really seen reference to it though, is something I have done in the past, I used burnt wood from a cold fire, to use to spark the next one. You can gather a few choice pieces to carry with you and use them to catch a spark when you are ready for your next fire, just like you would if you use punk would to char it. Also when you commented on hot chocolate and whether they used sugar or not, I would imagine sugar was used, but more likely than not in the settlements or in the home, not so much on the trail. Possibly they carried some when first starting out, if they had canoes or pack animals, even maybe for a day or two on the trail packing on their back, but the extra weight even then was like now, ounces equal pounds. On the breakfast and getting moving, I agree, they most likely woke, packed and moved on, eating cold on the move or possibly stopping later to cook something. I read somewhere years ago where even at night, they would stop before dark, not where they were going to camp, cook a meal on a small fire, unless it was to dangerous for a fire, finish, put out the fire then move on to their camp spot. This way the smell of a fire, or food cooking, would not be the same place they bedded down for the night, so as to be harder to locate. Keep on with your journey, as an older man, I can tell you, time flies by very fast, especially the older you get, I got my first black powder firearm in 1966, this hobby you have can give you much satisfaction now in your youth and when you are older, but starting young gives you so much more time to enjoy it. I know you are enjoying it and I hope to be around to continue watching you move forward. Thank you for sharing your adventure.
Hawking!! Man its so good to see you filming again my friend! I hooe school went well for you and i absolutely can not wait to see what's in store!! Thisbwas an awesome overnighter! Great content as always!!!!!
Really appreciate it and thanks for watching to the end! Wrapped up school on a good note and am enjoying a new job, new place, and a lot more time to work on future videos like this one. Have another camp coming up in about two weeks, actually! Thanks again!
Hocking. Good video. Nice to see someone with a passion for primitive camping. I'm 77 and plan to keep on rendevousing until I can't do it anymore. Keep up the good work.
Hi there 😁 I’m Tom from Cimbrer Bushcraft Viking Heritage 👍🏻 and I just want to tell you that I enjoy your videos very much. Your passion for the old school style is showing in your work and even though I make videos from another time period I can still be inspired by your content and appreciate your information you present in your videos. Keep up the good work 🏕🔥 Tom
Hawken! My young friend, you are on the right path to doing what was,, as this world is headed that way again if things don't change. However, I am 73 and will be 74 on Halloween. I have been in 2 wars and grew up in the Bayou of La. I am a master knife/Hatchett maker, but you can't guess what is the best knife sharpener you carry with you? Sand stone is fine, but your leather belt is king in this case. Just take it off turn it over on it's rough side stand on one end and sharpen like a razor. I have skinned a lot of hides in my life and still do, try it😸🦝🐊
Another great video…they just keep getting better! Now that summer heat is giving way to cooler temperatures, I think it’s about time to fire up my great-grandfather’s forge, and make some improvements to my own kit…
I remember decades ago while in college spending time living off the land. Have a great friend who is a native Ute indian. We attended colorado state university together in the early 80s. Spent many a weeks toting and living in a teepee he made. We wore deer skins clothing his family made. Only firearms we carried were 1858 new army model BP revolvers. We shot Jack rabbits prairie grouse. We set traps and gathered native plants to eat. Watching you makes me yearn for those days. I missed an 8 pt white tail with my flintlock on my farm in eastern nc. Times certainly have changed. While living in the dorms on campus we were allowed to keep our guns in our dorm rooms. Enjoy watching your channel.
I've always wanted to camp in a rock overhang. But I'll never forget in muzzleloader magazine when Mark Baker wrote about a rock over hmag he slept in and when he returned to camp there I think a year later the roof had collapsed.
I read a similar account of a hunter who lost their life in an incident like that. Awful, awful story and was definitely in the back of my mind. My understanding is that warming the cold rock with a fire, especially in the winter, increases the chances of such a thing happening. I won’t be making any big fires in front of this rock face, I can tell you that! Appreciate you watching and thanks for the comment. Settling in tonight with Baker’s Pilgrim’s Journey books!
