Using a Blanket Pin

How to effectively use a blanket pin

[@Anna-3084]

Am I a survivalist? No Is it currently winter? No Will I ever practically need one of these in my life? Probably not How many do I own? *_Two_*

[@davidgiffordsr.930]

Funny, I just ordered two as well. lol

[@USMC-bj8hd]

In the USMC I was taught “Two is one, one is none.” So your good to go. I have two as well!

[@sharonelliott2366]

Great video! This pin is also called a penannular brooch and was used historically by Scots with their great kilts (good wool cloth) and also by Norse people.

[@pumancat]

Yup, I have 4 for my kilts and other things.

[@20p65s]

Good job CC. I like that it's just the facts, no BS intro theme music. The shorter the better.

[@gerretoutdoors3710]

Is that what she said?

[@mrwes100]

One of the best demos on KZbin.

[@samsmith8870]

Good stuff! That's a new one, I've never heard it called a Blanket Pin before. A Penannular Pin, a Cloak Pin, a Cloak Brooch, a Celtic Brooch, a Medieval Brooch, a Viking Cloak Pin, and a Medieval Cloak Pin but never a Blanket Pin. (I only know this because I once had a summer job selling clothes at the Renaissance Faire LOL)

[@pathologicalphilosophy1959]

hahaha... I loved that

[@Paid2Win]

I'm gonna make a shit ton of these when I have the room for a forge. Pumping them out helps people and the more experienced I get the more beautiful and ornate I can make them.

[@genegarren833]

A very good piece of gear. Wool is best. Years in Special Forces and Special Operations, and lots of time outdoors in all kinds of terrain and weather, taught me this. Your Blanket Pin looks like for sure a very important and useful outdoor item for your wool blankets in the uses that you are demonstrating. An old technology that works really great. I have already checked out your site and plan on getting one. Thanks and Great video.

[@brwhyon]

Going to start making these myself with found metals, have always loved the simplicity of old ways, great content, Thanks !

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for sharing this. Again, no nonsense and practical. Keep it up!

[@barnaclebill1615]

I was always wondering why I keep seeing this thing. If all the videos yours did appear first but regardless I come to u for most of my Bushcraft knowledge. Thanks Dan. 👍👍😁🇺🇸

[@the1band1wagon]

Great video! I didn't understand how it clipped together and held in place. Now I know how to use it with my cloak I'm making.

[@LycaonsMemories]

capes, everyone loves a cape. great video

[@MegaCarencro]

I never thought to turn the pin. I bought one cause i have a hooded blanket and wanted to wear it like a cape. Thank you for a quick tutorial.

[@wolfbeam9169]

There are so many reasons I need to learn how to forge a blanket pin.

[@OneRamdonMFer]

Nice video--short and to the point. TY!

[@grizzlycountry1030]

*If it starts to get hot I can become superman!* 👍

[@snieves4]

Funny. I was searching for a video about this pin for a rennaisance festival im visiting and your video came up. Thank you!

[@BluDrgn426]

simple, clear, and easy, thanks!

[@davesmith1771]

Never heard of one, thanks! I ain't sticking a big metal pin through my cherished wool blankets though!

[@davidmarklein]

You should get self healing wool blankets 😜

[@nonickname1957]

The pin is not supposed to pierce the blanket. Turn the pin so that it points directly away from the opening in the ring. Pull a quantity of blanket through the ring. Rotate the pin so that lies on top of the material pulled through the ring, and pass the pin tip through the opening in the ring. Rotate the pin so that it is at a right angle to the opening in the ring.

[@TheWizardofLimes]

Theres always that thought of "Wow how did anyone back in the day do anything without modern equipment?" But this shows just a simple tool that is fairly useful

[@squid310861]

Excellent video, clear simple explanation. Well done and thanks

[@Schnot]

Looks like you’re ready to travel middle earth.

[@joepoelmans5910]

With a viking blanket pin? Nah hes off to valhalla

[@samneibauer4241]

@@joepoelmans5910 not until he's died in battle!

[@joepoelmans5910]

@@samneibauer4241 Or because he accidentally stabs himself with said blanket pin :P

[@henrikaugustsson4041]

More like midgård. He looks like a Viking with a baseball cap.

[@HikeByFaith]

Thanks for putting this video together. Nice!

[@Sharkman6275]

Awesome tips from your channel!

[@SGTPROVO]

Just bought two (3" dia.) online from Jonathon Simmons @Primitive Progression, and only $10 each, and only $5 shipping, where mostly everybody else charges as much as $30 just for the blanket pins. Great inventory selection !!!

[@SGTPROVO]

I use my spare blanket pin sometimes with a tripod over the fire, the 3" ring can handle 3 good sized legs not lashed together, and the pin once placed across the rings can support a chain to hang a coffee pot,Dutch Oven, and a hanging grill supported on all 4 corners to set a fry pan on.

[@RipleysSanatorium]

Thank you so so much. I’ve been looking and this is a huge help!

[@mrwes100]

SGTPROVO brilliant

[@presbyterosBassI]

ebay $1.79 with free shipping. I'll know the quality when it comes in the mail from China.

[@fromtheflightdeck252]

Good and to the point.

