Peter, You Are A Man Of Many Talents and Thank You For Sharing Your Knowledge With US Each and Every Week. Smoking the Hides Is Amazing and Your Breakfast Looks Delicious. Thanks Again and Blessing To You and Cathy and Be Safe!
One of my favorite episodes so far Peter and Cathy, It is not that you don't have a full plate right now with helping family members start a new life. So proud to call you family. Sister Pat
Your ingenuity and knowledge astounds me with each episode. No matter how much you've shared before, it never gets old. I'll have to go back and rewatch the episode about the full process of tanning so that I can enjoy another of your videos.
Hands- down, Yours is probably the most original and best filmed content on TH-cam! Thanks much for sharing your passion and hard work with us. Very Educational and entertaining.
I always enjoy leaving the hustle and bustle of the day and stepping back in time with you guys. As hard as that life was, it was so much more gratifying. Anytime you can finish the day and actually see what your hands have accomplished, it's a good day. Blessings to you both!
Thank you Peter and Cathy for yet another wonderful video with such a wealth of educational information. Just amazing the incredible ingenuity that our forefathers had to live comfortable lives, (and, yes, I do believe that in many ways they were very comfortable even without many of our so-called “modern” conveniences), and the labor of their hands made them so much stronger. Their “natural” remedies were the very best medicine, and “pure” food kept them much healthier than those who eat the processed, chemical-filled garbage that makes up the majority of our modern store-bought diets today.
Yes indeed, the knowledge and techniques passed down from our ancestors are invaluable! The food differences in our modern world are in my opinion the cause of many of our health issues.
Strange 'coincidence'! Just as this vid came up (with wonderful wee bits, I might add) my youngest son made himself breakfast and something went awry leaving me with a 'smoke house' of my own = YIKES! My word how well you have tweaked your homestead to near perfection...in both function and aesthetics = WELL DONE! Then there's the Empress Catherine who seamlessly films/edits and captions these delights...thank-you my dears! Personally speaking...I never liked hearing the words; "I'll tan your hide!' from my mother. LOL! To the lovely 'gift of smile' you both possess; "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." (Winston Churchill). Health and' blessings my friends! :)
We appreciate the kind words about our homestead and our work - and LOL on that 'tan your hide' bit! I must say it was a string of words that I heard all too frequently in my youth. In a couple of weeks stay tuned to see the real Santa Clause… if you’re not a believer, this upcoming episode will change your mind.
@@TheWoodlandEscape WHAT? Perhaps 'not' a believer? Why I still have the same stocking 'I hang by the chimney with care!' LOL! Looking forward to it Emperor Peter! :)
When you said it’s been 4 years on the fort build ,,I went right to that first moment I saw you peeling logs for the tavern ,,I thought this is gonna be a ton of work ,,wow ! What an amazing 4 years of labor , learning and of course you loved every minute . Well done !
Miss Cathy, As You 'pan' the camera around The WoodLan' Escape... It's clear that You an' Peter have built a comfortable, secure from cold, hunger and that newest plague, boredom. What an authentic Homestead. A warm sort o' 'Nest' in the Wild. Yet Yours... unlike some others, has plenty of elbow room. Just like All o' the Other WoodLan' Creatures, You're "set for the Winter". Cheers. 🙂 Rick Bonner Pennsyltuck
I remember something from watching our favorite TV show as a kid The Waltons that Grandpa Walton was smoking some bear hide I think in a smokehouse just like yours, it fascinated me how he explained the different uses of wood from various trees on the mountain funny seeing your video brought that to mind. Great video Peter
Today, I am decorating my home and tree for Christmas . I have a fire in the fireplace and you on the TV. It's the perfect setting for doing this. My decorations are woodland creatures which make me feel right at home, and so does your channel. I know I was born in the wrong century because the 18th century feels right. Supper looked delicious too. 😊
It’s wonderful to share our love for the past with like-minded souls and you guys are certainly passionate about history! I’ll bet your home looks amazing.
