Medieval Camping: What I Brought

"I wanna live like a ranger, not die like one" Well said

Stumbled upon your channel and have gotten hooked. I love that you are completely unashamed for using non-historically accurate materials and explaining the various reasons as to why. Even when that reason is: "It looked like the Lord of the Rings backpack." You've taken this whole world of medieval bushcraft and delivered it in such an approachable way that I feel that anyone could do this. Subscribed.

this is me explaining why I look like a medieval character when I camp

as someone who hikes a lot and doesn't have the ultra light expensive stuff but still modern gear, that seems hardcore, one of the things that skyrocketed in ease of use in the modern world is trekking gear, crazy how we went from almost medieval equipement to space age materials in the last 50 years

Feast gear, and food related kit is a topic worth its own video. Btw, that mic helps a ton.

Townsend's sells what is known as brewers pitch. It is meltable, food safe, resins for treating the inside of wooden drinking/storage vessels. It can be easily melted and combined with a bit of beeswax ( I use slightly less than a 2/1 ratio of pitch & wax) for use in creating a more period correct bota. After you craft the leather vessel simply pour the melted (but not scalding as it will "cook" the leather) into your bota and swirling it around. Make sure to completely coat the inside. I have had the best success using my oven on low heat to keep the mixture liquid and making sure it penetrated the leather. Warming the bota in the oven also makes draining excess mixture from the bota easy(ish ;) ). Again. only heat the oven hot enough to liquefy the brewers pitch. Cannot stress this enough. Hair dryers or heat guns can work but are not as easy and can give uneven results. The ideal is to fully coat the inside without building up an inner "wall" or thick layer. This process will stiffen the leather somewhat making it less flexible but it is a lot better than the modern botas or using animal stomachs or other offal to make a container. And if you mess up and make it really stiff, it is still a good looking and functional canteen. Cheers.

Excellent kit, this is pretty much how I would do it. Mostly accurate, but not dangerously accurate

I’m trying to write a story set in a more medieval setting, and this video helped me a ton! Really glad i came across this channel cuz I forgot that they have to carry at least a couple days worth of food on them… 🙃

That multipouch belt is really cool! Great work , never too many pouches XD

This is super useful for Larps starting in fall this year! I know a bunch of games are setting up incentives to camp rather than cabin up here in the northeast to encourage social distancing and tips like this are great for people wanting to set up immersive camp sites. Fantastic video!

I appreciate the fact to admitting the modern gear and why! There's a reason why gear has evolved, and the fact what was common then is expensive now (WOOL).

I like this very much. Although when we go on our trips, we put a ban on all modern-looking, colorful, plastic, branded etc. stuff. So you wouldn't pass our check with this kit 😀 Nobody from our party is on a big budget, so not everything is fully 'period', but we go for fantasy anyway and this simple ban inspired a lot of creativity. We keep learning from each other on every trip. Thanks for running this channel, we'd almost think we're in this hobby alone 😀

Such a great video! I love your practical approach, and it certainly helps that you are in a position like many of us, not beeing able to spend great amounts of money on the fancy/accurate things :) This really makes you amazingly "non-gatekeeping" if that makes sense ;D So many people are dogmatic and elitist about historical accuracy so its nice to see somehting different. greetings from a new subscriber!

I came across your channel last summer while preparing for my local renfaire, and I'm so glad I did! Every video you make just makes me even more excited to live my life as an adventure. I haven't been able to get started yet, as I only recently turned 18 and still live with my parents, but I'm already making plans!

Looks like you gathered everything you need that does not exceed a weight limit. Being historically accurate seems like it would be very much heavier! Love this video! Thank you for the time you put into showing us!

Hey Sir! Great work! I just started medieval hiking and your Videos are more than inspiring. Much love from Germany

That stew looked amazing!

Just stumbled upon your YouTube and can say I'm glad I'm not the only one who wants to do midevil camping. Just sad that I haven't found friends to do it with

Still one of my favorite videos

I’d recommend a Polish army tent, looks like a fantasy tent, it’s an olive green canvas tipi style tent. If you’ve got a buddy you can unbutton them and make a pair of ponchos/ cloaks.