I'm glad you clarified what a hobo really was. I knew because my grandfather told me he was one during the great depression. He would ride the rails looking for work. Most people today have absolutely no idea. He was a hard working man and made a good life for himself. He learned a trade and started his own business raised a family.
I really enjoy all the Hobo series episodes. I find the life style of the Hobo interesting. Anywhere they could hang their hat they could sleep and call it home.
I DO need to read about it, as I met some of those guys when I was younger. One of my best friends while he was alive rode the rails during the Depression. Later he was in the 101st Airborne all the way from Normandy until Austria and liberated a Concentration Camp. The most good brother would talk about any of the WWII experiences. He would NOT talk about riding the rails! I miss the old fellow. I was a late teen and he was in his 70s...
Yes, it was an interesting time and many of the hobos were fascinating people. Some of them had pretty bad PTSD from the war and perhaps found it difficult to fit into normal society. However, many of them were the salt of the earth when it came to dealing with other people and being hard workers. My great uncle was also a hobo for about 20 years or so before he married my great aunt. He was also a World War II vet.
When I was a boy (back in the 50's) we had a Hobo who showed up twice a year. He knew where we lived, and we always enjoyed seeing him. He had lots of stories for a young boy to thrive on. I did not know until I was an adult this man was an ex-Marine who fought in WW1, as did my dad. My father had invited him to the house, and they were actually quite friendly toward one another. Daddy extended that invitation because they were both Marines. Fond memories for me now. I am afraid those kinds of days are long gone. Never knew what happened to him. He just quit coming.
@@franckorphanos2998 Thank you, He was not a perfect man, but then who is, He was a good man who loved mom and us kids. I have hundreds of stories I could tell about him.
This video brought a smile to my face and many wonderful memories of my great Aunt Lydia. Specifically the story her son [my second cousin] told about the sheriff finding him at work one day and telling him there was a marked path from the RR tracks to his back door. He was asked if he wanted to take down the markers and told the sheriff ''No, Mama will just walk down there and bring them home to feed them. Besides that I have not raked leaves, mowed grass, trimmed hedges or chopped wood in a long time and the fence has a new coat of white wash. This is a true story and took place after WWII.
Yes, they used to differentiate between "Gentlemen of leisure" and "Gentlemen of the road" in the UK. Am a big fan of using bandanas to wrap up Billy cans. So many uses. I'm very impressed most of your items look like they're from the era. My first fixed blade was very similar to that one, probably about tenth hand, made in Sheffield and was incredibly easy to keep sharp. Wish I still had it.
Modern hobo: Dave Canterbury is the best example I can think of... Check out his kits. It's kit +skill, imho. Otherwise it's just a camper with fancy gear. No skills=not a hobo. Skills but no gear=the hobo will make/gather his gear.
@davidmoore8369 I watch Dave Canterbury's channel too. Good info, but waypoint survival is more entertaining and thinks outside the box for video content.
@@alimfuzzy agreed. Waypoint is this: I found some garbage and I need some things... I make them. Very essential skill. Pathfinder is king of making things from the organic landscape. Waypoint is king of man made scavenging. Therefore... I gotta take your correction👍👍
Nice set up. I tried to make one of these as a kid, which is when the internet was just for colleges or governments and no home PCs. Anyway I would read what they carried but I couldn't find a handkerchief that would do the job. It wasn't til the late 90s I learned they were the size of a scarf. That is why people like Kephart wrapped hi torso with a silk one for warmth at night. Get a cowboy rag and you have one that can do the job. That is why these videos are important, you couldn't find information like this whe I was young and not to easy to get today.
Thanks for making this. My grandfather who died a few years back aged 104 told me that if he'd not had a family he would have loved to have been a Hobo hopping the Train in the US .
That was awesome James! That old school can opener was an amazing touch, just the history of that one little piece would be all worth the while! Thanks for making this, the hobo series is outstanding. Take care my friend and God bless you and yours!!
Hey James. I've got an old pair of Boy Scout aluminum pliers I carry with my cook set. One of the handles has a J hook for the end of the handle, and its used if a T format for lifting Dutch ovens and other pots. This might be a useful mod for your hobo pliers on the other end. Cheers.
Those aluminum pliers are specifically for handling hot camp cookware like you do. They used to be fairly common and inexpensive back in the 60's and 70's when I had some in the scouts. Mine came up missing many years ago. They're fairly rare anymore, and I imagine most of them were broken from people trying to use them as regular pliers trying to repair something Hang onto em and guard em carefully
@@maxpinson5002 - and that's why my set is just for the cook pots. The Leatherman gets all the abuse. The BSA pliers have lasted 30+ years, and I plan to hand them down the line.
Greetings James, I enjoy this series of hobo ... I would love to see a story line like the pioneer it would be very interesting see you play out a mini series...