Those hides look so good. I did the brain tanning and smoking process once, when I was sixteen. Man, that’s a lot of work, but I still have the quiver that I made from the buckskin. You do great work!
Mr. Kelly, I just watched a few more of your very interesting videos, thank you so much for sharing them with me, I have learned several valuable things from your vast knowledge. On the subject of the different teas that you make in the wild, during my childhood, my grandfather would take me to the woods and we would gather Sassafras roots from the Sassafras trees here in Indiana. The tea boiled from the Sassafras roots was very tasty and was advised it would guard against cold and flu. May you and yours always be blessed.
This was a very nice and informative video. The music was really good at setting the mood for the video. Maybe someday, my wife and I will make a journey from California to visit Kelly station.
Appreciate your efforts and dedication! My smoke house is an old refrigerator that I gutted. Use what you have on hand. I also used wires strung across the sides as well as pieces of cattle panels for removable shelves. Thanks again, and keep your powder dry!
Your hides turned out well! Your breakfast looked yummy, especially the bread you soaked up all the juice in the bottom of the skillet!! Brings back memories of home, we used to call that juice ""soppins"!!!!Blessings.
Hey Peter! Great job on smoking those hides! WOOF! They will provide the basis for a LOT of projects down the road. I'm looking forward to seeing how those turn out! What do you plan to accomplish at Kelly's Station over the Winter?! I sure hope that you can come down to Indiana, at the NMLRA Range at Friendship next year! That would be a real hoot!
Thanks Martin. Lots of small jobs to finish, raised shooting platforms, a structure to cover the beehive oven I’ll be building in the spring, finishing the block house etc. What is the date of the event?
Another awesome video Peter, I had a friend who would smoke us 2 fat hen chickens every Christmas. He is gone now but your video brought back lots of memories, thank you so much.
@TheWoodlandEscape thank you for sharing your smoking house and other smoking method and the smoking the buck skins plus I shared this video with friends
Well done, nice relaxing video today while I ate turnip/carrot mash with a toasted bacon n tomato sandwich, your brunch was just as appetizing though. Good weather there in Tweed I see, I'm covered in snow with more on the way...cheers.
I noticed your boots are dirty, so you probably wouldn't want to sleep on that floor. Consider installing 17th century style rope beds. This is where the expression "sleep tight" originates. If you search for "Shaker rope beds" you'll see some examples. They can be installed Murphy Bed style against a wall to save space.
I noticed that there is alot of trees still inside the fort walls. I was wondering would that be common with the fortified homesteads? I would guess the military built forts would have been totally cleared out due to space . But it is a resource so it seems reasonable to keep some inside the walls.
Hey Peter, Brendan Williams here. I remember at the dchool of the longhunter you mentioning dressing a hide with neatsfoot oil and soap. What kind of soap do you use? Would old fashioned ley soap work?
Hi Brendan, Definitely don’t want to use a lye soap. The best is plain old Ivory. 1/2 bar grated fine, 500 ml of Neetsfoot oil in about 2 gallons of hot water is my recipe.
The camera pans across the station and at 4:44 minute mark there is a stone structure that looks like a mini cold storage entrance built into a hill. Maybe I missed that video, is that what it is??
Hi Peter! How many cabins were there where the door to a cabins opened to the outside? In the cabins I've seen, the doors opened to the inside. That puts the hinges on the inside and is a good way to bolt the door from the inside.
I know you talk about Canada during this period But one of the most interesting books that I started reading today it's called trails of the White savages it talks about the Scotch-Irish here in the US in the early 1800s
Mr. Kelly, Do you folks only smoke your meat to keep it for the winter, or do you use other methods? I apologize in advance for the question, if you have already covered this in one of your videos. I haven't as of yet, had the chance to view them all. All the best from the Hoosier State.
