Panther Primitives

[Woodsheal]

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....

[auld argonian]

Spoilsport...

...it's the thought that counts.

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

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[Caradoc]

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.

[Schultz]

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

[Woodsheal]

Spoilsport...

...it's the thought that counts.

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

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AA

Hee! How'd you like those odd little green "glengarries" worn by the rangers in "Northwest Passage"? Hollywood costume people get some bizarre notions....

Actually, many provincial rangers were Scots immigrants, and wore the typical knit blue bonnet.

[auld argonian]

The movie looms large in my family legend...my mom used to let us stay up and watch it when it was on. Hey...Walter Brennan...that says it all. My brother, Sandy, went through hell and high water to find a pristine copy of the original book...so impressed was he.

Somewhere in the internet worlds I remember someone whose tag line was something like:

"Those who do not study history are forced to learn it from Hollywood."

I've quoted that before...when you get those movies like "The Far Horizon" (Lewis and Clark portrayed by Chuck Heston and Fred MacMurray...well, gee, Chip...and Sacajawea played by Donna Reed if I remember correctly) and "The Babe Ruth Story" with William Bendix they serve as a placeholder until you can get the real story...but boy, they do help to spread misinformation.

But you hve to consider the times, I guess...

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AA

[highlandcelt]

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.

[davedove]

Somewhere in the internet worlds I remember someone whose tag line was something like:

"Those who do not study history are forced to learn it from Hollywood."

I've quoted that before...when you get those movies like "The Far Horizon" (Lewis and Clark portrayed by Chuck Heston and Fred MacMurray...well, gee, Chip...and Sacajawea played by Donna Reed if I remember correctly) and "The Babe Ruth Story" with William Bendix they serve as a placeholder until you can get the real story...but boy, they do help to spread misinformation.

I really like the History Channel's "Real to Reel". They take the Hollywood film version of an event and compare and contrast it to history. It's always amazing how far they deviate from history, and sometimes equally surprising when they get it right.