Im like you , ive made virtually everything i own for trekking. I built my rifle Using the isaac haines pattern, my bag i bought leather at friendship ind. And sewed it up. Bought raw horn and made my powder horn. Even made my Moccasins i hand stiched. Iakw everything for the challenge and the thought that back then those frontiersmen had little or no money . My daughter lives in hocking hills. beautiful reminds me of back home in Potter and McKean Co Pennsylvania mountains where i roamed as a boy. On multiple families propertys. Refreshing to see a young guy like you out there . Shamr more folks font get out there too. Great video my friend
One more thing . Man if you could have seen the primitive area 45 years ago it was a site to behold. Teepees and baker tents filled the whole floor of the valley.
Hawking... When I make punk wood fire starters. I threw it in the microwave to dry out the wood. 20 seconds at a time and let it rest in between. After a few sets of heating and cooling, The punk no longer gets warm. You know it is ready to take the little chare on one end for start a fire. I will cut the punk block to fit a shoe polish tin. No I do not char the full block of wood in a tin. All you need to do is char the side facing out.
Hawken! In my personal opinion, the study of history is one of the best things a person can do. immersing yourself in that history is the way to completely understand that time period. Thanks for sharing 🤠
Very good video and information share, envious of your little piece of time travel property. Your camp and kit are coming together nicely, looking to weave a tump line this winter.
Hawken, getting out in the woods, can't beat it. i spent a night in the middle of winter under a big rock over hang on top of a place called Jones town mountain back when i was a young man and i didn't have enough wood for the whole night, being winter with two foot of snow on the ground i needed a big fire so i ended up gathering wood all night. didn't get much sleep, but i still enjoyed myself. these simple pleasures are largely lost on most people, it's a shame. about ten years ago i spent about a year and a half living in a small canvas wall tent 2 miles back in the Loyal sock state forest and wintered in my cousins horse pasture along the Conaduquinet creek here in Penna. i enjoyed that life immensely and would do it again if i ever had to, still have my wall tent and 3 dog tent stove. enjoyed your video. take care.
My grandfather use to put razor edge on his knives using creekstone and a piece of one of grandmas broken porcelain cups. He would hone the blade on his belt.
If you ever want some padding in your moccasins I'd recommend an old native trick. As a Native American myself who does 18th century reenactments in my traditional regalia. I use either moss or leaves in my moccasins to pad my feet. It feels weird at first but eventually you get use to it. You can use animal fur hides also. Make sure after every use of your Bison hide to get check it for any ticks, fleas, or other insects that will try to hide inside the fur. I have one and I take either a flea comb or something and comb the fur real good.
Hocking. Great video. Glad to see someone your age doing this. I watch Peter Kelly all the time. I have been to Prickets fort also. I am 68 now and live in SC but I was raised in the Allegheny mountains near Pittsburgh. Love Ohio especially Holmes county area. Hope to see more of you.
I have been fascinated with bedrolls since my favorite movie "The Earthling" starring William Holden. I have found that a 6x8 canvas tarp is the right size to fold over like a taco for cowboy camping, provides a lot of cover when set up in a plow point, and light/small enough for walking distance. Think a good period meal is Grits & Salt Pork, gives plenty of Carbs, Protein & Fat, plus if you make the Grits out of regular corn meal, you can also make Hoe Cakes/Corn Dodgers. You can char twigs, leaves, mini pine cones, other natural materials.
I used to live just south of there and serviced the college. There are monster bucks down there for sure and I knew all the spots because I drove at night when they'd be out & about. Great video. I wouldn't call what you do reenacting. You're livin' it. Good stuff man.
Hocking Hills State Park area is great, though have never visited. You have a good amount of 18th century gear and working on more so that is excellent. I especially like to see people camping in full or partial natural shelters and a rock overhang is spectacular for this. I especially liked the "not on camera, i saturated the fire pit area with water" and then you proceeded to put your hand on it to show it is cold. I have seen a lot of people on UA-cam not make sure the fire was completely out before they moved out (sometimes they even show a wisp of smoke from the fire that is supposedly out). I would second the "find a sharpening stone in the creek bed" approach also.
Subbed to you a couple months ago, glad to see this channel is still alive! I'm not American, but I find frontier life and indigenous culture interesting. Please continue your hard work!
Fantastic! Adding up your time doing your research, making your script, editing, gathering gear and making your clothing you must have hundreds of hours in this. Thanks for bringing your passion to the screen and keeping history alive. Makes me appreciate my air conditioning, fridge, and bed!
Appreciate the recognition, I merely hope to educate and perhaps entertain. The channel is a lot of work but it's easy to put out your best effort when you find something you love!
