The Shirttail Mess

               Just returned from a weekend of catching up with friends and making new ones at the newly formatted Martins Station spring ev...

      Before I start this post, I should say that it's going rile a few folks. To the progressive types I might be  preaching a heresy, ...

  A few passages relating to the festivities around this time of year.  Christmas is come, hang on the pot, Let spits turn round, and ovens ...

        There was a time in this hobby when the only real option for correctly made clothing was to purchase the wool or linen, pattern it y...

      I'm glad that Kobuck is writing prolifically again, because it pushes me to muse. Sometimes I muse on here more than I think I sho...

     A common thing we see in the hobby is the notion of waterproofing. While we do see the military knapsacks of the era being waterproofed...

     Type in longhunter in google image search, and you'll find any and all sorts of things. I had to scroll down pretty far before I fo...