I enjoyed the video, thanks for sharing. Something I learned from my brother in wet weather fire starting is if you can bust open a rotten log and find some dry punk and start your fire on top of that it will catch Quickly and hold embers to help you get a fire going. God bless
That's a great idea, thanks for the tip! Will have to remember that for future videos. I have really enjoyed your recent river trek and flintlocks & squirrels videos!
Love seeing what's in your packs and very happy to see you've permitted your self a riffle. We do need to talk about your audio, I can't hear you, I don't have the most expensive phone but it is not a cheap one eather. You keep up the good work. Proud that you want to spread your knowledge. I know its cheating but if you spend too many bad trips camping, you won't want to continue it. There are those space blankets put them under your bedding, your the only one that has to know, lite easy, think about it . Nothing worst than a cold nights sleep. Take care be safe. Love ya much, keep on keeping on. Bye for now.
Hi Alex! Just subscribed to your channel. Nice job on your videos!! It was nice meeting you at Prickett's Fort this past weekend!! Hope to see you again! Steve
Well done man. Coming from someone who makes these kind of videos, I know all to well the amount of work that goes into the filming and editing. Good job, I enjoyed it!!
I have learned something from this video! I have a kit similar to this,Shows me more things I kneed to git.Also how to better protect yourself. Like this video keep up the good work! David Back God speed.
Thank you, I appreciate it and I'm happy to help. I still have a long way to go with my own kit! More improvements and additions to come in the future!
Hey my friend i am 64 years young and have been doing bushcraft survival for 30 some years i still get out in the mountains every weekend weather permitting anyhow doing the winter months i like building a upside down fire it creates a great bed of coals for cooking and once lit you can go about camp chores this fire once lit is maintenance free since this time of year we lose day light early its a great fire lay to know hope this helps you out...be safe out there my friend
Jeez! When you stuck that tent stake back in the ground, I realized just how saturated your camp was. Kudos to you for a Herculean effort in maintaining a fire in such trying conditions. I thought I would mention a couple of notions that occurred to me that you did not address. You are likely aware of these, however I will bring them to your attention, in the event that you are not. First, you’ll find that standing wood is more likely to be dry in such conditions. So a dead sapling, small widowmaker or vertical branch will offer that option. Secondly, you didn’t mention the option of using a little black powder to enhance your fire making. That resource, used wisely, can give just that extra bit of heat and energy to give you a steady flame. Well done with this effort! Another concise and educational product delivered to this hungry audience. By the end of your production, I felt cold and shivery! I look forward to your next and am inspired to try my own hand at a video effort myself. Keep up the effort and consider a Patreon account. I’d be happy to contribute.
You must be one of my most consistent commentors and I sincerely appreciate it! These are two very good points. This was definately the hardest overnighter I have ever done, 18th-century themed or otherwise, so I'm glad I was able to communicate the struggle. As for the wood, I thought I would have the most luck with the dead branches on the lowest tiers of the pines around me, but when I found that that wood was saturated I stopped caring and just started heaping together everything I could find that wasn't already covered in snow or ice. Once I got the fire good and hot it would take anything, but everything took longer to catch, and I kept having to steam things out on the top layer of the log cabin setup. Using powder as an accelerant is a great idea and I would like to have tried it. Unfortunately the only stipulation to filming on this property (far backwoods of an active scout camp, where the local council only allows bow hunting) is that I leave my flintlock and powder at home. I carried a broom handle in the gun case for this video and emptied my powder horn beforehand. I will make a point to do some (safe) expiramenting with using the powder in the future on a different property! Thank you again for your consitent support and for lending such valuable suggestions. No doubt I will refer to these in future videos. Drop me a comment someplace if you ever post a video of your own and I'll be the first to watch and comment! Appreciate you!
It is a pleasure seeing a young man being close to the creation rather than a video game. I just subscribed. I just finished watching duelist54's latest video and he suggested your channel. Good work and very informative.
I think you did well and the video is also well done. I might suggest something I used to use when winter camping back in the 60s. Heat a couple flat rocks about the size of a dinner plate and a few inches thick, or the best you can do close to this, when it is time for bed, wrap one in a piece of canvas and lay under the foot of your blanket. This will give off heat for a few hours and when your feet are warm it makes the rest of you warm, during the night when the heat fades, exchange it for the other rock still next to the fire. By switching them back and forth throughout the night you will add a lot of comfort to your sleep. If it is extremely cold, heat a few smaller rocks to place next to you under your blankets, wrapped in canvas as the first, you can snuggle up to them during the night. I am really enjoying your videos and they are very informative, I really do appreciate seeing a younger person so involved as you are in the historical arena. Keep them coming and I will keep watching. Much respect.
Thank you so much for this detailed, experience-driven comment. I have heard of this but it never occurred to me in the night. This very well may be seen in a future video of mine! Thank you again!
Try this next time out when you're done with your shelter cover it with your tarp first then ad your Pine bowels.and if you want to try a nice fire lay try building a up side down fire great for cooking on and once lit no feeding the fire maintenance free giving you more time for camp chores.....
F.T.C. , I admire your tenacity in the production of this video, in conditions that were far from ideal. It makes me appreciate the spirit of the people that struggled daily to survive , while building a nation out of the wilderness. Carrying their children along the way...... Warmest regards from Delaware
Thank you for watching, and for taking the time to comment. Pioneers and frontiersmen were certainly tougher than I am and as you point out, they were definitely dealing with more variables. It was a hard but rewarding video to make, thanks again!
Thanks for watching and for the comment. I think it would have been easier with the right footwear and a proper hat and gloves. Hopefully I have the time to make and buy a few things between now and next winter, so I can get out in similar circumstances again and comment on the upgrades. Really appreciate the comment, thanks again!
Found you late in life. Wish I could have been introduced to this at a younger age. So fascinating. Been thinking about getting into black powder shooting as I was introduced to it years ago and enjoyed it then. Keep the living history videos coming. Most of all, thanks for showing the trials and tribulations of how it was and not sugarcoating everything.