They’re heavy but I recommend it! Truly nothing better to sleep in. I would take mine over my modern 20 degree sleeping bag from the old Boy Scout days. Thanks for watching to the end!
I started getting into Living History years ago but never took it to fruition. I'm regretting that in a big way. Are any of your friends interested in it? None of mine were and I believe that helps a lot.
Thanks for watching to the end! I've been fortunate to make a few friends in the hobby but none that live nearby. I agree - anything is better with a group around you!
Hawking! This was VERY enjoyable to watch! Congrats on improving you kit & gear. (I have found that when I return home, it helps to divide the stuff I lugged into three groups. The first is stuff that was used every day. The second is stuff that came in handy. The third group is stuff that didn't get used... and can therefore be left behind at home or base camp the next time around!) We've all been there... so don't beat yourself up too badly! Of course we all want to be, "Period Correct", right from the starting gate... but it is a ongoing process of research, knowledge, finance & experience. Everyone has to start someplace! The main thing is to get out there and DO it! Your Tumpline looked very cool... and I would imagine that the Buffalo Robe is a pretty useful addition as well! Best of Luck to you... and I'll be looking forward to seeing you down the trail.
HAWKEN. I am happy to use charcloth. Every family would have had a bit of cotton rag around. Whetstones: we regularly camped at Whetstone Creek State Park in Upstate New York. The shale in our region was especially suited for harvesting sharpening stones.
Watched the "Night Under a Rock Outcropping" video in the Hocking Hills area of Ohio. It is wonderful to see how this young man has matured since his early videos. He is one of the four makers of late 18th to early 19th century videos this old man watches to learn how to begin the hobby of reenactment of frontier life in the period.
great video. Hint,,fold char cloth over the edge of flint,,gives you two surfaces to catch a spark. saw you and Peter at Londhunter school interview,,very good. Peter is a great source,,hope someday to meet him face to face. Thank you again for your efforts, they are well spoken.
I love the comment "that you can't touch anything like this in the city".. i camp in a very different place.. well continent.. but there is a certain peace that you can't get anywhere else but surrounded by nature living simply.
Great video! I love that you’re giving more thought to the availability of resources and how they would have actually been used. I am not a reenactor, but I would definitely take classes from you on what you’ve learned over the years. Keep it up!
Hocking! Thanks for taking us along on this adventure with you. It is awesome to see you develop your 18th century skills and gear. Your videos are educational, refreshing, and very much appreciated. Thank you
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I am a forager and think it would be a great skill to enhance your woodland experience, both in edible and medicinal knowledge.
Hawken! Young man I’m sixty. I’ve aspired for years to follow through with kindred passions . Humility and transparency are oozing from this video. (my first one , I’m new here) . My son is your age and I kept him in the woods and on the water every opportunity I had . The God given spirit , that dwells in us , is regenerated and charged from being in nature, we are made of dirt ourselves and we glean energy from greeting our hands in it. Your content is most refreshing and I both subscribed and hit the like button as well as the notification bell. Ecclesiastes 11:9 Proverbs 3:5-6 Take care and keep your powder dry and coffee ( chocolate) hot.
This means so much. Thank you for the kind words and I appreciate you watching to the end!
Hocking. (I thought you said "hawking" at first, then I saw "Hocking Hills" in your description and realized it is the name of a place.)
I enjoy your content and hope you continue.
Appreciate it! Thanks for watching to the end!
Hocking, I am now 66 years old and have been doing this since I was 12. I love nothing more than spending time out.in the wilds of my BC Canadian west coast. Keep learning and enjoying, it all goes by way to fast!
Hocking. What a blessing to have that land to camp in
Glade to see you back as for the sugar in the coffee I believe most at that time used a pinch of salt which will remove the bitter taste.
Good tip.
Fabulous video. Well done for such a young man. It’s good you are aware of Peter and his wife Cathy. His channel is first rate.
Absolutely agree! They are killing it! Thanks for the comment, more content to come!
I just found your video and love it. I should have took the path you have taken and live my life that way, I was just born 200 years to late, I’m 67 now divorced and live in a camper right next to the wood and enjoy as much of the old way as I can. I can’t hunt like I used to because of bad knees and hips but I do garden and can when I can. Still cook outside over the fire and in my Dutch oven. Keep the good videos coming it brings out my time in West Virginia before moving to Virginia, be safe and God bless.
