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I Learn a lot of you about history and other stuff . A lot of things i have my self . I like to go backpack with my dog in my own country . So all the tips you can still use today. That shave i go look for that. .
50 of 74 years a hobo. I used to be clean shaven in warm weather, but grow a beard in the winter. I was shown by a WW2 vet how to dry shave. It is starting at the neck and shaving in a upward manner. However I found by growing a full beard and trimming once a month or so was much easier and for me wearing a shortish beard improved my appearance a little.
Greetings, James. What a wonderful video. I saw the razor and soap in youth, and I had a couple of collapsible back in the 80s. The gentleman you mentioned Sergevining has a great knowledge of antique gear and the outdoors. I can't wait to see another short story video of the hobo life on the road...
I collect old razors. I primarily use a safety razor, pretty interesting hobby. Your videos bring light to to the plight of many people of hardship. I was raised in hardship, I still practice being self reliant at 72 years old
Pictures of bread lines showed men with suits, ties, white shirts and hats. They didn't have money, but they looked good. Your presentation reminds me of that. Thanks
Yes, it was perhaps one thing that they could do that made them feel better about their situation and that possibly could afford them the opportunity to advance up the ladder of life a rung or two.
@@sigbuster3150 my grandfather who was a German immigrant (born in 1892 and died in 1962) looked like he always wore the same blue pinstripe suit. I looked in his closet and it was full of identical suits a couple of which were brown. He would put his hat on top of a lampshade when he visited. He hardly ever had 2 nickles to rub together.
Those were the clothes they had. They weren’t dressing up. They were wearing the clothes that they had left by then, after their work clothes wore out. Clothes were made WAY stronger. So the fancy clothes folks had, who lost banking or other desk jobs, lasted literally years of constant wear.
My mom had to leave home when she was 12 because the family was struggling. At that young age she became a live in housekeeper. I truly appreciate all that you put in to these videos. You do such a great job.
My roommates Mother, who I knew very well, became an orphan at 12 during the great depression. Hard times, but she went on to lead a very happy and successful life in spite of everything.
People of that era had a better moral compass and personal pride in looking presentable even if they didn't have much of anything. My own folks had an old used set of clothes for everyday work wear doing chores etc., and a new set for wearing to church, community functions, etc. They washed their clothes and themselves regularly even though water had to be hauled from a creek several hundred yards away from the dwelling buckets full at the time for enough to fill up a big iron washpot in the yard, and enough for a rinse of the same batch of wash. A clothes iron was heated on the stove to iron whatever needed ironing. I learned to use a razor at a younger age, but no longer trust myself to scrape my wire bristle whiskers off my face and throat and head. I still use a mug and brush. I've never rinsed in anything that I would be drinking from. I started using a big clean empty can like a peach/tomato can, and don't worry about trying to get it perfectly cleaned out. I'm thinking I started that while out on a hunting trip or something, and still use the practice daily. Saves fretting about cleaning the sink out as well. At one time way back when, one of my relatives had a doo dad that was like a travel type shaving mug with a tight slip fit lid. I'm thinking it was phenolic plastic type stuff or melamine or the like. It'd be nice to have something like that. I enjoy using a brush too much. If I could still hold a razor steady and not slash myself, I'd prefer that. That's the best shave for the baby butt smoothness. Some of the old drugstores used to have the tube soap back in the days when I was little, along with the television tube tester and mercurohrome and merthiolate 😂
I've been using a safety razor for the past 10 years now and it gives me a really good shave. Oddly enough, earlier today I put together a crock pot mulligan stew for dinner....My Grandma would always make that for supper when I was younger and she told me about the origins of mulligan stew and the hobos of the 1930's. She had a lot of really interesting stories about her personal life that she would tell me about... People then, well...They knew all about hard times.
Thanks for the hard work you put into researching these things about hobos and purchasing vintage hobo items and sharing how they work. Keep up the good work James and can’t wait till the next one
Not only are your Hobo videos interesting & informative, they are also heart-warming! Interestingly, when I entered college in the late 1950s, safety razors almost identical to yours were common on the college campus! The Cocoa Tin has its modern derivatives; and the Ever-Ready razor tin closely resembles the modern Altoids-type tin. Many of today's younger generations have any idea how much modern items are connected to the PAST! Thankfully, you are teaching historical Customs & Values which are no longer in the history books. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, and may God richly bless you & yours! To God be the glory! Amen. By the way, Sarge Vining is a great source on Classic Camping!
