TRANSFORMING Camp Stool
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- A true adventurer makes the most of the tools they have. So why not take it a step further and make your tools as MUCH as possible? With the Staff of the Wanderer, not only do you have a portable, transforming camp stool, but a variety of tools from navigation charts to fashion statements...
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🧾 Chapters
00:00 Cornelis' Clever Contraptions
01:20 Introduction
02:30 Assembling the Staff
08:25 Decorating the Staff
12:34 Finishing the Staff
15:18 Drafting the Seat
16:25 Tooling the Seat
18:15 Assembling the Seat
21:05 Finishing the Seat
23:02 Finished Project
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I like how Cornelius seems like a sleazy salesman, but all his items deliver.
When the salesman has a 8 Charisma, but really damn good products
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I mean, the same is true for a lot of products sold that way. It is also true they are all three times more expensive then they should be and five times more expensive than making it yourself.
Aren't we all selling something..
I love how his name is Cornelius 🤣
I was dang near gonna run off to research natural navigation myself because of this video. Heck yeah I would love a video on that. Especially navigation using the stars
Such an amazing topic. I got so sucked in to learning it
@@SkillTree Your passion really translates in your energy on video. It's amazing to watch. Thank you for the great content
@@SkillTree This project was amazing and I love the rabbit hole of researching natural navigation it sent you on. I'm not the outdoorsy type but the enthusiasm you have for the topic makes me want to learn more so a dedicated video on that would be awesome.
Great book for natural navigation are How to read water, how to read nature and natural navigation by Tristan Gooley. Absolutely amazing reads and they have his collection for $40 on Amazon!
Dido!
I freaking made this thing, minus the woodcarving. Three oak dowels and four copper pipe fittings ended up nearly $50 USD. I kept checking some local thrift stores until I found one of those camp chairs for $3. I drilled out the rivets in the seat (which I learned from this video) and the dowels fit just fine. Inside each of the "pockets" I put a 1" rubber chair cap that can be squeezed on and off the bottoms of the dowels so that I don't get the copper fittings dirty.
Good idea. I was thinking the threads would get all gritty and make putting the staff back together a bit difficult
Yeah, great call and idea on protecting the copper pipe threads!
A couple of old squash balls would work great as feet.
Absolutely astonishing. If I were to add one one thing however, it would be a hook at the top. A lot of people in LARPS and medieval re-enactments and stuff like to walk around with small lanterns attached to their belts (some electric and some real). And can you imagine being able to simply light your lantern and hang it on the staff as your wandering around at night time or setting up camp? It would be sooo useful. Maybe you should add some better attachment method than a hook but that’s your area of expertise, not mine. Anyways great video and cannot wait yo see all the fun and epic gadgets and inventions just waiting to be created. Best TH-camr ever, yours truly - Baron BEFFelestein the third
You could also use that hook for a sling staff and catch game while you are traveling! Storing good sized stones as ammunition in the hanging pouch!!
I put a cup hook on the end of a broom handle for storage and to aid in picking fruit from trees, simply snag the hook around the stem and pull
@@Seasteader It does seem like a thing Tasslehoff would have...
You could put a hole near the top and have another length of cord with a knot in the end to hold a lantern, which you could also switch out for a longer one which you could thread through that hole and the ones that he made for bearings to use it as a fishing rod. If you wanted it exclusively for a lantern though, I reckon another thread on the top which you could either make a little lamp with a thread on the bottom, or you could put candles in it directly and make some mirror thing around it. Just a few ideas I had
@@Wadlo151 from Dragonlance?
The thing I would recommend, would be three 'End Caps' to screw on to the legs ends to prevent any damage to the threads when you sit oh the stool on rough ground! Cheers, another brilliant project!
This is easily the coolest thing I've seen you make on here, and I love all the wizardy stuff you've made before. But the insane amount of utility launches this into a whole new level. I would also be interested in that navigation video
Thanks! I would love to MAKE that video lol.
Please, I've been getting into primitive camping and the navigation stuff would be an amazing addition!
I saved this to show it to my kids. Today we finally had time to watch it together. They are so excited by this staff. The 10yo is going to bed thinking about all the things they would put on their staff.
Well done making a video that is not only entertaining to watch, but also includes instructions that are understandable and really let's us see how you made it... including the research.