A note on bandanas. Standard bandanas are 22” square. However typically for between $1-$2 additional you can purchase 27” square bandanas. Same manufacturers. Same colors. Same patterns. The extra 5 inches all the way around substantially increases the utility of the piece of cloth. It’s amazing how significantly. ALSO: if you play paintball, Air Soft or otherwise train in environments where infrared technology/optics are in use 🚨wash those bandanas separately w/o using laundry detergent🚨American laundry detergents all have whiteners in their formulas that glow like Caspar the Friendly Ghost when viewed through I.R. (infrared) Obviously this applies to field garb, rifle slings, packs -everything. Utilities washed in Tide, Gain et al are no longer safe/advisable for any tactical applications. God bless. Proverbs 27:12
I literally just got a church key today. American made super sturdy for a quarter 😅😅 And I was wanting a video of things that are different for survival uses etc. Thanks James
I had to go back and look for the coffee video. ☕ I couldn't believe I had missed it. But then saw it was from a year ago and I don't think I've been subscribed that long. That's my story and I'm sticking to it hahaha. 😄 Time to binge watch some "missing" episodes. ✌
Another great video, i must have missed this one. Loving traditional kit, im swapping/selling some items now for older traditional ones. The only thing you cannot buy in the UK anymore are strike anywhere matches. Theyve actually become a collector item and a full box can cost up to £15 (almost 20 US dollars) !! Take care, keep up the videos 👍
What happened to the videos about the guy trying to get to the great Ohio country.......... please share links if there's more, cause I can't find it anywhere...... me and my boys love watching those....... oh yea, thanks so much for making them, and PLEASE CONTINUE SO......... we love your channel brother!
my god that bindle is straight out of doctor who!! 😳 all that stuff in there! hobo's must have been master packers! everything necessary to survive but nothing extra! they basically founded (possibly!) todays EDC bag layouts in a way, plus they were doing the olde version of a bugout i guess, but to work not SHTF scenario (they'd probably survive longer than most either way!) most interesting! being in the uk hobo's didnt exist (to my knowledge!) we had tramps and vagabonds (unsure of the spelling!) but they may have been the uk version of hobo's! anyway, thanks for an interesting video (i cant think of any that arent!) i was wondering, do you ever have bloopers on these vids that you dont show? they may be fun to add at the end of the video if you so dare to! 😊
Thanks so much! Some of my earlier videos do indeed have bloopers at the end. However, as most people only watch about 58% of any given video I quit putting them at the end as most people didn't see them anyway.
Good interesting video! I had talked to some old guys many years ago that talked about hoboeing trains during the depression! You look like Red Skelton there!
I think maybe I posted this a while back on something else where you had the hobo stick. But the very last time I went trick-or-treating I was about 12 years old and I dressed as a hobo. Stick, red bandanna, rickety Old hat and a 5 o’clock stubble put all over my face with an eyebrow pencil. We was “Po Folks”. But apparently we had moved up a little bit in the world because I remember my first Halloween costume was a paper bag with eye holes cut out. 🤣
A wonderful video of turn of the century Americana... Question for ya bud. Have you put thought to a small mini series of "Hobo Life" ? Linda what you did with your pioneer settler videos? I'd watch!! :)
You got a lot of stuff into that bindle. My friend and me hopped a freight in skykomish Washington and wrote it all the way over to Wenatchee Washington. We spent the night in Hobo town down by the river and hopped another Freight the next morning going to Coeur d'Alene Idaho. After we got to Coeur d'Alene we was leaving the rails to go over to the road and do some hitchhiking and we passed three hobos cooking a stew. We gave him a dollar a piece for a bowl of stew and it was honestly pretty good and it even had meat in it. As we were leaving my friend asked them what the meat was and they said dog and immediately what he ate hit the ground. Honestly I thought it was really good it didn't matter to me meat is meat. Anyway that's my little story for the day about some of my travels, way back in my younger years. I got a lot of Tails like that, true Tales also. Thanks for showing us what's in a bindle I thought that was very interesting. Who knows with the way things are going now some people may have to pack up and travel that way. I don't believe I would travel that way though I believe I would stay in the woods. Even at my age I might not make a few miles a day but I would still get along without people jumping me. Thanks again for the video James you've always got a little bit of obscure History to show us. May God bless
una maravilla de kit Hobo. felicitaciones. gracias muchas gracias por mantener con vida la cultura HOBO. Respeto y saludos desde Colombia Sur America. estudio mucho el arte de la supervivencia.
Thanks for helping to dispel the myths about hobo life. I'm in my mid-seventies and I was taught to read hobo sign by one of the bo's. Like many others my folks both grew up in straightened circumstances during the Depression so they understood why people were still on the road.
Tina "two tooth" from a homeless encampment outside Scottsdale (an upper-class encampment with a latte machine and panini station) told me know one calls it a bindle. No one. They are now called a 'Mobile Home Bag'. Wooden sticks have long been replaced by 'selfie I-phone poles' that record all of their daily occurrences...even at times of constitutional release. She said (and was backed up by Bed Bug Bill and his friend Hector Hemmoroid) that pillow cases are the norm for carrying stuff. B.O. Bob said "doo-rag bags are a clear give-away that narcs are infiltrating our camp". The Scottsdale homeless hold a filet mignon night every Tuesday for newcomers. But do not show up with a doo-rag on a stick as you will scream "narco" to them and what you will be served is rat steak. It is indeed strange to encounter homeless folks like these that drive Lexus and Prius...but it is Scottsdale! Plus their charitably works of raising money for older people (Diapers for those of Decades) is very popular. It showcases an adult diaper that several people can share and wear. They were featured in an article in Forbes called "Share The Load ". They explain how excrement can be an excellent fire starter when dried...especially if Taco Bell has been part ot their diet in the last 2 weeks. If they used 'Diablo Sauce' at any time the fire will roar (and smell) but will create a great campfire. Lazy Larry Limp Leg expressed " You say 'bindle' to me...I know you're poser! " Well, I didn't mean to stir them up but wow are they livid! Yes the men there wear $90 ties and the women sport Gucci purses but they have pride!! Why would you embarrass them with doo-rag stick bag content?? Many of them are leaving camp and taking a room at the Marriott because of the embarrassment! Do you feel no shame?
