Pine Pitch Salve - Canadian Outdoor Equipment Co.

Canadian Outdoor Equipment Company Owners Tim and Chris, have just taken stock of Damn Yak Dry Goods Wilderness Remedy / Pine Pitch Salve.  As I have mentioned in my July post I hand collect the Pitch from My favorite hiking area in Halton.  The beeswax came from my Brother, who is a hobby apiarist, and the olive oil is a high end brand from Italy. This batch I used some US made 1oz tins for easy storage on yourself or in your first aid kit.  These 1oz tins will last an average single user aleast two years.  Again to refresh, Pine Pitch Salve has been around for hundreds of years and has been used to treat all sorts ailments in both humans and animals. Pine Pitch is a know antimicrobial. Today its used to sooth minor scrapes and cuts, as well it is a excellent "pulling" ointment for slivers. It will not cure you of any major desiese or virus, but it makes a soothing first aid salve. COEC might be putting it online, but you can swing by their shop or give them a shout, and they will definitely help you out.  On the same note, COEC will be attending the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto November 4-13, and you can pick one up there.

All Hallows’ Eve.

Sneak Peak - Men's Long Wallets

Here are some pictures of the new Men's long wallet.  Made from 4-5 oz tooling leather.  It is hand cut and stitched.  It has two pockets inside, and the back has an eyelet to allow the attachment of a lanyard or chain.  The first small batch of these wallets will only be available at Klaxon Howl in the coming week or so.  I will keep you posted when you can head on over and grab one.  In the mean time they still have some of the men's card holders, women's wallets, key fobs, and bracelets! Gosh darn go get one!

Rules of a Gentleman.

 Well put.

Boardwalk Empire - Outdoors

Not to sure how many people are following this series, however this past week there was some great scenes. One of the characters Richard, was out for a walk in the woods, sporting the full tweed including a vest, also carrying a fantastic bone handled knife, US leather side bag and beautiful leather rifle case. Along his travels he meets up with the typical outdoors-men with the tall leather boots, tough pants, chore coat, and fedora. What a great camp they had in the bush, would have loved to have sat by that fire and had a chat. Of course they can pick the perfect location to make the camp ever so. The wardrobe in this show is next to none. The pieces are so colourful, and exact. I would love to go for a tour of their clothing collection for the show, to see the rows of outfits all perfectly matched for the stars and the extras alike.

Coleman - The Pink Year(s)

 

 

 

 Sometime is in the 50's Coleman had a great idea to come out with a core camping set in pink to market to fashion conscious women who like to camp.  It consisted of the above cooler, stove, lantern, and jug.  What is interesting about this set is that the stove and lantern are some of the only Coleman items that used their LP gas in canisters.  Just in case you don't know, almost all Coleman items of this time period used naphtha, or white gas.  I think that they might have did this so that the women using them could easily refill the stove or lantern just by putting in a cartridge, as apposed to poring fuel, dealing with the tanks pressure, and the initial starting flare up.  Needless to say this set wasn't produced that long, and are some what collectable now...even though you can't find the gas anywhere to use you stove or lantern.   The Lantern is model number 5104, and if anyone has one or the jug, I would love to take these useless things off your hands.

Wool Capote.

With the cold weather among us, its time to bust out our wool coats to bundle us up.  If you were Métis, a Mountain man, or a fur trader of the early 1900’s you probably would have owned one of these long coats.  The word Capote is apparently an Anglicized version of a French word meaning “Cape Cod Coat”, which dates back to the 1700’s.  Typically made from the high quality, colourful wool blankets from the Hudson Bay Company.  Most had a hood, and tassels on the shoulder for decoration and to keep snow from building up. The natural water repellence and warmth of wool made it the perfect material for a coat that could double as a sleeping bag or just as a extra blanket.  There has been accounts of men hunting in the traditional HBC blanket made capote because of the semi camouflage that it provided against the snow-covered north.  If you were so inclined to make one today, I don't think you would want to cut up you 4 point HBC blanket.  People now make them typically from army surplus blankets as they can be had for cheap and are tough quality wool.  Simple to make, and can be quite decorative with a nice contrasting blanket stitch.  If your in the mood for a super traditional wool coat, that you can make yourself.  Give it a shot!