Traditional Muzzleloading Association

Craftsmanship => Clothing and Other Crafts => Topic started by: wwpete52 on December 07, 2008, 06:13:02 PM

Title: poncho
Post by: wwpete52 on December 07, 2008, 06:13:02 PM

Do any of you fellers ever wear a wool ponch at rendezvous?

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Post by: david32cal on December 07, 2008, 07:13:24 PM

i'm glad you brought this up pete, i been thinkin' of makin' one from a small wool blanket i have. was wondering if they would have been something worn by the mountainmen.

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Post by: Craig Tx on December 07, 2008, 08:38:07 PM

Well down in the RoT (Republic of Texas) and territories west we call 'em serapes...   :rt th

Craig

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Post by: cb on December 07, 2008, 09:30:53 PM

Quote from: "david32cal"

... was wondering if they would have been something worn by the mountainmen.

They can be documented for the mountain men who worked out of the Southwest after 1821-22 and many of them (Kit Carson for one) went north to Rendezvous Country at times.