Thank You
I’m Active Duty Army, and have been in for a number of years. I made something similar many moons ago, but NOWHERE near as cool. Hanging with the Infantry, it came in handy a number of times, and I carried a few essentials on it, but I’m gonna make a new one just like yours. Too cool! Keep up the great work!!!!!
Pro tip: make the seat 2x3 times larger or longer, and now you have a ‘poleless litter’ to carry someone who might be injured.
Poleless? Poleless!! All these friggin years I thought it was POLISH, which made zero sense to me! Aargh! Hahaha! 😂
THIS IS MY FAVOURITE KIND OF PROJECT!! You could even use the same pipe fittings on the ends to add various small tools, like a mini spike for planting the stick in the ground, or a tiny shovel or connection for string to use it as a fishing rod; all of which could be stored in the seat pockets when not in use!! And to make sure the seat-pouch is more securely attached to the stick, maybe add one of those sand brown buttons to the hand grip leather, just below where you'd usually hold it! You could even use more of those buttons to add other little pouches and useful do-dads!
"Sam Browne" Button. The name comes from the Sam Browne Belt.
He really should have capped the ends anyway. Especially on the bottom where the staff will get worn down over time and ruin his measuring marks. Even with rulers, I was always taught to measure from the 1 because the 0 on the end tends to get munched over time.
@@Salsmachev I was just thinking the same thing - copper caps to match the fittings, same technique to attach (glue and rivets)
I would love that natural navigation video! Can't wait to make one of these myself!
I do agree. Natural navigation would be interesting and could be helpful. 👍
Fuck Yes!
You have my vote
When the video was over, my husband wants to buy one. I let him know this is a tutorial. He asked me if I could make it. I am not a skilled craftsman, but I can easily do the 3 part staff. The seat would be a little more work for me, and I will have to get some of the stuff, but I plan to do it.
If not for Living Anachronism, I probably would not have found this channel.
*Edit* I finally got the 6 foot dowel and the hardware. I took it outside as I don't have a workshop and sawed it in 3. I whittled the ends to accept the hardware, which is currently glued together. Tomorrow I plan to get the nails and drill the holes for extra support. As I took a little too much off, I'm using some thin scrap leather to help secure the hardware on.
For the seat, I'm going to go to Joann's craft store and see if they have any duck canvas.
This project is fun to make.
It would be interesting if you could make the staff/pouch/chair a complete survival kit in itself, like with a whistle and fire starter kit.
This project is just so cool! My imagination is going wild now. I want to make things!
Yes! Imagine using this in a larp dnd adventure with some of his other stuff like his tent and weapon!
Wouldn't be too difficult; Someone mentioned adding another adapter to the end and screwing a spike on (to stick it in the ground). Make the spike hollow (or another one on the top of the staff), or make two of the pipe adapters on the top 1/3 female and then just add a little section of brass pipe between them with two male ends which would serve as a hollow compartment to store things in... and now that I've said this, this is Exactly how I'd do it!
@@cchapa7470 I made a dagger once for my old man when I was younger cause he was into D&D. Used one of them old hollow survival knives that were popular back in the 80's with the compass on the bottom. They just sit in with a threaded rat tail and nut. Replaced it with a really old bread knife fitted between old dresser handle backing and some rivets, secured in the handle with a two part epoxy... not resin kind, stuff that turns like stone jammed in the back end to lock it all down. Pressure fit over the right size dowel made for a wicked looking spear. You can always add a staff sling to the end too for slinging rocks.
Bamboo would be great for this
So you can lose all of your survival items all at once.
The hook and fishing pool from the Scout Stave looks useful. I'd also make a removable boar spear head for hunting.
You could also incorporate it into being the central pole for a tent. Better still, make a medieval fantasy version of the Polish Lavvu wearable tent, which can be worn as a poncho when not being used as a tent. Which makes it far easier for travel as you're wearing it, rather than carrying it.
