Vintage Boy Scout Camp Mess Kit: Stopple or Upton Mess Kit 

I'm delighted to discover the Stopple Kook Kit, cause it was invented by my uncle, my father's brother, Walter Stopple! He died when I was a child. I only learned about this recently, and now I'd LOVE to find one and buy it!! I'm not surprised here, cause we're a family of inventors. Walter's father, my grandpa John Julius invented a hay baler, and my dad was a printer/photographer who developed the early photo-offset printing process in the '50s, which eventually evolved into Xerox...This cook kit is so well designed- it's timeless! It should still be made, but from stainless steel...Thank you Mr. Dyer, for presenting this Unstoppable Discovery!

To bad nobody makes those kits today. The fact it fits in a pocket is great. 😊

Love it. Especially the folding grill

That's a really cool mess kit and thanks for the shout out!

I have 3 1939-1947 steel bsa mess/cook kits and Love them 2 I've had since I was 10. I'm in my 50's now. I found another recently and was extremely happy to find it. I make my own custom canvas covers for all my Bsa Cook kits. I honestly can say I love the steel kits far better than the aluminum despite the weight. My two kits went with me to Iraq while I served there 2003-2006 and served me well their as did many old bsa camping recipes.

This goes to show that the classic old time gear is not only cool, but very practical.

I love seeing this old equipment. Thanks for sharing. This is history that I never get to see but is so interesting. I especially like the latter part of the 1800s- 1970s.

You have to rememember many "mess kits" - especially any used by the military - were actually not designed for cooking. Troops were fed by field kitchens behind the lines or in the field away from the garrison mess halls, or hot rations were brought up to the lines. IIRC, the M1910 U.S. Army "mess kit" shown in the video was actually designated the "meat pan." There was a utensil set that went with it, as well as a canteen and cup. The later versions of the U.S. Army kits were specifically designed to be hooked together for ease of serving to, and cleaning by, the individual soldier along with the utensils having holes in the handles - the early versions were actually modified at the depot level to do this and reissued. You could hook the 2 halves of the kit together and get served in the mess line, balance it, and carry it to wherever you were eating. Once you were done, you hooked your utensils on the handle of the cup, and the top plate to the handle of the bottom plate, and ran them through the cleaning line. IIRC, it was Scrape, Scrub, Rinse (maybe 2 rinses - certainly the last was in boiling water) then air dry. In the line, it might be that the company cooks and their assistants brought the kits and utensils back and forth with the meals - easier to clean them, and keep the troops in the line healthy. Yes, the kit and canteen cup could be used with heat tabs to warm rations up (C-rats, MRE's) or boil water for coffee, but that isn't really cooking.

Great looking at the various cookies and the oven that is still used

Fascinating, thank you.

Surprisingly wonderful cook set. Im impressed that it would also pack up nice and squarish for better volume use in a pack.

Looks like a post apocolyps hillbilly contraption . Big time scrublord device . Actually pretty cool .

Very cool mess kits. Thanks for sharing them. JT

Can't say that I would ever use that kit. Looks like the grill would get the rest of the kit very dirty once collapsed back together. Awesome piece of history though.

Great info. Really like this kit. I have had a few various ones. But right now been using piece mailed Stanley kit for backpacking need to pair it down more.

Cool kit

I also love historical camping , and watch James Bender on waypoint survival ... I mostly do late 1700's to early 1800's camping /cooking but love all vintage type camping . I still have my original yucca pack and frame that I got in 1968 and was given a mess kit and canteens from the 1950's from my older cousins , I still use the pack once in a while. I really like the video thank you.

Cool video ty

I live by a boy scout ranch and ive found quite a few pieces of old scout mess kits, unfortunately they are all damaged in some way but still fun to find

Very interesting. I have 4 complete Boy Scouts of America mess kits and cook-pots. One has a plastic cup and one has a tin cup. The other 2 don’t have cups. I also have 2 Boy Scouts canteens and a backpack. Would love to see more content geared towards the Boy Scouts.

That's cool. Mess kit. I would go with the boy scouts mess kit. Good video. God bless. From Glenn CATT in Massachusetts. I like the cooking great.

Real cool

hello my friend..very nice video..I enjoyed watching..

That’s a decent kit I’m sure there is a market for that today.

i have two stopple kits.one in the box for show and another a bit beat for some light use. i thought they were just the thing for the trout fishermen as the shape of the fry pan is just right and the cups for coffee.carried in a jacket or gear bag for a midday fry up you could even make a little bannock with your fish.

Hey Mr dryer Eddie here just wanted to say hello and thank you for sharing your videos I appreciate you and I hope you have a wonderful day God bless you and your family keep up the awesome work looking forward to seeing more and could you tell me who the person you were talking about and the name of his Chanel so I can check it out God bless Eddie over and out

Would be nice to see a modern company recreate this

This is a great channel and I also enjoy your Civil War series, which helped me acclimate faster to reenacting. A few thoughts: do you think Axel Ulrich or another tinsmith might be willing to create some Stopple or Theroz replicas? Would you be willing to make some Hobo stoves? That could be a fun Scout project. Lastly, I've been kicking around the idea of presenting a living history program to our Council's summer camp. I have enough gear and uniforms to do a Civil War selection but I also am intrigued about pitching the idea of 1927 era camping since the camp will turn 100 in five years. Any thoughts? Have you seen Boonesboro Village at Daniel Boone Scout Reservation's living history selection?

Very interesting system. How much things change the more they stay the same. Thx

If you could get one of your tent smith friends to recreate a Preston mess kit, I'd be interested in purchasing one.

Yeah but modern boy scout mess plastic cup need old metal cup that fits inside kit.

It such a shame no one makes a modern version of this cook set.

I suspect a pair of stout leather gloves is a necessary accessory to the Upple kit

I can guarantee you that that is soldered up with tin, and it might be tin plate.

Interesting! older stuff had so much innovation, not like today's Stupid Age I've used the old Round BS Kit for many years, the cover rotted... but I've moved to Stainless & Titanium

I just used a lead test kit on mine and sadly the solder is lead based. You'd think there would be a modern one by now. I'm going to look for the schematics and get one made custom.

Hello Mr dryer Eddie here just wanted to say hello and I have a question I came across a WW1 mess kit but didn't have cancels to go with it the man wants $ 28.00 dollars I wanted to know if he was asking to much for it looks really good and nice it looks just like your WW1 mess kit can you let me know if it is good deal or not God bless you and your family keep up the awesome adventure and keep the awesome videos thank you for sharing your videos God bless Eddie over and out

I have never seen or heard of the Stopple/Upton Mess Kit, but I have to say it's a very clever design. Is there a still active patent on this design ? If there isn't, you might be able to re create this system and perhaps put it on the open market.

Liked shared subd Great video

How and where can I get one of that?

your stopple kit is missing the cover for the wire parts that is a second fry pan.

My wife kicked me out of bed after the last dutch oven i gave her 😂

9:10 meh. Bad idea.

The pot is too god damned narrow. Try cleaning it after your dinner and you will curse the day they designed it.

Why to fiddly

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Why do Americans insist on pronouncing it SODER instead of SOLDER.

Really did like the video although I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me with focusing until I realized it was your camera trying to auto focus.