Some years ago I attended a large rendezvous.
There was a 18' tipi that appeared to be held
up by only one pole. I asked to enter and look
at this one pole system. The pole started in the back of the lodge and extended foward into
a strong pole pocket BETWEEN the smoke flaps.
The lodge was staked down as any 18' lodge would
be. I have seen a 13' lean-pi but this was a full size 18-footer, 16' high. The pole was
large at the bottom and springy towards the top.
From the smoke stains in the top of the canvas,
this lodge had been used many times for a long
time. I found no makers label and the owner bought it from an old couple in Minnesota.
Has anyone ever seen a one pole tipi as described. If so who made it?

There are conical tents, which are a single pole, but have many lines like a marquis, and the original French design of 1753 had no smoke flaps probably not what you mean....,

There are the Sibley tents, which are a variation on the conical, but and he put in smoke flaps at the top...,

There is also the pyramid tent....

BUT I think they had a custom made extra tall and wide Sibley, for the basic Sibley from Tentsmiths has smoke flaps like a lodge.

They will make custom sizes for you, so try:

Sibley Drawing

NOTE the smoke flaps with lines in the drawing.

Actually it would be cool to set up a wood stove with a single piece of stovepipe, to direct the smoke toward the flaps, thus eliminating the need for all that pipe!

LD

Orkle,
RK Lodges is located in Minnesota--maybe they made it as an experiment or custom job. Or maybe the original owners built it.

Dick

Oracle I have a very modern tent that is probably similer in desighn to the tipi you saw. The perimeter is staked down every couple of feet and then a center support pole is inserted. Very stable in high winds, and very simple to set up.

Warmutt
Is your lodge 18-feet in diameter and have two
smoke flaps like a regular TIPI? You probably
have a TentMasters Lean-pi 13-feet in diameter.
This wasn't a lean-pi or sidley but a unique
one of the kind one pole lodge. The pole bent
like a spring to keep tention on the canvas cover.
Oracle
all i say by it's very nature is true.

That does sound unique Oracle. No, mine ain't no where near similer to what your describing. That sounds like a big oxe tent!