My dad started as a hobo at the age of 17. He left the backwoods of Mississippi for California back in 1944. Told me got tired of living in a single room wooden shack with my 4 uncles, 3 aunts, grandmother, , that he was tired of picking cotton, harvesting and drying tobacco leaves., and working in stables. The words from his mouth were " I left that shack, boy. I got my biscuits and my hobo stick and got the fuck on! Took the only cast iron skillet we had in the shack at the time with me. Took my knife and one goddamn fork." He traveled via the railroads and back roads especially from Mississippi and Louisiana because he was scared of being killed due to being black and traveling alone at that time. He traded goods he came about, doing small jobs for money, and even mentioned how he was stabbed by another hobo at a rail junction but was able to fight him off using the very skillet he took from home. Took him near 2 and half months to make it to California. We he did, he said his clothes were tattered and leather boots looked like they had been in a war. He took various jobs in Los Angeles including working as a maintenance worker task with inspecting the sewer system. He had gathered a lot of trade skills when he was a hobo. He could operate heavy machinery, weld, plumbing, paint, construction, and even farm. He quit working for the city of Los Angeles for a job working at The Long Beach Naval Shipyard and stayed there til they closed in 1997.
Thank you for this verry interesting and informativ video! I think it is good to learn how they manage it in former times to be prepared. With the best wishes from Germany!
50 of 74 years a hobo. It was common to use a hoe for a bindle stick. Of course it was the most commonly used tool on the farm at one time. Still used as one can make a few bucks hoeing weeds between rows of corn and such. You often used a spare shirt instead of the bandanna you show. It would hold a bit more of course so likely socks and a small fry pan & tin cup. And what odd and ends need be used for work like pliers, tin snips, and screw driver.
@@WayPointSurvival 50 of 74 years a hobo. As a kid of 12. A hobo was knocking on doors looking for change. Must of took the wrong freight train as my town was on a branch line. Ma gave him a little change from her apron pocket. After he left ma said " You better give tramps some money or they will steal " Her being raised during the Great Depression I couldn't understand being mean spirited about hobos. I remembered my Sunday School lesson about the beggar and the rich man. I told her " But I might be a hobo someday, you told me we don't always know what God has in store for us " She replied " That will never happen to you " 3 years later I was on a freight train leaving town.
I must say I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for sharing the Hobo life hacks. But I also thought you would pull out hooks and line for fishing. Still loved the video. 🙏
Thanks! I have several books on the subject as well as doing historical research on the internet. You can read about the hobo code of ethics as well as many pictures of them and their hobo jungles.
When my dad was a kid he said he wanted to be either a pastor or a hobo when he grew up. He's a pastor of a very small church, we think he might have made more money as a hobo.
I have dozens (possibly hundreds) of those snus tins and no idea what to do with them, I hate the idea of just throwing them out when they seem so dang useful
When I was 7 years old I saw Mickey Mouse walking with this. I decided it was time to leave home, so I grabbed a dishcloth, a stick, a block of cheese and announced I was leaving. My dad followed me 100 meters down the road and I came home after I ate the block of cheese.
American Hobo Co. CEO You got most of it right, left out riding gloves and usually eye goggles. Library Rail Map on cloth. Hobo, Tool Room Attendant, Transitory, Migrant worker, Skilled Woodsman. Not Bum! Only way to see America by Rail Freight Train! Hobos are not Homeless. And a strict code of ethics, except the stealing of a fresh baked pie, usually paid for in silver coin, due to superstition about theft. You must learn and know all signals and signs to read the code , like reading a travel gazette. It should be mentioned that catching out as free baggage on Freight is considered very Dangerous. I learned how from Train Tony, the most stylish dressed Hobo, including French Parasol, and Burnham the Arch Duke. Lesson one, always carry as much Water as you possibly can!
Excellent information, never knew they were workers, people usually refer to them as bums or migrants who were unwanted. Hence the markings they made on trees or fences telling others where to get a good meal, or where to avoid. I'm sure there were different groups or mislabeled like you said.
Actually, most of the famous hobo jungles are long gone. However, they can still be found on the outskirts of some towns and cities usually not too far from a railroad line somewhere.
