Canvas apron?
Really, you should treat yourself to a buffalo hide one...
Can you get tanned bufallo hide lically?
Really, you should treat yourself to a buffalo hide one...
Can you get tanned bufallo hide lically?
Polish Lavvu Improvements
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I do most of my carving these days with Pacific Northwest native style crooked knives.
The risk of tugging one out of the wood and getting hit in the chest is substantial.
I had to ruin a few shirts and get cut a couple of times to smarten up.
Bison hides? Haven't asked the rancher in years about those. Don't know what happens to them.
There was a stretch where he could not give them away. Tanned? Not a chance that I've heard of.
I suppose that a leather welder's apron would have been ideal but that's a 5hr round trip and $150 in gas.
The canvas was XXX airline flight bag fabric that I stashed years ago.
The problem is that most of the animals (2yr olds) get knocked down in November and later into the winter.
As hide work is best done outdoors for the mess, the weather is an issue.
The risk of tugging one out of the wood and getting hit in the chest is substantial.
I had to ruin a few shirts and get cut a couple of times to smarten up.
Bison hides? Haven't asked the rancher in years about those. Don't know what happens to them.
There was a stretch where he could not give them away. Tanned? Not a chance that I've heard of.
I suppose that a leather welder's apron would have been ideal but that's a 5hr round trip and $150 in gas.
The canvas was XXX airline flight bag fabric that I stashed years ago.
The problem is that most of the animals (2yr olds) get knocked down in November and later into the winter.
As hide work is best done outdoors for the mess, the weather is an issue.
Sorry for the derail.
The furniture guy used a sewing machine that sounded like a steam engine as it chugged along.
I'm guessing that needle size and strength is an issue. Happy to have someone with experience do my sewing.
Any tent that I've ever had could have used another dozen or more loops added for guy lines in awkward campsites.
Maybe a square of leather with precut slots in it. Then a few on the inside to hang stuff from.
The furniture guy used a sewing machine that sounded like a steam engine as it chugged along.
I'm guessing that needle size and strength is an issue. Happy to have someone with experience do my sewing.
Any tent that I've ever had could have used another dozen or more loops added for guy lines in awkward campsites.
Maybe a square of leather with precut slots in it. Then a few on the inside to hang stuff from.
No confusion, the shoulder "flaps" go on the inside whether poncho or tent.............(why would you turn your coat inside out when used as a tent?)
I stumbled upon the Polish Lavvu tents when googling for ponchos.
And for the price, I could not find an excuse, why not to get one.
I had the usual confusion over the way these are supposed to be used. inside out etc...
As far as I could see, the shoulder rain flaps would need to be on the outside, to shead water, as a poncho. Otherwise, any leak through the first payer, would run down inside and wet you, defeating the object of having the flap. But the way the arm holes are sewn, suggest that the flap would need to be inside, in tent mode, if you wanted any ingress into them, to drain outside. So you could be transfering wetness to yourself as you change modes.
What I did, was to re-stitch the arm slots to drain to the same side as the shoulder flaps, making the outside the same for any config.
I also added zips to the arm holes and the main panles. It took a bit of careful measurement, but I managed to arrange the zips so that you could use the same zips in lavvu or as two ponchos.
Double ended zips allow it to unzip from the ground, to open as a tent flap, or unzip from the face, when wearing as a poncho.
I left the buttons in place, as a backup in case of zip failure.
And a thorough coating of fabsil.
I have since made up an A frame, from some fibreglass tent poles, with a hinge arrangement at the top, and some cord between the legs at the bottom, to save the need to peg the ends in place. That seems to allow me to easilly adjust the shape of the lavvu, into an oval, giving more length. And the lack of the centre pole obviously. The new frame works in the living room, but have yet to use it in anger.
And for the price, I could not find an excuse, why not to get one.
I had the usual confusion over the way these are supposed to be used. inside out etc...
As far as I could see, the shoulder rain flaps would need to be on the outside, to shead water, as a poncho. Otherwise, any leak through the first payer, would run down inside and wet you, defeating the object of having the flap. But the way the arm holes are sewn, suggest that the flap would need to be inside, in tent mode, if you wanted any ingress into them, to drain outside. So you could be transfering wetness to yourself as you change modes.
What I did, was to re-stitch the arm slots to drain to the same side as the shoulder flaps, making the outside the same for any config.
I also added zips to the arm holes and the main panles. It took a bit of careful measurement, but I managed to arrange the zips so that you could use the same zips in lavvu or as two ponchos.
Double ended zips allow it to unzip from the ground, to open as a tent flap, or unzip from the face, when wearing as a poncho.
I left the buttons in place, as a backup in case of zip failure.
And a thorough coating of fabsil.
I have since made up an A frame, from some fibreglass tent poles, with a hinge arrangement at the top, and some cord between the legs at the bottom, to save the need to peg the ends in place. That seems to allow me to easilly adjust the shape of the lavvu, into an oval, giving more length. And the lack of the centre pole obviously. The new frame works in the living room, but have yet to use it in anger.
No confusion, the shoulder "flaps" go on the inside whether poncho or tent.............(why would you turn your coat inside out when used as a tent?)
Or put a wet tent on wet side in as a poncho, which ever way it should be I agree it should be the same for both
I use press studs to keep it together so its easy to get out quick when you wak up needing a pee in th middle of the night.
Flappy things should be inside when used as a tent.
Flappy things should be inside when used as a tent.
It really surprises me that after 40 odd years, people still try to put them up inside out, whatever the thinking.....but if in doubt just look at the arm slots - one way lets water in; the other doesn't....simples!
Laurence Im with you on that one. Im on a facebook group about them and a lot of people in that group insist it's the other way around...lol
That's probably why I don't do FB
!!They are just.................wrong.........
