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Hi everybody,
the weather was rainy today but I needed a bit of fresh air and decided to go for a little walk nevertheless. I carried some stuff in a bag I recently made, the load-out shows rather random items since I was only out for an hour and didn't plan on doing any bushcrafty things.
The bag is made of 3-3.5mm thick undied but fatted leather, and therefore has a nice colour and beautiful softness (yet it is very strong). This is not my design, I have seen a similar bag as a fashion item on a japanese page for sth around 200$. The two things that went through my head were: "Hey I could use a bag like that" and: "If I make my own, it will be much cheaper!".
So here are some photos of it. Please excuse the cellphone-quality pics.
The strap is an old swiss army belt I got for next to nothing.
It has a looong belt loop:
It is very tightly sewn with waxed dyneema cord - I am sure it would hold water for a long time.
Items that I carried in the bag for the little walk. Although the bag isn't exactly ultra-light, it feels comfortable to carry for me.
Tried to pack some more into it at home. It's dark here already so the poor cellphone picture quality was degraded by a higher Iso (and some camera shake, of course..) *Sigh*, at least no need to pixel the keys, haha.
This is how it looks on person.
If you don't close the bag, its volume is comparably huge and comes in handy for carrying very important survival items
:
And of course a pic of my knife: made by the german maker Juergen Schanz, modell called "viper middle", mine has a scandi grind.
I think I will make another bag like this, with slightly thinner leather (1,5-2mm) to save a bit of weight, and a "real" belt closing mechanism. The "fake" one is really nice for the city to have a very quick access, but for the outdoors I think I'd prefer the old fashioned kind.
Hope you like it!
Best regards from over here,
l.
the weather was rainy today but I needed a bit of fresh air and decided to go for a little walk nevertheless. I carried some stuff in a bag I recently made, the load-out shows rather random items since I was only out for an hour and didn't plan on doing any bushcrafty things.
The bag is made of 3-3.5mm thick undied but fatted leather, and therefore has a nice colour and beautiful softness (yet it is very strong). This is not my design, I have seen a similar bag as a fashion item on a japanese page for sth around 200$. The two things that went through my head were: "Hey I could use a bag like that" and: "If I make my own, it will be much cheaper!".
So here are some photos of it. Please excuse the cellphone-quality pics.
The strap is an old swiss army belt I got for next to nothing.
It has a looong belt loop:
It is very tightly sewn with waxed dyneema cord - I am sure it would hold water for a long time.
Items that I carried in the bag for the little walk. Although the bag isn't exactly ultra-light, it feels comfortable to carry for me.
Tried to pack some more into it at home. It's dark here already so the poor cellphone picture quality was degraded by a higher Iso (and some camera shake, of course..) *Sigh*, at least no need to pixel the keys, haha.
This is how it looks on person.
If you don't close the bag, its volume is comparably huge and comes in handy for carrying very important survival items
:
And of course a pic of my knife: made by the german maker Juergen Schanz, modell called "viper middle", mine has a scandi grind.
I think I will make another bag like this, with slightly thinner leather (1,5-2mm) to save a bit of weight, and a "real" belt closing mechanism. The "fake" one is really nice for the city to have a very quick access, but for the outdoors I think I'd prefer the old fashioned kind.
Hope you like it!
Best regards from over here,
l.