[@wanderingthewilderness]

Nice vid. I forge my own pins and wear it the same way

[@arweninnj]

Lose the baseball hat and you have the Viking look down pat! 😉 Seriously- short, sweet and to the point. Subscribed.

[@keithhoward4059]

You can use it as a teepee and tripod with three sticks running through it for fire

[@luangoubeaux3876]

Love it and have one, I ordered one because I saw someone make a bushcraft tripod wool teepee

[@1272-f9v]

Use it at the right size and construction, like in old times (use body part sizes) to get antenna dipole, that will oscillate in your private frequency range... it gives health and neutralizes negative external influences... piece of high tech, from the beginning of time. ;)

[@ezradeibazzi]

Hey! A clip from this video turned up in an add for a company called Zokkii (they were selling blanket pins), I'm just wondering if they got your permission to use the clip. I probably wouldn't like it if a company came in and stole my content to advertise a product I had nothing to do with so figured I'd ask. Love your videos btw!

[@andrewmcmahon199]

Great stuff as always...thanks

[@hwowwhwoo]

thanks! I needed to get a few of these for a cosplay and I couldn't figure out how they'd work just from the pictures

[@hobofab]

I made a blanket pin out of some wire worked just as good so in a pinch you can make your own.

[@DJ-dt4kz]

Great to the point instructable 👍

[@magniankh]

Perfect video, thanks!

[@Gozerthegozarian1984]

Great video. Subscribed.

[@dczomic9256]

I made a blanket pin using the loop from 2 coat hangers a coping saw some glue and a plier

[@metroplexchl]

I bought one and love it. The cloak pin I mean. I live in Texas, so winter camping is a really enjoyable thing. Around the campfire (here at least), you need a light long sleeve shirt and a light wool blanket to cover up with. I bought the pin for this and love using it. Bought a second for my son. Did have a question....do you make these or buy these? Doesn't really matter too much, but I was just curious. Gonna be getting another for my 5 year old that now has to do everything her older brother does. :-)

[@deanbutler79]

Really great video. Thank you very much. Just wondering where you got the wool blanket from? Is it pure lambswool?

[@zzzzxxxx341]

Nice one.

[@tedadams5448]

Got one and I love it hunting

[@maugwei]

Best thing EVER! I bought one of your hommie!

[@memorymix8884]

is that a real poncho or a sears poncho?

[@kz900dohc]

How do I get a pin like that? Awesome video Sir!

[@coalcracker]

I sell them at coalcrackerbushcraft.com

[@kz900dohc]

Thanks US funds? Shipping? to Manitoba/Canada?

[@coalcracker]

Email us at [e-mail] we will help you out

[@iamarawn]

any chance you have a link to the blanket you used? I see so many types and a lot of them are different wools or even blends with plastic in it.

[@EddyGurge]

Have one for my kilt!

[@JohnSmith-vb6jx]

Be careful installing it.

[@Darazax]

Absolutely epic

[@matthewwebster]

Is there something that does this without a pin? More like a clamp?

[@TheWtfnonamez]

When I first watched this video it seemed like the most pointless and irrelevant video on survival I had ever seen. Wind the clock forward a few years and now I live somewhere so cold that warm clothes INDOORS are an issue. I recently discovered how effective cloaks are, and incidentally why they persisted as primary tools for maintaining warmth for thousands of years. Trying to find a cloak pin online led me straight back here. You know your craft sir. Online decent cloaks are insanely expensive, but a wool blanket and a cloak pin combined is far cheaper. Thank you for your excellent advice. I wish I had been a bit more open minded the first time I watched this video.

[@Bill_tyler]

This is bad ass!

[@jamesnauert7844]

I’m going to order one

[@blueschild61]

MM. I wish there was a way to do this without putting holes in the blanket. Maybe a wood clamp?

[@adammcguinness9950]

Very cool video. Thanks for sharing.

[@DisdainusMaximus]

This is WAY too thick and heavy for what it needs to do. I suggest you get a smaller and thinner fibula, it won't damage your blanket as much and it will be lighter to boot.

[@coalcracker]

Just another option man. I like the tradition of these

[@cillaloves2fish688]

Cool!

[@dustyoatmilk]

What size is that blanket?

[@Crogon]

Some people would cal that a shawl.

[@iuliua]

or use a large safety pin which is ....... safer :D

[@mattbiek]

Just saw a couple clips of you in an ad on my Instagram feed, not sure if they had your permission johnspick . Com just a heads up

[@TocsTheWanderer]

Why call it a shard when you can just call it what it is? It's a cloak.

[@grizzlycountry1030]

I see reproductions on ebay of these.

[@davidgiffordsr.930]

Wouldn't they all be reproductions? I'm just guessing.

[@TejanoDeFuego]

1:40 *EVERYONE*

[@JohnSmith-vb6jx]

Do you really call your wool blanket a shart or was that a joke?

[@williamunderhill427]

cornholio O .o

[@Rocketsong]

First time I have ever heard anyone call a Penannular Broach a Blanket Pin.

[@Mike-gt1cs]

Take modern man out of his cities, and he very quickly re-learns how intelligent our forebearers really were!

[@aux1z11]

Cool tool you can become a super hero or a Muslim in just seconds

[@benterwellen]

Super hero, yes..........Muslim, No.........they are on the same team as the NFL..........