Friday 26 February 2016

Knapsack and Contents

From top left - 

Woollen socks
Spare shirt
Spare trousers
Blanket straps
Knapsack
Linen stock
Sewing kit
Boot brush
Clothes brush
Button stick
Spare laces
Coins
Pipe
Draughts board
Guy rope
Tent peg eyelets
Bill Hook
Rifle tool
Rifle cleaning tools
Candles
Blackball
Clothes pegs
Fire Steel
Flint
Charcloth
Boot repair kit
Shaving kit
Penknife
Cartridge rolling stick
Oil
Mess tin cover
Mess tin
Drinking vessel
Corkscrew
Biscuit ration
Salt and Paprika
Bowl and spoon
Tent pegs.


Sunday 21 February 2016

Boot Repair Kit


I got hold of a scrap piece of saddle and simply cut out the shape of my boots sole. I made a rough fabric pouch, a tried a new method - dyeing in tea and salt (salt helps the colour penetrate the fabric). It worked well, just wring the fabric out and dry and its instantly aged! Top tip, well worth remembering. I added some 25mm blue cut nails and got a very good result.