Mountain Man and Americana:
Here we have up for sale many rare and unusual items that were in common use by mountain men and homesteaders two hundred years ago.
By-the-way, currently, local pickup afternoons, evenings and weekends, from my West Seattle location, is all I can offer.
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Whiskey Keg and Cradle - Wood - $135:
This keg was hand-made the old fashioned cooper's way. It is clean inside and holds water or whiskey, as you please.
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Bung Hole Keg Tap Valves - $30:
Bung hole tap valves like these are interesting and unusual. All they need is a whiskey keg for happiness to abound.
Small Saint Bernard Rescue Whiskey Keg - $60:
Old Varnished Wood Canteen - 8 cups - $90:
Old School Cow Horn Wood Gun Powder Flask - $15:
The horn was somehow squeezed flat for comfortable carry at the side.
Antique Italian Whisky Keg - $120:
This keg is very old and was hand-made the old fashioned cooper's way.
Small (pint?) Bota Style Wineskin - $12:
A wineskin is an ancient type of bottle made of leathered animal skin, usually from goats or sheep, used to store or transport wine.
Large (quart?) Bota Style Wineskin - $15:
A wineskin is an ancient type of bottle made of leathered animal skin, usually from goats or sheep, used to store or transport wine.
Trade Blanket Wool Covered Canteen - $45:
The wool covering was cut from an old style trade blanket. It is hand-sown on using yarn as thread. In hot weather, the wool covering was soaked in water. As the water evaporated, the canteen was evaporatively cooled well below the local air temperature.
Large (1/2 Gallon?) Wooden Canteen - $130:
This beautiful old canteen would carry enough whisky for a month (week?) of hard travel.
Cavalry Style Round Wooden Canteen (Quart?) - $75:
This round pancake style canteen was comfortably worn close to the side by cavalry and foot soldiers.
Old School Hand-Made Wood Stave Bucket with Locking Lid for Carrying Beer - $120:
The In the old days, everyones dad would stop off to socialise at a tavern on the way home from work. From the tavern, he would bring home a bucket of beer, in a bucket like this one, for the wife and kids to drink with dinner. Beer was brewed ... and ... therfore was often healthier to drink than the local well water. In any case, it was appreciated as far tastier by all.
This bucket is clean and will hold at least a gallon of water ... or even better ... beer!
Cow Horn Bugle Horn - $30:
Everyone needs a cow horn bugle horn!
Old School Scrimshaw Mountain Man Bugle Horn - $95:
This unique signal horn has wonderful scrimshaw and metal fillagree ornimentation. A custom made fitting holds a lock of human hair. In the olden days, it was the custom of mountain men and other off-road travellers to carry a lock of their wife or girlfriends hair with them for good luck during their wilderness travels.
Old Keg-Canteen Whiskey Jug - Half Pint - $65:
This is the kind of whisky jug that was fastened around the neck of rescue-trained Saint Bernard dogs in the mountains of old time Switzerland. When the rescue dog came upon a lost or stranded mountaineer, the whisky would revive and encourage him for further effort to descend off the mountain while the Saint Bernard went on its way to fetch help from the valleys below.
Blacksmith Forged Campfire Cooking Kettle-Pot Support Tripod and Adjustable Length Pot Support Crane - $180:
If you want to slow-cook food in a kettle-pot over a campfire, you need this rig. The tripod legs interlock at the top for stability and the variable length support crane facilitates adjusting the kettle-pot height above the fire and coals.
Old School Wooden Cup - $15:
Back in the day, this kind of cup was often carried just in case a stop-off at tavern was called for. The craftsmen who made this kind of cup and their big brother storage barrels were called coopers. Becoming a journeyman cooper took many years of apprenticeship because carving the many individual curved barrel staves that would fit together to make a water-tight vessel, was incredibly difficult.
