Wrapping the Wool Blanket, An Exerpt from Training the WV Wilderness EMS

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[JRNY1605]

Dave, what about conduction from the ground? Does heat escape from underneath as the blanket fibers are compressed. I've had that problem using a wool blanket in a hammock...the convection from the cold air underneath made it a very cold night.

[wildernessoutfitters]

@JRNY1605 In this case the WEMS personel we trained had an issued thermal ground pad to fight conduction. In a normal situation you would need to pile in some insulation like leaves or boughs

[TheMojavegreen1]

Hudson Bay Blankets are pricey but worth every penny. Their history dates back to the soldiers of the American Revolution. The various sizes are rated as one,two, three beaver because the blankets were sized according to the traded value of beaver pelts for which they were bought and sold.

[wildernessoutfitters]

@TheMojavegreen1 I agree brother the only thing better is a Hand Made and loomed blanket but they are very pricey.

[dataphreak]

@TheMojavegreen1 I wish everything was still priced in beaver pelts....

[tblbaby]

@71wicker I got a bunch of nice 100% virgin wool blankets for a sweet deal & I gave some to family & I'm selling the rest low cost to people I know so they can afford the best wool too. I'm wondering how to keep moths off if I keep some for a while. Of course I've got a couple & all my kids & I'm using one because it's so warm. The price keeps going up & I knew that was my chance or I'd be out with sheers bothering sheep to make my own because of the price. Nothing like Wool.

[71wicker]

One other thing if your wool blanket smells of mothballs, don't bother washing it just makes it worse that shit is not water soluble, what worked for me is hang it out in the sun the uv rays will kill the smell after a week or so in the sun I put em in the dryer with the hunter specialties earth smell dryer sheets!! Now no mothball smell just dirt, also a friend of mine smoked his and that worked good also!

[71wicker]

I put down a post a couple days ago that the sportsmen guide had Italian wool blankets, well I bought a half a dozen and got em yesterday, beware they reek of mothballs, so if your looking to use them wright away your SOL unless you wanna put up with that smell!!

[theDUKE197908]

pretty cool

[bewarethegreyghost]

Dave . . . just . . . swaddled himself.

[sbjennings99]

Cool, video..

[robcas631]

LOL regarding night relief!

[ipponutoo]

Another great vid...thanks!

[Kellett781]

@bikenutter1 If you have ever seen old pictures or paintings of American civil war troops, you have likely seen what appears to be a black sausage type thing across their chest and over their shoulder. If your right handed, it goes over the left shoulder. What this is, is a wool blanket in most cases rolled up in a tar ground cloth with the ends tied together with cordage of some type. Also personal kit was rolled up into the blanket and what didnt fit went into a haversack.