Stynky Tudor

How did that smoked pork come out that you posted on your theladybarbossa Intagram?

This is very cool and I actually recognized a few folks! But the act of making art in a live setting is crazy good practice if you've got the nerve for it - I'm not sure I do. The last time I saw Don Maitz at Fort Taylor, he was doing speed water color paintings, here's a quick portrait he did of me.

What gauge/size is that rope?

Speaking of tents, I finally set mine up. After a bit of frustration trying to make organic appearing tent poles from 2x2 square stock, I mostly just turned them to sawdust. I also failed to drill straight enough holes for the receiver pins. I ran to Lowe's for more 2x2 square stock, but found they had round stock poles in again - 1 3/4"x8' poplar dowels. Tired of messing around on this, I drilled and cut the dowels to size and did a test fit. Then sponged them with a vinegar/iron oxide mixture to oxidize the wood and make it look weathered, before applied a coat of linseed oil. Roughing out/up tent center support and poles. Applying vinegar/iron oxide to poplar dowels The tent lives! 10'x10' footprint.

Definitely worth the watch! Looks like some experimentation is in order.

No problem, but let us know well whatever you try works or doesn't.

My concerns with this method is that it's a fairly combustible mixture, plus I've experienced boiled linseed oil socked rags generating a lot of heat (in the shade). So be careful. A few years back I helped a friend restore a 1940s handmade wooden teardrop camper trailer that had a (cotton) airplane canvas top. We used a mixture of boiled linseed oil and beeswax as a wood finish and also applied the mixture to the canvas - similar to how it had done originally. I'm not sure that adding beeswax makes the linseed oil any less flammable, it seemed/smelled less volatile, but I don't know if that is real or imagined. Again, please be careful.

I've been working a piece of 8oz and the weave is just too loose and stretchy - even after several hot water wash and dryer tumbles. I'm going to a test coat of lineseed/beeswax, but it'll probably be demoted to a ground cloth. What route do you plan to take for that? Scotchguard, beeswax..?

Rob makes the best lantern stuffs. MD that looks fantastic, the color is amazing!

How many feet of rope do you need? I can send it to you now, or just wait and bring it to Massacre Island. Also, what weight canvas is your fly? 8oz?

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This does look delicious! Have you tried making yet?

Thank you for all the kind words!

Maybe, I definitely did something wrong - I'll have to give it another try.

Not to hijack any Mary Rose Lantern conversations, but here's how I cruded up the brass Barn Lantern that I purchased from Crazy Crow Trading. https://www.crazycrow.com/primitive-candle-lantern/18th-century-solid-brass-barn-lantern/ First I gave it wipe down with acetone to remove any varnish and remove the double stick tape adhesive. Then I used an old toothbrush to apply a splattering of vinegar to the brass. After several applications, I gave it a good water rinse. For the glass panes, I first wiped them down with acetone to remove the remaining tape adhesive and applied (probably too much) glass etching fluid with a sponge.

Agreed! I've purchased several things over the years, hat blanks, wool gators, flint wallet, misc shooting supplies. In some cases I'll use the item as a starting off point and then rework it in some way - replacing plastic buttons, re-sewing/hand sew leather items.

Your shellac flakes look totally different from what I used. I don't recall where (online) I purchased mine from - again it was ages ago when I was actually making/felting my own hat blanks...or trying to anyway. But I remember using denatured alcohol and the shellac was in powder form that I believe I purchased it from a millianary source. Anyway the one hat I tried it on didn't come out well and ended up being used for a kid's Halloween costume. Thanks for sharing your process as well as the tube link!

Here's some pictures of my Crazy Crow Trading Barn Lantern. https://www.crazycrow.com/primitive-candle-lantern/18th-century-solid-brass-barn-lantern/ It's a nice enough looking lantern, but it's modern constructed - spot welded and double stick sponge tape. I wouldn't mind the spot welds so much if they had also brazed at least some of the joint gaps.

Let us know how well that works for you - maybe you can share the process. Decades ago I gave it a try, it didn't really seem to soak in/penetrate the hat fibers very well. Instead it just created a hard candy shell to it, without firming up it's shape.

That's a great looking hat blank! If' it's a bit snug, you might want to get yourself a simple "hat stretcher". They usually run about $15 or $20 on ebay & amazon.

I'm interested to see what it has become. The last time I attended, 2009ish I think, it was a pretty sleepy event with a few shop stalls, no food to speak of, no encampments.

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Aye, me schedule is already a bit packed for the year. Long Beach, CA - July Bald Head Island, NC - August Massacre Island, AL - September Still trying to figure out how to attend these events I've committed too.