Really appreciate you taking the time to comment! I'm sure you'll enjoy shooting again, I can't recommend the hobby enough. I'll always do my best to show things as they are!
Next time try putting your oil cloth on first then cover with pine boughs also try taking some short poles and put them above your fire from the front towards your shelter to help protect your fire from the rain building your fire under the poles
If you are in a location with lots of dead wood. You can make a fire about 5ft long ang burn lots of wood to get a good bed of coals. Throw some dirt over the coals and put down a real wool blanket. You can sleep on 90° ground for most of the night. Depending on how good your coals were it will still be around 70° in the morning
Best laid plans and all that. Good looking shelter with room to grow. I liked that you had room for firewood out of the rain. Lots of good points. The wet wood challenge would have been absolutely authentic. Starting a day without coffee would be a serious setback for me, but you got through it. Thank you for an excellent video and honest presentation. Be well and at peace.
Last January 2022, was out on a day trek. Had tea, hard sausage and cheese for lunch. Snow was on the ground and everything was wet. Took two attempts to start a fire then I gave in and used a candle. Even then and using dead cedar from a sheltered area my fire sounded like a gun fight. Had a little bed of coals by the time my water pot was hot
Just found you. 3:55 in and you’ve got a new subscriber. I’m blessed with 26.2k on twitter and many of my buddies love living history too so I’ll tweet your videos & bring a few appreciative new viewers. Well done.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I really appreciate that, thank you! I still have a lot to learn and I am on a temporary break from UA-cam now as I finish my last year of college. I will be back with far better quality gear and production soon!
Great video man. I love 18th century stuff. Makes me think of my ancestors who came in that time and lived in the back country. What painting is that in your background on your page? Looking forward to more videos!!
It is a thin strip of a bigger painting called "Frontier Legends" by Kentucky artist Steve White, depicting Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton, Daniel Trabau, James Harrod and Benjamin Logan (from left to right) as they depart Fort Boonesborough, 1777. I do not have any copyright claim/affiliation to the painting at all, it is merely decoration.
Awesome job! So glad to see a young man interested in the old ways!!!! Job well done!!! We’re starting something like this in the Sierras come spring! I was going to say how happy I was to see you’re finally carrying a long gun! Until I read it was a broom handle!🤣🤣👍👍
Haha! Thanks! I wish I could have carried my flintlock for this video. It looks like I will be attending the School of The Longhunter this March/April and I imagine I will be able to film with it there. Best of luck in the Sierras... that's a whole different level! Enjoy!
Liked subd shared. Been doing Milice for decades. Great to see younger guys getting into living history. Always slept very close to a small fire with a small and low shelter behind me. Which allows me to stay in by my blanket when feeding the fire. Learned from someone else to make a 5-6 foot tall vertical fire wall out of branches to produce a greater chimney effect for the smoke. Thinned oil paint or oil stain on canvas not as expensive as commercial oil cloth. I do a conical shelter with an open top for the smoke to exit so I can have the fire in the Shelter that can be constructed of lengths of canvas and or natural materials. I like a large half shelter for a sheltered work or cooking space. Pine knots will dry out maple or oak, which will dry out pine logs. I really like your video skills. Very enjoyable.
You'll have less trouble with the rain coming into your shelter if you layer the boughs like shingles. Start by making a layer at the bottom and work you way up. That's the best way to do it so it sheds the water off better.
Wow! Good job! I'm SO excited to just now find your videos. I absolutely love how thorough you are in your descriptions and explanations. Im looking forward to watching everything you do! I'm a 63 year old woman who bikes and does little campouts. I have a modern lightweight kit but I'm now building a rustic kit because I love the asthetic so, so much more. Now I want a calabash gourd! Many thanks for all your hard work!
Recently found your channel! I’m a fellow Scout Camp Counselor and Eagle Scout Class of 2018. I work at Camp Bowman, Goshen Scout Reservation. How did you get a job with the BSA and interpreting? That’s super cool!
Did a little poking around online, looks like a great camp! I got my Eagle Scout in 2019 and left for college soon after. Wish I could go back to those long summers working at camp. Good times. The camp that I worked at (which must remain nameless, as camp leadership has asked that I refrain from associating the channel with the camp itself) had a program area called Frontier Trading Company. The area was a reenactment of life on the frontier during or prior to the American revolution... the time of the longhunters like Boone, Kenton, and others. That's how I originally fell in love with the time period. Unfortunately the program area was closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is my intention to return to camp in retirement to personally fund a fully-stocked wooden walled fort to host a week long, highly immersive high adventure camp of sorts. History informs the present, and the present determines the future... I think it is important to educate as many people as possible, especially scouts - who are supposed to be at the cutting edge of preparedness, duty, etc. - so that a reverence and understanding of this time period does not slip into the past.
Excellent video in such difficult weather. I love the true to period clothing and gear, outstanding job of experiencing what it was really like. Thanks for your fine comments about conservation and impact on the land. There are starting to be serious problems on public land with people who see videos on YT and think they can go anywhere and cut down anything. I would suggest making your shelter shorter to keep the heat nearer to you as well as allowing your oil cloth to cover more of the shelter and providing better wind break and heat retention. Keep up the good work!
Love your channel. Educational content for 18th century fanatics and bushcraft campers alike! Any re-enactments coming up you would suggest attending? Just finishing up my French and Indian war period kit and I’m looking to get it done usage.
I just attended my first living history event at Prickett's Fort called the School of the Longhunter. I would recommend it if you are free that weekend next year. My video about the event will go live on Wednesday. Besides that I do most of this on my own, so I'm not a great source for future events, but I believe a few sites have national event calendars, like ilovemuzzleloading or crazy crow trading post. Hope that helps, congrats on your kit!
There is going to be a reenactment at a local battlefield I know of in PA. Bushy Run battlefield if I remember correct, it’s Pontiac’s Rebellion period but It should still be a decent event. You should check it out if you’re interested, you could join up with the rangers there and fit in nicely! I believe the actual event is in early august.
