Hobo Bindle! [ What's In It? ]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- This Hobo Bindle, based on historical accounts and pictures, weighs around 3lbs, is easy to carry and covers a wide variety of items necessary for being on the road.
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I'm glad you clarified what a hobo really was. I knew because my grandfather told me he was one during the great depression. He would ride the rails looking for work. Most people today have absolutely no idea. He was a hard working man and made a good life for himself. He learned a trade and started his own business raised a family.
most doing it today are druggies and mentals both dangerous as a rabid animal! run into them you better be armed to the teeth!!
Yes, they were generally very honorable men and unfortunately mischaracterized in this day and age.
@@WayPointSurvivallike so much in our societies unfortunately…
When I was a boy (back in the 50's) we had a Hobo who showed up twice a year. He knew where we lived, and we always enjoyed seeing him. He had lots of stories for a young boy to thrive on. I did not know until I was an adult this man was an ex-Marine who fought in WW1, as did my dad. My father had invited him to the house, and they were actually quite friendly toward one another. Daddy extended that invitation because they were both Marines. Fond memories for me now. I am afraid those kinds of days are long gone. Never knew what happened to him. He just quit coming.
Very cool story! Thanks so much for watching the video and for sharing it!
@@franckorphanos2998 Thank you, He was not a perfect man, but then who is, He was a good man who loved mom and us kids. I have hundreds of stories I could tell about him.
Thank you for this video ! ❣️
A true connoisseur of historic Hobo culture.
Thanks so much!
cartoons taught me what would be in these was a half loaf of brown bread, a triangular wedge of cheese, and a green apple. Really cool to see all the actual stuff they would have been carrying!
Glad to help and thanks for watching!
I DO need to read about it, as I met some of those guys when I was younger. One of my best friends while he was alive rode the rails during the Depression. Later he was in the 101st Airborne all the way from Normandy until Austria and liberated a Concentration Camp. The most good brother would talk about any of the WWII experiences. He would NOT talk about riding the rails! I miss the old fellow. I was a late teen and he was in his 70s...
Yes, it was an interesting time and many of the hobos were fascinating people. Some of them had pretty bad PTSD from the war and perhaps found it difficult to fit into normal society. However, many of them were the salt of the earth when it came to dealing with other people and being hard workers. My great uncle was also a hobo for about 20 years or so before he married my great aunt. He was also a World War II vet.
@@WayPointSurvivalyou have a good story too. I just subscribed because I have stories in common and I so much appreciate all the stories here.
My grand dad called Hobos bindle stiffs. He saw and helped out a few coming from Oklahoma to California. They were very resourceful. Ultimate survivalist.
Yes, that was a very common name for them back in the day.
Being a very seasoned citizen I remember the different classes including the kings of the road and pensioners from the rail road who only made at best $60.00 a month. They taught me many skills under railroad bridges and along the river. I still have my old fashion fire kit in a Prince Albert can.
That is so cool! I would love to see a picture of your old fashioned fire kit! If you look on my website www.waypointsurvival.com you can find my email. If you can send that picture to me that would be great!
I really enjoy all the Hobo series episodes. I find the life style of the Hobo interesting. Anywhere they could hang their hat they could sleep and call it home.
Indeed. Thanks again, my friend!
I think it's very important that you brought up the fact that they lived and worked near the railroad.
I didn't think that there would be that many items in there. What a Suprise.
Thanks so much!
Yes, they used to differentiate between "Gentlemen of leisure" and "Gentlemen of the road" in the UK. Am a big fan of using bandanas to wrap up Billy cans. So many uses. I'm very impressed most of your items look like they're from the era. My first fixed blade was very similar to that one, probably about tenth hand, made in Sheffield and was incredibly easy to keep sharp. Wish I still had it.
Thanks. Those old blades were well made for sure!
This video brought a smile to my face and many wonderful memories of my great Aunt Lydia. Specifically the story her son [my second cousin] told about the sheriff finding him at work one day and telling him there was a marked path from the RR tracks to his back door. He was asked if he wanted to take down the markers and told the sheriff ''No, Mama will just walk down there and bring them home to feed them. Besides that I have not raked leaves, mowed grass, trimmed hedges or chopped wood in a long time and the fence has a new coat of white wash. This is a true story and took place after WWII.
Very cool story! Thanks so much for sharing it and for watching the video!
@@WayPointSurvival Thank you for the wonderful videos, I enjoy them all.
Can you do a video on a modern hobo pack? Maybe for different seasons.