Holy moley, I can remember your first videos, just the cabin. And you weren't finished it. Now you have a smoker, your own fort, and all the other buildings. Way to go. Keep your powder dry and take care
So does the tunnel, or chimney, from the fire to the house have to be sloped up to draw quickly, or does it not matter? And where did you get those antique style forks? I’m really thinking of getting a couple, but don’t know where to get something decent
Peter, if you get a chance, I'd like to see you process a pork or beef in your smokehouse. When I was growing up many of the farmers had corn cribs and little buildings they called smoke houses, nut they really weren't. They were more like curing houses and by that time there were cures that you could buy. I've used those myself in a refrigerator. But I'd love to see how it was done in colonial times.
Great tutorial on smoking hides, by the way, have you seen Fred? We are doing our colonial Christmas at the General Adam STEPHEN house in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Thanks very much Ryan and no we’ve not seen Fred in some time. Your Christmas sounds amazing, we’ve actually got the real Santa Clause visiting Kelly Station, episode will by up in a couple of weeks.
That smokehouse is perfect but you need to forge a latch or 2 and the pickaxe/doorstop can be put to better use and storage, hahahaha love this channel and hope you record making the shovel. Weren't most shovels of that period still wooden?
You are absolutely right, I should build a latch for that door. Steel shovels were quite common and I will be filming it. Wooden shovels were used as grain shovels, snow shovels etc, but steel was required to work the ground.
You ever do any bark tanning? I started with braintan and now mostly do bark tanning.. i wear a pair of mittens i fashioned from it and they are great and tough so far! Right now ive put a deerhide in with the hair on to see if the tannins will set the hair and i can use it with the hair on..we will see. Ive yet to smoke all my braintan so perhaps a smoke house will be in the works
Have you ever tried to smoke fur on in the smokehouse? I have over a 100 skunks to smoke and dont really want bag them all. But ive never done a smoke house before.
Just a thought. Next time that Land Surveyor buddy visits, trade something with him for making a plan of Kelly Station. If there any current maps buck-skinners use, maybe Kelly Station should appear on that map?
Are there any plans for original forts and stations? Boonsborougho ? Trading posts? Taverns? An 1832 map for Southern Wisconsin shows the ‘roads’ & taverns (many).
Of course, most of the inhabitants of your (& Wis) area were natives , and I highly doubt they had to use ‘maps’ on a piece of paper. Although I hear powder horns had maps of regions including stations, forts & villages
@ I bought my 10 year old grandson a BB gun for Christmas. He will be under the close supervision of his father, a LTC in the national guard. Andrew is even wilder than I was at the same age - if that is possible.
@ I had a M27 Winchester single shot 22 rimfire, when I was ten, but it was a different time. His mother had a . 22 rim fire Chipmunk when she was ten. She still has it.
Too bad everything that is a period is period of war. I love the simple things like this video. I am not sure will I hunt again since CWD hit Alberta hard & my health is not the best. I saw on you tube some goodness aweful war that they collected the dirt under church pews for urine a priest made woman sit so long they pee themselves & urine police would come to collect from barns & anywhere people readily went to make gunpowder. Do you know of that history?
It is unfortunate that the past is often defined by conflict, but there are also moments of peace and ingenuity. The collection of urine was indeed common, it was use to make saltpeter a component of black powder.
Peter, You Are A Man Of Many Talents and Thank You For Sharing Your Knowledge With US Each and Every Week. Smoking the Hides Is Amazing and Your Breakfast Looks Delicious. Thanks Again and Blessing To You and Cathy and Be Safe!
It’s a joy to share the skills and crafts of the past! Stay safe out there.
One of my favorite episodes so far Peter and Cathy, It is not that you don't have a full plate right now with helping family members start a new life. So proud to call you family. Sister Pat
And your baby brother is lucky to have such an awesome sister.
Your ingenuity and knowledge astounds me with each episode. No matter how much you've shared before, it never gets old. I'll have to go back and rewatch the episode about the full process of tanning so that I can enjoy another of your videos.
