21st Century Longhunter The Oil Cloth Watch Coat 

That really looks good. For my years In construction I've had a rain coat and rain pants. When you use those, you have to choose if you want cold water from outside getting on you or if you want warm water from inside because there is no real ventilation. I had another raincoat a 3/4 length and large that protected most of me and ventilated much better and more comfortable when I could use it. That has both things going for it. Length and ventilation. With the capacity to protect a lot of gear.

I work all day , thinking about how to live off the land. Try to start one fire a day no lighter or matces. Love what you do , you inspire me to learn the skills that we all have forgot, Thanks for giving me the motivation to learn how to REALLY take care and provide for my family.. We can't depend on the goverment or walmart to provide for us forever... GOD BLESS YOU BROTHER DAVID!!!!!

haha Dave, you are looking like a jedi ;may the force be with you.

why doesn't anyone make an oilskin backpack? seems like an open market for you dave, just add shoulder straps to your haversack and you will be the only company selling them.

Dave, you have some of the most awesome videos and gear. If you ever have your "own" show on a network you'd have no problems getting viewers. I enjoy all your reviews, I've learned so much in life and my career.

Great video. Oil cloth is tough stuff, light weight and easy to maintain. I think the simple design is the way to go.

Great vid. Been doing a 1750s Canadian Milice impression. Made my own shirt but with a hood as we wear a scarf or tugue. Its great stuff. Put it out on the grass in the sun occasionally to spread the oil in the cloth. It gets tied onto my belt or sash for trekking or at period events.

Dear Mister Canterbury. I watch a lot of your videos recently I and just want to thank you sincerly for the time and work you spend here to share all this great information and skills. Humbly and sincerly. I discovered the Dick Proenneke documentary "Alone in the Wilderness" and as I really enjoyed it, I tought while watching it that I cant thank the guy, hes dead now. So I thank you. You give me the same enjoyement and I learned a lot and had many ideas inspired from yours. I ll stay tuned.

My favorite series is back. Love the series Dave, as well as all your videos.

Dave, I've been watching your stuff for ever (same can be said for all your other fans no doubt) and I just gotta say thanks for always uploading educational and interesting videos, God bless you and your family.

I can honestly say that your videos are very inspiring, even if I myself have no great urge to go out into the woods! Thanks for making them :)

Dave, our forefathers and predecessors of a long ago time were extremely smart and resourceful cookies, would'nt you say?

This channel is the best Self Reliance source on the internet.

I have a Filsons Tin cloth coat and a duster made by W.K. Backhouse the duster came from New Zealand my dad brought it back when my mom and him went to Christchurch built houses with Habitat for Humanity . The Filsons stuff is awesome gear.

OH Man!!! I love this series. It was like Christmas morning seeing this post. Thanks Dave! and a Merry faux Chistmas to you!!!!!!!!!!

I have worn a leather duster for 20 + years and love it ... I have always wanted an oil skin also... I Live in Ohio by the way , Many Blessings , SMR

Looks perfect for high country hunting here in Arizona, thanks for the vid/link!

Thanks Brother for another great informative video. I haven't heard much about how Iris and the family are doing lately. Hope they are all doing well. May The Lord bless you, your marriage and your little ones. You are great people and I hope to meet you all someday. Thanks for everything you do for us. You are 'truly valued' my friend. Jim from Dayton.

I've been wearing the Australian/Western style oilskin dusters for the last 20 years or so, since I was first able to afford to buy one, and I absolutely love them. They make excellent rain gear and an excellent outer layer in cold weather. However, one thing they are not is light! I typically carry just a normal rain suit when I'm in the outdoors (unless I'm on horseback, then it's my duster), but I think I may have to look into getting one of those watch coats!

Years ago,bought an Aussie Oil Skin short Brown Drover.They are Mid Thigh.Its Totally Water Wind repellant. absolutely no Wind/ Wet Comes thru,had it some 10 years.Must Have.Down side below 20 degrees F. Gets real stiff Throw on Wool put Oil Skin over Top your Good to go particularly valuable @ 36-38 degrees,Wet Snow Rain mix and 40 mph Winds.

May the Bushcraft be with you!

With a wool blanket you could make a match coat and then put that on over it and you'd be good to go in a cold rain or damp snow.

Really does look like a Drizabone

I like the open front design better. I used to work outside doing construction. It was a lot easier to adjust to temperature with an open front. pullovers with tight sleeves were either too warm on. or too cold taken off

Excellent piece of gear. I have been looking for something like that, and its a common man type price as well !! Awesome. Thanks for sharing Dave.