Thank you James for these videos. The whole hobo series is fantastic. I assembled nearly the same coffee setup you have from the hobo coffee video. Only thing I'm missing is the old time alcohol stove. Appreciate your effort in bringing these videos to us!
Man I'm really enjoying watching you dive deep into the Hobo culture James. You making the effort to research and pass this knowledge along is how this stuff keeps from getting lost. Great job!
This reminds me; in part, of watching my grandfather shave. He used the same method he did during WW2. He had the exact same shaver. And never used a mirror. Thank you, Sir for bringing those memories back to me of better times.
Love the fact that you're wearing bib overalls. Always thought that they were too much when my grandpa and his brothers wore them but now that I've tried them out, I'd never give them up
My dad and uncles always wore overalls. I used to wear them some. Then I started dating a woman who would become my wife, for 27 years now. Her ex wore them and she hated when I wore them so I quit.
You would be surprised how many people still use straight razors, safety razors and lather their soap still today. I am one of them. It is so much better than the disposable razors on the market.
Sir, you are a natural teacher, a Sensei, where your wealth of information is so good. I love watching and learning from you and your channel. Peter UK. God bless you.
I have never been in that position like a hobo or homeless. I enjoy learning about true living and especially not having all these home comforts which many of us have got. My father was homeless for many a year and he endured many a full moon under the stars. Learning these skills of living I truly think it helps you. I also learn from others comments. Many thanks for your time and effort into these videos James Regards Camping with Brian (AKA Bushcraft Piper)
I Really enjoy your work great demonstration did that have a smell to it I was just wondering what it smelled like . It would be fun to use an old razor I never have used one like that have a good week .
I briefly knew an older patrol officer and he told me stories of shaving with Only cold water and maybe soap if they could get it, while he was stationed on an island in the Pacific. At first I thought he was just telling Sea stories but when I tried it, I learned the trick was just soaking your face for as long as you could in the cold water and using the sharpest razor you can get. It actually works fine with brand new Bic razors and cold water without any soap. It might feel a little strange or slightly painful at first but then your face gets used to it. The best part is after that learning experience, whenever you have even a little bit of any soap, shampoo or the luxury of real shaving cream then it feels like slipperiest shave.
I must be weird. I find I'm perfectly satisfied just using my razor on my dry bare skin and find it iritates me so little afterwards I prefer it over messing with shaving cream and stuff as I just find that messy. It's probably because my facial hair doesn't grow to thick or fast. I usually only shave once or twice a week when I have a meeting with someone the next day.
Unless you have been on the road for a long time,you don't realize how hard something like shaving can be.Hard to find work if you look unkempt .Great job James!
Another great video, you are a wealth of Hobo knowledge oh how I would like to sit and talk to you for hours on the subject. Thanks for your hard work bringing us such great content!
When watching your videos you have a way of taking me back to that Era. I'm 68 years old and learn something new .Keep up the outstanding videos GOD BLESS
I would have never thought of that topic.... And the info in the intro speech is just perfect. There are so many amazing knowledge to discover in your videos. Like, in this one, I never thought the design for those collapsible cups was so old. The shaving stick.. never heard of that before (not that I'm an antique expert, but still..). And it's very good that you've pointed out the difference between Hobos and tramps. Well done!.... again. P.S. The message at the end. About how to support you is probably the best one out there on UA-cam.
@@WayPointSurvival There's a catch 22 tho James.... you're now condemned to... excellence with your videos ;) Any sign of weakness and we'll confiscate an item from your gear.
I really love these. The hobo culture is fascinating and interesting. I'm from central Europe and I wasn't very familiar with the hobo but I like to watch and learn about it. Keep them coming! Thank you very much for the work and energy you put in.
Love the series, though havent seen every episode yet. Not sure if you've covered it yet, but id love to see a hobo bathing and laundry episode(s). I do both on longer camping trips, and id love to see the similarities and differences. All the best to you and yours.
