Hi Peter, greetings from the UK! Huge fan of your work, your series building the birch bark canoe may be one of the greatest things I've watched on youtube and have since read books on the subject to try and understand more about native construction I recently saw a video describing the native method of collecting spruce gum for the canoe, like you they collected it in a sewn bag however they placed the entire bag into a boiling pot of water. The molten gum would then seive through the bag and rise to the surface, where it was skimmed off with a spoon and collected in a bowl. This effectively boils the gum and seives the debris/dirt/rocks etc from the sap simultaneously. Then the molten gum was poured into a second bowl of cold water, immediately hardening it so they could pull it out and begin to stretch it like taffy, removing any remaining water. The simplicity and genius of this was fascinating to me and thought if you ever needed to collect spruce gum again for future projects it may be worth trying? Looking forward to your next video
What can I say, your method will save me a lot of time and frustration in future builds. I’m anxious to try it and have never heard of it. We appreciate your interest and support from this side of the big pond.
What a fun surprise good to see you so soon. Two things that stood out to me in the last episode were the Musket Ball Bag and the very unique Rocking Chair. Very nice.
Peter: It's nice to see a UA-camr who actually listen to their viewers? Please don't take my comments about your Wee bits o history the wrong way. The weren't meant to be negative. It's just that I'm an accoutrements maker and when I'm trying to "learn", sometimes it gets in the way of my listening and watching. Maybe I just suffer from ADD. I LOVE the Wee Bits o History, don't ever stop doing it. Please give my best to to Cathy and thank her for catching the comments and editing the video. God bless: Two Feathers Proprietor of: The Mountain Man Emporium Pennsylvania
I love it when people comment on our endeavour , especially when they have suggestions or corrections. The highlight that feel comfortable sharing some of their family history.
The holes in the arm of your chair reminds me of an older gentleman that I knew growing up. He had lost an arm when he was younger in a sawmill accident. He rolled his own cigarettes one handed. He had a groove cut in the arm of his rocking chair. He would crease his paper and lay it in that groove while he shook tobacco into it. He could pick that paper up and twist one of the finest looking cigarettes you ever saw. I always wondered why he didn't just smoke a pipe, but as Pap used to say "mountain folks is stubborn folks and always will be".
Good to see an updated version of your last video so soon always enjoy your content funny enough brings back memories of being in the boy scouts and doing projects like this stay warm
yes please share all the different types of ways things can be made, clothing, tools, weapons, and try to include things that are useful to you that might be so rare most people have not heard of the thing, even furniture and hats
Thank you. You guys make great videos. And yes it took me 3 little leather bags to end up with one for me because I kept giving them away. People love them so time well spent. Keep up the good work
That is a fine looking job there sir. I've never had one but I expect I might with the flintlock, especially now I've seen it expertly done. I built a leman caplock 54 back in the late 70s for hunting. At the same time I built a bullet board to carry 5 prelubed and prepatched balls, some river cane powder holders for premeasured charges and a ball starter out of a dogwood branch. I bought a brass capper to hang around my neck. I'm authentic and pretty fast on the reload and it all fits in a coat pocket or hangs around my neck.😂
Appreciate your efforts and dedication! I have the exact same model of that "rocking tool" minus the holes in the arm rest. Thanks again and keep your powder dry!
Greetings Peter , great content once again. Soon enough winter will break and it'll be time for gardening and other things. Winter is a great time to just relax with a cup of goldenrod tea or coffee and craft and ponder what's next 🤔, we finally got snow here in Michigan so been shoveling and keeping busy I'm ahead of it but it's sure a work out. You ya'll have a splendid year and good health. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experiences.
Winter is a great time to settle in and relax, but this fort build has me working pretty steady, that’s why I love storm days as they force me inside by the hearth. All the best to you as well in this new year.
Chimneys came about during the 1600s. Early ones were added onto the outside. I have our family home from 1800. All 5 fireplaces and chimneys are inside the walls of the house. A ball gauge like that but for cannonballs was used on naval vessels. You can't reload fast if the ball is the wrong size. But the question would be: does a hunter carrying only one gun need to carry a gauge like that?