I have recently stumbled on your videos. Really nice with good information. As a resource manager/forester for 40+ years I notice that your 'pine' boughs appear to mostly be spruce or fir instead of pine. Also I don't believe that a conservation ethic, as we understand it, was part of the settlers/long hunters use of the forest. It is necessary and proper for our use in situations such as yours and I commend your mention of it in your video. Keep up the good work!
The adventure was challenging enough but all the extra work of videoing. Now that is effort.Found you on other site and new I had to subscribe. Good job!
This has been one of your best videos. I have followed your videos and appreciate your passion for the eighteenth century. In my early career, I worked at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Military History. I find your approach to teaching eighteenth-century history refreshing and innovative. Please keep up the good work. Like you, I realized long ago that you cannot progress in this world without knowledge of our past.
Very well done! I am impressed! I love your attention to detail on every aspect of your clothing and kit. If I were a man, I would feel inspired by you to try reenacting. (But I would have been absolutely miserable living as a woman in the 18th Century, so I certainly don’t want to reenact those conditions for myself today.) From the perspective of a retired soldier who spent a lot of time in the field in all conditions, I’d like to offer a couple of suggestions in terms of staying warm through the night. I know you had a goal of building a gorgeous shelter (and you did!), but you might consider rearranging your priorities a bit. Next time, consider starting with a plow point shelter and a fire, with your priority on the basics of staying warm first. Had you put most of your time and energy into your fire upfront, you likely would have had a nice bed of coals before dark and a stack of drier firewood. You could have then gathered some pine boughs to sleep on top of to insulate you from the ground and heated some rocks to put around your feet and trunk. The smaller shelter also would have retained more warmth. In a best-case scenario, perhaps you could have gotten your fire going quickly and then had time to work on a fancier shelter, but it still should have been much smaller for heat-retention purposes. In the winter, always prioritize fire first. I also never saw you eat anything, and fueling your body can also help you stay warmer. I hope that helps. Keep up the great work!
Also add some punkwood to your fire kit that's what they turned to when they ran out of char cloth if you take a piece of punk wood stick it with your knife then char the other side it then will readily take a spark
These are good tips in both of your comments, thank you very much for the constructive feedback. Really appreciate it and look forward to putting it to use!
I didn’t see where you put any leaves or boughs under your sleeping roll. If it’s not there you might want to try it. Makes for a little dryer and comfy night.
Good point, the sun went down on me far earlier than I thought and I ended up just holing up for the night. It was a miserable time so going forward I need to get more serious about the actual sleeping arrangements!
James on "WayPointSurvival has filmed a reenactment of the frontier from 1790. Go to his play list you might get some ideas for your own treks. He is also in Ohio.
Great video, but might I suggest you increase the volume in editing? I had to turn the volume way up to hear you, then when an ad came up it blew my ears out.
Thanks for letting me know, I'll do that. On my end the volume balances fine, but I should make a habit of checking on another device. Thank you for watching nonetheless! Update: I manually turned off mid-roll ads, which means the video won't be interrupted. While volume may not be optimal on all devices, I can at least promise viewers going forward that they won't be blown out by load ads halfway through! Feel free to turn up the volume and get comfy.
Thanks. By the way, I've been reenacting for many years, but I'm new to 18th century reenacting (which is what brought me to your page), and let me just say that you are better researched and more authentically equipped than most of the old-timers I've met.
My friend i don't know if our forefathers used it or not but im sure they have you might want to look into fat wood for lighting your fires it can be found in our forest pine trees look into it hope that helps stay warm out there.
Big half shelters were for sitting, cooking or working under and can be made of natural materials, with lots of poles and leaves. And some branches or bows on top to secure the leaves. As I said in the earlier post think small shelter for sleeping away from the big lean to shelter.. Unfortunately I don’t get Canadian weather where snow stays as snow. Most of our winters in Virginia are either cold and no snow, or wet snow or rain. Based on my experience an 8x8 oil cloth is ideal for both coverage and weight. Wouldn’t go smaller than 7x7. Making a log and bow bed would have been my priority. It’s too cold to breathe and sleep close to the ground. Minimum height of bed should be 6 inches not 4 inches, a foot best. I’d then put my oil cloth over my kit and and blankets as either a low lean to or as a sleeping bag cover. And under wet conditions make a high lean to over where my small fire will be. Run a long log over your small fire. Rather than bucking up lots of small logs. After my sleeping arrangements were set I would work on a 10x10 half shelter. With a warming and cooking fire near it. Such as the key hole fire. And put a bench seat or a short log to sit on.
This on my wife's you tube channel as I don't have one, just for clarity. You have done a great job at presenting the 18th century, we all started and evolved into a better equipped, more knowledgeable and experienced 18th century frontiersman. My first attempt at a scout was laughable. I was lucky enough to be around some very good guys and was able to take mental notes and start improving my personna. There are a lot of authors from that time period that you can reference to help with your knowledge of that century. It seems as if you probably know this already as you seem to have good idea of the direction you want to go. What part of Ohio are you living in? The reason I ask is Kalamazoo, Mi. has probably the best living history trade show in the Midwest. Which is in the last days of March, coming up in just a few days at the Kalamazoo Fairgrounds. I don't know the exact date, but it wouldn't be hard to find out. A good place to replenish your supplies, pick up new gear, needed gear and new ideas. Anywhere in Ohio really wouldn't be too far to travel because of the quality of the goods and the experience. Please continue with the videos, they are great and a good learning tool for viewers. YHS, campdog
It is a thin strip of a bigger painting called "Frontier Legends" by Kentucky artist Steve White, depicting Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton, Daniel Trabau, James Harrod and Benjamin Logan (from left to right) as they depart Fort Boonesborough, 1777. I do not have any copyright claim/affiliation to the painting at all, it is merely decoration. In fact I should probably replace it with something original!