I'll be thinking about this comment while I film my next video this weekend. Really appreciate this. Keep that dutch oven in the fire!! God bless!
I got into this along time ago. Still have everything. Shirts,hunting frok ,and loincloth , i got from a trading company called oyo . That was how the French spelled ohio back on the frontier. Their place was a little past yellow springs. Made my leggings myself. My sash, leg ties,and strap for my pouch were all made on a inkel [not sure about spelling] loom , by the sister of the women who owned oyo. I dyed some of my clothing using walnut hulls. My dad and i made my 50 flint. Has all browned iron furniture. I have taken two deer with it. A good friend who does outstanding leather work made my pouch . Has the weeping heart on the flap, not really frontier , more fur trade era. Dave made it and i like it and thats that. I wear dyer double soled trail mocks , so not really period correct. Well got to go ,maybe I’ll see at friendship someday. Keep the wind in your face and your powder dry.
In England, we do a thing called wild camping. I say this with the greatest respect to all the other channels I’ve ever watched, amateur and professional alike, but this one kept my interest all the way through. It’s the sheer amount of respect that you have for our ancestors that struck me the most. I really can’t wait for the next vid, when you get even closer to the real thing. Well done 👍
Thanks for this video. It was super wholesome. You have a new subscriber
Hocking... Your BEST video yet! Very enjoyable 30 minutes.
What a good vid
I have been historic treking for fifty years and the last ten in the eighteenth century.
Nothing beats it.
Great video
Nice to see ya back. Enjoyed the premiere keep up the good work!
Thank you!
Hocking is like 1 hour from me beautiful place I think you did an incredible job I like how you go into detail with everything love your new video brother keep them coming !!!!
Thanks! Make sure you get out there these next few weeks, the leaves are about to pop!
@@FrontierTradingCompany definitely will it will be beautiful !!!!
Glad you're back at it and I love the content.
Thanks!!
HAWKEN -Great video hope you continue to improving your skills and accouterments good luck on job search. well done
Appreciate it! Thanks for watching to the end!
Hocking - Very nice job Alex on your gear and video! Hope to see you again at School of the Long hunter!!
I will be there!! Thanks for watching to the end!
I am jealous of what you do and enjoy your videos. Continue the great work and videos. I wish you Godspeed and safety on your adventures.
Really appreciate this. Thank you. What I do isn’t so hard if you can find a place to do it and some people to guide you!
I really enjoyed this video, and one thing you said made me think. You said you doubted that back them they would have been burning cloth to use to start fires and I totally agree, cloth would be to valuable and expensive. One thing i have thought, never have really seen reference to it though, is something I have done in the past, I used burnt wood from a cold fire, to use to spark the next one. You can gather a few choice pieces to carry with you and use them to catch a spark when you are ready for your next fire, just like you would if you use punk would to char it.
Also when you commented on hot chocolate and whether they used sugar or not, I would imagine sugar was used, but more likely than not in the settlements or in the home, not so much on the trail. Possibly they carried some when first starting out, if they had canoes or pack animals, even maybe for a day or two on the trail packing on their back, but the extra weight even then was like now, ounces equal pounds.
On the breakfast and getting moving, I agree, they most likely woke, packed and moved on, eating cold on the move or possibly stopping later to cook something. I read somewhere years ago where even at night, they would stop before dark, not where they were going to camp, cook a meal on a small fire, unless it was to dangerous for a fire, finish, put out the fire then move on to their camp spot. This way the smell of a fire, or food cooking, would not be the same place they bedded down for the night, so as to be harder to locate.
Keep on with your journey, as an older man, I can tell you, time flies by very fast, especially the older you get, I got my first black powder firearm in 1966, this hobby you have can give you much satisfaction now in your youth and when you are older, but starting young gives you so much more time to enjoy it. I know you are enjoying it and I hope to be around to continue watching you move forward. Thank you for sharing your adventure.
I appreciate the time you take to produce these videos so I may enjoy them.
Appreciate it!
Great video very good perspective on the frontier long-hunter. Keep up the great work.
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Hawking!! Man its so good to see you filming again my friend! I hooe school went well for you and i absolutely can not wait to see what's in store!! Thisbwas an awesome overnighter! Great content as always!!!!!
