18th century long hunter list discussed: ~Felt hat (edge steamed, band added) ~Bandana/neckerchief (for neck or head) ~Common linen/linsie-woolsie shirt ~Fringed hunting shirt ~leather ring belt ~cotton sash belt ~belt knife ~drop front breeches/knee breeches ~wool or leather leggings garter attached to thong around waistline ~Flat shoe, puck toe/center seam moccasins ~garter belts around leggings
He's an Alaskan Malamute, and you should find a reputable breeder not a puppy mill. If you don't have experience with a smart, stubborn and sometimes obstinate and exercise heavy breed that demands attention, love and understanding you should read up on them. What I mean is that they are not a good first dog. I don't know your experience so please don't take it the wrong way, just giving you brief info for thought. Thanks for watching, and good luck
I go back to this video alot through the years. I think you are spot on. All we can do is research and think how it was back then. Also we live the long hunter life every day we make our clothes and gear and that is how we get period correct or close to it. The main thing is we live outdoors and spend time with what O Great Spirit made all that is nature 4 winds seasons etc. Great video thanks God bless. 👍
I have watched all of the shadows of the forest series so far and I love it!! This is one of my favourite videos in the series so far, you are very knowledgable in my book. Love how you show that the Longhunters where not just guys who got paid to shoot but they where a community, and they enjoyed every part of the outdoors life and you show here that they had skills in everything and made the clothing their own with their own mark. Great series keep them coming!! Dan
I just stumbled onto this channel. I’ve always been interested in this. I’ve been wondering how warm a deerskin hunting shirt would be like a pull over shirt. I’m glad there is a channel like this. Good Job!!!!
Greetings from NC ... I watch all Dave's Video's and have seen a couple for yours I just found the Shadow's and now that i know it's a series I'll watch all of them.... I like the longhunter stuff.... Great triple catch at the Hudson Bay Course .... Greeting from NC tim
Right on Shadows of the Forest is back. Been waiting anxiously for more videos. Don't sell yourself short, just keep on living and loving the history brother. Your series has inspired myself and my brother to walk the woods as the long hunters did before us. Your intro song ," Shadows in the Forest," has built a fire in our hearts to learn the old ways. Thank you and God speed!
'mornin, Brian & Pup; Great to see you back,have missed your videos.looking forward to the next video.Pup sure likes to be on camera.lol Stay Safe & Happy In The Woods Happy Trails From The Maritimes In Canada
Great stuff... Yes, I have the Mark Baker's videos regarding Longhunter, and some others with regard to Mountain Man (Rockies Fur Trade)... grew up in the areas the longhunter's roamed and cut my 'baby' teeth on that era (especially the trials and tribulations of George Rogers Clark - who's accomplishments got overshadowed by his baby brother, William with the Lewis and Clark expedition)... went to school out in Colorado and grew into the Mountain Man era... so torn between both and love the adaptations taken by each. It's fun.. and you're doing a great job. Like you (and most that are wiling to admit it) - we're all still learning, still trying, and still figuring it all out. Sometimes 'smoothing' it with modern equipment... and then go back to 'smoothing' it with the 'earlier' eras... It's all GREAT! fun... and it gets our butts off the easy chairs and out and about... All the VERY BEST! ... Mountain Man Indy - or ~Indy for short
Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment Indy! Yes it's a great hobby experimental archeology I love delving and going deeper into history. Please stop back often and add some history if you like thanks!
Great Video! Thanks for the inspiration...you are definitley good enough to be a re-enactor! I was on RU-vid researching how to make buckskin pants when I came across your videos! I am glad I found your series! I'll keep watching as a way to research the same passion that you have! Be Well my friend and Thank you!
+Kurt Morrow Hey great man! Thanks very much for stopping in yes I actually have built a good name at Prickett's Fort, Fort Ti, Martins Station and Boonesborough to name a few. Hope you subscribed I have a lot more coming as it is a long running series! Take care.
Another Great Video!!! Glad I subscribed!! Maybe I am going deaf though as the volume even turned up full on my end seemed very low until about 7 min in.... Great Work!!!
An old video by this point in time. But I would say you do have what it takes to make a great living historian. You have a lot of passion for getting things right and historical research. From what I can see a couple of minor adjustments to your kit and you would be good to go.