Sorry about the outburst... The trolls of penzance seem to be in full force everywhere! You can use linseed oil, or even walnut oil. Both are durable and have tremendous flexability. Stay away from additives like alkyd, or resin... Good for artist painting, but bad for waterproofing... I've experimented with this, but never actually put it to real world situation. I will try with my Frog Togg rain gear, This spring. Thankyou Brother Dave for the Upload.

New 21st Century Longhunter Video. This is indeed a great day!

it's fairly reminiscent to what a bagpiper wears called an "Inverness Cape"...although it's definitely different from one...which is somewhat a copy/adaptation of a "Sherlock Holmes" cloak. That had/has buttons down the front and an added piece over the shoulders to "double" the back of the shoulders..

you guys are awesome dave thank you so much for all the videos

Good piece of gear. Thanks Dave.

Personally, I like the muli-functionality of the Russian/Polish Plasch-Palatka (it's canvas) by staking three corners and tying the fourth to a tree, a flying diamond tent can be setup in seconds and as rain gear it covers your pack. I carry 2 of them if I'm packing heavy. They link together for about 6 1/2 foot around teepee very dark inside and easy to heat or big flying diamond. Disadvantage no sleeves and not US made.

How is the oil cloth coat for passing sweat? When I worked in the woods in Southeast Alaska I liked wearing the oil finish Filson Double Tin Pants because they were both waterproof and thorn proof (they kept out the devils club thorns). It didn't seem like they got wet on the inside from sweat, which is why I sometimes preferred wearing them to regular rain pants. This looks like a great coat! In Southeast Alaska you have the choice of being warm and wet from sweat, or cold and wet from rain.

john i use one in the uk only thing i don't like is the pack size and the fact they are a little heavy , but have to say very bomb proof coats , no way will a thorn puncher it .

Thanks for the review. I like the path you are taking. I have really enjoyed the new series of vids you've put out. My boys and I watch regularly.

Another great vid Dave. The watch coat is definitely a great piece of gear to have in the woods for core temp control and a mobile micro climate for sure, but I'm kinda diggin' that shotgun sleeve! I think i'm gonna have to check one of those out! LOL Keep up the great work brother! Jeff

Plenty of rain down here in south Louisiana Dave! Come on down!

Ok just what Im looking to hear. LOVE that Lester River Boreal! Thanks!

they can be used as a lean to top or a ground cover if you get the open front thanks dave

I currently have Filson and Driz-a-bone, good stuff but pretty spendy. I looked this up and it's not too bad.

I can't believe this was 9 years ago.

The watch coat may be authentic, but I'd be more interested in the multifunctionality of something like The Pathfinder Tarp / Poncho made out of this material. (No hood necessary) in dimensions closer to 6' by 9.' I have a coated nylon poncho/tarp like this currently, but it would be nice to have the same thing but more bomb proof. I see that tent smiths sell this material by the yard. May have to make something on my own.

Nice gear. Makes you look like "Dave Won Kenobi". And I bet with a little ingenuity one could even turn it into a tarp shelter like the USGI Poncho.

Interesting. I have a black lab/artist's coat whose cut, etc. is just ambiguous enough (Once I blacked out the multicolored tag on one thigh pocket) to blend in with the rest of the runaway scrape reenactment bunch that the dulcimer society that I perform with regularly mix with at 'Texian' heritage events. I might try the rope closure, I hadn't thought of that yet. Not sure if I want to oil treat it though.

just looked at their website, it seems that their oilskin tarps are 6.5oz material, but the coats are 6oz, not much difference. but the prices are a bit strange though, $105 for a X-large coat, but a 7'x7' tarp is $130, you'd think the coat would be more expensive....

Sort of a primitive windstopper as well as raincoat. Would be good to have it here in Patagonia.

I have seen painters drop cloth used as rain jackets after brushing on 3 coats of linseed oil or canvac,,allow each layer to dry,,

Almost bought a Baker style Tent from them, great reviews on their tents would think that Match Coat autah last a bit ;).

Nice piece of gear, though I'd think I'd mod it slightly with a couple of belt loops just to hold the belt whilst it's undone. Though my Barbour Stockman is still going strong.

That looks like a great product. I'll have to check that out. Thanks.

Would make a good shelter as well? Looks big enough!

definitely seems 18th century authentic, gives a very Danial Boone image

just a suggestion, you show a product coming out of your haversack all rolled up and neat, you should show how to re-roll each peice (wadding it up would not be the best method to restow some of your items.)

Great stuff, luv the rifle sleeve.

