Black's of Greenock & Benjamin Edgington ridge tent + annex

[Wayward]

I managed to pick up a Black's of Greenock & Benjamin Edgington senior wren ridge tent + annexe from our local freecycle today, there are a couple of splits in the grounsheet to be repaired and one small hole in the fly, these should be easy enough to do and the front annexe could easily be used as a tarp on it's own

I am just wondering if anyone has any info on this tent, age etc, or if one has been owned and used, I've searched all over the interweb but no knowledge anywhere of this tent

[rik_uk3]

That must have been the one listed for Barnet?

I've used all the classic Blacks tents over the years, I know the name but for can't visualise the tent in my head. It would be late 60's possibly early 70's vintage, Bimleo may know more.

[johnboy]

Here have a look on here..

http://www.inov8.au.com/compass/blacksimages.html

TBH there is a dearth of info on the web on any of the old Blacks kit...

[Toddy]

Is that the wee two man one ? Bit like a larger army pup tent but with a seperate fly? We used them as the leaders tents when I was Akela. The rubber bits perished at a great rate of knots; we used to slice up car inner tubes to replace them. Sorprising amount of useable space iirc.
They weren't new tents when we used them, I know the Black's/Edgington ones kind of dated from the late 60's..............maybe not suprising the rubber was perishing by the time we used them



http://www.blacksofgreenock.co.uk/

cheers,
M

[Wayward]

Thanks for the replies, I have looked through all the pics on the link and still no sign of the illusive wren, I think Toddy best summed up the tent, it's very similar to the guinea but with a flat front, the inner is one piece with 8" mud walls and orange fronted, the fly is bottle green and has a bell shaped rear end and the annexe is simply an extension to the front almost as big as the tent. Oh and most of the yellow rubbers are still in tact at the moment but I'll replace them with elastic cord.
When weather permits we will put it up again and try to get some pics on here

[Toddy]

That's them Matched 2nd Uddie's neckies
Great for wet weather loads of room for wet boots and packs to air dry and the extra length on the fly was good to cook under with the wee blue gaz stoves for an early morning brew up Used to use on of the rubber ponchos as a groundsheet for that bit.

Iirc, we just used to put them up in Spring, brushed them down really, really, well and then painted them with the liquid stuff to proof canvas. They seemed to last years, even with a lot of use.

cheers,
M

[Wayward]

That's them Matched 2nd Uddie's neckies
Great for wet weather loads of room for wet boots and packs to air dry and the extra length on the fly was good to cook under with the wee blue gaz stoves for an early morning brew up Used to use on of the rubber ponchos as a groundsheet for that bit.


Iirc, we just used to put them up in Spring, brushed them down really, really, well and then painted them with the liquid stuff to proof canvas. They seemed to last years, even with a lot of use.

cheers,
M

Hopefully it's going to be a perfect little bushcrafting tent for me

I have noticed a very small tear in the fly, does anyone know the best way to repair ?

[bilmo-p5]

Hopefully it's going to be a perfect little bushcrafting tent for me

I have noticed a very small tear in the fly, does anyone know the best way to repair ?

See if you can get a scrap of similar canvas off the tent bag to patch it with. If you use new cloth it will pull the older stuff apart. It is probably a worthwhile exercise to take all it's dims & make a pattern off it for future reference.

[Wayward]

See if you can get a scrap of similar canvas off the tent bag to patch it with. If you use new cloth it will pull the older stuff apart. It is probably a worthwhile exercise to take all it's dims & make a pattern off it for future reference.

That sounds like a good idea as there is a bag for both the tent and the annexe, I could sew a piece inside and out and then buy some fabsil for the whole tent