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Welcome from North Carolina. We used to have a farm outside Auburn and I attended St John Fisher in the mid-1970s. And our daughter is a RN graduate from Nazareth with one of our sons having a double IT major from RIT. It seems that a lot of our money went to schools in Rochester..... We...

Salty, the Sailrites are copies as are many (most) of the industrial machines out there. There's not a lot new under the sun in sewing machines anymore aside from computerized controls. I know folks that can quote chapter and verse as to what machines are copies or which other machines *wholly...

Good morning, Blane We're in Pinnacle, North Carolina about 5 miles from the peak at Pilot Mountain. Lance

As a general rule for when I buy plastic stuff I only buy ITW FASTEX hardware. I have some of my old military gear with those buckles that's been in use for more than 30 years and the only buckle I ever replaced was cracked when it was crushed in the armored hatch of the commanders station on...

Thanks to all for the kind comments. I assure you that as I'm still pretty new to sewing and that this is the first really big hunk of canvas and leather I've wrestled around the sewing table the longer seams especially are nothing like professionally straight and even..... I can't speak to...

Well, back in October(?) I washed some 18 ounce #8 canvas to preshrink it and then ironed it and cut out most of the parts for a 70 liter(ish) basic envelope pack loosely based on the Duluth #4 Traditional pack. I used a Sew-Go pattern and general instructions set I bought from Outdoor...

We use a Ford Expedition EL (the long wheelbase one) for toting canoes, towing the camper etc. It's kind of fancy for bouncing around the mountains here but it's a workhorse. I use a couple sticks of Unitstrut to make a temporary wider rack for two canoes..... which is pretty rare for us...

Riverguy, please let me extend my condolences to you and your family. Where in Virginia are you? We're near Pilot Mountain in North Carolina, an hour south of the intersection of I-81 and I-77. There's a lot of Virginia I'd love to paddle and I think I need to pick your brain sometime. As...

For those interested in adding a tumpline, Duluth and others sell them at reasonable prices. I think Duluth get $15 for theirs. And I have a pattern for sewing one out of webbing and canvas. If anyone is interested I' post the cut piece sizes and sewing instructions. Lance

Johnny, I have a pair of industrial machines, a Consew 226R flatbed with reverse and a Consew 227 cylinder bed machine (no reverse :() and am still learning to sew well. I'm working my way through the different styles of bags, zippers etc to get a feel for making the patterns and then the bags...

Please add me to the drawing. I'm always willing to try something new. Lance

I am a concealed handgun carry permittee in North Carolina. The neighboring states all recognize that permit. I usually carry an handgun (some flavor of a .40 S&W or .45 ACP SIG) when out and about for any reason. Lance

I suspect that there only two kinds of paddlers when it comes to this statement. Them that have thought that and them that will think that......

For those interested in twig stoves.... I just bought another G2 5" Deluxe Combo with soldered Trangia burner for my oldest son to go with the Solo Stove Campfire deluxe kit he got last year...... https://www.fireboxstove.com/sale Lance

Glenn, I knew it was an upside down picture but just wanted to tease a bit about the door opener on the "floor". I'd have driven to Morgantown for that canoe myself (600 mile round trip). Nice find. Lance

Aslowhand, does that screen insert have a ceiling or just walls? Thanks Lance

Good grief, Glenn! You for a second there I thought I'd had a few too many beers..... and I haven't had any yet.... Or is that really a door opener on the floor as some new-fangled way for pulling deer and moose hides off? Lance

I may sew a few bits of webbing or loops on just "because" but this first pack will be kept pretty much like the traditional Duluth #4. The exception is the adjustable height shoulder harness as I have it on hand and can buy them for around the cost of the materials to make one. I'm just...

I spotted these pretty much by accident a few months ago. I couldn't resist. And I recently had one sent to another member here as a "Thank you"..... https://awesome-t-shirts-hoodie.creator-spring.com/listing/canoe161022 They ship from the Netherlands so shipping take a week or two. Lance

Having spent much more than my share of time living outdoors in cold conditions I am a huge fan of liquid fueled stoves burning Coleman or similar camping type fuel. They will light regardless of temperature whereas gaseous fuels become harder to light and less efficient as temperatures drop...