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Post subject: newbie questions
 Posted: Mar 08, 2005 - 02:09 PM
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Joined: Mar 07, 2005
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Location: detroit (area)
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alrighty then ya say no question is to dumb, so ill ask some dumb ones,lol
1)can anyone get into a vous or is it just for members
2) are there different venders there so i can purchase items/supplies i may need
3)is there any open on weekdays, i only have one weekend of a year
4)is the door price and products expensive
5) do all vous belive there is no excuse for theives ( i personaly cant stand them and have little to no tolerance for them)
I guess that wraps it up for now, the rest i can learn when i get to one which i can find out where on this site. later and thanks for any reply and advise (and also a place for what prob seem as dumb questions)
take care and may all thats good be with ya |
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Post subject: Re: newbie questions
Posted: Mar 08, 2005 - 04:48 PM
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Booshway
Joined: May 22, 2003
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Location: The Midwest (Metro St. Louis)
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stormcloud wrote:
1)can anyone get into a vous or is it just for members
Most vous' are open attendance, I don't know of any around here that are club only. If there are they will be marked on Gatherins as an invitational.
stormcloud wrote:
2) are there different venders there so i can purchase items/supplies i may need
Depending on the size of the vous there could be anywhere from a couple of vendors to 50. We did a vous last year with 10-15 camps and 2 of those were vendors and there was a blacksmith in there also.
stormcloud wrote:
3)is there any open on weekdays, i only have one weekend of a year
hmm... weekday events are rare around here (Metro St. Louis)
I know that Gatherins has early setup on Monday or Tuesday for their event on the next weekend.
stormcloud wrote:
4)is the door price and products expensive
The events I attend usually don't have a camp fee but sometimes it is around $10 to cover johnnies and stuff.
Shoot prizes usually are $10-15 value but you will get something back and sometimes 2-3 somethings. 
stormcloud wrote:
5) do all vous belive there is no excuse for theives ( i personaly cant stand them and have little to no tolerance for them)
I haven't heard any cases of theft in the camps but I am sure that it happens, more to the vendors than campers.
I will state it again, the only dump question is the one not asked.
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Posted: Mar 08, 2005 - 09:05 PM
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Joined: Mar 09, 2004
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Location: Oklahoma.
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Welcome to the Board!
If you're looking to buy items for rendezvous, look under a reply I made to the thread "Need some mentoring". Like others who first started out, I had friends that helped me in my buying, and who and where to get these items from. Its just as easy to do it right, as it is to do it wrong.
Here's a few links to help you get started with.
www.scarletscarab.com - Blankets, etc.
www.trackofthewolf.com - Guns, camp items, etc.
www.taxidermy.net - Various hides.
www.csa-dixie.com/villagetinsmith/a.htm - Tin ware.
www.nps.gov/fous/tradegoods.html - Various Fur Trade items.
www.braintan.com - Braintanned hides; deer, elk, buffalo, moose, etc.
There's other links that I've posted for sutlers and Mountain Men sites, and even one for Women of the Fur Trade. They may be on the Links page. The American Mountain Man site has some really good trade lists on there, and will be able to help you to decide what was had. I just wish those prices were the same as they were back then! LOL
Don't forget to check out yard/garage sales, antique shops and goodwill stores. I know several folks who have found wool blankets, tin pans, cast iron, wood bowls, and other items. I never have that kind of luck though.
If you have any questions, feel free to email me. Good luck!
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Posted: Mar 10, 2005 - 09:31 AM
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Joined: Mar 07, 2005
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Location: detroit (area)
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| thanks alot for the help and advise. i will look up lionks and such when i get done writing this. a quick response to theives, i understand that anywhere there is a gathering of people there is or is the potental for theives, but to hear that most events/'vous are honest and honorable pleases me greatly! once again thanks for the help and hopefully ( after i do my homework and such) ill be on my way and meybe meet some of ya all along the way. stormcloud |
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Posted: Mar 10, 2005 - 11:59 AM
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Booshway
Joined: May 22, 2003
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Location: The Midwest (Metro St. Louis)
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stormcloud,
What is your general location? There aren't many 'vous that are during the week around Metro St. Louis but I do know that sometimes people setup well in advance of the event (sometimes a week before hand). I could hook you up with someone during the week that would be glad to talk to you maybe even myself. |
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Posted: Mar 12, 2005 - 12:44 AM
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| stormcloud, my woman ( no disrespect intended, but she is ) is from Detroit..she literaly love it.... A warning , this is very addicting, most folks i run with will ditch work in a moment to go to even a 5 or 6 camp 'vous. also , do your homework...know who, and what u want to portray, it'll save u a lot of money, from buyin' out of period stuff. And for Thieves.....just let us catch em...no, really..everybody is family at the 'vous, at least around here. u steal from one of us , u'r stealin' from all of us...Justice will be quick! |
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Posted: Mar 12, 2005 - 10:14 AM
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Hey Stormcloud,
Just a note, a couple years ago I left nice tomahawk laying when I went to get water one morning. I couldn't remember where I left it and was looking all over for it. After a while I gave it up as lost. Next morning, I went to get water and there it was, right where I left it. A lot of vouers got water in between and not a one thought about making that hawk theirs. That's the way they are. |
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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 - 09:52 AM
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Location: detroit (area)
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alright thanks again for the response. my general area is detroit area(like pocats woman-still no disrespect), but obviously im gonna have be willing to travel,lol.  im gonna do my best not to ditch work, for i only work on the weekends ( i work a straight 40-48 hrs and off rest of week) therfore a ditch rersults in a whole weeks paycheak gone, ouch!  As for the perioid im thinking about staying with just pre-1840s for now. i got a real drawing to mountain men and alot of native american beliefs. that way i can get into it and as i go i can make a wiser choice on experiance, even though this may be the long expensive way but it will give me realitive immeate results (thats one bad thing about todays world i fall victum to imedate gratifacation. maybe that will change.) Besides that might fit my dream of being grizzley adams, ( with the execption of no hunting) lol. My other lifes dream is to go back to the basics and live off the land, ya know the whole self reliant thing with in reason. i am spoiled as far as living goes i like indoor plumbing, power (though passive energy may work) and the internet.
anyway as i ramble on, its real good to hear the comments on theives, and seadog im glad ya got your tomahawk back, thats real comforting and assuring and definatly the type of bond/brotherhood/atmosphere im looking for. thanks again! |
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