Thanks James, I really appreciate all the years of videos, and the things you’ve shown and taught us. I think that more than a sense of style, folks back then had a sense of class. Which is nearly impossible to find today in most aspects of society, which is really kind of sad.
Great video James. I have that same nested cup, it was my grandfather's I've been told he carried it in his coat pocket all the time. Looking forward to the next video
That old Stanley canteen and the tin cup are so cool. Sarge Vining might be a good person for Blackies Haversack challenge. It would be interesting to see what the Sarge comes up with for vintage camping.
Woop woop love the show! I used to shave on long trips back packing hahaha and a little soap so on doesn't weigh next to nothing but makes you feel 100% better normally only in the warmer months where I could wash up my socks and my clothes and have some nice clean dry fresh wash stuff by hand shave and get cleaned up. It's nice if your out for days on end.
The thing you didn't hit like milion subs just by Hobo series makes me baffled a lot. I spend waaay too much time on YT and so far I haven't see anything even close to quality and value of your content. No BS here. Sir, your Hobo videos made me dive into books about those hard times and even further into frontier past. I literally have a blast. Thank you.
Dude Thanks a lot for this video, I will figure it out how to get some similar system, I live in Berlin, and I'm a HOBO myself (and I absolutely love this lifestyle anyway!) Thanks again from Germany!!!🇩🇪❤🇺🇲
Always informative and entertaining. I appreciate all of the work you do to make these James . Headed to check out your friends channel. Sounds like my kind of content. Have a great day
This video is wonderful, especially for me as a writer and a history buff. I have seen so much post-apocalyptic literature where everyone goes around dirty and unkempt and if you are in a nuclear desert ala Mad Max, then that makes sense, but a lack of technology does not have to mean lack of hygiene. Hobos and even earlier pioneers managed to stay clean without access to the modern tools we have so it would stand to reason people going through a similar situation could too. I recommend these videos for anyone hoping to do anything in the post-apoc genre as they are a wellspring of useful information.
Great video series. Been shaving like a “hobo” for the past 15 years with a double safety razor. I think more people could save some money and headache by switching to one.
I've really been enjoying these Hobo videos. I'm starting to wonder if we're going to see a reemergence of this sort of culture with the current economic situation.
I find it amazing, that "dungarees" (? translated with google, not a native english speaker - the trousers) look so good with a jacket and a tie. I think I need to try this style for myself. Thanks for showing. (= I really enjoy watching your videos.
This is a great video. My father was born in 1912. He had straight razors and a strop that he whipped me with. After I left home they got rid of the strop. I have the razors. I am still angry about them getting rid of that strop. I feel I earned it. He told me when he was a young man he worked in a lumber mill and shaved with a strait razor without a mirror. He taught me to shave with a straight razor. I thought it would be dangerous to shave without a mirror because I was afraid of cutting my ears. When I was a kid I had a Boy Scout canteen that looked very much like the canteen you used in the video. It had a cloth container to carry it that had a shoulder strap.
Great video as always!! I actually would like to get some of these items somehow, my grandfather would tell me stories about the great depression and hobo's...etc. He actually had some of this stuff but it went to other family members when he passed.
Well, if you keep your eyes open and are willing to be patient, you can find a lot of these types of items available on eBay from time to time. Thanks for watching!
Now I understand why you're interested in the hobo life. Because of your uncle. How did they clean their clothes? Looking forward your next installment.
My grandfather was born in 1903 in North Carolina he left home at the age of 16 (his parents couldn’t afford to feed him and all six of his siblings) my great grandma gave him a ten $ dollar bill. He rolled said bill up and hid it in the toe of his boot. 6 years later he returned home…and gave his Mom back that same $10 bill!
Enjoyed the video My daily dress is usually a pair of Bibs and a suit jacket with either my original Flat cap or Stetson fedora Maybe I should add a tie now and really go uptown
What/where is your resource for your clothing? That cap and jacket are really terrific looking. The materials look to be unmatched in today's fast fashion wasteland.