Appreciate it! Looking back I think the stake is silliness, I should not have made such a big deal about it in this video - my gear has come a long way this past year and I am quickly becoming a minimalist packer, as the frontiersman would have been.
@@FrontierTradingCompany You're welcome! It's a nation-wide living historian group. American Longrifle Association. I can fill ya in, if you'd like. Is there a pm option?
@@dwarden7829 Somehow I didn't recognise the acronym! I am familiar with the ALRA but am not a part of it. I am a member of the NMLRA, though. I would be happy to learn more! UA-cam did away with the pm option but you can email me at "emailfrontiertradingco@gmail.com"
All good I still appreciate the tip! I saw some photos and videos of the show on Instagram and would love to be there next year! Thanks for the comment!
Excellent video I really enjoyed it and gave me a sense of life in the 18th century. I don’t know what to admire more, your skill craft or your cinematography. Did you take a class in filmmaking or just your natural aptitude?
I appreciate the comment, thank you for watching! I am still learning and there is much more to come - the filming itself is done with my phone clamped to a tripod. I suppose growing up in this digital age was all the training I needed. Thank you again for the kind words.
@@FrontierTradingCompany I think you do a very good job. All my videos are filmed using my iPhone. If you wanna take a try at being a mountain man, come on out to Wyoming.
Sorry about that, better audio equipment will debut once I return to making content! I am currently on hiatus focusing on school but am picking up new gear and tech in the meantime.
You must not have ever spent the night in a nylon type pup tent. Moisture from your breath and any rain that falls causes water droplets to condense on the inside of your tent. I have spent several nights in heavy rain storms under such conditions. Canvas pup tents are much better because they reduce condensation on the inside of your tents, but they still leak at pressure points.
Sorry to hear you are having audio problems! The sound is a little quiet but I personally am not having trouble to that extent on my laptop or iPhone. I will make videos a little louder overall going forward, thanks for bearing with me as I learn and grow in both the historical hobby and the technical side of things.
Good morning. I have a quick question for you. I am starting a leather business focusing on 18th century possible bags and accoutrements. I was wondering what an 18th 17th century man would have carried his money in. any insights would be greatly appreciated.
You are likely already aware of Madison Grant's "The Kentucky Rifle Hunting Pouch" and T.C. Albert's "Recreating the 18th Century Hunting Pouch" but those are both great places to start with bag making. This is a wallet pattern that I see used all the time: www.nmlra.org/news/craftsmanscornermoneywallet I cannot verify its accuracy against period originals but it seems to be commonly accepted amongst reenactors of today.
I want to get into living history not only for the information or knowledge but the application of these traditions to modern life and I specifically want to to target the dress, culture, lifestyle of eastern woodland Indians.. but I'm at a loss on how to find out how to start I've read a good bit about them and seen a couple guys who do it but there is no like uniform check list of what you need or where to get it.. and I'm crafty so I could make a lot of stuff just as they did but I can't find specifics on materials and measurements etc..
I'm not on Facebook but I hear great things about various living history groups there. I would recommend joining a few groups and posting this same blurb. You might be able to find a handful of mentors pretty quickly who will be interested in helping you out!
Mike Beliveau brought me here. Looks like a good place to be! Great channel.
Thanks, I really appreciate that! I've got a lot to learn but I'm giving it my best!
Excellent video!
Thank you! Really appreciate it!
I enjoyed the video, thanks for sharing. Something I learned from my brother in wet weather fire starting is if you can bust open a rotten log and find some dry punk and start your fire on top of that it will catch Quickly and hold embers to help you get a fire going. God bless
That's a great idea, thanks for the tip! Will have to remember that for future videos. I have really enjoyed your recent river trek and flintlocks & squirrels videos!
Bravo. Outstanding job. Best video I’ve seen all year
Thank you, I really appreciate it!
Love seeing what's in your packs and very happy to see you've permitted your self a riffle. We do need to talk about your audio, I can't hear you, I don't have the most expensive phone but it is not a cheap one eather. You keep up the good work. Proud that you want to spread your knowledge. I know its cheating but if you spend too many bad trips camping, you won't want to continue it. There are those space blankets put them under your bedding, your the only one that has to know, lite easy, think about it . Nothing worst than a cold nights sleep. Take care be safe. Love ya much, keep on keeping on. Bye for now.
You did good, keep going.
Thanks for the encouragement, there is much more to come!
Well done!
Thanks for watching the premiere, I appreciate it!
Great video, as usual.
I really appreciate it, thank you!
Hi Alex! Just subscribed to your channel. Nice job on your videos!! It was nice meeting you at Prickett's Fort this past weekend!! Hope to see you again! Steve
Thank you, you too! I have a long way to go but I'm giving it my best. Really great to meet you too!
Well done man. Coming from someone who makes these kind of videos, I know all to well the amount of work that goes into the filming and editing. Good job, I enjoyed it!!
Wow. I am honored to have you in my comments section. Thanks for the encouragement! More to come!
Thanks for being real! Very refreshing in the world of Make Believe TV shows and UA-cam celebrities
Appreciate it!
I have learned something from this video! I have a kit similar to this,Shows me more things I kneed to git.Also how to better protect yourself. Like this video keep up the good work! David Back God speed.
Thank you, I appreciate it and I'm happy to help. I still have a long way to go with my own kit! More improvements and additions to come in the future!
Hey my friend i am 64 years young and have been doing bushcraft survival for 30 some years i still get out in the mountains every weekend weather permitting anyhow doing the winter months i like building a upside down fire it creates a great bed of coals for cooking and once lit you can go about camp chores this fire once lit is maintenance free since this time of year we lose day light early its a great fire lay to know hope this helps you out...be safe out there my friend
Jeez! When you stuck that tent stake back in the ground, I realized just how saturated your camp was. Kudos to you for a Herculean effort in maintaining a fire in such trying conditions.