Really appreciate it and thanks for watching to the end! Wrapped up school on a good note and am enjoying a new job, new place, and a lot more time to work on future videos like this one. Have another camp coming up in about two weeks, actually! Thanks again!
Hocking. Good video. Nice to see someone with a passion for primitive camping. I'm 77 and plan to keep on rendevousing until I can't do it anymore. Keep up the good work.
Hi there 😁 I’m Tom from Cimbrer Bushcraft Viking Heritage 👍🏻 and I just want to tell you that I enjoy your videos very much. Your passion for the old school style is showing in your work and even though I make videos from another time period I can still be inspired by your content and appreciate your information you present in your videos. Keep up the good work 🏕🔥
Tom
Very beautiful 😊👍👍
Hawken! My young friend, you are on the right path to doing what was,, as this world is headed that way again if things don't change. However, I am 73 and will be 74 on Halloween. I have been in 2 wars and grew up in the Bayou of La. I am a master knife/Hatchett maker, but you can't guess what is the best knife sharpener you carry with you? Sand stone is fine, but your leather belt is king in this case. Just take it off turn it over on it's rough side stand on one end and sharpen like a razor. I have skinned a lot of hides in my life and still do, try it😸🦝🐊
This is a fantastic idea. Absolutely fantastic. You will see this mentioned in future content. Thank you! And I appreciate you watching to the end!
Very enjoyable video! Thank you for sharing😊
Peter Kelly: Right! YOU have a fine start on American historical reenacting.
That mold for the ball has to be warm to get a good musket ball
Son, you have this stuff figured out.
Another great video…they just keep getting better! Now that summer heat is giving way to cooler temperatures, I think it’s about time to fire up my great-grandfather’s forge, and make some improvements to my own kit…
Heck yeah! I’m getting back out onto this same land in a few weeks once the leaves turn. This is the best season for it! Thanks for watching!
I remember decades ago while in college spending time living off the land. Have a great friend who is a native Ute indian. We attended colorado state university together in the early 80s. Spent many a weeks toting and living in a teepee he made. We wore deer skins clothing his family made. Only firearms we carried were 1858 new army model BP revolvers. We shot Jack rabbits prairie grouse. We set traps and gathered native plants to eat. Watching you makes me yearn for those days. I missed an 8 pt white tail with my flintlock on my farm in eastern nc. Times certainly have changed. While living in the dorms on campus we were allowed to keep our guns in our dorm rooms. Enjoy watching your channel.
I've always wanted to camp in a rock overhang. But I'll never forget in muzzleloader magazine when Mark Baker wrote about a rock over hmag he slept in and when he returned to camp there I think a year later the roof had collapsed.
I read a similar account of a hunter who lost their life in an incident like that. Awful, awful story and was definitely in the back of my mind. My understanding is that warming the cold rock with a fire, especially in the winter, increases the chances of such a thing happening. I won’t be making any big fires in front of this rock face, I can tell you that! Appreciate you watching and thanks for the comment. Settling in tonight with Baker’s Pilgrim’s Journey books!
Great video young man
Im like you , ive made virtually everything i own for trekking. I built my rifle
Using the isaac haines pattern, my bag i bought leather at friendship ind. And sewed it up. Bought raw horn and made my powder horn. Even made my
Moccasins i hand stiched. Iakw everything for the challenge and the thought that back then those frontiersmen had little or no money . My daughter lives in hocking hills. beautiful reminds me of back home in Potter and McKean Co Pennsylvania mountains where i roamed as a boy.
On multiple families propertys. Refreshing to see a young guy like you out there . Shamr more folks font get out there too. Great video my friend
One more thing . Man if you could have seen the primitive area 45 years ago it was a site to behold. Teepees and baker tents filled the whole floor of the valley.
Keep up the old ways brother! So awesome
Good to see you back!
Hawking... When I make punk wood fire starters. I threw it in the microwave to dry out the wood. 20 seconds at a time and let it rest in between. After a few sets of heating and cooling, The punk no longer gets warm. You know it is ready to take the little chare on one end for start a fire. I will cut the punk block to fit a shoe polish tin. No I do not char the full block of wood in a tin. All you need to do is char the side facing out.
Hawken! In my personal opinion, the study of history is one of the best things a person can do. immersing yourself in that history is the way to completely understand that time period. Thanks for sharing 🤠
Hocking!! Always here to support you and your passions. Proud of this all!