Haven't even gone past the 3 minute mark and I already have saved the vid on my "To do" project folder, yes sir. Even if I only do the stool to begin with, you damn well know I am going to end up wanting to do the entire thing eventually
I mean... go big or go home... and then just go big in the comfort of your home. What I am saying is, there is no choice... we go big here 🤣
I've never worked with leather before, but I've absorbed so much secondhand knowledge from your videos that when you went to sew the pieces of the seat together I was like "I bet he's gonna do a saddle stitch here since it's gonna be under a lot of stress" to my girlfriend next to me 😂
Yes on navigation videos. On the staff, you could incorporate a sling like the Dragonlance Kender Hoopak and/or a pointed metal butt cap for the bottom to protect the wood from getting deformed and as a type of defensive spear tip.
Oh yes David! Both would be nice. But a big YES to the protective/ pointed end cap. Many uses for that, hmm?
Haha I've found my people! Don't forget the whistle
It isn't setting appropriate, but you could add a chair leg cap to the bottom of it. It will protect the wood and once it's worn you just replace it.
Watched through with my son and both really enjoyed! When we finished the first thing he said, "Really cool! he should add a flint and steel" had to pass it on. Love the enthusiasm you bring and hope to see more!
Words of advice from a fellow wanderer, put a metal cap on the very bottom where your staff meets the ground to keep it from becoming damaged, not only will it keep the bottom from mushrooming out, splitting apart an chipping but this improvement is something that really helped me in my travels especially if your defending yourself or using it as leverage to move a log or check how heavy something is
I would love to see a follow up video in the future to see how well the pockets hold up after using it as a stool alot
Very neat. I'd cap both ends with some copper plumbing bits to keep them from splitting too.
I went back and looked at the instructable that you mentioned. He has some additional entries about that staff, and the torch that he made for the top is way cool. If it was me, I would also consider adding a few knot diagrams, since I'm not great at remembering knots I don't use on a daily basis.
Bro, I LOVE how a simple stool turned into such a multifaced item! Its so cool and has so much potential for variations.
If I'm robbing someone in the woods and they call me a ruffian I'm sprinting in the other direction
Great project!
As a young'un, I made many a scout staff, like the one shown in your diagram - but I almost never took them into the field because of their unwieldy length. Making it collapsible (and, better, convertible into a chair!) makes it so much more appealing! All the additional little features make it a masterwork.
This is my first time watching a video from your channel, and I'm rarely the sort to leave comments - but I just had to give a kudos for this project. I bet there'd be a good market for these, if you put them up for sale!
Thanks for the kudos and for watching! I am glad you enjoyed the build. It would be fun to sell these and see all the different ways people would request them if I only had the time lol. Thought for the future maybe 😁
Some of the features on this particular staff (I'm specifically looking at the dead-reckoning holes, with the ranger beads threaded through, and the handgrip just below it) would need to be set to height for the person using it. So, if Wanderer's Staves were put up for sale, you'd either need to have a supply of every length a person could want or _not_ make any staff until the person comes in to order it so the features can be custom-set (either way, an online/mail order catalog could require the buyer to give their height).
In boot camp we measured our stride by walking a known distance of 300 meters. Going down hill, up hill and flat. Took the average of them. 100 meters is from goal post to goal post on a football field. Traveling is rarely over flat terrain. I love this project. Great job. Can't wait to see the next ones.
I will go get my hat, put it on, so I can take it off for you! Amazing work!
I would love to see you add a cover for the metal in the rod, in leather of course. And yes, make that navigation video for us :D
Fun fact . The style of knife used in this build is a Puukko knife which is a popular do it all blade from Norway.
Hey! This was a hand me down and I HONESTLY didn't know that. I have had it for ever and you just taught me what the heck it is. THANKS!
Actually puukko knives comes from Finland. But beautiful puukko with nice Birch bark handle.
I turned this awesome build into a homebrew item for my dnd campaign. Here’s the description if anyone wants to use it. I also published it on dnd beyond.
Staff of the Wanderer
Staff - Common Item
This multipurpose staff houses a small knife and is engraved with measurement tools as well as tools to help navigate using the night sky and follow the moon cycles. The staff can be separated into three pieces that can be combined with the companion pouch to become a stool. The pouch can be folded into many configurements to accomodate current needs. While the staff is being carried, the user has advantage on Survival checks.
One day I'll actually get around to making something from this channel. The navigational aids on this staff are really neat and make it far more interesting than a simple convertible stool.
Been cutting out equilateral triangles for stools all week.
Making a bunch?
