Leather Tripod Camping Chair?

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I have been thinking that a good leather triangular seat cover with pockets could be easily carried, and used with locally cut poles lashed up with paracord.

The seat would be lightweight that way, and compact to carry.
 
Looks doable and should be easy enough to lash together with paracord as Greyone mentioned if ya don't feel like bringing the wood, thanks for the idea Fishbone.
 
Had one years ago, commercially made. It worked well as a stool around the campfire. It was light and easy to carry, I think it fit in my pack pretty well. There were a lot of places we camped that it would have been hard to find material for the legs. Above timberline, of course, and in some of the areas where there were only softwoods available. Pine could work but I would rather have a good hardwood like ash or oak. I think the one I had might have had bamboo legs.
 
I have a aluminum/camo-nylon one. I do not use it anymore, but loan it to others with the warning, "DO NOT SIT DOWN QUICKLY!". The results of sitting down quickly was discovered when I went to remove my hip boots, after a morning of trout fishing. one of my wet hip boot slipped on a rock & I slammed, not sat, into that chair & my "boys" met one of the corner posts. Of course my fshin buddy that day, Larry, thought it was quite a hilarious show after, only after... he feigned concern at the start of this unfortunate fiasco.
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I hope those of you who choose to make one of these "man un-friendly" doodads, enjoy the use of them. Or , heed my words, "Loan them out, or give them away"... :dblthumb:
Unless, of course... you have a particular person who you do not like, & then I would suggest you enthusiastically, "give" them the chair to use in wet & slippery conditions...
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I picked up one of these last year - REI Camp Stool - turned out to be a real nutcracker :mad: If I sat in it for any length of time I would go numb and walk funny for a while.
 
I don't use those 3-legged models anymore. Dangerous to sit in on occassion, as mentioned. But I found it to also be unstable on certain soils and it would either fall over if you shifted too much, or a leg would just sink down into the soil, making it tip.
 
I have an REI 3 legged camp chair, and it's ok, but when it is soft out it sinks into the ground and I have to keep pulling it out.
 
Im not sure I want one for my pack as much as sitting around the fire at home. An interesting piece I can talk about. Plus I'm really wanting to make something incorporating wood and leather.
 
Give it a go man. Like any other piece of gear, you will know its limitations. Look forward to seeing what ya come up with.
 
I've been wanting to make a walking staff that breaks down to make a tripod stool. I found a tutorial several years ago on the net. The guy used a large hardwood dowel and copper plumbing pieces to make the staff. Obviously the copper pieces allowed the staff to unscrew at two points so he had the three legs. He then had a copper ring to hold the tripod together with the seat installed. It was rather cool and allowed him to carry his walking staff as normal and in his pack he had the seat and a copper ring. In about 1 minute he would be able to sit down and rest his legs.
 
GreyOne said:
I have been thinking that a good leather triangular seat cover with pockets could be easily carried, and used with locally cut poles lashed up with paracord.

The seat would be lightweight that way, and compact to carry.
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Unfortunately it's not as comfy as you might think. At least my first one wasn't.
 
FishBone said:
Anyone given this a go? I have a few that are nylon but found a few online made from wood and leather. I'm thinking of constructing one myself and improving the aesthetics some. Here is an example of what I am talking about:

http://www.designsponge.com/2011/06/diy-project-tripod-camping-stool.html
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froldt said:
Every time I see these tripod chairs I think of this instructable - http://www.instructables.com/id/Multi-Function-Walking-Stick-Converts-into-a-Cha/

I keep thinking about making one as an upcoming hiking trip so that I can get dual duty out of my hiking pole.
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Ratty1 said:
I've been wanting to make a walking staff that breaks down to make a tripod stool. I found a tutorial several years ago on the net. The guy used a large hardwood dowel and copper plumbing pieces to make the staff. Obviously the copper pieces allowed the staff to unscrew at two points so he had the three legs. He then had a copper ring to hold the tripod together with the seat installed. It was rather cool and allowed him to carry his walking staff as normal and in his pack he had the seat and a copper ring. In about 1 minute he would be able to sit down and rest his legs.
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I like the whole idea and like the walking staff the best to which a leather seat could be applied .
Ratty1 see above tutorial.
I carry medium 6 inch plastic pads to keep legs from sinking (coffee lids will work) .
 
I have a canvas seat version that bought from somewhere. I can't remember where??? Anyway, be careful when trying to sit down on damp, soft ground because the feet sink in and you can fall over. Other than that, I love mine. The legs are oak. I don't have a shoulder strap like that you yet, but will add one now. Thanks for the tip!
 
i've been thinking the same thing for awhile, and just whipped up a seat from some scrap canvas that i have, putting pockets in each of the corners. my hope is to just carry some paracord and lash together a tripod from found wood while i'm out, but this is only theory.
 
HOP said:
I like the whole idea and like the walking staff the best to which a leather seat could be applied .
Ratty1 see above tutorial.
I carry medium 6 inch plastic pads to keep legs from sinking (coffee lids will work) .
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Thanks, it just left my mind where I had seen that. That's the one I read a couple of years ago, I think.
 
I find the REI one that I have ok to sit on... Can't sit on it all night though, as others have said it gets a bit uncomfortable.

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FishBone said:
Anyone given this a go? I have a few that are nylon but found a few online made from wood and leather. I'm thinking of constructing one myself and improving the aesthetics some. Here is an example of what I am talking about:

http://www.designsponge.com/2011/06/diy-project-tripod-camping-stool.html
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My granfather has one of these that they bought in the 60s i think. still in solid great shape. his is tooled in some fantastic native american tribal design and to think of it he may have gotten it from new mexicoish region.
 
Neato! I've been trying for ages to think how they do the three-way joint at the middle of the legs. That designsponge tutorial shows it perfectly.
 
RandallFlagg said:
My granfather has one of these that they bought in the 60s i think. still in solid great shape. his is tooled in some fantastic native american tribal design and to think of it he may have gotten it from new mexicoish region.
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I would love to see a picture of this next time you get a chance!
 
i had one like that given to me from grampa, european factory made.
also a different design, where only one leg was used, and 3 folding arms, one of these arms had a nice cane type handle on it and when it was all folded up it was used as a walking cane. next time out at my dads i will have to see if they are still around.
 
very nice but i don't think it would hold my old fat butt very long.for smaller bushcrafters it would be great and easy to carry.
 
here is the one I made from elk skin works great packs small i can lay it on a log use it in my lap for flint napping and add legs to it for a seat
 
Sorry for the hi-jack...

T43eagle said:
Not a 3 legged stool, but this is one comfortable, light chair: http://www.rei.com/product/792007/alite-monarch-butterfly-chair

You have to balance, but that takes about 2 sec to get used to and you can also lean up against a tree or kick your legs all the way out front. Weighs < 1lb and packs up small. Spendy, so I waited until they had camp chairs 30% off at REI.
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That does look pretty cool. I could swing 18oz, as the wood/leather one is probably significantly more and doesn't pack up nearly as small. For 70 bones though, I'll wait until sale time. Thanks for the idea.
 
My wife has one of those Alite Monarch Butterfly Chairs from REI and just loves it.
 
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