Appreciate you!
Good work young Buck! If you ever make it up to northern Idaho you can stop in my camp anytime. I live in Lewis and Clark country!
Very good video and information share, envious of your little piece of time travel property. Your camp and kit are coming together nicely, looking to weave a tump line this winter.
Really appreciate it, thanks for watching and good luck on the tumpline!
Hocking! Great information, great video.
Thank you for living your dream and sharing it.
Hawken, getting out in the woods, can't beat it. i spent a night in the middle of winter under a big rock over hang on top of a place called Jones town mountain back when i was a young man and i didn't have enough wood for the whole night, being winter with two foot of snow on the ground i needed a big fire so i ended up gathering wood all night. didn't get much sleep, but i still enjoyed myself. these simple pleasures are largely lost on most people, it's a shame. about ten years ago i spent about a year and a half living in a small canvas wall tent 2 miles back in the Loyal sock state forest and wintered in my cousins horse pasture along the Conaduquinet creek here in Penna. i enjoyed that life immensely and would do it again if i ever had to, still have my wall tent and 3 dog tent stove. enjoyed your video. take care.
ASMR videos are overrated. Your dialogue is very welcome in your videos.
My grandfather use to put razor edge on his knives using creekstone and a piece of one of grandmas broken porcelain cups. He would hone the blade on his belt.
Very interesting video. Thank you for this. I would love for you to show how you use the wet stones if at all possible?
I will make a note of this for a future video! Thank you!
If you ever want some padding in your moccasins I'd recommend an old native trick. As a Native American myself who does 18th century reenactments in my traditional regalia. I use either moss or leaves in my moccasins to pad my feet. It feels weird at first but eventually you get use to it. You can use animal fur hides also. Make sure after every use of your Bison hide to get check it for any ticks, fleas, or other insects that will try to hide inside the fur. I have one and I take either a flea comb or something and comb the fur real good.
Hocking. Great video. Glad to see someone your age doing this. I watch Peter Kelly all the time. I have been to Prickets fort also. I am 68 now and live in SC but I was raised in the Allegheny mountains near Pittsburgh. Love Ohio especially Holmes county area. Hope to see more of you.
I have been fascinated with bedrolls since my favorite movie "The Earthling" starring William Holden. I have found that a 6x8 canvas tarp is the right size to fold over like a taco for cowboy camping, provides a lot of cover when set up in a plow point, and light/small enough for walking distance. Think a good period meal is Grits & Salt Pork, gives plenty of Carbs, Protein & Fat, plus if you make the Grits out of regular corn meal, you can also make Hoe Cakes/Corn Dodgers. You can char twigs, leaves, mini pine cones, other natural materials.
I used to live just south of there and serviced the college. There are monster bucks down there for sure and I knew all the spots because I drove at night when they'd be out & about.
Great video. I wouldn't call what you do reenacting. You're livin' it. Good stuff man.
Hocking! Great job as always man
Hocking Hills State Park area is great, though have never visited. You have a good amount of 18th century gear and working on more so that is excellent. I especially like to see people camping in full or partial natural shelters and a rock overhang is spectacular for this. I especially liked the "not on camera, i saturated the fire pit area with water" and then you proceeded to put your hand on it to show it is cold. I have seen a lot of people on UA-cam not make sure the fire was completely out before they moved out (sometimes they even show a wisp of smoke from the fire that is supposedly out). I would second the "find a sharpening stone in the creek bed" approach also.
Subbed to you a couple months ago, glad to see this channel is still alive! I'm not American, but I find frontier life and indigenous culture interesting. Please continue your hard work!
I love this sort of thing so it's great to see you out there having fun doing it.
It’s a win-win! I like doing it, folks like watching it, and together we build a community! Appreciate the comment and thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing your adventures. 👍
Hawken. I have been following you from the beginning. Like your input and encouragement. Hope to make school of the long hunter sometime.
Hawken, a wonderful adventure. Thanks for letting me come along.
Love this! Subscribed. I've followed Peter for some time now. I'm encouraged to find youth of your caliber. It gives me hope.
Oh, and Hawking.
Outstanding! Live it!
Great video would love to do something like this one day before I get were I'm not able . Work keeps me from any thing I enjoy.
