When pushing a pin, metal or wooden through cloth, if you spin it in your fingers, it will push the fibres apart rather than breaking any. Your cloth will last longer.
Weave a wool blanket from scratch so you’ll know that no peasant ever poked a stick through a fine woven wool blanket like this. 😂 just the moving around in the wearing of the blanket as a cloak would destroy the blanket over time in that area. Our ancestors didn’t have the luxury of just buying a new machine made, factory perfect, close woven wool blanket after they destroyed the first one like a rich person would with brooches. 😂. Yes, you will find rich people in paintings wearing such brooches on fabrics. But you will only find peasants wearing them on knitted or crocheted fabric or the most coarsely loose woven fabric. A peasant would tie a belt, sash, or rope around the waist, and wear the blanket as a coat, doubled across the breast.
@Chelsea Craft the thing is.... you are 1000% right just based on the fact that people didn't crochet or even knit yet, depending on how far you go back. Both are surprisingly relatively new skills we have. And this kind of cloak closure is pretty old. It's not what you wanted to say.... but it's not a lie.
That's very cool! That metal version you're wearing, also called a penannular brooch, dates back to the Romans and Vikings. You can find examples of similar designs displayed in museums. Nice to see a wood version of it, that's a great idea.
Seasonal craft that anyone can do. The cloak this produces looks cool. Edit: I got out for a hike today, found some greenbriar and made the ring. Now I'll look for some good wood for a pin.
The best vine I have found for bending is wisteria (if you get the runners on top of the round) , what you got there looks like it might be Japanese hunny suckle which is also good
You could use hawthorn thorns for a needle, those things sometimes grow to ridiculous sizes. And you need literally nothing to use those, just cut them off the shrub
@@donaldasayers Good point, though some folks get "cold" when the temp drops below 60 - AND, I have seen a minus 13 Fahrenheit. Not often, but it has happened!
That's super cool! Bushcrafty AF!! I have a wool blanket pin that you made,it rides in my belt pouch that you also made 😀 that are awesome, but definitely will have to try this one out for sure!! Can't wait for the new knifes to release. Another awesome video as always brother 👍 💪
Lmao you read our minds. After the last video I knew people were gonna be asking about that pin. I admit, I myself jumped on Amazon but didn't see any I liked. And then here you come making a video on how to make your own. Now THAT I can get behind. And respect. Well done 😁👍
Another Pa native , there is nothing like people that come out of the Hollows and Wood of Pennsylvania. We are just built different. Doesn’t matter your sex or how cute you are if you are from Pennsylvania you are an excellent tracker and hunter and survivor. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 love this video!!! Great content!
I like this project a lot! It's something I can do with my 4yo. We watch your videos together. Like my dad and I watched The Southern Sportsman when I was 4yo. Hopefully in a couple years my son and I will make it to one of your courses, and he will have some base skills already to go!
If you buy a blanket pin, get one with a smooth ring. One with a twisted ring (like the shape of the primitive one he made) will be hard to rotate, but still possible. Speaking from experience.
already have some in various sizes snagged one at a Flea Market once many years ago ordered some from Dixie Gunworks years back can be found at National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association meets, Friendship, IN or make yourself one... some of these have fairly thick pins and are difficult with tight weaves thinner pins are better then there's some like giant safety pins nice to have PA...? thought you're in OH
Very interesting video, i recently put willow cuttings in a bit neglected part of my garden and it's doing really well, has so many uses. Might use some of it for this kind of project.
Hmm. my dad has grape vines, and they need to get thinned as new shoots grow in, so there are a lot of fresh cuttings. I bet those would work great for this.
👏👏👏...Yeah great very bushcrafty... Now what about making one in between the old fashioned and the improvised primitive tec... 🤔... What about using a carabiner and some needle...?
This video had caught my eye since I'd seen one of these before but never knew what it was or how it worked besides that it held cloth on you. I wanted one and might make one now that I know how, might even just 3d print one.
Bro, one tip i learned, don't do this with the heavy army surplus wool blanket for casual use. it's too heavy. also, i would have been the guy to invent a sweater from a blanket because when i pin it it chokes me 😂 i can't stand having things pull against my throat even lightly, and it just always happens when i try to affix a blanket to me. i would have figured out how to make it sit evenly and pull downward instead of back. i guess that's why we have fitted clothing lol
Weird question. If you can pin the blanket in one direction with the sharpened twig, why can you not pin in the perpendicular direction with another and achieve a similar effect? Seems to work in ladies hair, a fiber way more slippery than wool.
Bro, what is a Bushcraft tool called that holds your log while you use a draw knife on it & how do you make one... I'm wanting to say it's called a woodslave but I am not for certain
When Winter, Spring etc. are is easy to know once you know that the start of winter is winter solctice and start of summer is summer solstice. So 21.12 and 21.06 respectively. Spring and Autumn are henceforth 21.03 and 21.09 Hope that helped remembering it.
Good video I have watched a lot of it then and stocked up on things that you advised even though I live in the center of a huge City. I want to know why cuz you never know.
