A day out with the pup - Pic Heavy

[cuphead]

Went for a short walk with the dog this afternoon at one of my favorite spots in my area (Pointe-des-Cascades), there's some nice white water in the summer, but come autumn they lower the water level to avoid floods to preserve the natural park. It was a great day, the dog had a blast and got to test some new toys!:thumbup: && got to see some ice fishing shacks flipped on the side. Unusual to say the least, perhaps vandals?

Enjoy!

 

[fmajor007]

Ha! What a great day to be out! Great looking bushcrafty blade (is that the Condor Bushcraft blade?) and axe.

I just commented on Rick Marchand's Medium ALICE pack, though his is w/frame.

How does your pack handle without a frame? How much weight?

 

[cuphead]

Yea its the Condor Bushlore, and love the wetterlings!
My pack weighs in at 11.4lbs, fairly light but it's not packed to it's max capacity, in the main compartment all I have is a cheapo woodland camo tarp I like for winter use and a drysac that has a ziploc full of trailmix, jerky, cliff bars and hot coco mix. and another ziploc with my pipe, tabacco, damper tool and some waterproof matches.

There is a lot of redundancy and I've tried to trim my kit down a bit yesterday, for the most part I'm pretty happy with it, I couldn't be happier with my med alice pack, it's a pack that's durable is very versatile and just keeps on giving.

I haven't tried the alice with frame so I wont comment on it, but I carry my pack high on my back cinch down the shoulder straps and it makes for a very comfy carry , straps dont slip off the shoulders either this way. if this makes sense?


Thanks for looking!

 

[pitdog]

Great pics buddy, that looks like my kinda hike for sure !!!


Love this pic...great looking dog !

 

[WILLIAM.M]

Great photos Bro

That dog looks VERY HAPPY!!!

 

[cuphead]

Thanks, it was a great time, the dog up on her backlegs is a definate sign of approval.

 

[OzarkCreekWalker]

Great post! how do you like the condor?

 

[cuphead]

Great post! how do you like the condor?

I honestly love it. It's my goto knife and I have many knives from poor to excellent quality, custom and productions.. Just I can beat on it and put it to work and not worry about it getting dirty,it seem's to ask for it, from it's condition upon arrival. I have 3, 2 hardwood handle and 1 canvas. the ones with the hardwood handle kind of need finishing, at least mine 1 of them came dry/scuffy and unprotected. so I applied a few layers of linseed. The grind is nothing perfect, but gives it character imho. Feels great in the hand. Worth it!:thumbup:

 

[2glock40s]

I just bought the Condor Bushcraft and the Bushlore just last week. I couldn't decide which one to get so I got both. At $30 apiece I figured I couldn't go wrong. I've never owned a Condor product and I'm anxious to try them out. Glad to here you like yours. I may replace the hardwood handles with micarta.

 

[RoyalM]

Looks like a great time, nice selection of kit and of course the pup. Thanks for posting.

 

[sicily02]

Cuphead, it looks like you had a fun time out. The pics of your pup is awesome.

Bryan

 

[oldrich]

Hi. Great pics! I use the same pipe stuffing thing. Is yours made in the Czech Republic too?

 

[JV3]

that's a nice looking dog! reminds me of my all-black one too, she was named "midnight"