Backpacking/Bushcrafting Bedroll?

[baldtaco-II]

The only thing I can think of is long term durability. If you're the sort who only wants to buy a piece of gear once it's hard to beat Duluth gear and heavy wool blankets.

I had that pegged to a point too. In a broom with a bunch of new heads and a stack of new handles kinda way I figure you could probably patch and darn the thing up forever. I can't overlook that one. The counter I had to myself when that occurred to me was an analogy with footwear. I had in mind a pair of good sturdy Goodyear-welted leather boots. Supposing I had kept the uppers in good order for the last 30yrs and just kept having new Vibram Kletterluft [sp] soles sewn back on. As I kept looping them round and round I would have never go to experience the huge advances in boots making them; lighter, more water resistant, more warm, more cool, better wicking, better grip, better torsional rigidity but with better roll, all that. Because of that in some respects it is a blessing that some kit simply does just give up the ghost and go and die gracefully.

 

[PayetteRucker]

Thank the Lord the Hudson Bay Camp Axe or the Puuko or the external frame pack have not gone the way of the bedroll, then... where would we be without mid-handled light-headed Kochanski axes? I was linked a pretty awesome forum discussion that clearly lays out the ups and downs for me, and some of the aspects of design that I should take into consideration. Considering the effort and money it would take, and the fact that these things are optimal for arid climates, and that I live in the middle of high desert, it's going to be worth it.