Is 21st century the correct time period? Thanks for the awesome videos

Ive been looking at their Bakers tents for some time, now I have to save up more.

you could also stuff it in the bottom part of the alice pack frame

Didn't know they were making these. Good to know Dave.Perfect for the long hunter. Affordable. Wish the fabric was a bit heavier.I have a Filson in a smilar light weight fabric, it's OK for light use. Also have a heaver short jacket. What do they recommend to treat it with? Filson's wax?

Pretty amazed at the size, thinness and weight of this said company oil cloth. There site has a lot of great tent ideas by the way. Would like a vest of that fabric, also a pack or bag. What of your bed bag made of that it seems so much more thin and compact.

That's great Dave! You look kinda like a woods Jedi with the beard and coat :) Keep up the good work sir...very appreciated. CH

I remember Dave said something about a band he knows making specially for him and his school. It's not downloadable I think.

Thank you for a cool new video. I was just wondering, it seem like a lot of the cool gear that was made in the past went away. What happened in history that made wool so hard to find, watch cotes and other gear get lost to history? It was a big topic for my family and i to talk about and i would like your 2 cents if you got time. Thank you for your time and the video

good video dave i dont know if youve already done this but can you do a video on your hat or hats like it?

do you think this would be suitible as the outer layer for the dead of winter

Outstanding

Good video. Going back to your 10 C's, there are actually 12. What are the other 2? Coffee & cornbread 😁

hey Dave, little bit off topic but i was wondering about hygiene in the bush? i've never heard you mention any hygiene kit like toothbrush & paste, soap and all that fun stuff.

He goes over hygiene in his journal of the yurt series.

Looks like a handy bit of gear. Being from Australia my first choice is my Drizabone Riding Coat. Do a google search on them and have a look over it, Second to none. Not sure if you can get them in US though?

You look like a wilderness wizard XD love your videos

GREAT PERFECT OVER ALL TYPE RAIN GEAR

Great vid shipmate. Keep them coming!

I like it but, I wonder .. doesn't the linseed oil in the watch coat leech through and onto whatever you are wearing underneath it?

Never tried it, but I wonder how difficult it would be to make oil cloth ? Oil+Cloth= Oilcloth. It would be a darn good thing to add to the skill list.

I have that haversack and the watch cloth may fit inside the haversack but nothing else is going to fit inside. You'd be better of getting a quality duster, after you roll it up, it'll be pretty close to the size of this thing.

Thumbs up, Dave.

ashes for washing clothes and pots and pans, bandana as a sort towel and rag and bandage and lots more.but brushing your teeth? with a bandana and ashes aswel?

Great product, do you have to re oil it every few years

Wow thanks for posting this awsome brother i see from the other video it does well

Very cool. Would you say that a Large would be a better fit for you or do you think the xl is just right? Thanks

Nice Vid! Enjoyed this.

Dave, can we get an approximate weight on the XL coat? I'd like to see if this would be light enough for winter snowshoe/backpacking. Thanks again for all the great videos. I never watch one without learning something new.

*NICE Coat*

Very cool bro

Dave thanks for the video, How do you keep the oil from soaking into your undergarments, and how do you retreat these Some clothes I have had like this have a very strong smell and some almost no smell how are these. thanks Gwndfm

awesome product. thanks for review

Dave check out kakadu traders Australia they make some super nice oil cloth gear

Dave, great vid, like always, how are the warming properties of the oilcloth? Especially when wet, would you consider this as another warming layer?

I like it. thanks Dave

Hay Dave could you show us how to make a leather jacket 21st century long hunter style from buck skin

Mr.Canterbury. i was wondering any way i could have the supplies needed to be prepared for a wilderness survival scenario. im 3 yrs. old any my mom doesn't believe that something will happen to where you would genuinly need the supplies. any tips will help thanks

Do you wear the same style of wool hats in the summer? I was just wondering if there was a better option for the heat.

Drizabone oilcloth jackets. Best quality there is.

...whoaaa, you might be taken for a bear with that big oil coat....if someone can't see well with their glasses fogged. I like the coat...cool.

don't you have to worry about it catching on fire? on that note would oil cloth be good or bad for char cloth?

Jedi Canterbury.

This may seem a rather odd question, but can you give me a reliable method for creating my own oilskin? I make most of my own coats, and I hold greater faith in something I've put my own effort into

I should of worded my comment different. I didn't mean it like they were higher than other distributors. I meant the the product period was expensive. I don't have much money, in fact I am barely getting by. So when I go to a site and their cheapest tarp is $135 then yea, I have to say "they're higher than a Georgia Pine". I'm sure oil clothe is nice and worth it, but I couldn't ever afford anything like that.

Great vid

Who makes that coat you were wearing under the watch coat

hey dave have you ever had a problem with snakes coming in your shelters at night