Kramer sent me. I must say - this is so cool!
I like how it can be taken apart and used as two different, smaller weapons in possible combats in confined spaces, thus removing the week point of staff used as a weapon.
And I hope we'll be updated how it's holding up, after some adventuring =)
Cheers!
This is totally a piece of me, but what im shocked by, is the unquenchable urge to go off and build my own. The nav touches are an incredible addition, and I'm wondering how far you could take it. I would love to see a community's collection of videos all working and improving on this design. I think we could create something even more outright impressive than what you've already done. Kudos!
I hope you DO! If you make your own version please share it with us on the discord. I would love to see what you come up with!
Natural Navigation is something I would LOVE to learn! As a relatively urbanized pagan, getting back to my roots is really hard when you are directionally challenged without a GPS! This project was absolutely MAGNIFICENT, and you have every right to be proud of it. It's gorgeous, functional, and you also learned a TON while making it!
Love the versatility of the pouch!! Gonna add this one to my ever growing list of projects
This is awesome. Thank you for making and sharing it with us.
Here is an idea I had to help lengthen the life of the threads and the leather. Adding a female plug end for your open thread male end that goes down to the ground or a male plug for female ends. That way you keep it free of dirt and debris. You could also do this for the other ends that goes into the leather, this would protect your leather from wear and small cuts from the threads. Just some thoughts.
My first thought when you explained this project was "My druid character definitely needs one of those!"
This is really cool! Something I might like to add would be a hollowed out secret compartment on one or both ends. You could keep rolled up charts of edible/poisonous plants, or fire starter or other little knick-knacks in there ^^
I love the infomercial opening the expanding bag one is what made become a subscriber
Glad that one enticed you to come join our fam!
im currently building this with my dad for the upcoming ren faire in my area! not only is it amazing for me and any other disabled person looking for some useful crafts, it lets me spend more time with my da :] thank you to everyone at skill tree for this opportunity!
As someone who loves wandering in the semiwild, sitting down, and doing some whittling, this project is absolutely perfect ❤
This is absolutely incredible. I never knew I was interested in natural navigation but now I really want to see a video on it!
I'M GETTING ONE! Seriously awesome build my friend. One of the coolest adventuring tools I've seen. The staff can also be a poll for a makeshift shelter with your cloak! It would be cool if you could make a quick attach spear head, which could act as a hollow handled knife most of the time, and then attach and peen onto the top of the staff. And if wilderness survival becomes a skill on your channel to level up, I would definitely watch that.
Living Anachronism, Thank you for doing the LARP video with this guy, Kramer. Sorry if I spelled it wrong. I have made a gambeson, rawana cloak, and I'm working on the hem of the hoodie cowl. This staff will be more useful than my closet rod staff. Shad sent me to you, and you sent me here.
@@workingmothercatlover6699 Thanks for the support! And really glad you've found the videos helpful!
Cold Steel makes a hollow handled knife that easily converts to a spear head. I stuck a cork in the small end of the tapered handle, filled it with useful things and put a crutch tip on the end to keep it secure.
This is a phenomenal idea! I am a professional wanderer(I maintain hiking trails covering 500+ acres) so the walking staff is perfect for me. The stool is a little out of my current skill/ability range since I don't have much experience with leather, but the walking staff is right up my alley. I walk up mountains everyday, and I love this idea so much I'm going to make my own.
For me, I would keep the height measuring lines, but add a sort of metal pick like on a modern walking stick to give me a more stable foothold.
I'm building a couple of these in November.
As an avid outdoorsman, I appreciate all the people who take the time and effort to maintain trails. I'm hiking another segment of the Mountain to Sea Trail in NC in a couple weeks. And it has been amazing to see how well maintained even the remote parts are.
I wish there were drop off points where us hikers could leave a thank you or a token for the people like you who keep the trails in good condition.
I'd put a couple of these in there.
I LOVE how you make things sound easy ! That's a good way to encourage people to try it for themselves !
The staff is a masterpiece !
Personally, I'd add metal bits at each end of the staff, to mount attachments : A hook blade to get fruits from a tree; small spikes as self-defense*/way to plant your staff in the ground, they would double as caps for dirt to not get in the joints; a small lantern, to have a overhead light when you need it; a mallet head, if you need to hammer down a few things; etc
Also : Ropes, a small rope is always handy and sturdy hempen ropes are rather small and light. Using the hook head, you could use it as a way to store your food above ground.