The one thing I would add is a styptic pencil, its is a stick of 'Alum Sulphate', if you nick yourself, you wet it and apply it to the cut and it helps seal it up. It is anti microbial as well. You can also get it in bars which also make effective stick de-oderant. Sometimes you see it even now as "rock salt de-oderant sticks". You see old cartoons where someone eats a box of alum and they dry right up like all the moisture is sucked out of them. It's the same stuff.
Thanks so much for watching! Please leave me a thumbs up and a comment in the section below. Make sure and check out our website at www.waypointsurvival.com where you can sign up for classes and check out the required gear list!
You look like you are losing weight. Just an observation.
I Learn a lot of you about history and other stuff .
A lot of things i have my self .
I like to go backpack with my dog in my own country .
So all the tips you can still use today.
That shave i go look for that. .
Thank you so much for sharing! I'd love to see a video covering Hobo unions and IWW!
50 of 74 years a hobo. I used to be clean shaven in warm weather, but grow a beard in the winter. I was shown by a WW2 vet how to dry shave. It is starting at the neck and shaving in a upward manner. However I found by growing a full beard and trimming once a month or so was much easier and for me wearing a shortish beard improved my appearance a little.
Greetings, James. What a wonderful video. I saw the razor and soap in youth, and I had a couple of collapsible back in the 80s. The gentleman you mentioned Sergevining has a great knowledge of antique gear and the outdoors. I can't wait to see another short story video of the hobo life on the road...
I went to the circus yesterday, and talked to the hobo clown. He was very knowledgeable about life as a hobo. I told him how I watch all your videos.
Very cool! Thank you so much for watching!
They brought the clowns back? I figured it was all done after the animals were gone.
@@wisdomriver3476 The Shriners Circus in Wilmington MA, all the animals are gone except for horses.
@@kingofhoarbags thought you were talking about ringling brothers but that’s still pretty cool
What circus I thought that was an extinct thing?
I collect old razors.
I primarily use a safety razor, pretty interesting hobby.
Your videos bring light to to the plight of many people of hardship.
I was raised in hardship, I still practice being self reliant at 72 years old
Awesome, thanks for watching!
Pictures of bread lines showed men with suits, ties, white shirts and hats. They didn't have money, but they looked good. Your presentation reminds me of that. Thanks
Yes, it was perhaps one thing that they could do that made them feel better about their situation and that possibly could afford them the opportunity to advance up the ladder of life a rung or two.
@@WayPointSurvival Their suits and ties were left from better times when they had real jobs and money.
@@sigbuster3150 my grandfather who was a German immigrant (born in 1892 and died in 1962) looked like he always wore the same blue pinstripe suit. I looked in his closet and it was full of identical suits a couple of which were brown. He would put his hat on top of a lampshade when he visited. He hardly ever had 2 nickles to rub together.
Almost all men at all economic levels wore suits. Not necessarily up to date etc. but suits nonetheless.
Those were the clothes they had. They weren’t dressing up. They were wearing the clothes that they had left by then, after their work clothes wore out.
Clothes were made WAY stronger. So the fancy clothes folks had, who lost banking or other desk jobs, lasted literally years of constant wear.
My mom had to leave home when she was 12 because the family was struggling. At that young age she became a live in housekeeper.
I truly appreciate all that you put in to these videos. You do such a great job.
Thanks so very much!
My roommates Mother, who I knew very well, became an orphan at 12 during the great depression. Hard times, but she went on to lead a very happy and successful life in spite of everything.
I adore these historical reenactments you're providing. Thank you for doing the research and the practice to make them so perfect!
You're very welcome and I very much appreciate you watching them!
This has got to be the best series because of how useful the information is!❤ I love it!
Glad you enjoy it! Thanks so much for watching!
I’m loving this series. Well done.
Thanks so much!
Hobos looking better than most people now a days, conspicuous isn't it!
I know, right?
@@WayPointSurvival absolutely pal, it really is all about appearances.
People of that era had a better
moral compass and personal
pride in looking presentable
even if they didn't have much
of anything.
My own folks had an old used
set of clothes for everyday
work wear doing chores etc.,
and a new set for wearing to
church, community functions,
etc.
They washed their clothes and
themselves regularly even though water had to be hauled
from a creek several hundred
yards away from the dwelling
buckets full at the time for enough to fill up a big iron
washpot in the yard, and
enough for a rinse of the
same batch of wash.
