School me on ponchos

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Has anyone ever made a poncho from a wool surplus blanket? There are some good YouTube instructional videos and surplus wool blankets can be found cheap.
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Steamforger wrote:Understand that a US surplus poncho of a certain vintage may have a very, very particular smell. Like a sour milk or vomit smell. At least, my issued ones did.
They arrived today. My daughter said (and I quote), "It smells like you shat yourself. 500 times. Can we burn them?"
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Let 'em air out. If you can find a big enough container, put them in it, loosely, and put an old-fashioned glass full of ammonia in it. Give 'em about a week, and see it that helps.
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skb12172 wrote:Has anyone ever made a poncho from a wool surplus blanket? There are some good YouTube instructional videos and surplus wool blankets can be found cheap.
I was thinking about doing just that. I found a source of Czech army surplus wool blankets in "servicable" (read ratty) condition. I reckon cutting and stitching a few would be worth a try.

Just to add that my Swiss alpenflage poncho did sterlling work at the weekend. It kept me dry and comfortable on a windy, misty, rainy shoot from a hide with a broken roof. The roe doe I shot never even saw me. There should be a Swiss poncho in every rucksack.
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First Shirt wrote:Let 'em air out. If you can find a big enough container, put them in it, loosely, and put an old-fashioned glass full of ammonia in it. Give 'em about a week, and see it that helps.
I should just string them up in the basement for a while, I think.
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Why not outside? Fresh air and sunshine are the best deodorizer and disinfectant.
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skb12172 wrote:Why not outside? Fresh air and sunshine are the best deodorizer and disinfectant.
We're entering the cold, rainy, cloudy season. They'd never get sun or dry.
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one of these?

You should get the mess kit that turns into a still, too.
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Found on Reddit tonight. Simply titled "Woobie is life, Woobie is love."
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I keep a poncho liner on my bed to cover my shoulders on cold nights.

The dogs like it too.
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