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    Quote Originally Posted by Colin
    Some interesting stuff, that's for sure.

    http://pantherprimitives.com/pdf2005...primitives.pdf

    For anyone interested, their is a really cool pin (Rogers Rangers ) on page 111, some dirks and sgian dubhs on page 115, kilts on page 150, and some belts on 156.

    Thanks for the link
    Nice selection, Also flasks p.81, buttons p.135, nice belt blanks. Did anyone notice that their "Kilt" is probably a ladies skirt as it appears the apron fastens right over left. O'Neille

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    Just ordered a couple of the Rogers Rangers pins and warned the lady that she might want to keep the box out...they've been discovered by Xmarks!

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    ...and not to stretch the thread out but I also see that they have canvas bedrolls...been looking for a decent one of those for camping; sleeping bags can get too hot sometimes. Love to get Mrs. Argon to let me get one of those "Out of Africa" style tents...

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    Yeah, there tents are top notch! I used to have a "Bakers Lean-to".I'd like to have a nice wall tent, now.

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    Very nice. Thanks, I've downloaded the catalogue. Something else to order from. :rolleyes:
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    Hate to rain on the Rogers' Rangers parade, but that pin is entirely speculative and probably did NOT exist in the 1750's French & Indian War....
    Brian

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    Spoilsport...

    ...it's the thought that counts.

    I'll bet that Rogers didn't look like Spencer Tracey either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by auld argonian
    Love to get Mrs. Argon to let me get one of those "Out of Africa" style tents...
    While I've not found fault with the Panther Primitives canvas, their method of sectioning poles (to make them more easily transportable) was at one time one of the nastiest pieces of kludgery I've seen on a tent.

    They'd used a 2"x4"x9' piece of wood for a center pole, and sectioned it by cutting it in the middle at a 45-degree angle, then putting a stamped/pressed galvanized steel sleeve around the joint.

    Ordinarily, this wouldn't be a problem, but if there's any lateral stress on the center pole (like during a midnight windstorm, for example) the sleeve simply comes apart along the rolled seam, and the tent comes down on the sleeping occupant's head. Additionally, the opened sleeve represents about 9" of burred steel edge. While we were trying to jury-rig the pole back together at least until morning, I nearly lost the fingerprints on my left hand when they came across that edge in the dark.

    The owner of the tent managed to get the bloodstains out of the canvas, and I had to wear bandages and fingercots for a couple of weeks before things got healed up.

    I hope they've modified that since I last saw one.

    The canvas itself is fine - good stitchwork, far more waterproof than any nylon tent.

    It's nice to see they're starting to carry more Scots hardware than they used to.

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    I wonder how well the "dress socks" found on pg 153 would work as kilt hose.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Caradoc
    While I've not found fault with the Panther Primitives canvas, their method of sectioning poles (to make them more easily transportable) was at one time one of the nastiest pieces of kludgery I've seen on a tent.

    They'd used a 2"x4"x9' piece of wood for a center pole, and sectioned it by cutting it in the middle at a 45-degree angle, then putting a stamped/pressed galvanized steel sleeve around the joint.

    Ordinarily, this wouldn't be a problem, but if there's any lateral stress on the center pole (like during a midnight windstorm, for example) the sleeve simply comes apart along the rolled seam, and the tent comes down on the sleeping occupant's head. Additionally, the opened sleeve represents about 9" of burred steel edge. While we were trying to jury-rig the pole back together at least until morning, I nearly lost the fingerprints on my left hand when they came across that edge in the dark.

    The owner of the tent managed to get the bloodstains out of the canvas, and I had to wear bandages and fingercots for a couple of weeks before things got healed up.

    I hope they've modified that since I last saw one.

    The canvas itself is fine - good stitchwork, far more waterproof than any nylon tent.

    It's nice to see they're starting to carry more Scots hardware than they used to.
    I don't know about their tent poles. Never used or bought them. I always made my own so that I could have solid poles, top to bottom, which lead to the problem of transporting them with all my other gear in a Chevy S-10 pick-up truck. No trailer. Had to make 3 trips to have all my gear, cuz the poles were so long. 9 poles. Shortest one being 3 feet long, and the longest nigh 10 feet long.

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