A clothes iron was heated on
the stove to iron whatever needed ironing.
I learned to use a razor at a
younger age, but no longer
trust myself to scrape my
wire bristle whiskers off my
face and throat and head.
I still use a mug and brush.
I've never rinsed in anything
that I would be drinking from.
I started using a big clean empty can like a peach/tomato can, and don't worry about trying to get it perfectly
cleaned out. I'm thinking I started that while out on a hunting trip or something, and
still use the practice daily.
Saves fretting about cleaning
the sink out as well.
At one time way back when,
one of my relatives had a
doo dad that was like a travel
type shaving mug with a
tight slip fit lid. I'm thinking
it was phenolic plastic type
stuff or melamine or the like.
It'd be nice to have something
like that. I enjoy using a brush
too much. If I could still hold
a razor steady and not slash myself, I'd prefer that. That's
the best shave for the baby
butt smoothness. Some of the
old drugstores used to have
the tube soap back in the
days when I was little, along
with the television tube tester
and mercurohrome and
merthiolate 😂
@@maxpinson5002 hahaha, splendid!
Old folks had it hard, we should follow the hard ways as well.
Those jeans where girls look like they were in a fight for their lives with a tiger are a good example.
Always such a wealth of information!
Thanks for watching!
Great video! My grampa would grate his shaving bar to make something like a shaving powder when he traveled. Pretty neat.
That's a great idea!
I've been using a safety razor for the past 10 years now and it gives me a really good shave.
Oddly enough, earlier today I put together a crock pot mulligan stew for dinner....My Grandma would always make that for supper when I was younger and she told me about the origins of mulligan stew and the hobos of the 1930's.
She had a lot of really interesting stories about her personal life that she would tell me about...
People then, well...They knew all about hard times.
That's so cool! Thank you so much for watching!
I love these video series, can’t wait for the next one. Keep them coming
Glad you like them!
Thanks for all your hard work,!
My pleasure!
Thanks for the hard work you put into researching these things about hobos and purchasing vintage hobo items and sharing how they work. Keep up the good work James and can’t wait till the next one
Glad you like them!
Not only are your Hobo videos interesting & informative, they are also heart-warming! Interestingly, when I entered college in the late 1950s, safety razors almost identical to yours were common on the college campus! The Cocoa Tin has its modern derivatives; and the Ever-Ready razor tin closely resembles the modern Altoids-type tin. Many of today's younger generations have any idea how much modern items are connected to the PAST! Thankfully, you are teaching historical Customs & Values which are no longer in the history books. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, and may God richly bless you & yours! To God be the glory! Amen. By the way, Sarge Vining is a great source on Classic Camping!
Thank you so very much for watching and for all the kind words! May God bless you and yours!
This is my favorite series.
Thanks so much!
Excellent James. I use a shaving cup and shaving brush 😊
Excellent, my friend!
Shaving sticks are great. I've been using Arko shaving sticks for about a year now and absolutely love them.
I'll have to check them out!
James, as always,I do appreciate the effort and positive view that come across very clearly in your videos. All the best and take care.
Many thanks!
Very good I was in the service back in the 70s learning never stops thank you
Right on!
I, for one, understand and appreciate all the work that goes into these videos. A true labor of love. Great job, my friend.
Thank you so much, my brother!
As someone who still regularly shaves with a safety razor, this was a very interesting video! Thank you James !
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you James for these videos. The whole hobo series is fantastic. I assembled nearly the same coffee setup you have from the hobo coffee video. Only thing I'm missing is the old time alcohol stove. Appreciate your effort in bringing these videos to us!
Very cool!
Man I'm really enjoying watching you dive deep into the Hobo culture James. You making the effort to research and pass this knowledge along is how this stuff keeps from getting lost. Great job!
Glad you enjoy it!
This reminds me; in part, of watching my grandfather shave. He used the same method he did during WW2. He had the exact same shaver. And never used a mirror.
Thank you, Sir for bringing those memories back to me of better times.
You're welcome!
These are some of the best videos I've found on UA-cam
Thanks so much!
Love the fact that you're wearing bib overalls. Always thought that they were too much when my grandpa and his brothers wore them but now that I've tried them out, I'd never give them up
They definitely have a utility and style all their own!