Thanks for watching and for the suggestions!
Modern hobo:
Dave Canterbury is the best example I can think of...
Check out his kits.
It's kit +skill, imho. Otherwise it's just a camper with fancy gear.
No skills=not a hobo.
Skills but no gear=the hobo will make/gather his gear.
@davidmoore8369 I watch Dave Canterbury's channel too. Good info, but waypoint survival is more entertaining and thinks outside the box for video content.
@@alimfuzzy agreed. Waypoint is this: I found some garbage and I need some things... I make them.
Very essential skill.
Pathfinder is king of making things from the organic landscape.
Waypoint is king of man made scavenging.
Therefore... I gotta take your correction👍👍
Nice set up. I tried to make one of these as a kid, which is when the internet was just for colleges or governments and no home PCs. Anyway I would read what they carried but I couldn't find a handkerchief that would do the job. It wasn't til the late 90s I learned they were the size of a scarf. That is why people like Kephart wrapped hi torso with a silk one for warmth at night. Get a cowboy rag and you have one that can do the job. That is why these videos are important, you couldn't find information like this whe I was young and not to easy to get today.
Excellent, glad you liked it!
Thanks for making this. My grandfather who died a few years back aged 104 told me that if he'd not had a family he would have loved to have been a Hobo hopping the Train in the US .
You're very welcome!
I got a couple of those retro "church key" can openers based on your recommendation.
They are superb for craft projects like making stoves and re-heaters.
Excellent. They are indeed.
Great post. I love the Americana living history. Thank you so much for bringing this to us. I love it
best wishes
Thanks so much for watching it!
I was surprised at how much you were able to fit in that. God bless and stay safe.
Thanks for watching and God bless you too!
Red Skelton doing Freddie the Freeloader was always humorous and never hurtful to anyone. James, you are 100% correct. The picture of a Hobo most folks carry in their minds is very far from the reality of truth. This is a wonderful video. Thank you for posting.
Thanks so much!
What an awesome video! It brought back a lot of memories.
I forgot the entire joke, but there was something about Prince Albert in a can.
Thank you for the old-time memories. God bless love from Colorado.
Thanks so much and God bless you too! The joke was, "Do you have Prince Albert in a can?" "You had better let him out."
That was great James! That's the kind of stuff I love! Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Really keen James! I like seeing again the old tins; nostalgic. Done with obvious pleasure. Thanks!
Thanks so much for watching!
You told us you played that harmonica and that reminded me i had one so thanks to you i'm trying to play it again.
Excellent. Thanks for watching!
Excellent video! Very informative, you gained a subscriber from New Zealand! Keep em' coming! :)
Thank you so much and welcome aboard!
I've thoroughly enjoyed your hobo series. There's nothing like it on the rest of youtube. Thanks so much for your research and content.
Wow, thank you so much!
Interesting video James , thanks for sharing , God bless brother !
Thanks so much and God bless you too, my brother!
That was awesome James! That old school can opener was an amazing touch, just the history of that one little piece would be all worth the while! Thanks for making this, the hobo series is outstanding. Take care my friend and God bless you and yours!!
Thanks so much and God bless you too!
@WayPointSurvival you're very welcome James!
Hey James. I've got an old pair of Boy Scout aluminum pliers I carry with my cook set. One of the handles has a J hook for the end of the handle, and its used if a T format for lifting Dutch ovens and other pots. This might be a useful mod for your hobo pliers on the other end. Cheers.
That's a good idea!
@@WayPointSurvival I have made many items from your videos! Thanks for your help you have made camping A lot funner🙋🏻♂️
Those aluminum pliers are specifically for handling hot
camp cookware like you do.
They used to be fairly common
and inexpensive back in the 60's and 70's when I had some
in the scouts. Mine came up missing many years ago.
They're fairly rare anymore, and I imagine most of them were broken from people trying to use them as regular pliers trying to repair something
Hang onto em and guard em
carefully
@@maxpinson5002 - and that's why my set is just for the cook pots. The Leatherman gets all the abuse. The BSA pliers have lasted 30+ years, and I plan to hand them down the line.
Thanks, James, I absolutely love these hobo videos! 🙏
Thanks so much!
Thank you. I always enjoy historical stuff. Also I can’t believe all that stuff fit into that bandanna!
Thanks!
You always have the best information in your videos.
Thanks so much!
I love watching your videos, always full of helpful facts. I’ve used many of your ideas to fashion bushcrafting items. Thank you so much for sharing!