I thought I would mention a couple of notions that occurred to me that you did not address. You are likely aware of these, however I will bring them to your attention, in the event that you are not. First, you’ll find that standing wood is more likely to be dry in such conditions. So a dead sapling, small widowmaker or vertical branch will offer that option. Secondly, you didn’t mention the option of using a little black powder to enhance your fire making. That resource, used wisely, can give just that extra bit of heat and energy to give you a steady flame.
Well done with this effort! Another concise and educational product delivered to this hungry audience. By the end of your production, I felt cold and shivery! I look forward to your next and am inspired to try my own hand at a video effort myself. Keep up the effort and consider a Patreon account. I’d be happy to contribute.
You must be one of my most consistent commentors and I sincerely appreciate it! These are two very good points. This was definately the hardest overnighter I have ever done, 18th-century themed or otherwise, so I'm glad I was able to communicate the struggle.
As for the wood, I thought I would have the most luck with the dead branches on the lowest tiers of the pines around me, but when I found that that wood was saturated I stopped caring and just started heaping together everything I could find that wasn't already covered in snow or ice. Once I got the fire good and hot it would take anything, but everything took longer to catch, and I kept having to steam things out on the top layer of the log cabin setup.
Using powder as an accelerant is a great idea and I would like to have tried it. Unfortunately the only stipulation to filming on this property (far backwoods of an active scout camp, where the local council only allows bow hunting) is that I leave my flintlock and powder at home. I carried a broom handle in the gun case for this video and emptied my powder horn beforehand. I will make a point to do some (safe) expiramenting with using the powder in the future on a different property!
Thank you again for your consitent support and for lending such valuable suggestions. No doubt I will refer to these in future videos. Drop me a comment someplace if you ever post a video of your own and I'll be the first to watch and comment! Appreciate you!
It is a pleasure seeing a young man being close to the creation rather than a video game. I just subscribed. I just finished watching duelist54's latest video and he suggested your channel. Good work and very informative.
Thank you! I'm still learning but I give it my best!
I think you did well and the video is also well done. I might suggest something I used to use when winter camping back in the 60s. Heat a couple flat rocks about the size of a dinner plate and a few inches thick, or the best you can do close to this, when it is time for bed, wrap one in a piece of canvas and lay under the foot of your blanket. This will give off heat for a few hours and when your feet are warm it makes the rest of you warm, during the night when the heat fades, exchange it for the other rock still next to the fire. By switching them back and forth throughout the night you will add a lot of comfort to your sleep. If it is extremely cold, heat a few smaller rocks to place next to you under your blankets, wrapped in canvas as the first, you can snuggle up to them during the night. I am really enjoying your videos and they are very informative, I really do appreciate seeing a younger person so involved as you are in the historical arena. Keep them coming and I will keep watching. Much respect.
Thank you so much for this detailed, experience-driven comment. I have heard of this but it never occurred to me in the night. This very well may be seen in a future video of mine! Thank you again!
@@FrontierTradingCompany It's a Great Idea!!
Love This Comment & It's a Fact!!
Try this next time out when you're done with your shelter cover it with your tarp first then ad your Pine bowels.and if you want to try a nice fire lay try building a up side down fire great for cooking on and once lit no feeding the fire maintenance free giving you more time for camp chores.....
F.T.C. , I admire your tenacity in the production of this video, in conditions that were far from ideal. It makes me appreciate the spirit of the people that struggled daily to survive , while building a nation out of the wilderness. Carrying their children along the way...... Warmest regards from Delaware
Thank you for watching, and for taking the time to comment. Pioneers and frontiersmen were certainly tougher than I am and as you point out, they were definitely dealing with more variables. It was a hard but rewarding video to make, thanks again!
Such a cool video and channel!
Great info.
Thanks so much! Really appreciate it.
Really enjoy your videos those wet nights can be long and tough. You made a rough time tolerable good job
Thanks for watching and for the comment. I think it would have been easier with the right footwear and a proper hat and gloves. Hopefully I have the time to make and buy a few things between now and next winter, so I can get out in similar circumstances again and comment on the upgrades. Really appreciate the comment, thanks again!
@@FrontierTradingCompany Great Response!
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Great video thank you for sharing! I think I'll try to build a shelter this year and spend some nights outside!
Glad it got the gears turning! Thanks for watching!
I was going to make a joke about grad school living, but this is pretty awesome.
I appreciate it, thanks for watching!
Found you late in life. Wish I could have been introduced to this at a younger age. So fascinating. Been thinking about getting into black powder shooting as I was introduced to it years ago and enjoyed it then. Keep the living history videos coming. Most of all, thanks for showing the trials and tribulations of how it was and not sugarcoating everything.
Really appreciate you taking the time to comment! I'm sure you'll enjoy shooting again, I can't recommend the hobby enough. I'll always do my best to show things as they are!
It's never too late!
Loved the video! Keep it up!
Howdy Pt'nr! Thanks for the support!
Next time try putting your oil cloth on first then cover with pine boughs also try taking some short poles and put them above your fire from the front towards your shelter to help protect your fire from the rain building your fire under the poles
If you are in a location with lots of dead wood. You can make a fire about 5ft long ang burn lots of wood to get a good bed of coals. Throw some dirt over the coals and put down a real wool blanket. You can sleep on 90° ground for most of the night. Depending on how good your coals were it will still be around 70° in the morning
Best laid plans and all that. Good looking shelter with room to grow. I liked that you had room for firewood out of the rain. Lots of good points. The wet wood challenge would have been absolutely authentic. Starting a day without coffee would be a serious setback for me, but you got through it.
Thank you for an excellent video and honest presentation. Be well and at peace.
Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment, I appreciate it! The wet wood was definitely a challenge!
Well done
Thank you!
@@FrontierTradingCompany yes sir
Last January 2022, was out on a day trek. Had tea, hard sausage and cheese for lunch. Snow was on the ground and everything was wet. Took two attempts to start a fire then I gave in and used a candle. Even then and using dead cedar from a sheltered area my fire sounded like a gun fight.
