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Box 1748 Conway, NH 03818 Phone: (603) 447- 2344 Fax: (603) 447-1777
PYRAMID TENTS
Pyramid (also called Miner's) tents
have become very popular in the last few years. They have a very thin and short
history.
Although the design is a natural for contorting canvas, the first reference we
know of was a gentleman in the British Army who made every attempt to get the
tent style accepted by the
quartermaster division. His idea was to have the corners held down with bayonets
and the pole to be a Brown Bess musket. Needless to say it was another seventy
five years before we actually find the design in use.
Parkman mentions the Pyramid tent in his journal of 1846 while on the Oregon
Trail. As cameras came into use, the tent is recorded in photographs of cattle
drives and with exterior poles next to early motor vehicles at picnic/ camping
trips.
We build our Pyramid Tents with reinforcement sewn webbing from each corner to
the peak which acts as a suspension system for the body. This "skeleton" keeps
stretch and deformation to a minimum. An overlap door is standard (and historical)
with a Tipi style oval door optional.
| Pyramid Tent |
Sunforger |
Sunforger Flame |
| 8'6" x 8'6" x 7'6" TALL |
$340 |
$385 |
| 11' x 11' x 8'6" TALL |
$380 |
$440 |
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