tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post8791527124935221966..comments2024-02-28T20:56:23.768-06:00Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: Praxis: More on small wood-burning stoves and other field gear thoughts.Dutchman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-40593710463269601242010-01-05T09:06:02.718-06:002010-01-05T09:06:02.718-06:00Thanks Anon for the details on your bush shirt. I...Thanks Anon for the details on your bush shirt. I will indeed give one a try. <br /><br />As for leaving a low footprint signature, that is indeed a worthy goal. I'll take tips from the environmentally conscious backpacker, trackers, and back to the woods types any day. <br /><br />ApacheApachenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-39811540298928929902010-01-01T15:34:50.631-06:002010-01-01T15:34:50.631-06:00Anonymous said...
I have a problem with the e...<i> Anonymous said...<br /><br /> I have a problem with the earth-whorshipping Greenies and their leave no trace crap so I won't be looking at the Littlbug even if it was free.</i><br />Except that there are trackers that don't even need that to find out who you are and where you've been. Why make it any easier than it is now for the gov to track you when out on patrol?<br /><br />That's what this is about, really. Keep off the IR scope, and stay reasonably comfortable doing it, if possible. Minimize clues left behind for trackers on the ground. The longer it takes for them to find you, the better.Lorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843550881990596267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-27125393212320246072010-01-01T12:12:10.800-06:002010-01-01T12:12:10.800-06:00Anon - wool is good stuff but...
Thanks for that ...Anon - wool is good stuff but...<br /><br />Thanks for that link, There are a good few years in my swanni yet,<br /><br /> I know some sheep farmers who get less number of £ for their wool now than in 1947.<br /><br />Me smells potential business op with de-valued pound<br /><br />ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-70215614155846751582010-01-01T12:03:41.629-06:002010-01-01T12:03:41.629-06:00Apache,
I've never had a rucksack on my bush s...Apache,<br />I've never had a rucksack on my bush shirt, I suspect it would push water through.where it rubs.<br /><br />On its own it is amazingly waterproof, a cotton t shirt stays dry through a summer thunderstorm under it, but if you got into a vehicle to drive with it wet, then it seeps in.<br /><br />Had it on in freezing fog yesterday, the outer fibres and my beard were white with frost, I was tasty with cotton shirt and 2 fibre pile fleeces on under it.<br /><br />one big drawback - not washable<br /><br />I shouted at my dog this morning (he's recoverring from a leg op and not allowed to play fight - hence shouting) and he squirted pee when I put his leader on - quick work with a tissue got it off before the smell soaked in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-18113499699573093882009-12-31T20:15:23.014-06:002009-12-31T20:15:23.014-06:00The field jacket liner and the poncho liner are a ...The field jacket liner and the poncho liner are a tie for best stuff ever issued to me.Tednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-743189854398052592009-12-31T16:33:39.311-06:002009-12-31T16:33:39.311-06:00Wool is good stuff.. but then I found this commen...Wool is good stuff.. but then I found this comment:<br /><br />http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=37080Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-31611957787679667982009-12-31T10:26:01.235-06:002009-12-31T10:26:01.235-06:00Anon, thanks very much for the heads up on the Swa...Anon, thanks very much for the heads up on the Swanndri Bush Shirt. <br /><br />This is the one I think I'll try, given the full zipper is better for more venting when on the move and getting hot. <br /><br />Just how water/weatherproof is it? Good enough for a light drizzle, or are you talking sustained downpour? I'd be surprised at any fabric not eventually wetting through in a downpour, whatever the treatment that has been used on it, but please elaborate on your experiences with it. Also, does carrying a ruck over it mean that it soaks through where the straps cross it? <br /><br />Thanks again. That's one I did not know about. Even if it did wet through, it would still keep you pretty warm, being wool, and is certainly better than cotton any day. Hmmm, perhaps it would work as a cover over a very thin gortex layer. I'll have to experiment with that. <br /><br />"Apache"Apachenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-65182421153518275952009-12-31T07:08:42.112-06:002009-12-31T07:08:42.112-06:00Silent and breathable waterproof top - well, you d...Silent and breathable waterproof top - well, you don,t get wet when you're moving but it will seep in if you are sitting on it.<br /><br />Put the hood up and the roar of the wind disappears.<br /><br />Had one for about ten years now, Brilliant thing.<br /><br />http://www.swanndri.co.nz/Mens/Bushshirts/SD0103/Original-100-Wool-Bushshirt.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-31498752281908166952009-12-31T01:49:39.610-06:002009-12-31T01:49:39.610-06:00These little wood stoves are actually quite intere...These little wood stoves are actually quite interesting scientific devices. For instance, the Kelly (Volcano kettle) stove uses a central chimney to achieve high combustion efficiencies and temperatures by creating both a high velocity oxygen rich intake draft and a concentrated exhaust. The stove then is by necessity rather narrow and tall to provide enough area for the transfer of energy from the fast moving hot exhaust before it is gone.<br /><br />A more efficient design would obviously be one that traps the hot exhaust long enough for it to give up a higher percentage of its energy, and this has been attempted in various 'down draft' designs, which use double flow chimney channels. It is of course a balancing act to maintain enough draft to draw in proper amounts of fresh oxygen to the combustion area while retaining the hot exhaust long enough to extract as much energy as possible. But since these are simple low energy devices they are well suited for back yard experimenters to play with using what ever tin cans or sheet metal happen to be available.