Das war sehr interessant. Ich bin erstaunt wie viel Werkzeug mitgenommen wurde. Im Vergleich zu damals zu heute gibt es kaum eine Veränderung. Die Zange ist nur zum Multifunktionswerktzeug verändert worden 😊... Als ich mit dem Wandern und übernachten im Wald begann, waren die Leute darüber verwundert, daß ich eine Kombizange mitgenommen habe 😅... In der ehemaligen DDR ( GDR ) gab es keinerlei Literatur zum Thema Outdoor und dem Überleben im Wald... Ich wiederhole mich... Wenn ich das Geld 💰 und die Zeit hätte, würde ich dir sehr gerne persönlich die Hand schütteln 😅😊 PS auf meinem Kanal eines Russischenkurznachrichtendienstes habe ich dein Video geteilt. ( YT würde bei Erwähnung des Klarnamen diesen Kommentar löschen) 😢
okay, the plastic bag suggests you are not limitting yourself to items only available in the 30s - why not just a Leatherman to replace all those tools, to make more space for beef jerky.. Although the old scout knife is really a beauty, i must say, my grandpa gave me one like that.
Not all of my videos are about the 1930s. Some of them are more modern hobo skills. The reason I don't replace the tools with a Leatherman is because a multi-tool doesn't do any one thing very well. You're always better off a full size tools if you can carry them.
Just a Add On, Now a Days They Do Have Rain proof And Thin Plastic " PANCHOS" that are Very Small and Compact for Storage and A Great Addition to your Bag, please all Do Respect for our Past.Thank You.💯💯💯🤩🤩🤩👍
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I'm glad you clarified what a hobo really was. I knew because my grandfather told me he was one during the great depression. He would ride the rails looking for work. Most people today have absolutely no idea. He was a hard working man and made a good life for himself. He learned a trade and started his own business raised a family.
most doing it today are druggies and mentals both dangerous as a rabid animal! run into them you better be armed to the teeth!!
Yes, they were generally very honorable men and unfortunately mischaracterized in this day and age.
@@WayPointSurvivallike so much in our societies unfortunately…
I think it's very important that you brought up the fact that they lived and worked near the railroad.
I really enjoy all the Hobo series episodes. I find the life style of the Hobo interesting. Anywhere they could hang their hat they could sleep and call it home.
Indeed. Thanks again, my friend!
A true connoisseur of historic Hobo culture.
Thanks so much!
I DO need to read about it, as I met some of those guys when I was younger. One of my best friends while he was alive rode the rails during the Depression. Later he was in the 101st Airborne all the way from Normandy until Austria and liberated a Concentration Camp. The most good brother would talk about any of the WWII experiences. He would NOT talk about riding the rails! I miss the old fellow. I was a late teen and he was in his 70s...
Yes, it was an interesting time and many of the hobos were fascinating people. Some of them had pretty bad PTSD from the war and perhaps found it difficult to fit into normal society. However, many of them were the salt of the earth when it came to dealing with other people and being hard workers. My great uncle was also a hobo for about 20 years or so before he married my great aunt. He was also a World War II vet.
@@WayPointSurvivalyou have a good story too. I just subscribed because I have stories in common and I so much appreciate all the stories here.
When I was a boy (back in the 50's) we had a Hobo who showed up twice a year. He knew where we lived, and we always enjoyed seeing him. He had lots of stories for a young boy to thrive on. I did not know until I was an adult this man was an ex-Marine who fought in WW1, as did my dad. My father had invited him to the house, and they were actually quite friendly toward one another. Daddy extended that invitation because they were both Marines. Fond memories for me now. I am afraid those kinds of days are long gone. Never knew what happened to him. He just quit coming.
Very cool story! Thanks so much for watching the video and for sharing it!
@@franckorphanos2998 Thank you, He was not a perfect man, but then who is, He was a good man who loved mom and us kids. I have hundreds of stories I could tell about him.
Thank you for this video ! ❣️
This video brought a smile to my face and many wonderful memories of my great Aunt Lydia. Specifically the story her son [my second cousin] told about the sheriff finding him at work one day and telling him there was a marked path from the RR tracks to his back door. He was asked if he wanted to take down the markers and told the sheriff ''No, Mama will just walk down there and bring them home to feed them. Besides that I have not raked leaves, mowed grass, trimmed hedges or chopped wood in a long time and the fence has a new coat of white wash. This is a true story and took place after WWII.
Very cool story! Thanks so much for sharing it and for watching the video!
@@WayPointSurvival Thank you for the wonderful videos, I enjoy them all.
Yes, they used to differentiate between "Gentlemen of leisure" and "Gentlemen of the road" in the UK. Am a big fan of using bandanas to wrap up Billy cans. So many uses. I'm very impressed most of your items look like they're from the era. My first fixed blade was very similar to that one, probably about tenth hand, made in Sheffield and was incredibly easy to keep sharp. Wish I still had it.
Thanks. Those old blades were well made for sure!
I didn't think that there would be that many items in there. What a Suprise.
Thanks so much!
Can you do a video on a modern hobo pack? Maybe for different seasons.
Thanks for watching and for the suggestions!
Modern hobo:
Dave Canterbury is the best example I can think of...
Check out his kits.
It's kit +skill, imho. Otherwise it's just a camper with fancy gear.
No skills=not a hobo.
Skills but no gear=the hobo will make/gather his gear.
@davidmoore8369 I watch Dave Canterbury's channel too. Good info, but waypoint survival is more entertaining and thinks outside the box for video content.
@@alimfuzzy agreed. Waypoint is this: I found some garbage and I need some things... I make them.
Very essential skill.
Pathfinder is king of making things from the organic landscape.
Waypoint is king of man made scavenging.
