On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:42:16 +0000 (UTC), John Thomas wrote:

Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.

http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483


Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All Pointy Sticks:

http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm


Regards,
Roy

Is that a teepee pole in your pocket or...

aw never mind...

In article , Roy
wrote:

but I think THESE are The Mother of All Pointy Sticks:

No point that I can see. MOA dowels, maybe...

--
"You can't be a Real Country unless you have a BEER and an airline - it helps
if you have some kind of a football team or some nuclear weapons, but at the
very least you need a BEER. " - Frank Zappa

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:19:30 GMT, Roy wrote:

Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All Pointy Sticks:
http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm

Thanks for that ! I've just been looking for tipi poles

(Shame that shipping is probably impractical)

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:40:42 +0000, Andy Dingley wrote:

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:19:30 GMT, Roy wrote:

Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All Pointy Sticks:
http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm

Thanks for that ! I've just been looking for tipi poles

(Shame that shipping is probably impractical)

Probably. Cost me about $125 to have my last set shipped from Minnesota. I imagine it's a tad more
to the UK. I keep these out of the weather when not being used. My previous set lasted 10-12 years
stored outdoors in Texas. Try one of these sites for a more local source for you. One of the
'skinners there will know where you can get them. Sharpen your draw knife and put a fresh belt on
the sander though.

http://web.onyxnet.co.uk/Gunn.MacLaren-onyxnet.co.uk/

http://www.hudsonbaytrappers.co.uk/

http://www.falsterske.dk/ (also has English version)

http://www.hiswap.uitholland.nl/

http://www.coon-n-crockett.org/linklist.htm (good place to start a search)

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 01:01:25 GMT, Roy wrote:

http://web.onyxnet.co.uk/Gunn.MacLaren-onyxnet.co.uk/

Weird. Here in the UK there's pretty much _no_ crossover between muzzle
loaders and tipi-dwellers. They're more likely to see them as targets!

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:40:42 +0000, Andy Dingley
scribbled:

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:19:30 GMT, Roy wrote:

Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All Pointy Sticks:
http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm

Thanks for that ! I've just been looking for tipi poles

(Shame that shipping is probably impractical)

You mean you have to *buy* tipi poles???? Why can't you just go out in
the bush and cut a few lodgepole pines?

Luigi
Replace "nonet" with "yukonomics" for real email address
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/humour.html
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/antifaq.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...ct_Woodworking

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:08:23 -0800, Luigi Zanasi
wrote:

You mean you have to *buy* tipi poles???? Why can't you just go out in
the bush and cut a few lodgepole pines?

Shortage of lodgepole pines. My best option locally for long straight
poles is coppiced ash and I can't find any of that length that thin.

For yurt rafters I cleave ash, but it just wouldn't look right on a
tipi.

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:20:29 +0000, Andy Dingley
scribbled:

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:08:23 -0800, Luigi Zanasi
wrote:

You mean you have to *buy* tipi poles???? Why can't you just go out in
the bush and cut a few lodgepole pines?

Shortage of lodgepole pines. My best option locally for long straight
poles is coppiced ash and I can't find any of that length that thin.

For yurt rafters I cleave ash, but it just wouldn't look right on a
tipi.

I was just kidding, but I now wonder if there is a business there for
someone here to ship lodgepole pine tipi poles from the YK to the UK.
Our lodgepole pines tend to grow in almost pure stands of tightly
packed trees, hence they are tall and straight (but that's the nature
of the interior subspecies of the inaptly named Pinus contorta). What
do you think people would be prepared to pay for them and is there
much of a demand?

Luigi
Replace "nonet" with "yukonomics" for real email address
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/humour.html
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/antifaq.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...ct_Woodworking

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 08:14:59 -0800, Luigi Zanasi
wrote:

What do you think people would be prepared to pay for them

Zilch

Who wants a tipi ?

Hippies want tipis.

How much money do hippies have ?

Bugger all.

and is there much of a demand?

No. There's a better market in yurts and geodesic domes. Domes in
particular have a "commercial" market on the festival circuit and so
they might be bought by someone who actually has a real budget. Tipis
might be OK to live in, but the doorway / light / floorspace just aren't
big enough to use them as a stall or venue for anything commercial.

The few UK lodgepole pines I've seen have been in odd locations, not in
stands, and they've been anything other than straight. There are a few
about, and I could probably round them up with a lot of looking, but
those "$10" prices for as many as I wanted would have saved me a lot of
legwork.