*walking sticks are famous not only as... Walking sticks, but also because they were handy weapons to fend off unpleasant encounters on the road
Brilliant build. Love the enthusiasm too, you're a lot of fun to watch
Thanks for being here !
Love this. Definitely want a video on natural navigation.
Nice build! One addition you could try. Get a 1/4 inch coupling nut, cover one end with a small bit of masking tape. Then drill out a hole in one end of the staff (or both if you want) big enough to fit the nut, centered of course. Now use epoxy and sink the end of the nut into the hole with the tape side down so epoxy doesn't get on the threads. Once it is set you have an easy way to screw in attachments to the end. Make a spike out of a piece of all thread or a lag nut for a spiky bit, screw in a hook to allow you to reach apples out of trees or hang the staff from a rope or line. I got a cheap attachment for a replacement saws-all blade holder and now can put a saw blade on the end to cut down tree branches.
If you want to go a bit modern you can even get a cell phone holder to screw in to take steady pictures or a folding frog gig. Seriously there are only about 1000 different attachments you use. I made a small sling shot using a double hook for a closet and a replacement slingshot tubing. All of your favorites can then fit in a haversack or pouch belt.
24:27 Oh my god! What if THIS is why those hats were the way they were when you see them depicted in art... You may have just reinvented a lost art! Fregin cool
No ranger is set without their quiver, Cloak of Ominous Identity, and multi-tool staff! I wonder if there's a way to easily attach a lantern or torch for traversing dark, cavernous depths?
One may also argue that the math and measuring in this build is a skill of its own.
This is amazing! Thank you, now I am one step closer to the best ranger outfit and gear without being encumbered. My goal is 40 lbs total and that includes my clothing and boots. So having "free" standing equipment is awesome.
Oak can be heavier than anticipated, even when you're using it as a walking stick that isn't part of the 'load'
I wonder if there's ways to maybe do something with pvc pipe or aluminum and veneer- strength and lightness, but keeping the looks.
I'd be a little worried about them deforming though. One nice thing about solid oak is that it is pretty sturdy.
Anyway, ideas for you to consider!
@@pmmmAMV Thank you, I really appreciate your advice. I've never really gone on vase walks over 4 miles in one shot without stopping for breaks/eating/other. It does may me think on how to move forward without carrying an extra burden. Or I just need to level up. lol But seriously thank you.
@@GhostbustersXX13 maybe go on a walk and find the biggest stick you can and walk around with it haha
Get an idea for how to use a stick, and whether it feels like it adds noticeable strain for you
I had a fantastic idea to add for this. If you attach one more plumbing fitting on one end, or both ends (the bottom one might get covered in dirt though), you could bring various attachments with you, with the two obvious ones for me being a knife and a shovel head. This way you can turn your staff into a spear, or collapse it a bit and have a nice hand shovel. Plus, with it being modular at that point, you can keep making all sorts of attachments if you can think of them.
Actually as of typing this, I realize you can even get the copper/bronze/generic metal threaded caps to put on the ends to ensure you don't damage the threads, give the staff some more strength and lessen the chance of splitting at the ends, and can be a very nice aesthetic ornamental end cap!
This is a marvelous project. Not only is it incredibly useful as you have it, but there are so many ways to add additional customization.
And then, if you mix and match the staff with other multi-use pieces, like a tarp/backpack for a tent, you could have an incredible adventuring rig.
My personal favorite would be to use two staff sections for a tent pole, screw a spike into the bottom of the third and a lantern hook into the top of the third so it spikes into the ground and holds the lantern just high enough for when you're sitting in the tent before bed. But my brain is whirling with ideas sparked by your useful and very stylish project. Kudos!
Love the concept. It had my head spinning for ideas that could be added as well.
-(would have to hollow out part of the inside and possibly lose some stability) Adding a smaller, similar pole to the inside that could act as a collapsible fishing pole (line wrapped around the outside with hooks or stored inside)
-Adding a way to attach spiked ends set at 45 degrees to convert pieces into climbing spikes (like electricians use to scale utility poles) or to just turn into a makeshift spear
-Get fancy and add small sections of chains to the sections to turn it into a three section staff (would have to work in a disconnect option to actually use it for its intended purpose)
Such a cool build. Thanks for sharing.