Therefore... I gotta take your correction👍👍
Nice set up. I tried to make one of these as a kid, which is when the internet was just for colleges or governments and no home PCs. Anyway I would read what they carried but I couldn't find a handkerchief that would do the job. It wasn't til the late 90s I learned they were the size of a scarf. That is why people like Kephart wrapped hi torso with a silk one for warmth at night. Get a cowboy rag and you have one that can do the job. That is why these videos are important, you couldn't find information like this whe I was young and not to easy to get today.
Excellent, glad you liked it!
Thanks for making this. My grandfather who died a few years back aged 104 told me that if he'd not had a family he would have loved to have been a Hobo hopping the Train in the US .
You're very welcome!
That was awesome James! That old school can opener was an amazing touch, just the history of that one little piece would be all worth the while! Thanks for making this, the hobo series is outstanding. Take care my friend and God bless you and yours!!
Thanks so much and God bless you too!
@WayPointSurvival you're very welcome James!
I was surprised at how much you were able to fit in that. God bless and stay safe.
Thanks for watching and God bless you too!
Best bushcraft cup ever. I have one of thoes I got from my mother. Gotta love it
Indeed! Thank you for watching!
I've thoroughly enjoyed your hobo series. There's nothing like it on the rest of youtube. Thanks so much for your research and content.
Wow, thank you so much!
Interesting video James , thanks for sharing , God bless brother !
Thanks so much and God bless you too, my brother!
Hey James. I've got an old pair of Boy Scout aluminum pliers I carry with my cook set. One of the handles has a J hook for the end of the handle, and its used if a T format for lifting Dutch ovens and other pots. This might be a useful mod for your hobo pliers on the other end. Cheers.
That's a good idea!
@@WayPointSurvival I have made many items from your videos! Thanks for your help you have made camping A lot funner🙋🏻♂️
Those aluminum pliers are specifically for handling hot
camp cookware like you do.
They used to be fairly common
and inexpensive back in the 60's and 70's when I had some
in the scouts. Mine came up missing many years ago.
They're fairly rare anymore, and I imagine most of them were broken from people trying to use them as regular pliers trying to repair something
Hang onto em and guard em
carefully
@@maxpinson5002 - and that's why my set is just for the cook pots. The Leatherman gets all the abuse. The BSA pliers have lasted 30+ years, and I plan to hand them down the line.
Greetings James, I enjoy this series of hobo ... I would love to see a story line like the pioneer it would be very interesting see you play out a mini series...
That would definitely be an interesting idea. I did do one video that was sort of a storyline a couple of years ago called hobos and hard times.
A note on bandanas. Standard bandanas are 22” square. However typically for between $1-$2 additional you can purchase 27” square bandanas. Same manufacturers. Same colors. Same patterns. The extra 5 inches all the way around substantially increases the utility of the piece of cloth. It’s amazing how significantly. ALSO: if you play paintball, Air Soft or otherwise train in environments where infrared technology/optics are in use 🚨wash those bandanas separately w/o using laundry detergent🚨American laundry detergents all have whiteners in their formulas that glow like Caspar the Friendly Ghost when viewed through I.R. (infrared) Obviously this applies to field garb, rifle slings, packs -everything. Utilities washed in Tide, Gain et al are no longer safe/advisable for any tactical applications. God bless. Proverbs 27:12
Good idea and thanks for the heads up on those. Thanks for watching and God bless you too!
Great video! After seeing each of those individual tools, I've gotta say, thank God for the Leatherman WAVE+! 😁😁😁
Thanks for watching!
I literally just got a church key today. American made super sturdy for a quarter 😅😅
And I was wanting a video of things that are different for survival uses etc.
Thanks James
Excellent, the ones made in the USA are definitely better in my experience.
That was great James! That's the kind of stuff I love! Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
You always have the best information in your videos.
Thanks so much!
I love watching your videos, always full of helpful facts. I’ve used many of your ideas to fashion bushcrafting items. Thank you so much for sharing!
Excellent. Great education for the life on the at the time.
Thanks!
I had to go back and look for the coffee video. ☕
I couldn't believe I had missed it. But then saw it was from a year ago and I don't think I've been subscribed that long. That's my story and I'm sticking to it hahaha. 😄
Time to binge watch some "missing" episodes. ✌
Awesome, glad you found it!
Would be good to see you doing a hobo camp out like Kenith did.
Great little kit.
Thanks!
This Is Awesome, Thanks for sharing!!!💯💯💯🤙✌
Thanks for watching!
Another great video, i must have missed this one. Loving traditional kit, im swapping/selling some items now for older traditional ones. The only thing you cannot buy in the UK anymore are strike anywhere matches. Theyve actually become a collector item and a full box can cost up to £15 (almost 20 US dollars) !!
Take care, keep up the videos 👍
Thanks, will do!
What happened to the videos about the guy trying to get to the great Ohio country.......... please share links if there's more, cause I can't find it anywhere...... me and my boys love watching those....... oh yea, thanks so much for making them, and PLEASE CONTINUE SO......... we love your channel brother!
It's in the video archives on my channel. We are currently filming for episode 16, but the other 15 are online.
We might all be travelling workmen soon.