When pushing a pin, metal or wooden through cloth, if you spin it in your fingers, it will push the fibres apart rather than breaking any. Your cloth will last longer.
and it's fun too 😊
and it penetrates easier, needs less force to push trough.
Weave a wool blanket from scratch so you’ll know that no peasant ever poked a stick through a fine woven wool blanket like this. 😂 just the moving around in the wearing of the blanket as a cloak would destroy the blanket over time in that area. Our ancestors didn’t have the luxury of just buying a new machine made, factory perfect, close woven wool blanket after they destroyed the first one like a rich person would with brooches. 😂. Yes, you will find rich people in paintings wearing such brooches on fabrics. But you will only find peasants wearing them on knitted or crocheted fabric or the most coarsely loose woven fabric. A peasant would tie a belt, sash, or rope around the waist, and wear the blanket as a coat, doubled across the breast.
@@chelsea_1961who asked?
@Chelsea Craft the thing is.... you are 1000% right just based on the fact that people didn't crochet or even knit yet, depending on how far you go back. Both are surprisingly relatively new skills we have. And this kind of cloak closure is pretty old. It's not what you wanted to say.... but it's not a lie.
That's very cool! That metal version you're wearing, also called a penannular brooch, dates back to the Romans and Vikings. You can find examples of similar designs displayed in museums. Nice to see a wood version of it, that's a great idea.
Seasonal craft that anyone can do. The cloak this produces looks cool. Edit: I got out for a hike today, found some greenbriar and made the ring. Now I'll look for some good wood for a pin.
The best vine I have found for bending is wisteria (if you get the runners on top of the round) , what you got there looks like it might be Japanese hunny suckle which is also good
This is awesome! Thanks Dan! Ive always wanted to join the Fellowship of the Ring
[The heat in my core] calls for aid!
Dogwood will look so pretty, I’m going to do this with my daughters ❤
i dont like running a pin or stick thru my blanket so i use the marble or rock with some string or paracord method
A monks button. I like this concept as well. No pins, no holes.
You could use hawthorn thorns for a needle, those things sometimes grow to ridiculous sizes. And you need literally nothing to use those, just cut them off the shrub
Thorns from a Locust Tree or Mesquite Tree should work well too.
@@randy-9842 But if you are in regions where those grow, will you need a blanket pin?
@@donaldasayers Good point, though some folks get "cold" when the temp drops below 60 - AND, I have seen a minus 13 Fahrenheit. Not often, but it has happened!
We have locust here and another big thorn tree and for several months of the year yes. Regularly get below freezing in the winter.
This is by far the best Bushcraft channel on RUclips! Thank you!
Here in North Central PA I’m sticking with “spring of deception” until I don’t wake up to snow….
Very nice.
I always prefer making my own stuff instead of buying.
Thanks for posting.
Super smooth intro Dan, very natural
I like this idea!! 👍
That's super cool! Bushcrafty AF!! I have a wool blanket pin that you made,it rides in my belt pouch that you also made 😀 that are awesome, but definitely will have to try this one out for sure!! Can't wait for the new knifes to release. Another awesome video as always brother 👍 💪
Fantastic little project for young Bush Crafters.
Lmao you read our minds. After the last video I knew people were gonna be asking about that pin. I admit, I myself jumped on Amazon but didn't see any I liked.
And then here you come making a video on how to make your own. Now THAT I can get behind. And respect.
Well done 😁👍
Good afternoon from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for sharing your adventures and information
Great project Dan - it looks great!!!
Thank you!
Another Pa native , there is nothing like people that come out of the Hollows and Wood of Pennsylvania. We are just built different. Doesn’t matter your sex or how cute you are if you are from Pennsylvania you are an excellent tracker and hunter and survivor. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 love this video!!! Great content!
Cold mornings here in NJ, too. Got poor man's pepper growing high already, though--did not expect that so soon.
You can also make one from a larger key ring and piece of coat hanger wire ;)
This is awesome! I made one last summer using a scrap piece of house electrical wire
Dan: Manly, manly, manly man. So good.
Thanks Dan!! Love it!!! I've made the copper type but never even consider using vine-age!! Happy Easter!!😇🐣💚
I like this project a lot! It's something I can do with my 4yo. We watch your videos together. Like my dad and I watched The Southern Sportsman when I was 4yo. Hopefully in a couple years my son and I will make it to one of your courses, and he will have some base skills already to go!
I also watched The southern sportsman show with Franc White and his zebra stripped airplane.
Briars, the bane of my childhood, I'm coming for you.
That was pretty cool Dan!
Nice project, jade ring & pin of deer antler.
Love this one! Thank you as always. We'll check out the blanket pin on your site.
That was a great video thinks DAN .
If you buy a blanket pin, get one with a smooth ring. One with a twisted ring (like the shape of the primitive one he made) will be hard to rotate, but still possible. Speaking from experience.