Definitely interested in natural navigation! Also, edible foraging!
Great idea, Bug!
Awesome idea
Same here
You could also carve a small compartment into the wood underneath the handle wrapping and drill two buttons to make the wrapping removable
The thumbnail made me click this, the ad made me want one, and the video showed me how to make it. Perfection.
I really really really really really really really want to make one but I literally don't have any tools 😭
definitely interested in natural navigation
Your enthusiasm is contagious. Thank you for such a neat project
I built one of these almost a decade ago based on that instructable. His decoration ideas are great. I made the seat from duck cloth and used metal wire and cotter pins to attach it to the tripod. The tripod is bound with a steel ring. I capped the top with a little copper container and the bottom with a copper spike using common (but expensive!) plumbing.
It's heavy for hiking and the couplings make it a little too flimsy to use for whacking things.
Having the seat double as a pouch is an excellent idea.
Overall, an excellent and functional build. Beautiful as well. However, I do believe it can be improved significantly.
Things to add -
1) A blade that will screw onto the staff fittings. Blades can be used for defense, hunting, or, if a forked design is used, spear fishing.
2) An extra male fitting to accept the blades. When not in use, a small metal or wood ball could be fitted as an adornment and impact tool. Alternatively, it could be used to hold fishing line, hooks, and weights.
3) A hole near the top to pass fishing line through to use the stick as a fishing rod.
4) Change out the bottom section for a piece of hollow metal pipe. Here you could store fire starting supplies, papers, etc. It would also support a small spiked end to aid in travel over rough ground.
5) Make an axe head that will screw onto the top ferrel added earlier for the ball. You can carry the ace head on a strap on your side and screw it on as necessary to cut and split small pieces of wood.
6) While epoxy is a good choice, I would have heated the fittings to fit them over the full size end and then riveted them in place. Although that would likely require steel fittings as verses copper, which would likely split.
7) To reduce weight, you could make the entire staff out of a lighter weight steel pipe. This would also increase durability because of the stronger material and you could actually weld the screw fittings on the inside of the pipe. it would also provide a large amount of storage for the items mentioned.
7) Add to the outside a general map of the area the wanderer travels in. Including large population centers, mountains, rivers, and common waypoints. They should be in their rough positions with distances between them listed. Although, if a compartment is added as noted above, this can be substituted with a drawn map stored inside the staff.
Super stoked for your videos, Cl3ver! You are probably my most favorite channel on the platform. Keep it up, I'll always watch!
Thank you for being part of the fam!
You could also put a button compass on the top end of it...I have that on my walking stick.
Now I want to make this... Multiple of this. I personally would probably drop off much of the extra stuff (mostly the navigation pieces. But at the core of it being a walking stick and pouch that turns into a camping stool is just awesome by itself and seems perfect for any sort of hiking trip.
Versatility is the king of adventuring gear and this thing is DOPE.
This is probably my favorite project i have seen you do thus far, great job!
Thank you so much for watching!
This is actually very cool! I can make this for camping out with my family.
Personally I would add a sling to it. Staff slings are incredibly versatile
I saw a guy at a blade show with staff and other things. His staffs were awesome like yours. I think he incorporated a small 1st aid kit into the staff by cutting a slit in the staff large enough to fit a small booboo kit with bandaids, alcohol pads, ointment, and pain pills. Imagination is key.
This thing is so cool, one of your best projects yet.
Genius idea! Can't wait to see how it's made
I would LOVE to see the natrual traveling skills, including navigation, foraging for food, skinning, fishing, etc.
Sweet build! Some thoughts:
1. Attach male fittings onto the two ends then braze pipe caps onto female fittings for solid metal ends. (You can add nails/etc. to another set of pipe caps for use on ice/etc.) By making the ends swappable, you can adjust them for different purposes. (For example, a mount for your knife to turn the staff into a spear, a ring so that you can add a strip of leather with a wide part in the middle for a slingstaff, or a 1/4" nut for a mono/tripod.)
