18th Century Long Hunter Woodsman kit

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Yeah, sorry, the crappy automatic spell checker on the wife's iPad is the bane of my life!

Mind you I'm as likely to have a short fur trimmed jacket worn over the left shoulder of a hussar as a mattress cover usually stuffed with straw!

Says it all, really!

ATB

Tom

By the by Witney blankets are still out there in charity shops, although they are drying up, All these were under a fiver each, £2.50 is about the usual price. Prior to the pic I've chopped at least 4 of the thinner ones making clothes.

I live in the uncertain hope of finding a green with black single to match my capote.

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Not all all are Witneys, 2 are Beano of Manchesters and the red one's unlabelled.
 
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I have a double sized witney but its peach coloured

The doubled sized blanket I have shown in this thread what is in my bedroll is grey, however it was light blue before. Used 2 dark brown dye sachets and 1 dark green dye sachet and it still only came out grey from light blue. Wool is a bitch to dye especially when its a big blanket. I like the grey colour though so I'm happy
 
TheNative, hats off to you! Your kit is inspiring. If you don't mind me asking, where did you learn about all that? Was it Youtube, books or general search on the Interweb?
Anyway great gear, keep on trekking 18th Century style!
Cheers
Alex
 

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