17th Century Highlander Expedition Equipment -Tried & Tested Historical Survival kit

Great work.

U don't need to take a sword if u can spinn a staff like that 👍

Peculiar pin or brooch

Cool.

IMO, one of the most underrated pieces of kit is a piece of cloth: like you saw with your scarf/bandana piece - it has 10,000 uses.

For future reference pemmican has to be well ventilated or it can spoil so a cloth is preferable

How did they stop waterskins from getting moldy?

So interesting)))

Any just like that. You earned my sub. Great channel

During the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) (1756-1763) the 42nd Royal Highlanders, 77th Montgomery's Highlanders, and the 78th Fraiser's Highlanders regiments were in North America and had quite a bit of contacts with Native Americans. It is completely possible that some of the soldiers could have learned about pemmican and taken that knowledge back to Scotland. See the book Sons of the Mountains by Ian Macpherson McCulloch.

I'm up in the California Sierras. The terrain here is a tad dryer and warmer than the Highlands of Scotland, but many of the items he recommends still apply. However cotton and denim are much more appropriate during the dry months(the best ten and a half months of the year).
Wool definitely makes sense in the true Winter up here, dress accordingly.

also try "bee propolis" as a natural glue, its quite amazing, needs to be heated to become workable but then dries to a hard resin and stays quite stable at temps you'll encounter. its what bees use to seal cracks and waterproof their hives.

I enjoy your videos on early cultural camping. I have been enjoying similar videos about living here in America in the late 1600s put out by an American. I will start looking for similar content for other cultures. Have a good day.

So did you make it to Mordor? Were you able to throw the ring in the fire of Mount Doom or did you keep it? 😁 Joking aside your vids are pretty awesome and instructional.

WRT shoes, the interpreters at L'Anse Aux Meadows said they tried many hides and found goat to be one of the best for footwear.

I wonder if 17th century Highlanders had anything they used for midge repellent? Highland midges are horrible little bastards.

My grandma would make drawer oat slab cut in to rectangle shapes and fried in bacon fat or beef dripping cook till crispy and brown on the outside very tasty and filling TC from Marcus

You need to iron that jacket

Thoroughly enjoyed. I've often wondered about trying such a journey where I live in Colorado. The trail would be roughly 2700 to 3400 meters, and nighttime temps can drop below 2° C in some spots of the Rockies. Foraging is an issue as one would have to time the trip to be able to forage most wild berries.
Water would be an issue, as TTBOMK, currently no stream or body of water is Giardia free anymore, so a water filter or boiling would be necessary for drinking water.
Enjoyed your video very much. It has been a few generations since my Great, Great, Great Grandparents emigrated from. Scotland, but it does give me a sense of reconnecting with my heritage.

Where did you get the copper pot from?

Did you get your plaid for this expedition at the same store as linked in the q&a video?

It would have been nice to see you fix your shoes with your leather repair kit.

Loving your vids and try to "copy" it for our own reenactment hiking tours. <3
Thank's for all your vids.
Greetings from germany.

Such a cool job you did and such nice knowledges you have been gathering for all these years.. Well done !

I'd love to learn everything under the sun, but I'm interested in astronomy.

Aye wee Tom, and there's always the lembas bread.

This is so cool! love your vibe and what you are doing, its like going back to go forward. I personally think our ancestors were right about pretty much everything and did it better than us .

Where did you get your linen cloth for your scarf and about what size dimensions does it have?

can't wait for your next expedition. i wanna do this so bad, but i've been putting it off for years. still looking for the right career before i move to B.C. the spot on van island i want to go to stays around 4-7° all winter, and goes to around 20-22° in summer, which if i'm not mistaken is similar to scotland (plus it's rainy).
i'm a mix of swedish, norwegian, polish, irish, scottish btw

Survival and living in wild nature without modern gear and instruments, only with natural clothes and simply food 👍🔥💪❗

How common was hunting during this time for food both at home and trekking how did highlanders use money? I’ve read scotlands coinage was very debased so it’s value was much lower than English coins

Well done. I don’t know what leather you used for your shoes. Ah, I remember, deer hide, no. If you use cow hide, belly leather, your shoes will last much longer than a few days. To shape them easily you should case the leather just before working it. Put a “sockette” of deer hide or pig skin, glued with a mixture of pva glue and wallpaper paste, flesh side down, after you’ve shaped the shoes. I like what you’re doing.

In Skandinavia several types of flat bread was normal to eat while on the road. As well as oats for porrige.

Great video. That looks like one of Tod's dirks. Great choice.

“With the occasional swally off ma mans iron bru, plus a Mars bar or two for brekky…..it was too cold & too early to be fannying about!” 🤫😉 🤣

WOW!

Please sign my wife and I up for the next Fandabi Dozi Highland tour!

Seeing the beuty of Scotland as a Irish celt makes me un imaginable jealous of the amount of wild lands that are still left in your beutiful counrty

Hello ! Thank you for your videos. Could you show your ax in detail? hello from Estonia!

much respect for what u built yourself knowledgewise and with this channel! Gives me a big motivation in learning survival skills and expand my knowledge. Ty good sir!

is the bannock bread made of oats as the oatcake ? I found two old videos about bannock the on in the campfire eating mackerels and an older one with a straight recipe for a soda bannock bread with all purpose flour, is the bread for the expedition made of oats ? if the oat cake and bread are made both of oats oat flour and butter what is th e difference in naming them ? (I am genuinely curious since as a non english speaker I can't get all nuances)
Beside it's a bit boring to eat the same stuff for 4 days expecially if it's all oats no ?

It is good to see you back n the backroads again . ENJOY and remain safe

Wow! Would love to know what kinda flute that is/how to make one!!

I love your videos! They are really inspirational and useful. It's good to be reminded of basic survival skills for when needed😉love the historical facts😍

Lanolin would help waterproof the wool jacket and kilt.

Lad oot there in the highlands carrying a sword tae defend against the common american tourist. As god intended.

Are the trowsers tucked into the hose historically accurate?

This makes me want to try this with my old WW2 army gear. What would this be called? Larp camping? Historical hiking?

Thanks!