Had a little bed of coals by the time my water pot was hot
Just found you. 3:55 in and you’ve got a new subscriber. I’m blessed with 26.2k on twitter and many of my buddies love living history too so I’ll tweet your videos & bring a few appreciative new viewers. Well done.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I really appreciate that, thank you! I still have a lot to learn and I am on a temporary break from UA-cam now as I finish my last year of college. I will be back with far better quality gear and production soon!
Great video man. I love 18th century stuff. Makes me think of my ancestors who came in that time and lived in the back country. What painting is that in your background on your page? Looking forward to more videos!!
It is a thin strip of a bigger painting called "Frontier Legends" by Kentucky artist Steve White, depicting Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton, Daniel Trabau, James Harrod and Benjamin Logan (from left to right) as they depart Fort Boonesborough, 1777. I do not have any copyright claim/affiliation to the painting at all, it is merely decoration.
@@FrontierTradingCompany thanks!
Awesome job! So glad to see a young man interested in the old ways!!!! Job well done!!!
We’re starting something like this in the Sierras come spring!
I was going to say how happy I was to see you’re finally carrying a long gun! Until I read it was a broom handle!🤣🤣👍👍
Haha! Thanks! I wish I could have carried my flintlock for this video. It looks like I will be attending the School of The Longhunter this March/April and I imagine I will be able to film with it there. Best of luck in the Sierras... that's a whole different level! Enjoy!
HaHa, I Had The Same Thought!!
Liked subd shared. Been doing Milice for decades. Great to see younger guys getting into living history. Always slept very close to a small fire with a small and low shelter behind me. Which allows me to stay in by my blanket when feeding the fire. Learned from someone else to make a 5-6 foot tall vertical fire wall out of branches to produce a greater chimney effect for the smoke. Thinned oil paint or oil stain on canvas not as expensive as commercial oil cloth. I do a conical shelter with an open top for the smoke to exit so I can have the fire in the Shelter that can be constructed of lengths of canvas and or natural materials. I like a large half shelter for a sheltered work or cooking space. Pine knots will dry out maple or oak, which will dry out pine logs. I really like your video skills. Very enjoyable.
Thanks for the tips and appreciate the comment!
Seems like a popular spot, judging by the old firepit
You'll have less trouble with the rain coming into your shelter if you layer the boughs like shingles. Start by making a layer at the bottom and work you way up. That's the best way to do it so it sheds the water off better.
Wow! Good job! I'm SO excited to just now find your videos. I absolutely love how thorough you are in your descriptions and explanations. Im looking forward to watching everything you do! I'm a 63 year old woman who bikes and does little campouts. I have a modern lightweight kit but I'm now building a rustic kit because I love the asthetic so, so much more. Now I want a calabash gourd!
Many thanks for all your hard work!
Thank you so much!
Recently found your channel! I’m a fellow Scout Camp Counselor and Eagle Scout Class of 2018. I work at Camp Bowman, Goshen Scout Reservation. How did you get a job with the BSA and interpreting? That’s super cool!
Did a little poking around online, looks like a great camp! I got my Eagle Scout in 2019 and left for college soon after. Wish I could go back to those long summers working at camp. Good times.
The camp that I worked at (which must remain nameless, as camp leadership has asked that I refrain from associating the channel with the camp itself) had a program area called Frontier Trading Company. The area was a reenactment of life on the frontier during or prior to the American revolution... the time of the longhunters like Boone, Kenton, and others. That's how I originally fell in love with the time period. Unfortunately the program area was closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is my intention to return to camp in retirement to personally fund a fully-stocked wooden walled fort to host a week long, highly immersive high adventure camp of sorts. History informs the present, and the present determines the future... I think it is important to educate as many people as possible, especially scouts - who are supposed to be at the cutting edge of preparedness, duty, etc. - so that a reverence and understanding of this time period does not slip into the past.
@@FrontierTradingCompany Thats amazing!
This kid is incredible!
As long as my feet are warm, I am warm. I always wrap a wool blanket around my legs and pull it up as far as I can in my military sleeping bag.
Excellent video in such difficult weather. I love the true to period clothing and gear, outstanding job of experiencing what it was really like. Thanks for your fine comments about conservation and impact on the land. There are starting to be serious problems on public land with people who see videos on YT and think they can go anywhere and cut down anything. I would suggest making your shelter shorter to keep the heat nearer to you as well as allowing your oil cloth to cover more of the shelter and providing better wind break and heat retention. Keep up the good work!
Thanks so much, these are great suggestions. Really appreciate the support!
Love your channel. Educational content for 18th century fanatics and bushcraft campers alike! Any re-enactments coming up you would suggest attending? Just finishing up my French and Indian war period kit and I’m looking to get it done usage.
I just attended my first living history event at Prickett's Fort called the School of the Longhunter. I would recommend it if you are free that weekend next year. My video about the event will go live on Wednesday. Besides that I do most of this on my own, so I'm not a great source for future events, but I believe a few sites have national event calendars, like ilovemuzzleloading or crazy crow trading post. Hope that helps, congrats on your kit!
There is going to be a reenactment at a local battlefield I know of in PA. Bushy Run battlefield if I remember correct, it’s Pontiac’s Rebellion period but It should still be a decent event. You should check it out if you’re interested, you could join up with the rangers there and fit in nicely! I believe the actual event is in early august.
@@DoughboyWD Great tip, I'll do a little poking around online, thanks!
I have recently stumbled on your videos. Really nice with good information. As a resource manager/forester for 40+ years I notice that your 'pine' boughs appear to mostly be spruce or fir instead of pine. Also I don't believe that a conservation ethic, as we understand it, was part of the settlers/long hunters use of the forest. It is necessary and proper for our use in situations such as yours and I commend your mention of it in your video. Keep up the good work!
Really appreciate the feedback, thanks for watching!
Nice job! I have found that a blanket coat, or capote works well in situations like this.
Thanks for the comment - I think I'd like to make one soon, I'll have to make a video when I do!
