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20′ Tipi for Sale from Spirit Tipis

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Laura Briggs of Spirit Tipis reached out to me about a fantastic tipi she has for sale that’s all ready to go!

It’s a 20′ Tipi with Liner and door. Packaged and ready to send. the price is $1850. (The canvas alone cost $1,000.+) It was made with love and saved with love… so I am excited to see who gets it now.

I have a shop connected to my home which is in a tiny rural town; Skull Valley,  22 miles SW of Prescott  Az. I make Tipis to order, one at a time. They are custom made, and customers get to pick the color of the Leather and the Webbing used as reinforcements.

The picture is my personal, 18′ Tipi.The second picture is a 12′.
   

My phone numbers are:

Shop.  928-442-3225
Cell. 928-925-6298     

Address:P.O. Box 262
Skull  Valley,  Az.
86338       

Here are some more pictures of Laura’s work:

Whole Camp for Sale – 12×12 Panther Pyramid, Chairs, Blankets, Kitchen Goods, Clothes, and More

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Wes Stewart is selling his whole camp and has pictures posted on his website of the items.

The camp includes the following items:

  • Panther primitive 12 x 12 pyramid tent, no mold, no tears, like new
  • Moccasins sz.12/13
  • Leather belt with period buckle
  • Shirt, multi-period kind of a one size affair, hand stitching
  • wool knit fingerless shooting mittens
  • belt carried cartridge bag, + small duffle (pillow sized)
  • Two wool blankets, folding stool
  • trousers fit wide size range, cinch at waist and legs
  • period looking mallet
  • another pair of moccasins, ~womens size 8
  • water skins
  • tent stake bag with many stakes, misc box with mardi gras coins
  • dish dry rack, kitchen box with plates, pots, pans, utensils
  • period looking utensils
  • dutch oven plus container
  • capotes, beaver skin, stockings, canvas fly, and the container
  • 2 solar bags
  • trestle table ~4ft long
  • 3 ladderback chairs
  • 2 not period, but look great in a camp with a canvas cover, Adirondack chairs.
  • fire ring (55 gal barrel)
  • Aerobed inflatable bed, mattress in canvas,period looking, tops the aerobed for great comfort

Pictures of most items are posted up on his site here.

Wes is requesting local pick up only due to size. He’s located 30 miles east of Dallas (Fate, TX), and is not parting out individual items.    He’s asking $1250 or best offer for all.

He can be reached at campsale@stewarthistory.info

Hemp rope resources

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I recently grew tired of using the stinky rope they sell at the local hardware stores (also called “sisal rope,” by those in the settlements) in my shelters and was looking for a more period-correct alternative.  Rope is an extra with wedge tents and the like, but is crucial to setting up a good diamond fly or lean-to.   Increasingly, I am going back to my diamond fly days when flying solo at events.

I have heard that hemp rope was more period, but also harder to come by.   It’s also lighter and much stronger.  While searching for the same on the internet, I came across a company that not only offers different diameters of hemp rope, but also hemp webbing and cloth as well.

In addition to their rope, Turkey Creek Trading Company and Forge offers a selection of event and trekking goods – and a good variety of trail foods and dried edibles.

Thinking the breaking load was optimistic (about 3-4 times the strength of sisal rope) I ordered some of their 8mm rope for my diamond fly (803 lbs breaking weight).   Being a fan of spreading shipping fees across multiple items, I also ordered some parched corn for an upcoming pack-in.

The rope arrived and it was dense and extremely strong.  Though it worked great (I could have kept my diamond down in a gale), it was probably overkill.   I am going to order the smaller (6mm – closer to 1/4″, 404 lbs breaking weight), which will pack better and be easier to tie into knots.  They make an even smaller rope at 4mm (3/16″, 215 lbs breaking weight), but I thought this was just too thin . . .

Oh, and the parched corn was great, too.   I am planning on trying out their Salt Cured Bacon at a Fall event, but more on that later.

You can check out their website here.