It is always a pleasure to share the knowledge of the past. Thank you for your interest.
Hands- down, Yours is probably the most original and best filmed content on TH-cam! Thanks much for sharing your passion and hard work with us. Very Educational and entertaining.
We strive to keep it interesting and educational! Thank you for your kind words!
I say you are being very successful in reaching that goal.
Those are some beautiful hides. There's just nothing quite like real brain-tan. Thanks for sharing your methods!
Yes, I agree there is nothing quite like it.
I always enjoy leaving the hustle and bustle of the day and stepping back in time with you guys. As hard as that life was, it was so much more gratifying. Anytime you can finish the day and actually see what your hands have accomplished, it's a good day. Blessings to you both!
We share your sentiment. There's a real joy in seeing tangible results from your labor.
Thank you Peter and Cathy for yet another wonderful video with such a wealth of educational information.
Just amazing the incredible ingenuity that our forefathers had to live comfortable lives, (and, yes, I do believe that in many ways they were very comfortable even without many of our so-called “modern” conveniences), and the labor of their hands made them so much stronger. Their “natural” remedies were the very best medicine, and “pure” food kept them much healthier than those who eat the processed, chemical-filled garbage that makes up the majority of our modern store-bought diets today.
Yes indeed, the knowledge and techniques passed down from our ancestors are invaluable! The food differences in our modern world are in my opinion the cause of many of our health issues.
Those hides look great, and that breakfast didn't look bad either!
Thanks, there's nothing like the taste of fresh smoked meat for breakfast.
Great video, Peter! Thanks for all the work.
Always a pleasure to share our passion for traditional skills.
Strange 'coincidence'! Just as this vid came up (with wonderful wee bits, I might add) my youngest son made himself breakfast and something went awry leaving me with a 'smoke house' of my own = YIKES! My word how well you have tweaked your homestead to near perfection...in both function and aesthetics = WELL DONE! Then there's the Empress Catherine who seamlessly films/edits and captions these delights...thank-you my dears! Personally speaking...I never liked hearing the words; "I'll tan your hide!' from my mother. LOL! To the lovely 'gift of smile' you both possess; "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." (Winston Churchill). Health and' blessings my friends! :)
We appreciate the kind words about our homestead and our work - and LOL on that 'tan your hide' bit! I must say it was a string of words that I heard all too frequently in my youth. In a couple of weeks stay tuned to see the real Santa Clause… if you’re not a believer, this upcoming episode will change your mind.
@@TheWoodlandEscape WHAT? Perhaps 'not' a believer? Why I still have the same stocking 'I hang by the chimney with care!' LOL! Looking forward to it Emperor Peter! :)
Hi Peter, when I watch your videos time slows down for me, especially when there’s fire involved. As relaxing as a sunset. Keep em coming.
@ Thanks for the encouraging and flattering words, Dean.
When you said it’s been 4 years on the fort build ,,I went right to that first moment I saw you peeling logs for the tavern ,,I thought this is gonna be a ton of work ,,wow ! What an amazing 4 years of labor , learning and of course you loved every minute .
Well done !
It’s been a labor of love, but we’re so proud of what we’ve accomplished! You’ve been a loyal follower and we sincerely thank you.
Miss Cathy,
As You 'pan' the camera around The WoodLan' Escape...
It's clear that You an' Peter have built a comfortable, secure from cold, hunger and that newest plague, boredom.
What an authentic Homestead.
A warm sort o' 'Nest' in the Wild.
Yet Yours... unlike some others, has plenty of elbow room.
Just like All o' the Other WoodLan' Creatures, You're "set for the Winter".
Cheers.
🙂
Rick Bonner Pennsyltuck
Thanks for the kind and thoughtful words. Still some work to be done, but we’re pretty pleased with our homestead.
You took me back to 1750 in such a pleasant and interesting way. Thank you.
That was our goal, we strive to make history come alive through our videos.
