Project To Work On While Camping?

[cgleathercraft]

So i'm going camping in a couple weeks. Were only going over the weekend but would like some small projects to occupy my time.

I'm planning on making a new sheath for my hatchet, a couple knife sheaths, and a beer mug (sealed with beeswax). Any other ideas?

Requirements -

Handstitched with minimal rivets/snaps

sealed or finished with wax

no tooling

no dyes or finishes (other than beeswax & oil)

using hand tools only (no sewing machines/sanders/buffers)

[zuludog]

Forget leatherwork while you're camping. Enjoy yourself, and do it properly when you get back home. Go to the pub instead

Edited July 10, 2015 by zuludog

[LLWork]

Haha, I was just thinking of something along these lines myself. Only instead of camping, I was just going to stuff a few things into a backpack, hike out into the wilderness somewhere, and just do some wallet sewing in a meadow or something. It sounds so relaxing.

Sewing's about all I was planning on doing though. Be pretty difficult to do much else.

Edited July 11, 2015 by LLWork

[TheCyberwolfe]

Well, the entire point of any vacation is to relax, and i find both camping and leatherwork relaxing, so I used to join the two as well. Until, of course, I accumulated too much camping gear and essentially ran out of room to bring leather tools along

I kept it to small projects while I was out. I did do some tooling, using a smaller slab that was easy to transport. Mainly either camping-related stuff (like the hatchet scabbard you mention), or stuff for the toolbox like a needle case.

[cgleathercraft]

Forget leatherwork while you're camping. Enjoy yourself, and do it properly when you get back home. Go to the pub instead

lol when I go camping a beer is never too far away. And with all the horses around the amount of tack that (potentially) could need some work is pretty astounding.

We have reserved 6 spaces (3 campers 3 tents) and there will be plenty of family around along with all the horses. I don't plan on tooling but the more I think about it I may want to pack along some basic tools to do a little work on small items if someone wants it. Also see that the campgrounds is filling up quickly so If I'm lucky I'll get some orders while I'm there.