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    Anyone have experience with the polish lavvu or canvas tent equivalents?

    I did not know that was riggable with a bi pole that’s good to know. Yeah most of the ones for sale in my area were size two and I figured it’s probably worth the wait to try and get a size 3. I’m pretty new to tent construction so this is some pretty valuable info to me, thanks!
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    Anyone have experience with the polish lavvu or canvas tent equivalents?

    Yeah I did a bit of reading up in a different thread and someone said it depends more on if you consider the bite to be worth the chew. That make sense considering it’s a cone shaped tent. I didn’t even think about the pole taking up the middle but I could see that being a pain.
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    Anyone have experience with the polish lavvu or canvas tent equivalents?

    To those of you here who have either owned or do own a polish lavvu, do you consider it to be a good investment? I recently bought a zeltbahn (more for poncho purposes than shelter), but was wondering whether it would be a decent investment to get a lavvu for a tent. If you don’t like the lavvus...
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    Hello from the state of North Carolina!

    Nothing is as satisfying as having a project turn out as planned!
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    Hello from the state of North Carolina!

    Lol! I totally get it. It seems like every time I make a bag something is guaranteed to either be changed on the design or I finish it and am unsatisfied with the result and have to make another. I’ve had to accept that it’s the name of the game for handmade gear.
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    Hello from the state of North Carolina!

    Hello all! I’m fairly new around here and just wanted to say hi. I’ve been reading up on tent construction in some of the discussions and have learned a lot so I would like to say thank you for the informative posts. I’ve been camping for a while and have been sewing my own backpacks for about a...