Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Gordon on May 23, 2010, 07:27:04 pm
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I recently traded some bows for a new tipi. It's 16' and made from 20 oz canvas. I brought it to the Central Oregon Bowyers gathering and after spending a few nights in it it's hard to imagine going back to a regular tent. I hope you like pictures!
(http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/gferlitsch/Central%20Oregon%20Bowyers%20Gathering/P1010091.jpg)
(http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/gferlitsch/Central%20Oregon%20Bowyers%20Gathering/P1010071_edited-1.jpg)
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Awesome looking Tipi Gordon...way cool drawing on the Canvas...make it look more Authentic than all of the Plain White Canvas ones You see....I like it ...... ;)
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That's cool Gordon! Beautiful scenery around there too..
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how longs it take to put up?
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aero, it takes about 1 hour for folks that are practiced at it. It took me quite a bit longer, though, as this was my first time.
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That is NICE! 8)
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I like that, Gordon. I'd be a bow trading fool for one of those.
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very cool tipi
did it come with the inner liner for year round living and the ozan?
either way,way cool
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I have a liner, but not an ozan - at least not yet...
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Very cool tipi, Gordon. Love the artwork on it. 8)
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My kind of lodge Gordon.
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Very cool. Please excuse my ignorance but what is an ozan?
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I love it,very nice. :)
Pappy
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Teriffic !!!!....I'd love to have one of them
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Sweeeeeeet!
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Man that is super cool. Really like the art work on the canvas.
to transport the lodgepoles do you just throw them on a rack on your car? What kind of wood are they and are they heavy?
looks great.
wade
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Wade,
The poles are lodge pole pine. I haven't weighed them, but lodge pole is a relatively light weight wood. I carry the poles on the roof rack of my truck.
Cracker,
An ozan is an interior awning. It provides additional warmth in cold climates.
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That is a very nice tipi Gordon. I really want one too. :)
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Beautiful, never had the chance to sleep in one, yet, but walked into a few to check them out. The artwork on that one is as nice as I've seen. Very nice - thanks for posting that!
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Very nice indeed!!
I'm guessing the answer's "yes" but are the canvas ones suitable for "all year 'round" use? As in, could I set one up in my back garden and leave it there indefinitely? Does the canvas need to be treated for water-proofing or does the ozan help with that too?
I've got a crappy little 5 man dome tent that my kids keep hassling me to put up so we can "camp out" in the garden. I'd much rather have something like that to use whenever the feeling takes me. (also, it'd be very useful for if/when I pee off the wife and end up in the dog house ;D
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Cool in the summer warm in the winter. The NA mostly set up with the door facing east and upon entering moved to the left in a sunwise or clockwise direction. I sewed tipis and other historical shelters for Four Seasons Lodges about thirty years ago. Great paint job. Good place to be in a storm.
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That's a great looking Lodge, I want one badly. Also some of the nicest artwork that I've seen on a tipi. Later Bob
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Hatch, the canvas used for my lodge is suitable for year-round use, but not all canvas materials are. An ozan is not needed to keep dry. Proper smoke flap managment and smooth poles are the key.
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That looks awesome!
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Thanks Gordon. Something for me to look into I think.
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I must say, gordon, that is one of the nicest tipis I have seen, fantastic artwork. show some pics of the liner art, it is great. geez...mine looks kinda naked now..
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Gordon, that is cool! :o 8) Cracker, thanks for asking what an "Ozan" is. You took the words right off of my finger tips! ;)
Gordon, what do you mean it takes you longer than an hour to set up the Tipi ? Aren't you married? Squaw put up tipi, not man! ::)
Squaw put up tipi, make cook fire, cook food. Clean tipi. You hunt for food, she clean, cook, make leather, clothes, moccasins! An Ozan is for keeping warm during the winter months? You need big winter squaw! ;D In fact, if you're a good hunter, get two, one for each side....... ;D ;D ::) Ah, yes, I can see you now, about three hundred years ago, you coming back from a very successful hunt, ......."Here flapping beak, clean deer, hang deer up, scrape hide, clean turkey, save feathers for me, cook turkey. Oh, me need new moccasins, one of the beads came off. Tell Waddlilng Bear, to bring more fire wood. Now me rest, and smoke pipe. How soon food be ready?" You see Gordon, that is how it was done in the day. ;) Ah yes, the good ol days......before divorce attorneys......" Flapping beak gets the tipi, and Waddling Bear, the horse. You get the dog. Oh, sorry, I forgot you ate it. You can keep one pair of moccasins, the ones with the holes in them, and the breech clout, and leggings, and one coyote robe. Flapping Beak, and Waddling bear will split up all other assets in the tipi. Your bow collection will go for my fees. Now, your Summer squaws, have also filed a claim....... Little Stinging Nettle, and Bucolic hornet, want same as Winter Squaws! I suggest you catch some more horses, and build some more bows, and arrows, to trade for items they want, a couple of horses should cover my fees. Times have changed haven't they? ::) But really nice lodge! 8)
Wayne
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Funny story Wayne, but I'm not sure I understand the point you are trying to make.
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The point is the wife sets up the tipi! 8) The Man directs. 8) Then it wouldn't take you over an hour to set up. ;D
Of course back then, the wife usually owned the tipi, so that could make for problems in itself. ;) You don't have anyone to help you set it up? I would think that would be a two person job at least.
Wayne
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Ah, okay. Well we certainly do live in different times. One person can setup a 16 foot tipi by themselves, but it takes a little practice.
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wow,that is a great trade..and now you are a real tribe member...john