Very cool. I like seeing all the vintage cooking gear. I liked that coffee bean grinder too!!! Your Dad made his lunch “complete” with Texas Pete!!! 👍🏻
John, great video sir. I totally get a kick out of all the vintage stuff you used on your trip. I never thought about using the US mess kit in the Coleman oven to make cornbread. I can't wait to try that on my next trip. BTW enjoyed the garden tour. i hope to see your next video really soon. You are appreciated.
Fun video. I have a Polish mess kit and canteen, the kit is 1959 and the canteen the tens digit is hard to read, it looks like a 0 but that would make it 1907 which doesn’t seen right so I’m guessing 1987. Listening to the stove fire up brings back memories and makes me want to fire up my old Coleman. I’ve been using propane for quite awhile.
WP means Polish Army, and 88 is a year of production. Lefana is a company who made it. There was some days I was using those staff. "Niezbędnik", "menażka", "manierka" and "chlebak".
Nice to see a mess kit video again. 👍 I acquired a quite a few items from watching your videos like that Polish bread bag, mess kit, and canteen. Now I need to get a Coleman oven. I used to have one many moons 🌙 ago.
Wow that cornbread turned out great. Goes great with beans with a bit of oink meat. I like to put ham hocks into mine. Yummy nummy camp meal. Ooh and fresh coffee ☕️ 😍 my granny always used a perkilator to make her black coffee
Good morning, John. Yesterday I was looking at the Polish bread bag on Amazon, do you like it? I think I’ll try the spam black eyed peas in my Soviet mess kit. Cool to see you use the refurbished Coleman. How awesome that you were able to cook the cornbread in the oven on the stove, nice. 👍
Thank you very much! The Polish bread bag is good. It has its own strengths. I like that it will carry a German style mess kit in the main compartment and all the little pockets for organization. But the one thing my particular bag lacks is water resistance (not sure if all Polish bread bags are the same). I can see daylight through the fabric of my bag and the flap barely covers the bag. For outings in Florida where rain showers can pop up at anytime, this is not best for me. But on a dry day, it’s great. I carry 90% of the time a Czech bread bag made of heavy canvas. It has a rain resistant material and a flap that covers very well. It doesn’t have room inside to carry a German style mess kit but it has nice pockets to organize small stuff(ferro rod, light gloves, food seasoning, silverware, etc) and a large compartment that I carry a back up Esbit stove, bug repellant, fire starters head lamp, and a bit more. On the outside of the flap, it has some webbing that I sometimes attach a US or UK Osprey type canteen cup system using the flap webbing. The other bag I favor is the Finnish gas mask bag because it’s made of heavy canvas, the flap covers the bag well, and it can hold a lot of stuff. I use it a lot when I plan to hike to a remote lake or river to fish. It holds a lot of fishing stuff, my lunch, and electronics. I use all of my “haversack” bag setups with a back pack of some sort to carry other items. I might have to make a video on this! Thanks for your comment and for watching another of my videos!
Czech M85 bread bag is much better than our Polish bread bag. It has two flaps that fit Polish / German mess kit handle. Just pull the flap through the handle. I always hang mess kit outside since it is very light. The other flap is for attaching a 13'' hatchet. I use a piece of paracord for that. I also always attach plash palatka and rain coat to the bottom of M85 bread bag. US canteen set inside the bag. This is my favourite "backpack". I use Czech M85 suspenders. Much wider than German suspenders
Hey John! Nice set up. I've got a very similar Coleman that runs like a charm. Last week I picked up and old stove for $5. I had no clue what it was. Turns out it's a Turner Brass Co. Made in the 30s. Very little info on the web about them. But I got it running with a bit of TLC. Kind of surprised, for me anyways, just how much chatter was on the radio. They have always kinda intrigued me. I have that same oven too, but I have never used it. I have picked up a couple of small bread basket warmers. I want to use them in the oven for some thermal mass to help retain so heat. I'll see ya on your next one.