I'm pretty sure that's kudzu. Looks like you have plenty out there to play with baskets and wicker type stuff
already have some in various sizes
snagged one at a Flea Market once many years ago
ordered some from Dixie Gunworks years back
can be found at National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association meets, Friendship, IN
or make yourself one...
some of these have fairly thick pins and are difficult with tight weaves
thinner pins are better
then there's some like giant safety pins
nice to have
PA...? thought you're in OH
Very interesting video, i recently put willow cuttings in a bit neglected part of my garden and it's doing really well, has so many uses. Might use some of it for this kind of project.
That is awesome!! That is something I am going to try and do this weekend when I am down at my son's farm.
Hmm. my dad has grape vines, and they need to get thinned as new shoots grow in, so there are a lot of fresh cuttings. I bet those would work great for this.
That was pretty cool. Simple and effective
Awesome tool to get kids involved in a simple project!
Back when we used diaper pins most moters knew to run the sharp side through their hair. It makes the pin slide through easily.
Well you spoke it into the universe, we gonna need to see you do a cartwheel wearing your blanket now
So I can do cartwheels if I wear that blanket pin? Cool. I was never able to do them before...
I thought that was a super idea. Cool stuff.
👏👏👏...Yeah great very bushcrafty... Now what about making one in between the old fashioned and the improvised primitive tec... 🤔... What about using a carabiner and some needle...?
This video had caught my eye since I'd seen one of these before but never knew what it was or how it worked besides that it held cloth on you. I wanted one and might make one now that I know how, might even just 3d print one.
I love keeping stakes close to my heart
For the rythm of Algo :) Nice little project. Thanks.
Have you tried soaking wood in boiling water or holding it over steam to make it softer? It should bend better.
Bro, one tip i learned, don't do this with the heavy army surplus wool blanket for casual use. it's too heavy. also, i would have been the guy to invent a sweater from a blanket because when i pin it it chokes me 😂 i can't stand having things pull against my throat even lightly, and it just always happens when i try to affix a blanket to me. i would have figured out how to make it sit evenly and pull downward instead of back. i guess that's why we have fitted clothing lol
Love this! Thank you for this , can't wait to try it🤩
Idk why this in my recommended, but now im not going play DnD without this
such a fun project for the family. we are going to destroy all our fleece blankets with these...haha
Hedge needles work great if you're in the midwest
Morning glory vine would probably work really well
I love this! Made me subscribe. 👍🏻
Good stuff Dan :-) Thanks for sharing.
Nice one Dan.
European buckthorn thorns are sharp and dry well. They're very strong and sharp about 2-3 inches long.
Outstanding video
You can always ask Frodo to make one for you.
Way cooler than the forged pin.🙂
Thanks for all the great tips
Weird question. If you can pin the blanket in one direction with the sharpened twig, why can you not pin in the perpendicular direction with another and achieve a similar effect? Seems to work in ladies hair, a fiber way more slippery than wool.
Bro, what is a Bushcraft tool called that holds your log while you use a draw knife on it & how do you make one... I'm wanting to say it's called a woodslave but I am not for certain
Can you use green saplings or branches
When Winter, Spring etc. are is easy to know once you know that the start of winter is winter solctice and start of summer is summer solstice. So 21.12 and 21.06 respectively. Spring and Autumn are henceforth 21.03 and 21.09
Hope that helped remembering it.
After watching, I made three from long suckers growing from a scrub oak.
I get mine from Galadriel Supplies - they're 2 for 1, but thanks for the advice.
Does that poisonous ivy you mentioned grow in central Russia?
Good tip Dan
Just a cool short vid. Thank you
Bad ass man, thanks! 💪😎🇺🇸
That would make a great shawl pin too.
When will the hutchins roll be back in stock?
Get a solid good quality shower curtain ring and a sharp nail... get a box of both & share with the crew 😊
Cool
The Roman version of that pin is called a fibula.
Good video I have watched a lot of it then and stocked up on things that you advised even though I live in the center of a huge City. I want to know why cuz you never know.
Hey, I'm a fan, and my wife is a big fan, and I was wondering what your hand tattoos mean
Very cool thanks for sharing!
That was cool!
Can I order that color of blanket that you have in the video?
Excellent simple functional design for ordinary application and usage. Thank you.
That is so cool! Thanks!
Roots can be used to make a good ring because of its flexibility
Hey there, I came on the comment section to try to find your metal brooches, and don't seem to see the pinned comment. I was gonna to check it.
Thank you
This is so great!!! Thank you. I am going to forage around and try this : ) Love your videos...I always learn new things : )
Cool video. Now I want to make one from a soda can 😊
Absolutely kool!
Its called a penannular. Not a blanket pin. Not a brooch. You can make these out of metal hangers too. Its easy.
Its called a penannular broach in the historical costuming world
Maybe I'm stupid but what's the point of the circle? If you put a pin in wouldn't it stay together?
It puts pressure on the pin to keep it in place
What kind of blanket is that?
Most excellent 👌 😊
Thanks!
Nice Fan😊
It's your Plaidie pin, brooch pin, bronze age tech still useful...
That was cool
That’s cool idea
I would think that a honey locust thorn would make an even better "pin", if you can find one!