Indeed.
my god that bindle is straight out of doctor who!! 😳 all that stuff in there! hobo's must have been master packers! everything necessary to survive but nothing extra! they basically founded (possibly!) todays EDC bag layouts in a way, plus they were doing the olde version of a bugout i guess, but to work not SHTF scenario (they'd probably survive longer than most either way!)
most interesting! being in the uk hobo's didnt exist (to my knowledge!) we had tramps and vagabonds (unsure of the spelling!) but they may have been the uk version of hobo's!
anyway, thanks for an interesting video (i cant think of any that arent!) i was wondering, do you ever have bloopers on these vids that you dont show? they may be fun to add at the end of the video if you so dare to! 😊
Thanks so much! Some of my earlier videos do indeed have bloopers at the end. However, as most people only watch about 58% of any given video I quit putting them at the end as most people didn't see them anyway.
Good interesting video! I had talked to some old guys many years ago that talked about hoboeing trains during the depression! You look like Red Skelton there!
Lol. Thanks!
I think maybe I posted this a while back on something else where you had the hobo stick. But the very last time I went trick-or-treating I was about 12 years old and I dressed as a hobo. Stick, red bandanna, rickety Old hat and a 5 o’clock stubble put all over my face with an eyebrow pencil. We was “Po Folks”.
But apparently we had moved up a little bit in the world because I remember my first Halloween costume was a paper bag with eye holes cut out. 🤣
Memories memories memories! Thanks so much for sharing!
Thank you for that info.
You're welcome!
A wonderful video of turn of the century Americana...
Question for ya bud. Have you put thought to a small mini series of "Hobo Life" ? Linda what you did with your pioneer settler videos? I'd watch!! :)
Thanks! I did do a one-off video called Hobo's and hard times. However I have not made it into a series at this point.
Thanks, James, I absolutely love these hobo videos! 🙏
Thanks so much!
I have said this before on one of your 1800's videos I just love your explanations and your demonstrations on the various subjects.
Thanks so much!
Excellent!
Thanks!
You got a lot of stuff into that bindle. My friend and me hopped a freight in skykomish Washington and wrote it all the way over to Wenatchee Washington. We spent the night in Hobo town down by the river and hopped another Freight the next morning going to Coeur d'Alene Idaho. After we got to Coeur d'Alene we was leaving the rails to go over to the road and do some hitchhiking and we passed three hobos cooking a stew. We gave him a dollar a piece for a bowl of stew and it was honestly pretty good and it even had meat in it. As we were leaving my friend asked them what the meat was and they said dog and immediately what he ate hit the ground. Honestly I thought it was really good it didn't matter to me meat is meat. Anyway that's my little story for the day about some of my travels, way back in my younger years. I got a lot of Tails like that, true Tales also. Thanks for showing us what's in a bindle I thought that was very interesting. Who knows with the way things are going now some people may have to pack up and travel that way. I don't believe I would travel that way though I believe I would stay in the woods. Even at my age I might not make a few miles a day but I would still get along without people jumping me. Thanks again for the video James you've always got a little bit of obscure History to show us. May God bless
Very cool story! Thanks so much for sharing it, my friend, and God bless you too!
una maravilla de kit Hobo.
felicitaciones.
gracias muchas gracias por mantener con vida la cultura HOBO.
Respeto y saludos desde Colombia Sur America.
estudio mucho el arte de la supervivencia.
De nada!
Very cool. Always been fascinated by the hobo way of life
Thanks!
Thanks for helping to dispel the myths about hobo life. I'm in my mid-seventies and I was taught to read hobo sign by one of the bo's. Like many others my folks both grew up in straightened circumstances during the Depression so they understood why people were still on the road.
You're welcome and thanks for watching!
You're welcome and thanks for watching!
Thx always wondered bout the bindlr n hobos.
Thanks so much for watching!
Thanks James. This is great.
Thanks!
This is probably 10th I have seen this video. I think it would be interesting in what hobos carry today.
Check out Hobo Shoestring's channel as well as the Texas Roadrunner's channel on RUclips. Both great resources for that info.
Thx for this nice Video.very interresting and Shows simple get around EDC decades before Out time👍👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just watching this at 1am as 1 does and realizing all these items are in my edc bag I carry everywhere
Very cool!
Tina "two tooth" from a homeless encampment outside Scottsdale (an upper-class encampment with a latte machine and panini station) told me know one calls it a bindle. No one. They are now called a 'Mobile Home Bag'.
Wooden sticks have long been replaced by 'selfie I-phone poles' that record all of their daily occurrences...even at times of constitutional release.
She said (and was backed up by Bed Bug Bill and his friend Hector Hemmoroid) that pillow cases are the norm for carrying stuff.
B.O. Bob said "doo-rag bags are a clear give-away that narcs are infiltrating our camp".
The Scottsdale homeless hold a filet mignon night every Tuesday for newcomers. But do not show up with a doo-rag on a stick as you will scream "narco" to them and what you will be served is rat steak.
It is indeed strange to encounter homeless folks like these that drive Lexus and Prius...but it is Scottsdale!
Plus their charitably works of raising money for older people (Diapers for those of Decades) is very popular. It showcases an adult diaper that several people can share and wear.
They were featured in an article in Forbes called "Share The Load ".
They explain how excrement can be an excellent fire starter when dried...especially if Taco Bell has been part ot their diet in the last 2 weeks. If they used 'Diablo Sauce' at any time the fire will roar (and smell) but will create a great campfire.