Fantastic! Adding up your time doing your research, making your script, editing, gathering gear and making your clothing you must have hundreds of hours in this. Thanks for bringing your passion to the screen and keeping history alive. Makes me appreciate my air conditioning, fridge, and bed!
Appreciate the recognition, I merely hope to educate and perhaps entertain. The channel is a lot of work but it's easy to put out your best effort when you find something you love!
Hocking, awesome video glad to see you're back.
Hocking. Nice excursion. I have a buffalo hide. But have yet to trek with it.
They’re heavy but I recommend it! Truly nothing better to sleep in. I would take mine over my modern 20 degree sleeping bag from the old Boy Scout days. Thanks for watching to the end!
Outstanding Video....Thanks
I started getting into Living History years ago but never took it to fruition. I'm regretting that in a big way. Are any of your friends interested in it? None of mine were and I believe that helps a lot.
Sorry I forgot to add Hocking
Thanks for watching to the end! I've been fortunate to make a few friends in the hobby but none that live nearby. I agree - anything is better with a group around you!
That was a joy to watch. Thank you very much.
Fantastic video!!
Loved the video! Keep making content great stuff!
Fantastic, thanks for sharing this one with us. Look forward to seeing more
Hawking! This was VERY enjoyable to watch! Congrats on improving you kit & gear. (I have found that when I return home, it helps to divide the stuff I lugged into three groups. The first is stuff that was used every day. The second is stuff that came in handy. The third group is stuff that didn't get used... and can therefore be left behind at home or base camp the next time around!)
We've all been there... so don't beat yourself up too badly! Of course we all want to be, "Period Correct", right from the starting gate... but it is a ongoing process of research, knowledge, finance & experience. Everyone has to start someplace! The main thing is to get out there and DO it! Your Tumpline looked very cool... and I would imagine that the Buffalo Robe is a pretty useful addition as well!
Best of Luck to you... and I'll be looking forward to seeing you down the trail.
Great advice, thank you, and thanks for watching to the end!
Nice video, thanks for sharing.
Thumbs up! You seem to have it sorted.
Awesome video! Thank you.
How cool and informative. Nice job. 👍🏼
HAWKEN. I am happy to use charcloth. Every family would have had a bit of cotton rag around. Whetstones: we regularly camped at Whetstone Creek State Park in Upstate New York. The shale in our region was especially suited for harvesting sharpening stones.
Watched the "Night Under a Rock Outcropping" video in the Hocking Hills area of Ohio. It is wonderful to see how this young man has matured since his early videos. He is one of the four makers of late 18th to early 19th century videos this old man watches to learn how to begin the hobby of reenactment of frontier life in the period.
great video. Hint,,fold char cloth over the edge of flint,,gives you two surfaces to catch a spark. saw you and Peter at Londhunter school interview,,very good. Peter is a great source,,hope someday to meet him face to face. Thank you again for your efforts, they are well spoken.
Good on you man. Cool video!
Hawkins what a wonderful hobby! I think all young men should have such good hobbies
Awesome video. Bravo!
Great video!
Outstanding trip and camp. You've done well.
Thank you so much!
I love the comment "that you can't touch anything like this in the city".. i camp in a very different place.. well continent.. but there is a certain peace that you can't get anywhere else but surrounded by nature living simply.
Hocking! Seems like a great trip. Looking forward to seeing more videos from you again.
Appreciate it! Thanks for watching the whole thing!
Hocking. Know the area well. We recently moved to near Serpent Mound. Enjoyed your video thanks.
Great video! I love that you’re giving more thought to the availability of resources and how they would have actually been used. I am not a reenactor, but I would definitely take classes from you on what you’ve learned over the years. Keep it up!
Any shelter will work in a pinch
respect friend. You earned a subscription since i like minimalistic camping. Going out does well for the brain too!
Hawken
very nice video.
thank you for sharing.
Hocking! Great video, well filmed and thought out.
Great new video , keep it up
Your passion is inspiring
Hocking, thought your video was really good, nice scenery, historical content and good gear & dress. Thanks
Can’t wait to see the new video
Gosh that was great. Wonderful story video, music. Really made my morning. Thanks.
This comment made MY morning! Thank YOU!
This is awesome, I am looking forward and I have great hopes for your channel. Hawking!
Hocking! Thanks for taking us along on this adventure with you. It is awesome to see you develop your 18th century skills and gear. Your videos are educational, refreshing, and very much appreciated. Thank you