... Expensive is relative here. Yes labor was cheap but not free. When comparing the costs of things paint is up there. One add for wall paper I found claimed...
... <snip> Which, in turn, keeps the cost down!! My point exactly. Also, I'd mention that various regimental colonels purchased the goods for their regiments...
I have a fairly new wooden canteen from Panther. I have drunk tap water from it with no ill effects. This morning I rinsed it out with hot tap water...
Should I avoid hot water in the ... if you have brewer's pitch in your canteen, it should have survived the hot water with out a problem. A good wooden canteen...
If you were at the timeline encampment in Ticonderoga, pictures of the event (July 31-Aug 1) can be found at this link. http://www.townofticonderoga.com/...
Dear McConnons: Textiles are interesting as is the Smithsonian e-newsletter. The website for the Textile Museum is: http://www.textile.museum.org/ New England...
Dicey Riley. Peace to the rebels is what it does mean. Most sincerely, Terri Anne Hastings ... http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/3OlolB/TM ... ...
I spoke one time to a cooper who told me that to store a wooden barrel, bucket or other wooden item of the same nature, it should be stored with water or other...
I have a thought here on tent poles. As we have seen documentation on them being kept from camp to camp, carried by hand or on a wagon perhaps they would have...
Amen Sir! Now and then . . . they certainly wanted the stuff to last. They would have put on some sort of surface protection . . . common sense! Just my...
The square pine poles in one of my tents have been used for 29 years. They are completely untreated and unpainted. They are solid as can be, even at the ...
... From: "twmoran" <twmoran@...> To: <Revlist@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, August 01,2004 ... like to know who will be there and approx. how much...
Many years ago down on the farm, out behind the well house, there was an ol' 50 gallon wooden barrel that had been cut in half. It was kept full a' water. Any...
Dear List- The After Action Report for Under the Redcoat 2004 is now visible at: http://home.earthlink.net/~colscoy/UTR04AAR.html Cheers! Radford Polinsky ...
Thank you to everyone who responded to my posting regarding the theft of Don and Hella's equipment and clothing. From both camps, clothing was offered, a...
Bonjour-wait, I can finally stop mangling French now- g'day, eh? I guess maybe the Southern troops are still on the loooong bus ride home, but we got back...
Thanks, Gene, Mr. Braisted told me that. I was much relieved...or as relieved as one can be when one of our own suffers that kind of loss... It was not his...
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To add a few points to the conjecture on the painting of the tent poles. Painting the poles for the purpose of preservation is/was not really a necessity,...
Dear List Sometime between trips carrying my stuff to my bus back to New Jersey someone picked up a black nylon bag with some of my reenacting gear in it....
Good morning, List - Can't find the references, but I did make notes that gun carriages were painted, maybe for preserving the wood, but also in colors...
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You might want to take a look at the list archives for one of the many posts I've made regarding cooperage and the care thereof. To summarize: brewer's pitch...
I have planted some documented seeds this year and they are growing (Hooray). I have some White bush scallop squash and some Cherokee Trail of Teras beans. My...
... post - what ... clothing. ... night ... Quebec ... of Parks ... Kudos to everybody for helping Don and Hella out in their hour of need- what a rotten thing...
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