By the mid 1700’s bigger homes were built with chimneys enclosed. If you refer to the bullet board, they are built to be caliber specific, but must frontiersmen only had one gun.
Love the content. Quick question. How would a frontiersman in the 1700, such as yourself, make any money to that they might need to purchase supplies they can’t make themselves?
I have a very old bullet bag thats leather thats been left folded and the leathers cracking has a wood spout and stopper. IVE been going to try linseed oil or saddle wax to revive the bag. Its a family hand me down. I shoot and hunt with a 54 cal BP guns. IVE shot game on the run and dropped them .I stopped using modern guns they seem to easy .
I’m with you on going totally muzzleloader for everything. I still do tot along a high powered rifle for moose, because often we have really long shots.
Hi Peter; I hope that wasn't grandma's rocking chair you have been defacing! While you were discussing the recent cold weather and the inefficient heating of a fireplace in that only the front or back can be warmed at any one time, for some rather obscure reason my mind flashed back to Robert Service image of the cremation of Sam McGee in which full body warmth was reflected in the phrasing. Funny how things said can make one's mind react. Best Regards
Howdy Peter Is that the general size of a musket bag ? or is it just to what you like ? 62 cal. wow take down big animals . Must have a kick to it , into yesterday LOL
62 caliper was a very common size in the 18th century. Recoil isn’t all that bad, but I’ve become rather immune to the kick after so many years of shooting.
I was once in a little shop that sold crystals and I bought a leather bag that was just the right size for a bullet bag, and when I told the owner why I wanted it she was horrified....🙄
Although I really enjoyed the history on Friday it was so great to see you work up close showing the detail. More of that is most welcomed!
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi Peter, greetings from the UK!
Huge fan of your work, your series building the birch bark canoe may be one of the greatest things I've watched on youtube and have since read books on the subject to try and understand more about native construction
I recently saw a video describing the native method of collecting spruce gum for the canoe, like you they collected it in a sewn bag however they placed the entire bag into a boiling pot of water. The molten gum would then seive through the bag and rise to the surface, where it was skimmed off with a spoon and collected in a bowl. This effectively boils the gum and seives the debris/dirt/rocks etc from the sap simultaneously.
Then the molten gum was poured into a second bowl of cold water, immediately hardening it so they could pull it out and begin to stretch it like taffy, removing any remaining water.
The simplicity and genius of this was fascinating to me and thought if you ever needed to collect spruce gum again for future projects it may be worth trying?
Looking forward to your next video
What can I say, your method will save me a lot of time and frustration in future builds. I’m anxious to try it and have never heard of it. We appreciate your interest and support from this side of the big pond.
What a fun surprise good to see you so soon. Two things that stood out to me in the last episode were the Musket Ball Bag and the very unique Rocking Chair. Very nice.
Bought the chair from the Amish in Pennsylvania and a grand chair it is!
I could sit and listen to you all day. Another great video Peter and great camera work as well Kathy. Many thanks. Keep your powder dry
That might turn out to be the longest day of your life, lol! Watch yer top knot.
I like the deer horn mouth. Thanks Peter.
Frank
My pleasure, Frank, glad you enjoyed.
My friend, your channel is a cultura; and historical treasure! Thank you for you most interesting videos.
I’m very flattered by your kind words, sir.
I saw the Scotts-Irish history video where you made this bullet bag and told the history and I enjoyed both immensely. Thank you my friend.
Thanks for watching and your interest.
Good evening from Syracuse NY USA brother and thank you for sharing your live history videos
Thanks Earl.
Peter:
It's nice to see a UA-camr who actually listen to their viewers?
Please don't take my comments about your Wee bits o history the wrong way. The weren't meant to be negative. It's just that I'm an accoutrements maker and when I'm trying to "learn", sometimes it gets in the way of my listening and watching. Maybe I just suffer from ADD. I LOVE the Wee Bits o History, don't ever stop doing it.
Please give my best to to Cathy and thank her for catching the comments and editing the video.
God bless:
Two Feathers
Proprietor of:
The Mountain Man Emporium
Pennsylvania
I love it when people comment on our endeavour , especially when they have suggestions or corrections. The highlight that feel comfortable sharing some of their family history.
