[Sca-cooks] OT Air Mattress (was Pennsic Pity Party)

Bj Jane Tremaine vikinglord at cox.net
Thu Jun 1 08:45:43 PDT 2006


We us a large peice of  fax fur.  It is nice and thick and passes the 10ft
test.

Jana
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "UlfR" <ulfr at hunter-gatherer.org>
To: "SCA-Cooks maillist SCA-Cooks" <SCA-Cooks at Ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] OT Air Mattress (was Pennsic Pity Party)


> Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> [2006.06.01] wrote:
> > UlfR mentioned:
> > Sounds good. But Reindeer furs, untanned or not, are rather hard to
> > come by over here.
>
> Caribou is very, very close enough.
>
> > Why untanned? Because they are too large to tan? Don't they begin to
> > stink or rot after a fairly short time period?
>
> In damp climates that is true, but if you keep them from being
> constantly damp or wet that is no problem. They are simply more durable
> that way, and there is no reason to have a soft, flexible hide as a pad
> underneath you. I use one instead of foam pad or thermarest when out
> canoeing ir hiking, and simply roll it up and tie with a leather tong.
> If damp/wet is likely (e.g. in a canoe) I place in a stuff sack with a
> plastic liner.
>
> > Yes, this does work fairly well. However, it is rather important to
> > avoid rocks that might absorb some moisture, such as sandstone.
> > Otherwise this trick can get a bit too exciting.
>
> Simply don't heat them too much. Just place them on the edge of the
> fireplace (as part of the fire ring silly people thinks is nessesary to
> avoid wildfires).
>
> > If you are concerned about these rocks being too hot, you can also
> > use this technique to simply warm your bed and then remove the rocks
> > and put them back around the fire.
>
> If they are too warm for the bed they are almost certainly too warm for
> your bedclothes.
>
> Another trick is to fill a metal bucket or pot with hot rocks and
> place under the bed. As long as no flamable materials can get too close
> to them (with this technique you can get them hotter, and use larger
> rocks) you should be perfectly safe.
>
> UlfR
>
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