2. Sand the hex profiles down and braze/solder on decorative pieces for that extra bling factor.
I love this project! Might have to try making it myself (along with everything else on your channel). Keep up the amazing work. Looking forward to the next project!
Hell yes! First for the first time!
Other things to add to the staff:
basic signs of heatstroke and hypothermia
wood-burn rules for edible berries/ common wild medicinal plants
SOS reminder
add a small mirror for signaling and fire-starting
wrap some gauze around the middle third for splinting and tinder
add a sling so you can go hands free if you need to or turn it into a shepherd's sling.
Awesome build.
You could add:
Make two more staff pieces to have your "ten foot pole" since adventurers always need a 10 foot pole... and engineer them to "click on" to your other video of your back pack to tent.
Maybe one or both of those pieces could have a thread to accept "tools" that you can make additionally such as a hook or a saw blade to trim a tree branch way up. Make a tool, put it on the copper piece you have for threading on and poof... extendable swiss army knife pole. Maybe make a special hook to hold a lantern securely.
Engineer belt loops to make it a pouch that can tie to your belt.
Love your videos. Especially your Pennsic one. Been there many times prior to the plague.
Man, the original creator could patent a modern version of this if it hasn’t been done yet. I could see the backpacking or through hiking community eating this up.
Right!?! He has added on lots of stuff too. Super creative person.
There are modern versions with a compass fire starter etc. unfortunately they are all cheaply made (at least one ones I’ve seen) and considered a gimmick rather then a useful tool. But I guess if you put in the money and the right materials it could be useful.
clever: I'm so stupidly proud of this
me: *slaps table* and rightly so my friend!
this is my fave project of yours so far
I can imagine a Human Ranger character with one of these staffs. Among other rangers he's considered odd, perhaps a little insane, but very competent and resourceful.
We absolutely need a bushcraft and wayfinding/ Voyager skill set as follow ups for this episode! Please make it happen!
As somebody who lived in the woods, natural navigation is very convenient to have.
First video of yours that I've watched actually the algorithm sent me this video. One of the few times it's worked tbh. Great video!
Honestly instructions for simple but useful knots like a bowline or timber hitch could go a long way with this project.
Natural navigation would be an awesome skill to develop
Personally I love how you kept it, packed with useful stuff, yet simple.
Natural navigation would be a fun one to learn! I definitely need to make one of these! Thanks for the shout out too! Just a quick correction though, it's Gabriel with a long a 😄 cant wait to get started on this project!
^ He already has a list to make this one, too! He’s really excited for this one 😄
This energy is exactly what my inner monologue does when I start thinking up projects. Also now i need to go see if they have oak dowels in Japanese hardware stores.
*INSPIRED * I have too many projects, but I'm so amped for it, that I'm adding this one to the list
Love it. Maybe add on the top a compass, that screws off to reveal a small area that houses needle and thread , hooks and line for fishing.
Natural navigation episode using this stick would be awesome af!
I think it would be neat to have some method of attaching the knife to the top easy, changes the staff into a makeshift spear for protection.
YES! great idea!
I absolutely love this project!!! Will be making one for myself very soon. Two things I am planning on adding to mine are: #1 a Pyrenean Shepherds Dial for telling time and #2 inscribing a pace count table for different types of terrain to go with the pace count beads.
This is an awesome project! Some thing I would add is another brass coupler at the top and a small 2 to 3 inch capped piece of brass pipe to hold small survival items like a flint, saw blade, or other items.
I love this thing so much, and if you wanna go overboard for an adventurer who expects to fight (like a dnd character), you could probably add spaffsligger (spear-staff-sling-dagger) functions too: a hook at one end could work as a general all-purpose hook and as the hook for a staffsling, the sling part could be wrapped around the staff when not in use. The other end could have another of those pipe fittings to accept a dagger with a pipe fitting for a pommel. Why a pipe fitting rather than a bayonet or something? Three reasons: 1) blade in line with the shaft, Idk how much it matters but it looks more spearlike than a bayonet, 2) it matches the aesthetic, 3) you can use it to attach other things, like a shovel or spikes to grip ice and similar ground, a different spike for breaking ice, some sort of blade for retrieving fruit from high up in trees, whatever you can imagine that benefits from a long haft! Oh, and a metal cap to protect the threads from collecting dirt!