Best bushcraft cup ever. I have one of thoes I got from my mother. Gotta love it
Indeed! Thank you for watching!
A note on bandanas. Standard bandanas are 22” square. However typically for between $1-$2 additional you can purchase 27” square bandanas. Same manufacturers. Same colors. Same patterns. The extra 5 inches all the way around substantially increases the utility of the piece of cloth. It’s amazing how significantly. ALSO: if you play paintball, Air Soft or otherwise train in environments where infrared technology/optics are in use 🚨wash those bandanas separately w/o using laundry detergent🚨American laundry detergents all have whiteners in their formulas that glow like Caspar the Friendly Ghost when viewed through I.R. (infrared) Obviously this applies to field garb, rifle slings, packs -everything. Utilities washed in Tide, Gain et al are no longer safe/advisable for any tactical applications. God bless. Proverbs 27:12
Good idea and thanks for the heads up on those. Thanks for watching and God bless you too!
I literally just got a church key today. American made super sturdy for a quarter 😅😅
And I was wanting a video of things that are different for survival uses etc.
Thanks James
Excellent, the ones made in the USA are definitely better in my experience.
Fun video, thanks James!
Thanks!
Great video! After seeing each of those individual tools, I've gotta say, thank God for the Leatherman WAVE+! 😁😁😁
Thanks for watching!
Have a beautiful week
Thanks, you too!
Greetings James, I enjoy this series of hobo ... I would love to see a story line like the pioneer it would be very interesting see you play out a mini series...
That would definitely be an interesting idea. I did do one video that was sort of a storyline a couple of years ago called hobos and hard times.
Another Amazing Video James and Thanks For Teaching and Sharing Some History My Friend! God Bless and Be Safe.
Thanks so much, and God bless you too my friend!
James, that bundle holds a lot of great items.. Ty for sharing
Thanks for watching, glad you liked it!
Really enjoyed this video! This James chap is a national treasure... or should be!
Thanks so much and I'm glad you liked the video!
Barlow knifes were classics back in the day.
Indeed!
Thanks James. This is great.
Thanks!
This Is Awesome, Thanks for sharing!!!💯💯💯🤙✌
Thanks for watching!
Awesome! Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
I had to go back and look for the coffee video. ☕
I couldn't believe I had missed it. But then saw it was from a year ago and I don't think I've been subscribed that long. That's my story and I'm sticking to it hahaha. 😄
Time to binge watch some "missing" episodes. ✌
Awesome, glad you found it!
I have said this before on one of your 1800's videos I just love your explanations and your demonstrations on the various subjects.
Thanks so much!
Excellent video
Keep up the great work you .
Thanks!
Excellent. Great education for the life on the at the time.
Thanks!
Can you elaborate on this culture more please. Thanks
Thanks! I may indeed add further information about them on future videos. However, you can learn quite a bit about some of what they did if you watch my video series called hobos and their tools which is a playlist on my channel.
Now that is very interesting, thank you. Looks like they carried just what they needed.
Indeed.
You just kept pulling stuff out of that bundle. Great load out on it.
Thanks!
Very cool. Always been fascinated by the hobo way of life
Thanks!
another great video! thanks for making it, love the hobo vids!
Thank you!
oh man! I'm really enjoying your style! :)
Thanks so much!
Thank you for this verry interesting and informativ video! I think it is good to learn how they manage it in former times to be prepared.
With the best wishes from Germany!
Thanks so much and I'm glad that you enjoyed the video!
a bar of curd soap would be a good addition, you can not only wash yourself with it, you can also use it to shave
The soap would more than likely be at the hobo jungle along with the bit of mirror and the razor frame.
Thank you, very nice history lesson, and very interesting.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for researching that and sharing. I bet a lot of people during that time had very little and had to move around looking for any work they could get.
Very true!
Thx for this nice Video.very interresting and Shows simple get around EDC decades before Out time👍👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
That prince Albert can brings back memories,I had one filled with odds n ends,it was most sought after by kids,this was before altoids tins
Thanks for watching!
I said it before but I love that hat great video God bless you brother
Thanks!
😊interesting. Thanks for sharing this 😊
Thanks for watching, my friend!
Good video! I remember hobos, yea, I'm old
Thanks for watching!
Another great video. Binge watching to get caught up from the time I was away
Excellent. Thanks so much! It says no internet
thank you James is very useful for EDC , a kid with simple and cheap tools , i see yoy later be fine
Thanks so much!
Would be good to see you doing a hobo camp out like Kenith did.