The bullet bag turned out nicely, especially after it was dyed!
It will work very well and helps keep things organized.
The holes in the arm of your chair reminds me of an older gentleman that I knew growing up. He had lost an arm when he was younger in a sawmill accident. He rolled his own cigarettes one handed. He had a groove cut in the arm of his rocking chair. He would crease his paper and lay it in that groove while he shook tobacco into it. He could pick that paper up and twist one of the finest looking cigarettes you ever saw. I always wondered why he didn't just smoke a pipe, but as Pap used to say "mountain folks is stubborn folks and always will be".
What a grand story, thanks for sharing … gotta love resourcefulness!
That's a fine looking ball bag Mr. Pete! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills with us!!! Stay well...Robin
Thank you, should keep my ducks in a row when it comes to keeping a small shooting bag organized.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Mr. Pete ...that is always a challenge! Small is the secret : )
@@robinbonaventura4951 The smaller everything is the less weight one carries.
I love watching old frontier stuff.
You and me both!
Keep the fires burning. Such great detail in making the pouch.
Thank you! Cheers!
Watched your last video went to the basement and made a bullet pouch thanks for the inspiration
That is just grand, good for you.
Middle of the week upload!? Yes please! And thank you!
Thank you for watching. Had a lot of folks say they couldn’t see how I built it, so we took unused footage from the previous episode.
Good to see an updated version of your last video so soon always enjoy your content funny enough brings back memories of being in the boy scouts and doing projects like this stay warm
Glad you enjoyed it.
Yes, that was very cool of you to do for us. It did answer some questions I had, as well. Thank you.
Any time!
Well I am finally all caught up, that was the easy and most enjoyable part.
Now comes the hard part. Waiting for new videos 😒
Well that’s a compliment!
Nice work, Peter! Thanks for sharing. Always a pleasure to see what you're up to!
Many thanks!
yes please share all the different types of ways things can be made, clothing, tools, weapons, and try to include things that are useful to you that might be so rare most people have not heard of the thing, even furniture and hats
Thanks for your interest and as to your idea, we’re working on it..
Nicely done Peter!
Well done! Keep the videos coming, even mundane chores of the past have special interest to me. KIbler pliers are very handy....
Thanks, will do!
You two make a great team, the production and attention to detail are second to none. Thank you for your time & best wishes.
Thank you very much, but Cathy does the lion’s share, I simply do what I do every day … she films, edits and try’s to direct, lol.
@@TheWoodlandEscape it is much appreciated, on both accounts. To your continued success.
Thank you. You guys make great videos. And yes it took me 3 little leather bags to end up with one for me because I kept giving them away. People love them so time well spent. Keep up the good work
That is awesome! Better to give than receive!
Very interesting. You are an amazing craftsmen.
Thank you so much 😀
That is a fine looking job there sir. I've never had one but I expect I might with the flintlock, especially now I've seen it expertly done. I built a leman caplock 54 back in the late 70s for hunting. At the same time I built a bullet board to carry 5 prelubed and prepatched balls, some river cane powder holders for premeasured charges and a ball starter out of a dogwood branch. I bought a brass capper to hang around my neck. I'm authentic and pretty fast on the reload and it all fits in a coat pocket or hangs around my neck.😂
That would be some fast loading.
Yep. Believe I could do it on the run. I'm part Indian. Might have been able to make some white wolves howl.
Appreciate your efforts and dedication! I have the exact same model of that "rocking tool" minus the holes in the arm rest. Thanks again and keep your powder dry!
Best chair ever, built by the Amish In Pennsylvania. Watch yer top knot.
Nice to have the details of this well done bag. Thanks for this, it helps wait for the next video of the week.
Always a flattering compliment my friend, thank you.
Looks like you got your fingers stained with the walnut hulls too. Been there, done that...takes a while to wear off! Good job, Pedro.
Not the first and probably not the last time.
I like it !!! Dyers poly pore mushrooms were used to dye natural fabrics also. Not sure of the time frame though
Interesting, thanks for sharing.