You said it Peter - "perfect". Well done. Looks great! Cheers my friend.
Thanks Al.
I remember something from watching our favorite TV show as a kid The Waltons that Grandpa Walton was smoking some bear hide I think in a smokehouse just like yours, it fascinated me how he explained the different uses of wood from various trees on the mountain funny seeing your video brought that to mind. Great video Peter
The Waltons were a great show, I have always been fascinated with that period of history.
@TheWoodlandEscape Me Too
Always fun watching these videos, and I learn so much interesting stuff. Thanks for the video!
Glad you find it interesting.
Always love seeing a new video and seeing what we're building this week!
One never knows, heck I never know what I’m going to build, lol!
Today, I am decorating my home and tree for Christmas . I have a fire in the fireplace and you on the TV. It's the perfect setting for doing this. My decorations are woodland creatures which make me feel right at home, and so does your channel. I know I was born in the wrong century because the 18th century feels right. Supper looked delicious too. 😊
It’s wonderful to share our love for the past with like-minded souls and you guys are certainly passionate about history! I’ll bet your home looks amazing.
Greetings from the off grid cabin. Nothing like winter chores. Glad your well. Stay warm and safe. Man the fort.
Greetings right back at ya! The best season to work outside is winter, in my humble opinion.
I very much like what you've done to your fort. It looks and feels very authentic. God Bless.
We’ve attempted to build it using historical documentation… it does feel like one has stepped back in time. Thanks so much for your interest.
Those hides look so good. I did the brain tanning and smoking process once, when I was sixteen. Man, that’s a lot of work, but I still have the quiver that I made from the buckskin. You do great work!
It’s a labor of love, and the results are well worth it!
Peter, I like your smokehouse for finishing hides. Gives me a great idea for my spring project. Thanks for all you do, Merry Christmas.
You are most welcome, Merry Christmas to you too! You’ll find a smokehouse a very useful tool.
Mr. Kelly, I just watched a few more of your very interesting videos, thank you so much for sharing them with me, I have learned several valuable things from your vast knowledge. On the subject of the different teas that you make in the wild, during my childhood, my grandfather would take me to the woods and we would gather Sassafras roots from the Sassafras trees here in Indiana. The tea boiled from the Sassafras roots was very tasty and was advised it would guard against cold and flu. May you and yours always be blessed.
Sassafras tea is an excellent remedy and definitely tasty to boot. We don’t have it growing in this area.
This was a very nice and informative video. The music was really good at setting the mood for the video. Maybe someday, my wife and I will make a journey from California to visit Kelly station.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it and hope to see you out here someday!
Appreciate your efforts and dedication! My smoke house is an old refrigerator that I gutted. Use what you have on hand. I also used wires strung across the sides as well as pieces of cattle panels for removable shelves. Thanks again, and keep your powder dry!
That's a great way to repurpose something old and get it back into use. Watch yer top knot.
That is a great idea!
They turned out great!
Smoking certainly brings ou5 the character in the hide. Thanks for your interest.
Love your videos, thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoy them!
Your hides turned out well! Your breakfast looked yummy, especially the bread you soaked up all the juice in the bottom of the skillet!! Brings back memories of home, we used to call that juice ""soppins"!!!!Blessings.
It's amazing how simple things can make you feel right at home, I too grew up on bread dipped and fried in the “soppings” as well!
Hey Peter! Great job on smoking those hides! WOOF! They will provide the basis for a LOT of projects down the road. I'm looking forward to seeing how those turn out!
What do you plan to accomplish at Kelly's Station over the Winter?! I sure hope that you can come down to Indiana, at the NMLRA Range at Friendship next year! That would be a real hoot!
Thanks Martin. Lots of small jobs to finish, raised shooting platforms, a structure to cover the beehive oven I’ll be building in the spring, finishing the block house etc. What is the date of the event?
Excellent! A smoke house and an oven are next up on my list to build at our little homestead.