(You are a re-enactor.) It's all a learning process. But just because one does not have every aspect down just right does not mean that he or she is not a re-enactor. I did Mountain Man rendezvous 4 years. And I'm still learning things. It did not keep me from being considered a re-enactor. I know that since this video you have come a very long way. But even in this video you have shared much. I believe that once a person has the passion 4 re-enacting and start pursuing re-enacting, that person becomes a re-enactor. God bless you and keep up the great work!
Brian.. Looks good. I love the traditional look! I have been wanting to make a shirt and some leggings,and I am looking forward to the up coming how-to videos. Thanks for sharing. Shad
I really enjoyed your vid.. I only watched the first one.. My Aunt and Uncle own there own business making 18th century. Cloths... Nice vid keep it up a step back in time is great way to go...
Thanks! I do volunteer work with large breed animal shelters, have not yet had the pleasure of working with an Alaskan Malamute, I've seen them in pictures and on the internet but did not know they grew that big! Thanks for the reply, looking forward to more of your videos!
I have had a snow dog when I was younger - 64 now - and the Samoyed was great, didn't want to come in out of the cold or when it was snowing. I like watching these videos and see how the people of the past were able to get bay on less than we do today. They didn't have the redundancy that many advice you have, but I am trying to see how little I can get by on and still be comfortable. I have no desire to carry the whole house, just what I would need, a lot like Nesmuk. Keep the videos and advice coming, I really enjoy videos like these.
Great video as always, Brian. Love the intro man. Yeehaw shadows in the forest is back. It is always a pleasure to watch your videos. Lots of knowledge and a lot info about the history. Thank you for your effort. I stick to you like a shadow. :-D haha And I'm looking forward to the next video. All the best, brother. ☮ Tito
Comfort is loose and great, wish the made drop front pants today lol, the only clothing I did not make was the breeches, the hat, and the sox. The fringed hunting shirt took 32 hrs to sew
Thanks much for that I'm trying to make my own gear as much as possible when I can, I have two friends who are excellent re-enactors and students of history which greatly help, a lot of times the answer I get is make it yourself, no you don't need walnut dye! lol
Thanks very much for that bro! As far as a Whelan this is what I could find quick, Colonel Townsend Whelen designed a tent he called the “Hunters lean-to Tent” in 1925. David Abercrombie (of Abercrombie and Fitch fame)manufactured the style and marketed it as the “Whelen lean- to”. It has been called the Whelen ever since.
Not a rennactor. Looks like you doing good to me. I like you don't know all about the long hunter but I am trying . Great details and explaining what you are wearing thanks.
I had a friend who did French & Indian war re-enacting anytime he got flack about some of his gear not being up to their standards. He'd asked them so when are you going to make it or buy for me. He enjoyed history that's why he did it. .
Hi bro, the early woodsman...? is not that easy, switzerland is right in the middle of europe and very early discovered, the woodsman's are mountain farmer mostly very poor, the have a lot of old traditions and in the mountain you finde still the old way to live, work, and make cheese, if you interested, I can make a video about it next summer (now all are back in the valley with the cows), take care bro, Taro
You are doing just fine, I love your demeanor and the casual way of talking. If anything you need to lower the background music, though it is great music, it sometimes is to loud and it is hard to hear you speak. Overall, you do great 👍.
I rarely ever thumb a video up or down, but you definitely earned an up with this one. I like all of your videos. My wife and I are reenactors (revolutionary/rendezvous) and I'm leaning more towards longhunter. I have bought material to make oilcloth for a lean-to that would accomodate two; do you know where I could find out about these for that era? Was it called the Whelan? Thanks!
I noticed your knife sheath... I have also seen it with a large sliced piece on the side that some put their belt through to better hold it. If you know of what I speak could you tell me at about what date people started using this type of sheath ?
/2 Colonel Whelen was a devout minimalist, hardly believing in tents for shelter at all. He wished to be as close to his natural surroundings as was possible and practical. The Colonel considered this design, which almost has the appearance of half a tent, more than adequate for anything short of -20 degrees or severe bugs. A sloped rear roof, slanted and splayed sides, and a short fore roof panel is nothing more than a specialized tarp. Light and easy to pack.
Did pants of the period have pockets? I know they didn't have belt loops, just some buttons for suspenders maybe. I've been trying to find some button fly jeans to either modify or get a pattern off of, but they aren't exactly in style lol