My dad and uncles always wore overalls. I used to wear them some. Then I started dating a woman who would become my wife, for 27 years now. Her ex wore them and she hated when I wore them so I quit.
You would be surprised how many people still use straight razors, safety razors and lather their soap still today. I am one of them. It is so much better than the disposable razors on the market.
Yes, some of the old ways are nearly impossible to improve upon!
Sir, you are a natural teacher, a Sensei, where your wealth of information is so good. I love watching and learning from you and your channel. Peter UK. God bless you.
Thank you so very much and God bless you too!
I’m so into this specific content on your channel. Love it my bro! Keep it coming! So cool!
Thanks! Will do!
I have never been in that position like a hobo or homeless. I enjoy learning about true living and especially not having all these home comforts which many of us have got.
My father was homeless for many a year and he endured many a full moon under the stars.
Learning these skills of living I truly think it helps you. I also learn from others comments.
Many thanks for your time and effort into these videos James
Regards
Camping with Brian (AKA Bushcraft Piper)
You're very welcome!
Love all that you do I'm hooked on learning these old ways and love the respect you bring to the hobo life they were a class of citizens not bums
Absolutely!
Thanks, James. Your channel is one of the rare channels here which i would describe as wholesome
Thanks so much!
I love this hobo series James, tyvm! God bless Sir!
Thanks so much and God bless you too!
Please more hobo videos it’s great and informative!
More to come!
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Really enjoy your work great demonstration did that have a smell to it I was just wondering what it smelled like . It would be fun to use an old razor I never have used one like that have a good week .
Yes, it smelled like really old Avon! In other words, not that great, but it was I suppose, pleasant back in the day.
I briefly knew an older patrol officer and he told me stories of shaving with Only cold water and maybe soap if they could get it, while he was stationed on an island in the Pacific. At first I thought he was just telling Sea stories but when I tried it, I learned the trick was just soaking your face for as long as you could in the cold water and using the sharpest razor you can get. It actually works fine with brand new Bic razors and cold water without any soap.
It might feel a little strange or slightly painful at first but then your face gets used to it. The best part is after that learning experience, whenever you have even a little bit of any soap, shampoo or the luxury of real shaving cream then it feels like slipperiest shave.
I must be weird. I find I'm perfectly satisfied just using my razor on my dry bare skin and find it iritates me so little afterwards I prefer it over messing with shaving cream and stuff as I just find that messy. It's probably because my facial hair doesn't grow to thick or fast. I usually only shave once or twice a week when I have a meeting with someone the next day.
Very interesting! I often only shave with water but it is warm.
Great channel. I look forward to catching your show through notifications.
Thanks so much!
Unless you have been on the road for a long time,you don't realize how hard something like shaving can be.Hard to find work if you look unkempt .Great job James!
Thanks so much!
Thank you, great series.
You're welcome!
I always pictured hobos as unshaven for years.
Unfortunately, it is a common caricature. Thanks for watching!
They were a different class of traveling folk.
This is my favorite series going on now. Thanks very much for the effort that you put into these videos!!
Glad you like them!
Great kit great video! Life of the hobo lost art thanks for keeping it alive! 👍😎🐆🐆
Thanks for watching!
Another excellent installment of this series , I still have my grandpa’s razor that looks like that . Thank you for sharing James
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great video, you are a wealth of Hobo knowledge oh how I would like to sit and talk to you for hours on the subject. Thanks for your hard work bringing us such great content!
Wow, thank you!
When watching your videos you have a way of taking me back to that Era. I'm 68 years old and learn something new .Keep up the outstanding videos GOD BLESS
Thanks so much, you too!
I also enjoy the Sarg Vining channel.
Excellent!
Excellent video! I collect and use vintage shaving implements and seeing them in action like this is awesome! Thank you, James.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I would have never thought of that topic.... And the info in the intro speech is just perfect.
There are so many amazing knowledge to discover in your videos. Like, in this one, I never thought the design for those collapsible cups was so old. The shaving stick.. never heard of that before (not that I'm an antique expert, but still..). And it's very good that you've pointed out the difference between Hobos and tramps. Well done!.... again.