<br /><br />An interesting variation on this type are the 'wood-gas' models which not only provide quick high temperature cooking from small twigs, leaves, pine needles, etc. but also produce charcoal which is an even better fuel regarding heat output, lack of smoke, etc.<br /><br />For the back yard mechanic and tinkerer just do a web search on 'appropriate technology' 'cooking stoves' 'wood gas' and or any combination of terms.<br /><br />What I especially like about these devices is that they can serve as a great model for basic physics. For instance stove pipe is round not just for economical reasons but because hot air naturally rises in a spiral column that is basically cylindrical. The reason for this is due to the energy of motion of the hot gas molecules translating from that of Chaotic Brownian Motion, which is motion in all direction (Temperature and Pressure), to the motion of an Order Flow along a common pathway - up. This lowers the lateral pressure of the rising column inducing the surrounding air to move in towards it and this movement of course will be very symmetrical forming a cylindrical shape, which is what you find in hurricane and tornado formations - spirals included. This by the way also demonstrates that such formations are centripetal and not centrifugal in nature which comes as a surprise to many who only think in terms of mechanical devices. This can also be applied to the formation of galaxies as well as the basic formations of matter but for that you have to forget Einstein (the relative has no relevance to the absolute) and voodoo quantum physics (can anyone say 'bullshit') and go back to the reality of the gaseous aether of Nikola Tesla.<br /><br />Happy New Year to all III-Pers and Patriots. God Bless You, our Troops, and our Constitution.<br /><br />bacsi<br />PS: Ok, Mike. We got chapter 32 - its been received and read already, now what the hey have you done for us lately???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-63572283791519235462009-12-30T23:05:40.459-06:002009-12-30T23:05:40.459-06:00Regarding the IR test, it might be god to know wha...Regarding the IR test, it might be god to know what commonly applied "treatments" (sprays on stuff) might enhance the ability of various cloths to minimize their thermal signature.<br /><br />The reason I ask is that people may need to treat the gear (clothing AND other items in kits, on packs, around the camp...) they already own, rather than go out and get hold of things that do a better job than what they have.<br /><br />......might save a few lives one day.....III more than themnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-40246769304743669242009-12-30T15:29:29.098-06:002009-12-30T15:29:29.098-06:00Very informative, thank you.
I'd like to seco...Very informative, thank you.<br /><br />I'd like to second the request for a thorough writeup of the infrared issue.<br /><br />If a threeper with access to the right gear could run a series of actual tests, that would be most excellent. The IR signatures of common materials, clothes, and equipment would be handy, as well as tests of signature reduction techniques and hides.<br /><br />Someone's recently written about a method involving a poncho and a shallow debris-lined trench, but just how effective is that, and what does it look like through the scope? Let's find out and go from there.<br /><br />-SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-48503207411406207942009-12-30T12:06:47.028-06:002009-12-30T12:06:47.028-06:00I have used and swear by my bivvy sacks both in ci...I have used and swear by my bivvy sacks both in civilian and "other" enterprises. As a testament I was once "dunked" into a South American river by a bad foot bridge. Soaked to the bone, I went through my gear to dry everything out, except my sleeping gear because it was zipped up in the bivvy, and had only a slight bit of water near the zipper opening. The bivvy saved me from a REALLY nasty night or two. Also keeps out bugs, snakes etc. The one I use now gives me enough head room with a small pole as to allow me to read a book, etc. and even has a screen window.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-24339765380807111442009-12-30T11:14:02.503-06:002009-12-30T11:14:02.503-06:00I have a problem with the earth-whorshipping Green...I have a problem with the earth-whorshipping Greenies and their leave no trace crap so I won't be looking at the Littlbug even if it was free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-91007626849150205452009-12-30T11:03:43.286-06:002009-12-30T11:03:43.286-06:00Hi Mr. Vanderboegh:
I just wanted to heartily con...Hi Mr. Vanderboegh:<br /><br />I just wanted to heartily concur with the recommendations regarding Wiggy's "sweater." I consider them one of the best values for cold weather wear. The take up very little space when packed, weigh almost nothing, and are even comfortable enough to wear while in a sleeping bag for extra warmth. Even when wet, they still keep you warm and will quickly dry out just from your body heat. They are one of the few insulated items on the market that can withstand regular machine washing (no heat for drying though.)<br /><br />I have personally survived many nights at temperatures to -40 degrees and below with only Wiggy's LAMILITE insulation protecting me from the cold, including Jerry's brilliantly ingenious "sweater".<br /><br />Disclaimer: I do HAVE an affiliation with the company that made these "sweaters" in Canada using Wiggy's patented LAMILITE insulation.<br /><br />http://dropzonetactical.com/clothing/squeezeme.html<br /><br />P.S. My lady is wearing one of those "sweaters" on our trip to Europe earlier this month. See my url.David Hamelhttp://tofieldgunshow.com/daveham/spain/2009-12-10_Seattle_Amsterdam_Barcelona/noreply@blogger.com