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:20:57 +0000, Andy Dingley
scribbled:

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 08:14:59 -0800, Luigi Zanasi
wrote:

What do you think people would be prepared to pay for them

Zilch

Who wants a tipi ?

Hippies want tipis.

How much money do hippies have ?

Bugger all.

and is there much of a demand?

No. There's a better market in yurts and geodesic domes. Domes in
particular have a "commercial" market on the festival circuit and so
they might be bought by someone who actually has a real budget. Tipis
might be OK to live in, but the doorway / light / floorspace just aren't
big enough to use them as a stall or venue for anything commercial.

Ah well, there goes my get-rich-quick scheme of providing poles to
British tipi dwellers. :-(

The few UK lodgepole pines I've seen have been in odd locations, not in
stands, and they've been anything other than straight. There are a few
about, and I could probably round them up with a lot of looking, but
those "$10" prices for as many as I wanted would have saved me a lot of
legwork.

Probably Shore pine then, the contorted coastal subspecies of Pinus
contorta, which gave the species its name.

Luigi
Replace "nonet" with "yukonomics" for real email address
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/humour.html
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/antifaq.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...ct_Woodworking

In article ,
Roy put an RP here wrote:
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:42:16 +0000 (UTC), John Thomas
wrote:

Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.

http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483


Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All
Pointy Sticks:

http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm


Regards,
Roy

Yeah, but it looks like you have to supply your own point.

--

Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland

Lawrence Wasserman wrote:

In article ,
Roy put an RP here wrote:

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:42:16 +0000 (UTC), John Thomas
wrote:


Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.

http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483


Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All
Pointy Sticks:

http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm


Regards,
Roy


Yeah, but it looks like you have to supply your own point.

I get the point.

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:03:19 GMT, (Lawrence
Wasserman) wrote:

In article ,
Roy put an RP here wrote:
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:42:16 +0000 (UTC), John Thomas
wrote:

Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.

http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483


Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All
Pointy Sticks:

http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm


Regards,
Roy

Yeah, but it looks like you have to supply your own point.

They keep those in a different warehouse. Just make sure you order as
many boxes of points as you order sticks.


+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

In article , Mark & Juanita
wrote:

They keep those in a different warehouse. Just make sure you order as
many boxes of points as you order sticks.

Damn. Like shaving appliances. Give 'em the stick and sell 'em the
points...

--
"I'm a man, but I can change... If I have to... I guess." -- Red Green

"Mark & Juanita" wrote in message

Roy

Yeah, but it looks like you have to supply your own point.

They keep those in a different warehouse. Just make sure you order as
many boxes of points as you order sticks.

Except in San Francisco ... where only blunts are allowed, and only outlaws
have points.

--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 11/06/05

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:03:19 GMT, (Lawrence Wasserman) wrote:

In article ,
Roy put an RP here wrote:
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:42:16 +0000 (UTC), John Thomas
wrote:

Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.

http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483


Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All
Pointy Sticks:

http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm


Regards,
Roy

Yeah, but it looks like you have to supply your own point.

There's a bunch of you making way too many disparaging remarks about tipi poles of late. Just going
to pick on Lawrence's post to rebut all y'all.

Hey, I consider something that tapers from 4-5 inches across to 3/8 inch across over 26-28 feet in
length to be pretty pointy. It ain't sharp, I admit, but it sure has a pointy shape. If you shrunk
that pole down to needle size, it would be sharp AND pointy.

Visualize a tipi pole as a giant needle that you thread with a 3 inch rope. Got that image firmly
in your head? mmmh??

If you do, you need to get out in the shop and make some sawdust. Something's wrong with you folks
if you have to make unkind jokes about another man's tipi poles, and sawdust will fix it. And
before all y'all ask, no, you can't cut up my set of poles. I need 'em myself for the lodge as the
stakes are way too short to hold up the cover let alone the liner, ozan and door.

Hmmph.

Regards,
Roy

Lawrence Wasserman wrote:

In article ,
Roy put an RP here wrote:
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:42:16 +0000 (UTC), John Thomas
wrote:

Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.

http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483


Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All
Pointy Sticks:

http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm


Regards,
Roy

Actually, the Mother of All Pointy Sticks dates back to the
paleomezocretatianous period - developed by a little black
lady in Africa. I think she was mentioned in Alex Haley's
book.

http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/...2History0.html

charlie b