It’s a great project. We were very happy with our smoke house! I’ll be building a structure to house a beehive oven which I’ll build next spring.
Another awesome video Peter, I had a friend who would smoke us 2 fat hen chickens every Christmas. He is gone now but your video brought back lots of memories, thank you so much.
I bet that was a wonderful Christmas tradition, glad it brought back some nice memories.
That was the best video I've watched in a very long time! Thank you for sharing!! God bless brother!
Glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate your support.
Great show tks for sharing 😊
Glad you enjoyed it
Another great video sir ! You know I was thinking your living life with these videos the way it's supposed to be lived !
Thank you, I agree. No desire to go modern, lol!
Good afternoon from Syracuse NY United States of America Brother and everyone else thank you for sharing your adventures in history
Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoy the smokehouse process.
@TheWoodlandEscape thank you for sharing your smoking house and other smoking method and the smoking the buck skins plus I shared this video with friends
@ Thanks Earl.
@TheWoodlandEscape you are welcome my friend
They did look perfect, such a nice color, good job. Thank you both so much for for the lesson and smoking hides.👍
They do look nice, the smoke really adds character to the leather.
Hope you and your family had a great thanksgiving . A smoke house video yay.❤
Us Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in October , but it was fine. I trust you and your clan had a good one as well.
@TheWoodlandEscape yes and another history lesson thanks.
Fun video! The place looks great!
Thanks Ian, you’ve been a loyal follower er of our antics!
Well done, nice relaxing video today while I ate turnip/carrot mash with a toasted bacon n tomato sandwich, your brunch was just as appetizing though. Good weather there in Tweed I see, I'm covered in snow with more on the way...cheers.
It sounds like you had a good meal too! We got about 10”, but the forecast next week is for above freezing temperatures.
Thank you for showing us that. I love your channel videos and information.
That's very kind of you to say!
Huuuuyyyyyyyyyyyy huuuufffffffffffff que bien 👌👍 es muy constructivo todo enseña con hechos para otras lenguas
Thank you for your continued interest.
great hides you've tanned.
They turned out perfect. Thanks for watching.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Merry Christmas to you and your clan as well.
Funny you mentioned the shovel, that modern shovel was the first thing I noticed. 😅 Looking to forward what a 18th century shovel looks like 👍🇺🇸
They look a lot different than a modern round mouth shovel, now to make one. I’ll most definitely film the process.
Breakfast looked good and made me hungry
It's amazing how good food looks when it's in the right setting and cooking over an open fire also enhances the flavor.
I so want to visit you Sir? Thank you for doing all this work for us to watch. K.
We’ll have the fire burning when you arrive.
Nice smoke house 👍 I think I’m going to loosely use your design.
That's great. I hope it works out for you.
Great video, Peter. You're making me hungry.
Now that you mentioned it, I’m a wee bit peckish myself!
This was very nice. Cheers! 👍👍✌️🇨🇦
I appreciate the thumbs up and the love, thanks for watching!
Totally fun. I've done a little smoking with a commercial smoker.Turned out very well. Having a Smoke hose would be cool.
Thanks, it’s a very useful tool and I use it for a lot of things.
I noticed your boots are dirty, so you probably wouldn't want to sleep on that floor. Consider installing 17th century style rope beds. This is where the expression "sleep tight" originates. If you search for "Shaker rope beds" you'll see some examples.
They can be installed Murphy Bed style against a wall to save space.
I’ve slept on rope beds and they work fine. Space is the issue and quite frankly I never thought of a Murphy style. Thanks for planting the seed.
I noticed that there is alot of trees still inside the fort walls. I was wondering would that be common with the fortified homesteads? I would guess the military built forts would have been totally cleared out due to space . But it is a resource so it seems reasonable to keep some inside the walls.
These were fortified homesteads and trees wee common, even small orchards were often enclosed.
Fatback and bread,,I can hear cardiologists fainting🤣🤣
Indeed!