Hello Chris. Glad you stopped by. Sounds like a cool stove you have there. I enjoy restoring the old ones and taking them camping. I usually get some good conversation from folks camping near me. You will probably experience the same thing. My next stove project is a original Coleman 425 (no letter) made between 1948 and 1953 for my brother. He found it in a old leaky shed he was demolishing. I hope to start that soon. After that will be a 413E stove made between 1954 and 1961 that my dad gave me.
Great stuff John, thank you. I picked up a Swiss mess kit recently from Varusteleka, really excellent and highly recommended. A little bigger than the Polish or German mess kits, but the quality of the Swiss kits is the best one I have seen (other than the Swedish kit).
The Swiss kit is one I haven’t collected yet. But my purchasing has slowed down. I’m not sure if I will ever buy one. I do enjoy my aluminum Swedish set. It’s built like a tank!
@@John-Sherwood-W4JFS I've been trying to sell mine on Facebook marketplace for over a year now in almost mint condition complete with the middle part but nobody seems to know or care. Not too many bushcrafters or collectors out there. In case you might be intrested let me know👍🙂
Hey John. Noticed on an intro where you are in backyard cooking, that you have a neck pouch. Is it a medicine bag or does it have fire stuff in it? ATB to ya, take care.
Very cool. I like seeing all the vintage cooking gear. I liked that coffee bean grinder too!!! Your Dad made his lunch “complete” with Texas Pete!!! 👍🏻
Yes he did. I enjoyed being out there hanging out with my dad and using my vintage gear again. Thanks for watching!
Hey John, I hope you and your family are safe, the storm over Florida seemed really nasty. ✌️
Sure do love seeing you put these restored antiques to the test. Nobody else is doing that. More vids!
Thanks very much! The old stuff is fun to use.
Sure good seeing you and your Dad buddy. Thanks for sharing the goodness Thumbs up~John
Looks great John !!!! I sure do miss camping with you 😉!!
Pretty cool, John. Thanks for sharing! I've got several of those old Coleman stoves, gonna have to find me an oven. Thanks again!
John, great video sir. I totally get a kick out of all the vintage stuff you used on your trip. I never thought about using the US mess kit in the Coleman oven to make cornbread. I can't wait to try that on my next trip. BTW enjoyed the garden tour. i hope to see your next video really soon. You are appreciated.
Fun video. I have a Polish mess kit and canteen, the kit is 1959 and the canteen the tens digit is hard to read, it looks like a 0 but that would make it 1907 which doesn’t seen right so I’m guessing 1987.
Listening to the stove fire up brings back memories and makes me want to fire up my old Coleman. I’ve been using propane for quite awhile.
WP means Polish Army, and 88 is a year of production. Lefana is a company who made it. There was some days I was using those staff. "Niezbędnik", "menażka", "manierka" and "chlebak".
Nice to see a mess kit video again. 👍 I acquired a quite a few items from watching your videos like that Polish bread bag, mess kit, and canteen. Now I need to get a Coleman oven. I used to have one many moons 🌙 ago.
Wow that cornbread turned out great. Goes great with beans with a bit of oink meat. I like to put ham hocks into mine. Yummy nummy camp meal. Ooh and fresh coffee ☕️ 😍 my granny always used a perkilator to make her black coffee
Welcome back John👍🙂
Thanks very much! And thanks for stopping by.
Great work John!…and cool gear as always! Keep ‘em coming brother! God bless!
Thanks Miles! I hope your are doing well. See you next time.
Good morning, John. Yesterday I was looking at the Polish bread bag on Amazon, do you like it? I think I’ll try the spam black eyed peas in my Soviet mess kit. Cool to see you use the refurbished Coleman. How awesome that you were able to cook the cornbread in the oven on the stove, nice. 👍
Thank you very much! The Polish bread bag is good. It has its own strengths. I like that it will carry a German style mess kit in the main compartment and all the little pockets for organization. But the one thing my particular bag lacks is water resistance (not sure if all Polish bread bags are the same). I can see daylight through the fabric of my bag and the flap barely covers the bag. For outings in Florida where rain showers can pop up at anytime, this is not best for me. But on a dry day, it’s great.