I can't overstate how much I love this thing, it seems youtube has found me the perfect fantasy crafts channel and I'm gonna have to check out more with some time :D
An outdoor navigating video would be awesome! Another practical skill you can use everyday!
oh my god this is genius! I've been wanting a good walking stick, a tad taller than myself, mostly because I live in florida and while walking facefirst into a golden orbweaver web isn't physically dangerous, the psychological consequences of having a spider the size of your palm somewhere on your body are quite dire, so having a good stick to go before my face would be nice. and, I just watched a video on how just having a good and proper seat greatly improves the whole backpacking experience. and here's both, in an absurdly simple and easy to assemble form!
what fascinates me about this is that the simplicity lends itself to customization- you could easily slap all kinds of mcguffins and wingdings on this, provided you either make sure the legs stay the same length or unscrew your mcguffin segment before using it as a seat- a whistle? a small knife? a length of rope? a compass? all fair game!
it's genius and I will be making one myself as soon as possible.
edit: I actually just watched the entire video instead of just the intro and looking at the craftable thing. Knife? measuring utilities? check. what I'd want matches the aesthetic less but would be handy for survival- a whistle, a compass (sun and stars are great, but what if it's cloudy or densely-forested?) and perhaps a cavity for a small first-aid kit, firestarting tools, or even a small wire-saw. poking around I've even seen a lovely compass-slash-sundial on Amazon that would match the aesthetic of this thing beautifully and could likely be mounted on one of the ends of a stick, but I'd have some concerns about shoving it into either a leather pocket or the dirt and sitting on it when making a stool. Maybe cut each of the wood lengths down to 1 foot 10 inches, and use the extra six inches to make an extra utility segment that can be drilled out hollow (it can be removed when the whole thing is transformed into a seat, so it doesn't need to be load-bearing) and used as both compartment and mounting place for compass? that would probably work quite well. anyways.
still genius. still making one as soon as possible, and I've shown this to a couple of friends and infected them with Ideas, as well.
Epic video! As a plumber, these other fittings may be of use. Definitely adding this to my to do list! I would add a Copper cap to the bottom, or even a slip coupling (a slip coupling does not have a stop in the middle and would be easier to install ) just to keep the foot of the staff from mushrooming from extended use. Or if you had another FIP adapter, you could attach that to the bottom of the staff and get a black iron or brass plug and thread it into the to the FIP adapter and have a replaceable foot for your staff.
The seat seems like a great place to add essentially printed material. A more complete star chart, or a set of paw tracks for identifying animals would be cool. I'm not sure if you'd have enough fidelity to use it for identifying plants and mushrooms on basically black and white and a single page.
Could be the sort of thing you check out some survival style pocket books for what else to include.
The middle section feels like it'd be a good place to wrap some brown survival paracord, the kind with an internal fishing line and kindling thread as a backup. Some back of the napkin math (which may be completely wrong) says a 10 foot section of 550 paracard would take up about a 9 inch wide coil on your 1 inch diameter walking stick, so 20-25 feet on the center section that looked mostly empty (or has the star charts beneath) would give you a lot of options for a simple A line with a a cloak, clothes drying, hanging food where animals can't get. Plus that's a 25 foot fishing line and a lot of kindling in an emergency. Paracord wraps are also a good way to wrap up small or sharp tools, like a needle and thread or fish hooks (which you might want to store in a small piece of fine cloth for storage, if you are unwrapping the Paracord for frequent tent use)
If you don't like the look of modern Paracord for a more fantasy vibe, you could also do something similar with leather or hemp cordage. Get basically a small ziploc or folded piece of silk for the fish hooks, needles, looped thread or fishing line, then just take a few minutes to wrap those up tight and flat against the middle section
Sir, as a guy who enjoys mountains and trekking/hiking, I'd recommend adding a bottom to the staff to avoid splitting the pole when using it as a staff/cane. Just imagine a small metal hat on the bottom (could also be done with leather but that requires replacing a lot more often). Besides that, AMAZING project! I'm making this for myself so that I can feel the ranger in me when I go camping.
Not only does that shadow marking trick give you a perfect East-West line, but if you're in the northern hemisphere and put the toe of your shoes at each rock you are now facing north. Or south in the Southern hemisphere