Hey Peter, Brendan Williams here. I remember at the dchool of the longhunter you mentioning dressing a hide with neatsfoot oil and soap. What kind of soap do you use? Would old fashioned ley soap work?
Hi Brendan, Definitely don’t want to use a lye soap. The best is plain old Ivory. 1/2 bar grated fine, 500 ml of Neetsfoot oil in about 2 gallons of hot water is my recipe.
Another great video, while making your shovel you should perhaps build some hinges and a latch.
I should do just that , thanks for the prompt!
Put some butter on your bread then put it in the skillet. That is your toast😊
I actually mixed a wee bit of butter with the bacon grease and it was delicious!
The camera pans across the station and at 4:44 minute mark there is a stone structure that looks like a mini cold storage entrance built into a hill. Maybe I missed that video, is that what it is??
I think that’s his powder magazine maybe?
@ Thank you so much, I will have to go back and find that episode!!!
It is our powder magazine, all finished except hanging the oak door.
Hi Peter! How many cabins were there where the door to a cabins opened to the outside? In the cabins I've seen, the doors opened to the inside. That puts the hinges on the inside and is a good way to bolt the door from the inside.
Very observant. Inside is by far the most common, but the other way was used. I chose outside opening because of the small size of the interior.
I know you talk about Canada during this period But one of the most interesting books that I started reading today it's called trails of the White savages it talks about the Scotch-Irish here in the US in the early 1800s
Everyone smoked hides. Zulus in Africa, Scythians in Kazakhstan, Evenki in Russia. Ect ect.
It's not particular to Canadians.
You are absolutely correct. In fact brain tanning hides has been done for thousands of years on all continents and they didn’t have cell phones, lol.
We did an episode on the Scot- Irish. If you’re interested you can find it by going to our playlist.
Mr. Kelly, Do you folks only smoke your meat to keep it for the winter, or do you use other methods? I apologize in advance for the question, if you have already covered this in one of your videos. I haven't as of yet, had the chance to view them all. All the best from the Hoosier State.
We can meat as well as freeze it. Thank you for your interest in our endevours.
Holy moley, I can remember your first videos, just the cabin. And you weren't finished it. Now you have a smoker, your own fort, and all the other buildings. Way to go. Keep your powder dry and take care
Thanks! It's been a long journey but we're enjoying the fruits of our labor. Watch yer top knot!
So does the tunnel, or chimney, from the fire to the house have to be sloped up to draw quickly, or does it not matter?
And where did you get those antique style forks? I’m really thinking of getting a couple, but don’t know where to get something decent
Might help somewhat, but mine is folate and works quite well. Numerous sutlers carry old style cutlery. Sampson Historical, Townsends, etc.
@ thanks
Peter, if you get a chance, I'd like to see you process a pork or beef in your smokehouse. When I was growing up many of the farmers had corn cribs and little buildings they called smoke houses, nut they really weren't. They were more like curing houses and by that time there were cures that you could buy. I've used those myself in a refrigerator. But I'd love to see how it was done in colonial times.
That sounds like a wonderful idea.
Great tutorial on smoking hides, by the way, have you seen Fred? We are doing our colonial Christmas at the General Adam STEPHEN house in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Thanks very much Ryan and no we’ve not seen Fred in some time. Your Christmas sounds amazing, we’ve actually got the real Santa Clause visiting Kelly Station, episode will by up in a couple of weeks.
That smokehouse is perfect but you need to forge a latch or 2 and the pickaxe/doorstop can be put to better use and storage, hahahaha love this channel and hope you record making the shovel. Weren't most shovels of that period still wooden?
You are absolutely right, I should build a latch for that door. Steel shovels were quite common and I will be filming it. Wooden shovels were used as grain shovels, snow shovels etc, but steel was required to work the ground.
Hides looked great. Now will we see you making yourself a shovel? Wearing boots? Thanks for a great video.