Great little kit.
Thanks!
A wonderful video of turn of the century Americana...
Question for ya bud. Have you put thought to a small mini series of "Hobo Life" ? Linda what you did with your pioneer settler videos? I'd watch!! :)
" Kinda like" what you did with your.... Sorry juggling a few things!
Thanks! I did do a one-off video called Hobo's and hard times but I haven't made a series at this point. However, thanks for the suggestion.
Thank YOU.
I always wondered what was in that thing 👍🏻
You're welcome, glad you liked it!
When my Dad was a young man he and my Papa used to follow the wheat harvest from Texas to Canada and come back home with money during the depression. Papa used to work for the railroad. He got his gold watch after his stroke and so that is how they made money + his pension. Growing up dad would peel the label off the can and put it on the stove but serve it in the bowl. (While my mom is giving birth at the hospital, Army, overseas) What a life I have been blessed with. What a ride. More to come!
That is why your history is so important to your kids; the good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful.
Very cool family history! Thanks so much for watching the video and for sharing!
Thank you for that info.
You're welcome!
Thx always wondered bout the bindlr n hobos.
Thanks so much for watching!
una maravilla de kit Hobo.
felicitaciones.
gracias muchas gracias por mantener con vida la cultura HOBO.
Respeto y saludos desde Colombia Sur America.
estudio mucho el arte de la supervivencia.
De nada!
Good interesting video! I had talked to some old guys many years ago that talked about hoboeing trains during the depression! You look like Red Skelton there!
Lol. Thanks!
I think maybe I posted this a while back on something else where you had the hobo stick. But the very last time I went trick-or-treating I was about 12 years old and I dressed as a hobo. Stick, red bandanna, rickety Old hat and a 5 o’clock stubble put all over my face with an eyebrow pencil. We was “Po Folks”.
But apparently we had moved up a little bit in the world because I remember my first Halloween costume was a paper bag with eye holes cut out. 🤣
Memories memories memories! Thanks so much for sharing!
Excellent!
Thanks!
What happened to the videos about the guy trying to get to the great Ohio country.......... please share links if there's more, cause I can't find it anywhere...... me and my boys love watching those....... oh yea, thanks so much for making them, and PLEASE CONTINUE SO......... we love your channel brother!
It's in the video archives on my channel. We are currently filming for episode 16, but the other 15 are online.
Thanks for helping to dispel the myths about hobo life. I'm in my mid-seventies and I was taught to read hobo sign by one of the bo's. Like many others my folks both grew up in straightened circumstances during the Depression so they understood why people were still on the road.
You're welcome and thanks for watching!
You're welcome and thanks for watching!
my god that bindle is straight out of doctor who!! 😳 all that stuff in there! hobo's must have been master packers! everything necessary to survive but nothing extra! they basically founded (possibly!) todays EDC bag layouts in a way, plus they were doing the olde version of a bugout i guess, but to work not SHTF scenario (they'd probably survive longer than most either way!)
most interesting! being in the uk hobo's didnt exist (to my knowledge!) we had tramps and vagabonds (unsure of the spelling!) but they may have been the uk version of hobo's!
anyway, thanks for an interesting video (i cant think of any that arent!) i was wondering, do you ever have bloopers on these vids that you dont show? they may be fun to add at the end of the video if you so dare to! 😊
Thanks so much! Some of my earlier videos do indeed have bloopers at the end. However, as most people only watch about 58% of any given video I quit putting them at the end as most people didn't see them anyway.
Fantastic video
Thank you!
Love your videos! Those needle nose slips are a rareity, it seems, nowadays. Fiskars does not look like they make them anymore. If anyone else wants a pair like I did, I saw at Lowe's, the Kobalt brand, looks the closest I've found (of course half on the rack were in bad shape from the factory, so finding a good pair was key).
Thanks! You can still get them at Amazon. Here is a link if you want: amzn.to/3W9lpsp
We might all be travelling workmen soon.
Indeed.
There's a hobo called shoestring on TH-cam , you two need to meet up and do a video together. He rides the rail's and could go from Alaska to your house quicker than you can fly.
Yes, I have watched several of his videos and that would be a cool video indeed!
I love the videos you do on the history of Americana....
Thanks so much!
Almost wants one to be a hobo. Thanks Jimmy!
Right, lol!
I really enjoyed this video.
Thanks so much!