The adventure was challenging enough but all the extra work of videoing. Now that is effort.Found you on other site and new I had to subscribe. Good job!
This has been one of your best videos. I have followed your videos and appreciate your passion for the eighteenth century. In my early career, I worked at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Military History. I find your approach to teaching eighteenth-century history refreshing and innovative. Please keep up the good work. Like you, I realized long ago that you cannot progress in this world without knowledge of our past.
Thank you so much!
Very well done! I am impressed! I love your attention to detail on every aspect of your clothing and kit. If I were a man, I would feel inspired by you to try reenacting. (But I would have been absolutely miserable living as a woman in the 18th Century, so I certainly don’t want to reenact those conditions for myself today.)
From the perspective of a retired soldier who spent a lot of time in the field in all conditions, I’d like to offer a couple of suggestions in terms of staying warm through the night. I know you had a goal of building a gorgeous shelter (and you did!), but you might consider rearranging your priorities a bit. Next time, consider starting with a plow point shelter and a fire, with your priority on the basics of staying warm first. Had you put most of your time and energy into your fire upfront, you likely would have had a nice bed of coals before dark and a stack of drier firewood. You could have then gathered some pine boughs to sleep on top of to insulate you from the ground and heated some rocks to put around your feet and trunk. The smaller shelter also would have retained more warmth. In a best-case scenario, perhaps you could have gotten your fire going quickly and then had time to work on a fancier shelter, but it still should have been much smaller for heat-retention purposes. In the winter, always prioritize fire first. I also never saw you eat anything, and fueling your body can also help you stay warmer.
I hope that helps. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the tips, I will implement them next time! Really appreciate you taking the time!
Also add some punkwood to your fire kit that's what they turned to when they ran out of char cloth if you take a piece of punk wood stick it with your knife then char the other side it then will readily take a spark
These are good tips in both of your comments, thank you very much for the constructive feedback. Really appreciate it and look forward to putting it to use!
Well Done!!
Great video, I really enjoyed your honest approach.
Your one tough cookie! Good video and good information!
Very informative and well explained.
Glad it was helpful, thanks for watching!
I didn’t see where you put any leaves or boughs under your sleeping roll. If it’s not there you might want to try it. Makes for a little dryer and comfy night.
Good point, the sun went down on me far earlier than I thought and I ended up just holing up for the night. It was a miserable time so going forward I need to get more serious about the actual sleeping arrangements!
I sure understand the changing weather conditions here in Ohio .... S.E. Ohio sometimes has all 4 seasons in one day !!
For sure! Great to see another Ohioan!
James on "WayPointSurvival has filmed a reenactment of the frontier from 1790. Go to his play list you might get some ideas for your own treks. He is also in Ohio.
Great videos. Looks like you’ve changed a lot of items in your current videos. Nice upgrades.
Really appreciate it, thanks!
well done.
thank you!
Great video, but might I suggest you increase the volume in editing? I had to turn the volume way up to hear you, then when an ad came up it blew my ears out.
Thanks for letting me know, I'll do that. On my end the volume balances fine, but I should make a habit of checking on another device. Thank you for watching nonetheless!
Update: I manually turned off mid-roll ads, which means the video won't be interrupted. While volume may not be optimal on all devices, I can at least promise viewers going forward that they won't be blown out by load ads halfway through! Feel free to turn up the volume and get comfy.
Thanks. By the way, I've been reenacting for many years, but I'm new to 18th century reenacting (which is what brought me to your page), and let me just say that you are better researched and more authentically equipped than most of the old-timers I've met.
My friend i don't know if our forefathers used it or not but im sure they have you might want to look into fat wood for lighting your fires it can be found in our forest pine trees look into it hope that helps stay warm out there.
I learned in survival school to put tinder under my hat and in my pockets to dry it out.
That’s a great suggestion, thank you. I may very well do this in a future video
Big half shelters were for sitting, cooking or working under and can be made of natural materials, with lots of poles and leaves. And some branches or bows on top to secure the leaves. As I said in the earlier post think small shelter for sleeping away from the big lean to shelter.. Unfortunately I don’t get Canadian weather where snow stays as snow. Most of our winters in Virginia are either cold and no snow, or wet snow or rain. Based on my experience an 8x8 oil cloth is ideal for both coverage and weight. Wouldn’t go smaller than 7x7. Making a log and bow bed would have been my priority. It’s too cold to breathe and sleep close to the ground. Minimum height of bed should be 6 inches not 4 inches, a foot best. I’d then put my oil cloth over my kit and and blankets as either a low lean to or as a sleeping bag cover. And under wet conditions make a high lean to over where my small fire will be. Run a long log over your small fire. Rather than bucking up lots of small logs. After my sleeping arrangements were set I would work on a 10x10 half shelter. With a warming and cooking fire near it. Such as the key hole fire. And put a bench seat or a short log to sit on.
I can't decide which I like more, the ASMR style trekking videos or the historical event education videos. You're doing great!
I’ve got one coming soon that is a little bit of both! Stay tuned!
This on my wife's you tube channel as I don't have one, just for clarity. You have done a great job at presenting the 18th century, we all started and evolved into a better
equipped, more knowledgeable and experienced 18th century frontiersman. My first attempt at a scout was laughable. I was lucky enough to be around some very
good guys and was able to take mental notes and start improving my personna. There are a lot of authors from that time period that you can reference to help with
your knowledge of that century. It seems as if you probably know this already as you seem to have good idea of the direction you want to go.
What part of Ohio are you living in? The reason I ask is Kalamazoo, Mi. has probably the best living history trade show in the Midwest. Which is in the last days of
March, coming up in just a few days at the Kalamazoo Fairgrounds. I don't know the exact date, but it wouldn't be hard to find out. A good place to replenish your
supplies, pick up new gear, needed gear and new ideas. Anywhere in Ohio really wouldn't be too far to travel because of the quality of the goods and the experience.