You will indeed when I get around to it. Not boots, but brogans a typical shoe worn in the period. I must say you are very obsessed with.
@ used to seeing the moccasins
@@beverlymichael5830 in my last comment I mentioned to observant not obsessed, lol
You ever do any bark tanning? I started with braintan and now mostly do bark tanning.. i wear a pair of mittens i fashioned from it and they are great and tough so far! Right now ive put a deerhide in with the hair on to see if the tannins will set the hair and i can use it with the hair on..we will see. Ive yet to smoke all my braintan so perhaps a smoke house will be in the works
I have not bark tanned yet, but it is on my to do list. It is very durable material. You’ll not regret a smoke house, a very useful tool.
Have you ever tried to smoke fur on in the smokehouse? I have over a 100 skunks to smoke and dont really want bag them all. But ive never done a smoke house before.
I have and it worked fine foe me. That’s a lot of skunk hides!
Peter, if I may ask, how much land/acres do you have or own here? Was there a price for it?
41 acres and I actually got it for free as I severed the entire woodlot off the farm when we sold it.
Funny, the first thing I noticed was the modern shovel. I’ve been living in the past too long. 🤣🤣
That is honest feedback and the very reason I’m attempting to make things period correct. Thanks for watching.
Just a thought. Next time that Land Surveyor buddy visits, trade something with him for making a plan of Kelly Station. If there any current maps buck-skinners use, maybe Kelly Station should appear on that map?
I like that idea, it could be fun to have a period map of the place.
Are there any plans for original forts and stations? Boonsborougho ? Trading posts? Taverns? An 1832 map for Southern Wisconsin shows the ‘roads’ & taverns (many).
Of course, most of the inhabitants of your (& Wis) area were natives , and I highly doubt they had to use ‘maps’ on a piece of paper. Although I hear powder horns had maps of regions including stations, forts & villages
@ There are numerous accounts from diaries, but no actual plans that I’m aware off for fortified homesteads. Lots for Government sponsored forts.
Hope you and the Mrs have a Merry Christmas. Why don’t you have a Christmas Show?
You as well. Got a Xmas show coming out in 2 weeks.
@ I bought my 10 year old grandson a BB gun for Christmas. He will be under the close supervision of his father, a LTC in the national guard. Andrew is even wilder than I was at the same age - if that is possible.
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@ Good for you.
@ I had a M27 Winchester single shot 22 rimfire, when I was ten, but it was a different time. His mother had a . 22 rim fire Chipmunk when she was ten. She still has it.
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Do you live at the 18th century homestead full time?
As much as possible. We have a small modern home that we built ourselves n the Sam property as the fort.
Might we experience some 1750’s Christmas traditions soon? 😀
We are planning to do just that! In fact the real Santa Clause is visiting Kelly Station next week.
@ very nice!!!!!
lol, the song at the end is two steps away from "santiago"
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@TheWoodlandEscape, Peter, haven't seen you wearing your moccasins in the videos lately. Are they worn out or...?
Fort building is pretty hard on Mocs so I’ve been wearing brogans. Now winter is upon us I’ll be back into moccasins.
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Would be interested in your comments on taking care of your brain tanned leather products.
Do you wash in water or anything special?
If properly smoked they can be washed with soap and water. However, why wash away all that hard earned patina, lol!
Did they have claw hammers in the 1750s?
They did indeed. The first know claw hammer is depicted in a Dutch painting dating to the early 1600’s.
Too bad everything that is a period is period of war. I love the simple things like this video. I am not sure will I hunt again since CWD hit Alberta hard & my health is not the best. I saw on you tube some goodness aweful war that they collected the dirt under church pews for urine a priest made woman sit so long they pee themselves & urine police would come to collect from barns & anywhere people readily went to make gunpowder. Do you know of that history?
It is unfortunate that the past is often defined by conflict, but there are also moments of peace and ingenuity. The collection of urine was indeed common, it was use to make saltpeter a component of black powder.
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