Marcus Whitman Chapter FCF Trades

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2 A TRADE is a Frontier Skill. A trade can be used for Survival or Bartering - TRADE! Which helps keep the cost down for all members. A trade catches a boy s interest when he sees it. Gives you something to trade Required to advance to buckskin Keeps alive skills of our ancestors Presents lots of ministry opportunity to boys and men Makes your camp something more than just a tent Brings the FCF village to life

3 Is it appropriate to our time period? (Approximately ) Is the trade portable? Can I do it in camp or just at home? What is the cost of the trade? Is it something that other FCF members need? Do I enjoy it? Or is it just work? Boys are drawn to the colorful, exciting, and unusual. If we are demonstrating our trade in the village several things happen: Boys will stop and ask questions. The village is alive, not just a group of tents. Other FCF members know what you do!

4 Apothecary (pharmacist) Barber Beads & Beadwork Blacksmith Bookbinder Bowyer / Bowmaker Brick maker Cabinet maker Carpenter/joiner Chandler (candle maker) Coach maker (wainwright) Cooper (makes/repairs wooden barrels & tubs) Cutler (knives & scissors) Farmer Farrier (shoes horses) Fletcher /Making Arrows Furrier (furs and hides) Goldsmith (banker) Gunsmith Hatter (makes & repairs hats) Hornsmith Hunter Leatherworker Mantua maker (dressmaker) Milliner (ladies hats) Military Music / Minstrel Printer (published newspaper, sold books and materials, served as postmaster) Potter Rope maker Saddler (equipment for horses) Sawyer (cut trees to lumber) Shipwright Tailor (clothing) Tanner (hides) Tentmaker Trader (general store) Tinsmith/Whitesmith Weaver (rug maker) Wheelwright (made wheels and carts) Wigmaker Wood Turner

5 Chokers Loom Work Lazy Stich Necklaces Applique

6 Basic Tools: Forge -Small portable forge is best Anvil - 75 to 150 lbs is best Hammers Sledge, straight peen, cross peen ball peen Tongs - Large variety Slack tub (water tank) Half barrel from hardware store works well

7 Dip or Pour

8 Candle makers are in high demand An accurate FCF village is full of candle lanterns This should be a fairly cheap trade to get into. Candle making is a very portable trade. Two basic types of candles Dipped Wax is melted in a large pot and wick material is dipped and allowed to cool, building up layers until the candle size is obtained. Poured Melted wax is poured into molds to make candles. Candle wax is very flammable! Extreme caution should be used. Kits are available from Panther Primitives and Jas. Townsend. Also check:

9 Construct tables, chairs, boxes, or other useful items from wood.

10 Person who makes Buckets and Barrels with wood working tools.

11 shaping stone into useful tools Dates back to ancient times Very low cost to start Very portable Can use Flint stone or Broken Glass 11

12 Very high trade value Expensive to get furs. Simple tools: scissors, needle and thread. 12

13 Powder Horns, Salt Horns. Blowing Horns. Drinking cups, spoons.

14 Like Blacksmithing - expensive type of trade, but carries high trade value. Requires special tools to work metal: Saw, file, grinder, sander, buffer Many resources to buy kits. 14

15 Extension of Woodworking and/or Tinsmith Moderate cost Use general hand tools Good trade value Very portable Every FCF campsite needs a lantern or two (and candles to go with them). 15

16 Tools: Leather Scissors Awl Hole Punch Sinew / Thread

17 Using God given musical ability to bring song, worship or merriment.

18 Scrimshaw is an art form used to decorate these items. This is a trade that could be done in camp. This trade will take some artistic ability. Cow horns, fairly inexpensive. Saws, files, sandpaper to shape the horn and wooden end-plugs. Needles for doing the design to scrimshaw and India ink to color it. Panther Primitives sells a scrimshaw kit and has several books on the topic.

19 FCF clothes have to come from somewhere. There are dozens of patterns available. Jas Townsend Panther Primitives Smoke and Fire Kannicks Korner Crazy Crow Trading Post

20 As old a trade as mankind. Very involved procedures. Takes patience and hard work. Most FCFers want buckskin, leather, or fur hides. 20

21 An off-shoot of blacksmithing, using sheet steel that is bent and soldered together. Searching the Internet for tinsmith or whitesmith will turn up lots of information and pictures.

22 Expensive trade Requires supply of canvass, heavy duty sewing machine, and space. 22

23 Weaving sashes out of thread material 23

24 High start up cost to build a lathe. Most FCF guys would trade for bowls, finials, containers, etc. Link: This has downloadable plans of a treadle lathe.

25 FCF trades are a vital part of our ministry. Required for making the Buckskin Advancement. We should all work on Devotions that tie into our trade to share with boys. We should all be willing to trade with the boys to help them out. Trades are what will make the FCF village come to life at any event. No one really wants to see just a bunch of tents with Commander Sits-a-lot talking about the Good old days in FCF.

26 Is it appropriate to our time period approximately ? Is the trade portable? Can I do it in camp or just at home? What is the cost of the trade? Is it something that other FCF members need? Do I enjoy it? Or is it just work? Remember, your trade should be Something you are interested in. Something that you will enjoy doing. Something that you can do in front of an audience while you are talking. Something you can trade!

27 Google Search: Buckskinner, Mountainman, Pioneer Life, Fur Trade, Rendezvous, Indian Crafts, etc Facebook.com Masters Guild group, Frontier Trader, FCF Swap Meet, Rendezvous Traders Crazy Crow Trading The Wandering Bull Grey Owl Indian Crafts Missouri River Trading Log Cabin Shop Dixie Gun Works Eagle Feather Trading Post Muzzleloader Builder Supply Panther Primitives The Possible Shop Jas. Townsend & Son Moscow Hide & Fur Track of the Wolf Smoke and Fire: Tandy Leather This list is not exhaustive; there are other resources out there. Don t forget the local Goodwill or Thrift Store.