Old timey gear lists

[Shotgun]

I got curious about this from the ultar light thread where someone mentioned ultra light pioneers. Now I'm all for modern gear but I like the idea of using the modern day equivelents of what they did in the day. For instance a lot of the time I use the Nessmuk trinity. Do any of you guys have links to gear lists from the olden days. Here's one that I like from Otzi. http://www.iceman.it/

 

[PayetteRucker]

The Iceman book is fascinating, I recommend it to anyone-it's about a man they found frozen in the ice that is 5,000 years old... he had knapped tools, woven line and a pack, all handmade from natural materials. Somehow he managed to get rediculously high and far back into the alps on just these primitive tools and a pair of sandals, it's a fascinating story. By old timey i was thinking mid 1900's, not BC...

 

[silenthunterstudios]

Kephart had a list which still, for the most part, makes sense to me a hundred years later.

 

[jackknife]

The Iceman book is fascinating, I recommend it to anyone-it's about a man they found frozen in the ice that is 5,000 years old... he had knapped tools, woven line and a pack, all handmade from natural materials. Somehow he managed to get rediculously high and far back into the alps on just these primitive tools and a pair of sandals, it's a fascinating story. By old timey i was thinking mid 1900's, not BC...

He got ridiculously high in the mountains considering he'd had a knife fight, (from cuts on his hand, and blood on his clothiing that is not his DNA type) and being shot in the back and still escaping into the mountains. One very tough old boy. :thumbup:

Apparently the combo of small knife and hatchet worked well for him. He was middle age when he died.

 

[PatriotDan]

His knife wasn't a full tang!!!

 

[beef]

His knife wasn't a full tang!!!

That's why he's dead.

 

[dalee100]

That's why he's dead.

Hi,

Well, maybe the arrow head they found in his back didn't help him much either.

dalee

 

[beef]

Hi Dale,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke

 

[quietmike]

Equipment list for the Klondike gold rush:

For each man:

FOOD:
200 pounds of bacon
400 pounds of flour
85 pounds assorted dried fruit
50 pounds cornmeal
35 pounds rice
24 pounds coffee
5 pounds tea
100 pounds sugar
25 pounds fish
15 pounds soup vegetables
50 pounds oatmeal
50 pounds dried potatoes
50 pounds dried onions
25 cans butter
100 pounds beans
4 dozen tins condensed milk
15 pounds salt
1 pound pepper
8 pounds baking powder
2 pounds baking soda
1/2 pound mustard
3/4 pound ginger
36 pounds yeast cakes
60 boxes of matches
5 bars of soap

CLOTHING:
1 suit oil clothing
3 pairs snag-proof rubber boots
3 pairs heavy shoes
1 dozen heavy socks
6 pairs wool mittens
3 suits heavy underwear
2 pairs Mackinaw trousers
2 pairs overalls
2 hats
4 heavy woolen overshirts
1 Mackinaw coat
1 heavy rubber-lined coat
suspenders, hankerchiefs, snow glasses
2 pairs of heavy woolen blankets
2 oil blankets
4 towels
buttons, thread, needles
5 yards mosquito netting

EQUIPMENT:
1 large bucket
1 set granite buckets
2 axes, plus extra handle
2 picks
handsaw
whipsaw
1 shovel
pack strap
6 files
drawing knife
brace and bits
jack plane
hammer
3 chisels
butcher knife
200 feet, 3/8- inch rope
10 pounds pitch
5 pounds oakum
2 caulking irons
15 pounds nails
tent
canvas
whet stone
compass
goggles
quartz glass
quicksilver
2 frying pans
coffee and tea pot
40 pounds of candles
eating utensils: plate, cup, knife fork, spoon
pots and pans
steel stove for 4 men
gold pan
gold scales

Also additional items were noted, such as: medicines, reading matter, guns, ammunition and personal items.