What is your favorite informative thread,,,,

[Wise Old Owl]

Off topic, but just read about the red feather of the British in 1777 Battle of Paoli.

I wanted to acknowledge your post and I have recently been to the battlefield and keep in mind the Patriots lost and were turned in by Tories who were loose talking at the bar, over grog,

[Floridahanger]

I wanted to acknowledge your post and I have recently been to the battlefield and keep in mind the Patriots lost and were turned in by Tories who were loose talking at the bar, over grog,

To keep this in the context of hammocks, I bet the battle would have ended different if they had hammocks to relax in instead of using the grog to relax.
Also, I bet there were great trees in that time to hammock from.

[Floridahanger]

One of my passions is DIY. Whether its furnishings, or for the animals, or yard, or my gear, I love DIY, well, mainly because I can't afford not to.
One of my favorite threads is based on DIY. Thanks to member xollox for this great list, https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...ad.php?t=51555

[GrizzlyAdams]

One of the most revolutionary threads was the first post by ZA206 when he introduced hammock campers to constriction based hammock suspensions. A moment that will live in infamy for all hammock days: https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...ead.php?t=9021

Not long after SlowBro took the time to teach everyone how to build Whoopie slings:
https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...ead.php?t=9349

Just a few weeks later we became the first vendor to sell whoopie slings and as anyone can see it has just ballooned from there. Those threads changed many things in the hammock suspension world.

+1 on that.

Another that is high on my list is one where, in his inimitable form, TeeDee mentioned using a Marlin Spike hitch as part of a hammock suspension, a toss-off reference buried in the middle of something else he was talking about. As his writing style is very dense, that posting went by without comment or evident notice on the MS hitch idea. But I'd learned to study his writings like an Egyptologist studies hieroglyphics, grokked what he was saying, and started to promote it. The MS hitch is probably is the biggest impact idea he brought (among many) to HF.

[angrysparrow]

...in his inimitable form, TeeDee..

The MS hitch is probably is the biggest impact idea he brought (among many) to HF.

Quote for emphasis and agreement.

[SilvrSurfr]

Any pictoral by Opie on splicing. That guy has a gift for explaining how to splice.

[jwright]

I really enjoyed the early posts on UQs, when the discussions of baffles and differential cuts, darts and pleats were blossoming. There is some real interesting history back in those threads. If you ever wanted to know where your UQ designs germinated from, take a look.

There are some great posts by some great minds - TiredFeet, Grizz, Schneiderlein, Youngblood, WarBonnetGuy, TeeDee and many other 'oldtimers' really made some amazing contributions-

https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...ead.php?t=6387

https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...ead.php?t=3210

https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...ead.php?t=3794

Jason

[WV]

This may have been mentioned, or at least alluded to, but this thread is worth pointing out again. It introduced me to karo step quilt construction. I like the clear instructions and great illustrations, but also TeeDee's explanations of why he made a number of design decisions.

[mbiraman]

I found the threads on vapor barrier /moisture transfer, to being interesting reading..

bill

[dragon360]

Any pictoral by Opie on splicing. That guy has a gift for explaining how to splice.

Absolutely agree with this one. Still reference them to this day.

I also love PapaSmurf's attached bugnet hammock tutorial. Excellent.