Greetings Peter , great content once again. Soon enough winter will break and it'll be time for gardening and other things. Winter is a great time to just relax with a cup of goldenrod tea or coffee and craft and ponder what's next 🤔, we finally got snow here in Michigan so been shoveling and keeping busy I'm ahead of it but it's sure a work out. You ya'll have a splendid year and good health. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experiences.
Winter is a great time to settle in and relax, but this fort build has me working pretty steady, that’s why I love storm days as they force me inside by the hearth. All the best to you as well in this new year.
Thanks
Really nice work! Thanks for showing the details on the spout.
Our pleasure!
Very nice, I definitely need to make a couple of these. 50 cal and 58 cal.
They do keep you organized in ones shooting bag.
Thank you. I also give things away so i can make more.
Wonderful! Always a good feeling.
Nice work Peter, it was an interesting video to watch. Thanks .
Glad you enjoyed it
Now I ned to make one of my own. Thank you!
A simple enjoyable project … good luck with it.
Nice to see how you made that bag. Thanks for sharing this video!
My pleasure 😊
Nice job! I like the antler spout. (or "spoat" as you fellas north of the border would say!) 😄
Thanks 👍. Can’t figure out how you folks south of the 49th can’t say out, or about, or even spout, lol. Thanks for watching.
Chimneys came about during the 1600s. Early ones were added onto the outside. I have our family home from 1800. All 5 fireplaces and chimneys are inside the walls of the house.
A ball gauge like that but for cannonballs was used on naval vessels. You can't reload fast if the ball is the wrong size. But the question would be: does a hunter carrying only one gun need to carry a gauge like that?
By the mid 1700’s bigger homes were built with chimneys enclosed. If you refer to the bullet board, they are built to be caliber specific, but must frontiersmen only had one gun.
Love the content. Quick question. How would a frontiersman in the 1700, such as yourself, make any money to that they might need to purchase supplies they can’t make themselves?
Currency was scarce and barter was king. Some trapped and had hides to sell, some supplied services and some supplied goods.
Merci Peter. Grasse à vous j ai pu fabriquer des possible bag ainsi que des bag ball. Merci beaucoup, bonne année à vous. Serge
Good for you, Serge, I trust they will serve you well.
As you doing letter work I noticed the needles are they correct in the 18th and 19th century
Some needles in my little tin box are, but the one I used in this episode is not.
I have a very old bullet bag thats leather thats been left folded and the leathers cracking has a wood spout and stopper. IVE been going to try linseed oil or saddle wax to revive the bag. Its a family hand me down. I shoot and hunt with a 54 cal BP guns. IVE shot game on the run and dropped them .I stopped using modern guns they seem to easy .
I’m with you on going totally muzzleloader for everything. I still do tot along a high powered rifle for moose, because often we have really long shots.
Hi Peter;
I hope that wasn't grandma's rocking chair you have been defacing!
While you were discussing the recent cold weather and the inefficient heating of a fireplace in that only the front or back can be warmed at any one time, for some rather obscure reason my mind flashed back to Robert Service image of the cremation of Sam McGee in which full body warmth was reflected in the phrasing.
Funny how things said can make one's mind react.
Best Regards
Nope, bought from the Amish in Pennsylvania. As to that crematorium, there have been some winter treks that I might very well have climbed into it!
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❤😊😊
Howdy Peter
Is that the general size of a musket bag ? or is it just to what you like ?
62 cal. wow take down big animals . Must have a kick to it , into yesterday LOL
62 caliper was a very common size in the 18th century. Recoil isn’t all that bad, but I’ve become rather immune to the kick after so many years of shooting.
👍 good project. Just wanted to say as we go through uncertain times. Jesus Christ is the answer through it all ✝️🙏💪👍
I was once in a little shop that sold crystals and I bought a leather bag that was just the right size for a bullet bag, and when I told the owner why I wanted it she was horrified....🙄
Have a friend that wanted to buy a Springer Spaniel, when it told the owner is was for hunting she refused to sell him the dog.
Speaking of antlers......... Getting close to shed hunting time in Northern Michigan. As if we don't need another reason for a walk in the woods.
I don’t need any reason at all, Pat.
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