P.S. The message at the end. About how to support you is probably the best one out there on UA-cam.
Thank you so very much! I really do appreciate the kind words!
@@WayPointSurvival There's a catch 22 tho James.... you're now condemned to... excellence with your videos ;) Any sign of weakness and we'll confiscate an item from your gear.
You have a nice collection of the old gear.
Thanks!
Thank you for sharing. Loving the hobo videos.
Thanks so much!
I really love these. The hobo culture is fascinating and interesting. I'm from central Europe and I wasn't very familiar with the hobo but I like to watch and learn about it. Keep them coming! Thank you very much for the work and energy you put in.
Glad you like them!
Brilliant as always thanks. All your hard work and research is very much appreciated 👍
You're welcome!
Thank you for your hobo series.
You're welcome!
James, I really enjoy these videos. Keep up the good work!
Thanks, will do!
Love the series, though havent seen every episode yet. Not sure if you've covered it yet, but id love to see a hobo bathing and laundry episode(s). I do both on longer camping trips, and id love to see the similarities and differences. All the best to you and yours.
Thanks so much for watching and for the suggestions!
Thank you James for your sharing with us👍
You're welcome!
You rule dude! love your videos! Learning is great!
Thanks, glad you like it!
Very cool. Never gave much thought to how they stayed sharp looking while looking for work. Good video!!
Thanks!
Thank you for sharing this information with us. Have a great day..Brian.
Thanks, you too!
James once again a great big Thank you for all your hard work and dedication putting these videos together. God Bless and Be Safe My Friend.
You're very welcome and God bless you too!
Thanks James, I really appreciate all the years of videos, and the things you’ve shown and taught us. I think that more than a sense of style, folks back then had a sense of class. Which is nearly impossible to find today in most aspects of society, which is really kind of sad.
That is so true! We have become far too casual.
Best series ever
Thanks so much!
Great video James.
I have that same nested cup, it was my grandfather's I've been told he carried it in his coat pocket all the time.
Looking forward to the next video
Very cool! It was indeed a common item back in the day!
Hello!! Cool video and channel!!
Thanks so much!
That old Stanley canteen and the tin cup are so cool. Sarge Vining might be a good person for Blackies Haversack challenge. It would be interesting to see what the Sarge comes up with for vintage camping.
Great idea. Thanks for watching!
Great video. I looked up some of the symbols hobos would use to communicate. It's always great to see a video from this series. ✌️👍
Thanks so much! I'm really glad that you are enjoying them!
Hi, James! Love the series. Great video !
Glad you like them!
As always a fascinating look into American history,well done James keep up the good work.
Thanks, will do!
This was the best video yet. Love ya brother
Much appreciated!
Thank you for this informative video. It just so happens I watched the Haversack video a week before this one- just like you said! 😂
You are so welcome!
Woop woop love the show! I used to shave on long trips back packing hahaha and a little soap so on doesn't weigh next to nothing but makes you feel 100% better normally only in the warmer months where I could wash up my socks and my clothes and have some nice clean dry fresh wash stuff by hand shave and get cleaned up. It's nice if your out for days on end.
Absolutely true!
I ALWAYS ENJOY THESE CLASSIC STEPS BACK INTO HISTORY... THANKS JAMES!!!✊️🔥✌️💚
You're welcome!
Good episode.
Much appreciated.
👍
Thanks!
The thing you didn't hit like milion subs just by Hobo series makes me baffled a lot. I spend waaay too much time on YT and so far I haven't see anything even close to quality and value of your content. No BS here. Sir, your Hobo videos made me dive into books about those hard times and even further into frontier past. I literally have a blast. Thank you.
Thank you so very much!
Thanks again... 'Hobo Waypoint'
Love your content... Waiting for more of the 'move to Ohio's cabin....
Thanks. We completed the move to the cabin and wrapped up the series with episode 16.
Dude Thanks a lot for this video, I will figure it out how to get some similar system, I live in Berlin, and I'm a HOBO myself (and I absolutely love this lifestyle anyway!) Thanks again from Germany!!!🇩🇪❤🇺🇲
Excellent! Thanks so much for watching!