There was an episode of the Andy Griffith show where a hobo played by Buddy Ebsen was idolized by Opie until Andy convinced the hobo to move on after disillusioning Opie. People nowadays can romanticize just about anything. Read "Down and Out in Paris and London" by George Orwell if you want a glimpse of what it was really like to be poor back in the day.
It was definitely a hard life.
@@WayPointSurvival Thanks for responding.
That's a brilliant book and he goes indepth into the life of a tramp (hobo) in and around London in the 1930s, by actually becoming one out of neccessity. I often listen to that on audiobook, here on youtube, one of his best books. Also the Road to Wigan Pier is a good look at the life of the working poor in the north of England at that time.
Great go through bud
Thanks!
My snap sack arrived today so if you ever want to mix up the hobo with the 18th century look me up LOL
Good video as always 👍
Sounds good, I'll let you know! Lol.
This is too cool. I immediately thought of cartoons that prominently feature some hobo-type character with a "bindle"
Thanks!
Thanks James I really wanted to see the tools o
You're welcome!
Very good.
Thank you!
My great grandfather and my grandfather used to jump railroad track andbox bare-knuckle or with glove depending on the rule of the encampment /shantytown or spot
Very interesting! My great uncle was a hobo for about 20 years.
Tina "two tooth" from a homeless encampment outside Scottsdale (an upper-class encampment with a latte machine and panini station) told me know one calls it a bindle. No one. They are now called a 'Mobile Home Bag'.
Wooden sticks have long been replaced by 'selfie I-phone poles' that record all of their daily occurrences...even at times of constitutional release.
She said (and was backed up by Bed Bug Bill and his friend Hector Hemmoroid) that pillow cases are the norm for carrying stuff.
B.O. Bob said "doo-rag bags are a clear give-away that narcs are infiltrating our camp".
The Scottsdale homeless hold a filet mignon night every Tuesday for newcomers. But do not show up with a doo-rag on a stick as you will scream "narco" to them and what you will be served is rat steak.
It is indeed strange to encounter homeless folks like these that drive Lexus and Prius...but it is Scottsdale!
Plus their charitably works of raising money for older people (Diapers for those of Decades) is very popular. It showcases an adult diaper that several people can share and wear.
They were featured in an article in Forbes called "Share The Load ".
They explain how excrement can be an excellent fire starter when dried...especially if Taco Bell has been part ot their diet in the last 2 weeks. If they used 'Diablo Sauce' at any time the fire will roar (and smell) but will create a great campfire.
Lazy Larry Limp Leg expressed " You say 'bindle' to me...I know you're poser! "
Well, I didn't mean to stir them up but wow are they livid!
Yes the men there wear $90 ties and the women sport Gucci purses but they have pride!!
Why would you embarrass them with doo-rag stick bag content??
Many of them are leaving camp and taking a room at the Marriott because of the embarrassment! Do you feel no shame?
Lol
Great video brother ❤
Thanks!
I really like your hobo videos
Thanks!
This was fun
Thanks for watching!
When I was 7 years old I saw Mickey Mouse walking with this. I decided it was time to leave home, so I grabbed a dishcloth, a stick, a block of cheese and announced I was leaving. My dad followed me 100 meters down the road and I came home after I ate the block of cheese.
Lol. I did something similar with a backpack when I was a kid.
I'm not sure where the "Sharpie" idea came from but, my grandfather brought home a Hobo Bindle when he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad as a Brakeman. Apparently, a hobo lost it running to catch a ride he suspected, and it held many of the things you showed with a couple of differences. Interestingly, no harmonica, but something called a thumb piano that you pluck tin strips of metal with your thumbs, a pair of tin snips were certainly there, but the old big scissors kind, also a wooden whistle, a Barlow knife, no bankline, but maybe 20 foot of jute twine in two or three hanks. There was also cork with a couple of needles with thread wrapped around the cork, a bar of soap in a tin box, a safety razor with a new box of blades. 70 cents in change, 15 of which were penny's, a wind up travel alarm clock, (the old fold up clamshell types), and yes, an old pair of wool socks and a pair of clean underwear that has seen its better days, (the band had been sewn back on in a few places) The bindle cloth was not a bandana, but what looked like a piece of old wax cotton cloth that was roughly about 2 and 1/2 foot square. Oh, and a piece of chalk board chalk.
That's very cool! Thanks so much for sharing the story and for the list of items that he carried!
This is probably 10th I have seen this video. I think it would be interesting in what hobos carry today.
Check out Hobo Shoestring's channel as well as the Texas Roadrunner's channel on TH-cam. Both great resources for that info.