Lazy Larry Limp Leg expressed " You say 'bindle' to me...I know you're poser! "
Well, I didn't mean to stir them up but wow are they livid!
Yes the men there wear $90 ties and the women sport Gucci purses but they have pride!!
Why would you embarrass them with doo-rag stick bag content??
Many of them are leaving camp and taking a room at the Marriott because of the embarrassment! Do you feel no shame?
Lol
I really like your hobo videos
Thanks!
Another great video. Binge watching to get caught up from the time I was away
Excellent. Thanks so much! It says no internet
This was fun
Thanks for watching!
I really enjoyed this video.
Thanks so much!
Very great video of useful information,,why don't you have a hobo code list of ethics/laws,to read for a next video?.
Thanks for watching and for the suggestion!
Excellent video
Keep up the great work you .
Thanks!
My dad started as a hobo at the age of 17. He left the backwoods of Mississippi for California back in 1944. Told me got tired of living in a single room wooden shack with my 4 uncles, 3 aunts, grandmother, , that he was tired of picking cotton, harvesting and drying tobacco leaves., and working in stables. The words from his mouth were " I left that shack, boy. I got my biscuits and my hobo stick and got the fuck on! Took the only cast iron skillet we had in the shack at the time with me. Took my knife and one goddamn fork." He traveled via the railroads and back roads especially from Mississippi and Louisiana because he was scared of being killed due to being black and traveling alone at that time. He traded goods he came about, doing small jobs for money, and even mentioned how he was stabbed by another hobo at a rail junction but was able to fight him off using the very skillet he took from home. Took him near 2 and half months to make it to California. We he did, he said his clothes were tattered and leather boots looked like they had been in a war. He took various jobs in Los Angeles including working as a maintenance worker task with inspecting the sewer system. He had gathered a lot of trade skills when he was a hobo. He could operate heavy machinery, weld, plumbing, paint, construction, and even farm. He quit working for the city of Los Angeles for a job working at The Long Beach Naval Shipyard and stayed there til they closed in 1997.
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing the story.
Thank you for this verry interesting and informativ video! I think it is good to learn how they manage it in former times to be prepared.
With the best wishes from Germany!
Thanks so much and I'm glad that you enjoyed the video!
50 of 74 years a hobo. It was common to use a hoe for a bindle stick. Of course it was the most commonly used tool on the farm at one time. Still used as one can make a few bucks hoeing weeds between rows of corn and such. You often used a spare shirt instead of the bandanna you show. It would hold a bit more of course so likely socks and a small fry pan & tin cup. And what odd and ends need be used for work like pliers, tin snips, and screw driver.
Thanks so much for adding your experience and knowledge to the comment section! I truly appreciate it.
@@WayPointSurvival 50 of 74 years a hobo. As a kid of 12. A hobo was knocking on doors looking for change. Must of took the wrong freight train as my town was on a branch line. Ma gave him a little change from her apron pocket. After he left ma said " You better give tramps some money or they will steal " Her being raised during the Great Depression I couldn't understand being mean spirited about hobos. I remembered my Sunday School lesson about the beggar and the rich man. I told her " But I might be a hobo someday, you told me we don't always know what God has in store for us " She replied " That will never happen to you " 3 years later I was on a freight train leaving town.
Soap!
That would be at the jungle along with the razor frame and mirror.
Allways wondered about the stick and handkerchief what it was
another great video! thanks for making it, love the hobo vids!
Thank you!
Before I watch the video I’m guessing - in the hobo bundle there would be Take Out from What a Burger, coco cola, a few joints and matches.
That tin measuring cup is the same as mine from 1946.
Interesting video⭐️
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Thanks for watching.
I enjoy your video
I must say I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for sharing the Hobo life hacks. But I also thought you would pull out hooks and line for fishing. Still loved the video. 🙏
Thanks. The fish hooks and line were in The Prince Albert tin which video I did a few weeks ago.
@@WayPointSurvival That's right! I totally forgot about that. I liked that video also.
Love your vids! Where do you get your info on what hobos did/used?
Thanks! I have several books on the subject as well as doing historical research on the internet. You can read about the hobo code of ethics as well as many pictures of them and their hobo jungles.
Subbed. Thanks James , very informative. Do people called them doosh back nowaday, or that is different?
Thanks so much for watching and welcome aboard! I'm not sure about the terminology you referred to as to whether or not it's still in current use.
When my dad was a kid he said he wanted to be either a pastor or a hobo when he grew up. He's a pastor of a very small church, we think he might have made more money as a hobo.
Lol. Maybe he could combine the two from time to time?
Sandwiches!
Definitely a good idea!
Those Milwaukee markers are very affordable and they’re better than Sharpee, in my opinion.
Another cool vid
Thanks!
Great video brother ❤
Thanks!
I have dozens (possibly hundreds) of those snus tins and no idea what to do with them, I hate the idea of just throwing them out when they seem so dang useful
Indeed!
When I was 7 years old I saw Mickey Mouse walking with this. I decided it was time to leave home, so I grabbed a dishcloth, a stick, a block of cheese and announced I was leaving. My dad followed me 100 meters down the road and I came home after I ate the block of cheese.
Lol. I did something similar with a backpack when I was a kid.