Always informative and entertaining. I appreciate all of the work you do to make these James . Headed to check out your friends channel. Sounds like my kind of content. Have a great day
Thanks so much, you too!
Fascinating history.
Thanks!
This video is wonderful, especially for me as a writer and a history buff. I have seen so much post-apocalyptic literature where everyone goes around dirty and unkempt and if you are in a nuclear desert ala Mad Max, then that makes sense, but a lack of technology does not have to mean lack of hygiene. Hobos and even earlier pioneers managed to stay clean without access to the modern tools we have so it would stand to reason people going through a similar situation could too.
I recommend these videos for anyone hoping to do anything in the post-apoc genre as they are a wellspring of useful information.
Thanks so much for watching and I am very glad that you are enjoying the series!
That’s awesome! Great video
Glad you enjoyed it!
Enjoyed this 😊
Thanks!
Great video series. Been shaving like a “hobo” for the past 15 years with a double safety razor. I think more people could save some money and headache by switching to one.
True!
I've really been enjoying these Hobo videos.
I'm starting to wonder if we're going to see a reemergence of this sort of culture with the current economic situation.
Very possibly! However, many hobos today are more like what is referred to as rubber tramps. They travel in cars, vans and motorhomes.
If you use a brush that soap will lather up great. I use vintage Colgate and Williams pretty often. Nice video.
Thanks for watching!
I find it amazing, that "dungarees" (? translated with google, not a native english speaker - the trousers) look so good with a jacket and a tie. I think I need to try this style for myself.
Thanks for showing. (=
I really enjoy watching your videos.
Thanks!
The hobo kit was high quality.
Thanks for watching and I'm glad that you liked it!
This is a great video. My father was born in 1912. He had straight razors and a strop that he whipped me with. After I left home they got rid of the strop. I have the razors. I am still angry about them getting rid of that strop. I feel I earned it. He told me when he was a young man he worked in a lumber mill and shaved with a strait razor without a mirror. He taught me to shave with a straight razor. I thought it would be dangerous to shave without a mirror because I was afraid of cutting my ears. When I was a kid I had a Boy Scout canteen that looked very much like the canteen you used in the video. It had a cloth container to carry it that had a shoulder strap.
Thanks so much for watching the video and for sharing the bit of family history!
Great video as always!! I actually would like to get some of these items somehow, my grandfather would tell me stories about the great depression and hobo's...etc. He actually had some of this stuff but it went to other family members when he passed.
Well, if you keep your eyes open and are willing to be patient, you can find a lot of these types of items available on eBay from time to time. Thanks for watching!
Very interesting!
Thanks!
Now I understand why you're interested in the hobo life. Because of your uncle. How did they clean their clothes? Looking forward your next installment.
Thanks so much! We will be covering that in a future episode, Lord willing.
My grandfather was born in 1903 in North Carolina he left home at the age of 16 (his parents couldn’t afford to feed him and all six of his siblings) my great grandma gave him a ten $ dollar bill. He rolled said bill up and hid it in the toe of his boot. 6 years later he returned home…and gave his Mom back that same $10 bill!
By the way I absolutely love your channel!
What a cool story! Thanks so much for sharing it!
Brilliant 👌👍
Thanks!
Enjoyed the video
My daily dress is usually a pair of Bibs and a suit jacket with either my original Flat cap or Stetson fedora
Maybe I should add a tie now and really go uptown
Right?
What/where is your resource for your clothing? That cap and jacket are really terrific looking. The materials look to be unmatched in today's fast fashion wasteland.
EBay, thrift stores, What Price Glory, etc.
The one thing I would add is a styptic pencil, its is a stick of 'Alum Sulphate', if you nick yourself, you wet it and apply it to the cut and it helps seal it up. It is anti microbial as well. You can also get it in bars which also make effective stick de-oderant. Sometimes you see it even now as "rock salt de-oderant sticks".
You see old cartoons where someone eats a box of alum and they dry right up like all the moisture is sucked out of them. It's the same stuff.
Yes, that would be a good addition. I do have some of them myself.
Love the info
Thanks so much for watching!
Wonderful video James, thanks for sharing YAH bless brother !
Thank you so much and God bless you too!
Another great video
Glad you enjoyed it!