I carry 90% of the time a Czech bread bag made of heavy canvas. It has a rain resistant material and a flap that covers very well. It doesn’t have room inside to carry a German style mess kit but it has nice pockets to organize small stuff(ferro rod, light gloves, food seasoning, silverware, etc) and a large compartment that I carry a back up Esbit stove, bug repellant, fire starters head lamp, and a bit more. On the outside of the flap, it has some webbing that I sometimes attach a US or UK Osprey type canteen cup system using the flap webbing.
The other bag I favor is the Finnish gas mask bag because it’s made of heavy canvas, the flap covers the bag well, and it can hold a lot of stuff. I use it a lot when I plan to hike to a remote lake or river to fish. It holds a lot of fishing stuff, my lunch, and electronics.
I use all of my “haversack” bag setups with a back pack of some sort to carry other items. I might have to make a video on this!
Thanks for your comment and for watching another of my videos!
Czech M85 bread bag is much better than our Polish bread bag. It has two flaps that fit Polish / German mess kit handle. Just pull the flap through the handle. I always hang mess kit outside since it is very light. The other flap is for attaching a 13'' hatchet. I use a piece of paracord for that. I also always attach plash palatka and rain coat to the bottom of M85 bread bag. US canteen set inside the bag. This is my favourite "backpack". I use Czech M85 suspenders. Much wider than German suspenders
That looks really good.
Awesome video thanks 😊
I love those old Coleman ovens. Thanks for sharing your kit good luck with the SPAMtember challenge
Thanks. I don’t think I will win. But it was fun to get out and finally do something. Thanks for watching and for your comment!
@@John-Sherwood-W4JFS good to see you back. From watching some of your earlier videos I got an interest in doing my own videos cooking with mess kits.
Glad to see you back at it John. I could almost taste that. Did I see you using a carbon steel Opinel knife there?
Yes it was. I have had that knife for a long time. Hard to beat it. Thanks for watching!
@@John-Sherwood-W4JFS Yes it can take a very fine edge. Wouldn't be without mine in the garden.
Hey John! Nice set up. I've got a very similar Coleman that runs like a charm. Last week I picked up and old stove for $5. I had no clue what it was. Turns out it's a Turner Brass Co. Made in the 30s. Very little info on the web about them. But I got it running with a bit of TLC. Kind of surprised, for me anyways, just how much chatter was on the radio. They have always kinda intrigued me.
I have that same oven too, but I have never used it. I have picked up a couple of small bread basket warmers. I want to use them in the oven for some thermal mass to help retain so heat. I'll see ya on your next one.
Hello Chris. Glad you stopped by. Sounds like a cool stove you have there. I enjoy restoring the old ones and taking them camping. I usually get some good conversation from folks camping near me. You will probably experience the same thing.
My next stove project is a original Coleman 425 (no letter) made between 1948 and 1953 for my brother. He found it in a old leaky shed he was demolishing. I hope to start that soon. After that will be a 413E stove made between 1954 and 1961 that my dad gave me.
Great stuff John, thank you. I picked up a Swiss mess kit recently from Varusteleka, really excellent and highly recommended. A little bigger than the Polish or German mess kits, but the quality of the Swiss kits is the best one I have seen (other than the Swedish kit).
Swiss stuff is always bulit to last a lifetime and then some. Just like their watches and SAKs. 🇨🇭 👌
The Swiss kit is one I haven’t collected yet. But my purchasing has slowed down. I’m not sure if I will ever buy one. I do enjoy my aluminum Swedish set. It’s built like a tank!
@@John-Sherwood-W4JFS I've been trying to sell mine on Facebook marketplace for over a year now in almost mint condition complete with the middle part but nobody seems to know or care. Not too many bushcrafters or collectors out there. In case you might be intrested let me know👍🙂
Hey John. Noticed on an intro where you are in backyard cooking, that you have a neck pouch. Is it a medicine bag or does it have fire stuff in it? ATB to ya, take care.
Quick glance at thumbnail, I thought you were making french fries. I'm the same age as your canteen.
Mmm peas
73 to you! -kc8kbk
Nice ww1 kit…
Thanks! And thanks for watching another one.