Live within 25 feet of tracks and only had 1 hobo my husband said when he was small 1959 to1962many stopped for sugar or what ever you cold give them
Yes, many of those hobos were quite interesting individuals.
American Hobo Co. CEO
You got most of it right, left out riding gloves and usually eye goggles. Library Rail Map on cloth. Hobo, Tool Room Attendant, Transitory, Migrant worker, Skilled Woodsman. Not Bum!
Only way to see America by Rail Freight Train!
Hobos are not Homeless. And a strict code of ethics, except the stealing of a fresh baked pie, usually paid for in silver coin, due to superstition about theft. You must learn and know all signals and signs to read the code , like reading a travel gazette.
It should be mentioned that catching out as free baggage on Freight is considered very Dangerous.
I learned how from Train Tony, the most stylish dressed Hobo, including French Parasol, and Burnham the Arch Duke.
Lesson one, always carry as much Water as you possibly can!
Thanks!
Wasn't the P38 can opener available at this time? It works so much better than that can opener you are showing.
Actually the P38 wasn't available until about 1942, if I'm correct. We are trying to demonstrate the 1930s so they would not yet have been around.
Excellent information, never knew they were workers, people usually refer to them as bums or migrants who were unwanted. Hence the markings they made on trees or fences telling others where to get a good meal, or where to avoid. I'm sure there were different groups or mislabeled like you said.
Yes, the history of the true hobos is quite fascinating.
Got d bless You ,I love those beautiful day
Thanks, you too!
I have a pair of pliers like that, without the ground down handle...🤫
They are a really good pair of pliers.
@@WayPointSurvival
Yes they are, especially when they are still from your Father...
🤔...Was it straight that way only...? What about larger hobo packs like yukon pack...?
No, I believe hobos carried many kinds of packs and kits depending on their circumstances and what they had available to them.
That's very interesting. I thought Hobo was just another word for beggar.
Yes, it is a common misconception in our era.
Hey James, Where Is This Infamous "Hobo Jungle" You Speak Of?
I'd Like To Visit 🤘😜🤘
Actually, most of the famous hobo jungles are long gone. However, they can still be found on the outskirts of some towns and cities usually not too far from a railroad line somewhere.
@@WayPointSurvival I Bet That Would Be An Awesome Place To See Brother.
My late father had an old tin baking powder can he kept change in.
Cool!
How long is the handkerchief?
I believe it's a standard 24x24.
Did hobo's have first aid kits?
Not much. Anything they did carry would have been along the lines of the old school kit that I showed in another video.
Oh mama
Mia...
Das war sehr interessant. Ich bin erstaunt wie viel Werkzeug mitgenommen wurde. Im Vergleich zu damals zu heute gibt es kaum eine Veränderung. Die Zange ist nur zum Multifunktionswerktzeug verändert worden 😊...
Als ich mit dem Wandern und übernachten im Wald begann, waren die Leute darüber verwundert, daß ich eine Kombizange mitgenommen habe 😅... In der ehemaligen DDR ( GDR ) gab es keinerlei Literatur zum Thema Outdoor und dem Überleben im Wald...
Ich wiederhole mich... Wenn ich das Geld 💰 und die Zeit hätte, würde ich dir sehr gerne persönlich die Hand schütteln 😅😊
PS auf meinem Kanal eines Russischenkurznachrichtendienstes habe ich dein Video geteilt. ( YT würde bei Erwähnung des Klarnamen diesen Kommentar löschen) 😢
Thanks. I would love to meet you as well! Thanks so much for sharing the video.
okay, the plastic bag suggests you are not limitting yourself to items only available in the 30s - why not just a Leatherman to replace all those tools, to make more space for beef jerky.. Although the old scout knife is really a beauty, i must say, my grandpa gave me one like that.
Not all of my videos are about the 1930s. Some of them are more modern hobo skills. The reason I don't replace the tools with a Leatherman is because a multi-tool doesn't do any one thing very well. You're always better off a full size tools if you can carry them.
In the uk you would be arrested for going equiped for burgalry by having that lot on you
We do indeed live in sad and difficult times. Thanks for watching!
Just a Add On, Now a Days They Do Have Rain proof And Thin Plastic " PANCHOS" that are Very Small and Compact for Storage and A Great Addition to your Bag, please all Do Respect for our Past.Thank You.💯💯💯🤩🤩🤩👍
Good idea!
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Your "Tin cup" is aluminium...😆
True.
Tally ho, Mate!
Courtesy of Half Vast Flying
Aye, aye sir!
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Difference between Hobo, Tramp, & Bum. A Hobo is a transient worker. A Tramp is a transient non-worker. A Bum is a non-transient non-worker.
True.
The bindle is cute but not too practical
Well, historical photos show that people did use them.
LETS GO BRANDON!!!!!
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I like Brandon!
Thanks for watching.
Irrelevant. Trump is a convicted felon.
Bar of soap...?
That probably would be at the hobo jungle along with the razor frame and the bit of mirror to shave with.
Come on man everybody knows you're supposed to have a coffee can cook stove......
I have several of those as well...
Hobos. En français equivaut à trimardeurs ...... saisonniers des années 50 ,,,,,,
Interesting, thanks for adding this!
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Thanks for watching!