Please continue with the videos, they are great and a good learning tool for viewers. YHS, campdog
I am enjoying seeing your journey and videos. What is the painting and who is the artist of the picture at the top of your Home page? Thank you.
It is a thin strip of a bigger painting called "Frontier Legends" by Kentucky artist Steve White, depicting Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton, Daniel Trabau, James Harrod and Benjamin Logan (from left to right) as they depart Fort Boonesborough, 1777. I do not have any copyright claim/affiliation to the painting at all, it is merely decoration. In fact I should probably replace it with something original!
Liked your tips on the metal stake, more with less.
Appreciate it! Looking back I think the stake is silliness, I should not have made such a big deal about it in this video - my gear has come a long way this past year and I am quickly becoming a minimalist packer, as the frontiersman would have been.
Ran across your channel love your work thanks for sharing I'm a fan
Appreciate it! Thanks for watching!
You could probably trade that wool blanket for a belted plaid which has been used widely by scotts since the 17th century
You've beendoing a great job rebuilding your kit and growing as a living historian. Have you ever heard of the ALRA, by chance?
Thanks, it's coming around! I have not heard of the ALRA and a quick google search didn't yield much. I would be interested in learning more, though.
@@FrontierTradingCompany You're welcome! It's a nation-wide living historian group. American Longrifle Association. I can fill ya in, if you'd like. Is there a pm option?
@@dwarden7829 Somehow I didn't recognise the acronym! I am familiar with the ALRA but am not a part of it. I am a member of the NMLRA, though. I would be happy to learn more!
UA-cam did away with the pm option but you can email me at "emailfrontiertradingco@gmail.com"
@@FrontierTradingCompany And UA-cam also didn't notify me of this message. Email coming, shortly. 😆
@@FrontierTradingCompany Just by chance, did you receive the email?
Nicely done. I notice that you are using Spruce or Balsam boughs, not Pine.
We use moss in side then moss outside the dirt in the middle in wva
I would love to have the ability and circumstances to just go out and get lost in the woods for a few days
FTC -- sorry about that, the Kalamazoo Tradeshow was last weekend, todays date is 3-24-23 YHS, campdog
All good I still appreciate the tip! I saw some photos and videos of the show on Instagram and would love to be there next year! Thanks for the comment!
Excellent video I really enjoyed it and gave me a sense of life in the 18th century. I don’t know what to admire more, your skill craft or your cinematography. Did you take a class in filmmaking or just your natural aptitude?
I appreciate the comment, thank you for watching! I am still learning and there is much more to come - the filming itself is done with my phone clamped to a tripod. I suppose growing up in this digital age was all the training I needed. Thank you again for the kind words.
@@FrontierTradingCompany I think you do a very good job. All my videos are filmed using my iPhone. If you wanna take a try at being a mountain man, come on out to Wyoming.
Looked like an awesome video but I missed so much because I could not hear you bro.
Sorry about that, better audio equipment will debut once I return to making content! I am currently on hiatus focusing on school but am picking up new gear and tech in the meantime.
You must not have ever spent the night in a nylon type pup tent. Moisture from your breath and any rain that falls causes water droplets to condense on the inside of your tent. I have spent several nights in heavy rain storms under such conditions. Canvas pup tents are much better because they reduce condensation on the inside of your tents, but they still leak at pressure points.
Well it did its job your alive .so now improove it that's all
Many years of improvements to come, thanks for joining me on this journey!
@@FrontierTradingCompany lol nah could days
Nice content! Very interesting! The music is good too! Could you please let us know the name of the songs, if possible? Thank you!
I carried dry stuff to build a 1754 fire
I did a 1754 survival camping and I build a fire in the rain and mud because I was ready and all my equipment was 1754 and nothing else
Sounds like a great experience!
@@FrontierTradingCompany it is you just need to know what you are doing brother
Yes I wore a lot of wool clothes and that's why I was very dry
Your shelter was way too big. Make the roof line lower to the ground and only big enough to lay down inside. It’s much easier to warm a smaller space.
I'd like to enjoy the video but my pcs, tab A and I phone can't hear your dialog.
Sorry to hear you are having audio problems! The sound is a little quiet but I personally am not having trouble to that extent on my laptop or iPhone. I will make videos a little louder overall going forward, thanks for bearing with me as I learn and grow in both the historical hobby and the technical side of things.
Good morning. I have a quick question for you. I am starting a leather business focusing on 18th century possible bags and accoutrements. I was wondering what an 18th 17th century man would have carried his money in. any insights would be greatly appreciated.
You are likely already aware of Madison Grant's "The Kentucky Rifle Hunting Pouch" and T.C. Albert's "Recreating the 18th Century Hunting Pouch" but those are both great places to start with bag making.
This is a wallet pattern that I see used all the time: www.nmlra.org/news/craftsmanscornermoneywallet
I cannot verify its accuracy against period originals but it seems to be commonly accepted amongst reenactors of today.
everybody gangsta until the frontier starts speaking native american
I want to get into living history not only for the information or knowledge but the application of these traditions to modern life and I specifically want to to target the dress, culture, lifestyle of eastern woodland Indians.. but I'm at a loss on how to find out how to start I've read a good bit about them and seen a couple guys who do it but there is no like uniform check list of what you need or where to get it.. and I'm crafty so I could make a lot of stuff just as they did but I can't find specifics on materials and measurements etc..
I'm not on Facebook but I hear great things about various living history groups there. I would recommend joining a few groups and posting this same blurb. You might be able to find a handful of mentors pretty quickly who will be interested in helping you out!
@@FrontierTradingCompany thanks for the advice and keep living history alive! We will need it!
@@theeverythingchannel2442 🤝
Respect.
What are you using to film yourself? Camera? Phone?
Just a phone, and for this video, a busted up tripod! Love sharing this passion with others!
Title 1790 kit what am I carrying.
Why don't you want to eat off of copper?
Our water pipes are copper?
Your shelter is to big
Audio is f****** terrible
Broke college kid filming with an iPhone, it’s the best I could do at the time.