Hi all,
I have some pics of my new custom Woodsmen pack,
a new pan for frying and cooking in, new hand saw,
and new trap well new for me lol. that i made up.
First my pack.
I contacted Frost River packs. When I chatted with
Mark Bartell of Frost River and told him that a pack that
they make called the Woodsmens pack is what I wanted,
but with some changes.
Mark was like we can do that. I was like Great lol.
I told Mark I would like the Woodsmen pack to
be 20" tall and 14" wide and 5" deep. Box style of course.
Not 18" tall and 16" wide. The 5" deep was the same that I
wanted.
I wanted to have a grab handle instead of a trumpline.
I wanted the shoulder straps to be leather and padded.
I wanted a sturnum strap added.
I also wanted to have 6 D-rings on the side instead of 4
like there pack has.
On the front of the pack I wanted to add 2 of there add a
pocket and a axe sleeve also added.
On the flap lid I wanted to have 2 D-ring tie downs added.
Mark was great to chat with and said he could do that.
the cost would be around $250 roughly. I said ok and when
can you get one done for me lol.
Sometimes in life things just go right. Mark told me that
they were just getting ready to do a run of Woodsmen packs
and that he would add this order to there run.
Well I got my Custom Woodsmen Pack, I have had it for a little over
week now and am very pleased with it. Frost River did a great job
for me.
Here are some pics of the pack at my campsite.
A couple of pics of it on me. kathy did not come with me today so I had here take pics of the pack when I first got and loaded it up some.
I headed out to the timber to cook some food, and get some more
wood cut and stacked. and practice some trap making today.
When I got there I thought I would show what I carried today.
In the 2 front pockets you can see in the pic, that i carred
my Steel canteen and my mini solo cooking kit. I also carried
my poncho, a trash bag, 2 bundles of 550 cord a head net and
hanky.
In the main part of the pack I carried my food, and new pan that I
got from Ben at Bens back woods. first aid kit, some extra cloths, long
john top and bottom, socks, a tin of nails and tacks, a pad for sitting on,
compass and toilet kit, and knife sharpener.
My cutting tools
Stuff like that.
The pack carries very well and is pretty comfy too on my back.
Once I got to my pack and got unloaded I wanted to try out my
new hand saw. I have been using a folding saw for years but
as of late I wanted to use a little bigger one and so I got one.
This is a 13" long blade. It really cuts great.
Over last summer we had a wind storm come through it knocked
a pretty good sized branch down. out of a Maple tree.
Here is one of the branches that I wanted to cut up.
To cut through that branch took 64 seconds.
I will stop here and go to part 2.
Bryan
I have some pics of my new custom Woodsmen pack,
a new pan for frying and cooking in, new hand saw,
and new trap well new for me lol. that i made up.
First my pack.
I contacted Frost River packs. When I chatted with
Mark Bartell of Frost River and told him that a pack that
they make called the Woodsmens pack is what I wanted,
but with some changes.
Mark was like we can do that. I was like Great lol.
I told Mark I would like the Woodsmen pack to
be 20" tall and 14" wide and 5" deep. Box style of course.
Not 18" tall and 16" wide. The 5" deep was the same that I
wanted.
I wanted to have a grab handle instead of a trumpline.
I wanted the shoulder straps to be leather and padded.
I wanted a sturnum strap added.
I also wanted to have 6 D-rings on the side instead of 4
like there pack has.
On the front of the pack I wanted to add 2 of there add a
pocket and a axe sleeve also added.
On the flap lid I wanted to have 2 D-ring tie downs added.
Mark was great to chat with and said he could do that.
the cost would be around $250 roughly. I said ok and when
can you get one done for me lol.
Sometimes in life things just go right. Mark told me that
they were just getting ready to do a run of Woodsmen packs
and that he would add this order to there run.
Well I got my Custom Woodsmen Pack, I have had it for a little over
week now and am very pleased with it. Frost River did a great job
for me.
Here are some pics of the pack at my campsite.
A couple of pics of it on me. kathy did not come with me today so I had here take pics of the pack when I first got and loaded it up some.
I headed out to the timber to cook some food, and get some more
wood cut and stacked. and practice some trap making today.
When I got there I thought I would show what I carried today.
In the 2 front pockets you can see in the pic, that i carred
my Steel canteen and my mini solo cooking kit. I also carried
my poncho, a trash bag, 2 bundles of 550 cord a head net and
hanky.
In the main part of the pack I carried my food, and new pan that I
got from Ben at Bens back woods. first aid kit, some extra cloths, long
john top and bottom, socks, a tin of nails and tacks, a pad for sitting on,
compass and toilet kit, and knife sharpener.
My cutting tools
Stuff like that.
The pack carries very well and is pretty comfy too on my back.
Once I got to my pack and got unloaded I wanted to try out my
new hand saw. I have been using a folding saw for years but
as of late I wanted to use a little bigger one and so I got one.
This is a 13" long blade. It really cuts great.
Over last summer we had a wind storm come through it knocked
a pretty good sized branch down. out of a Maple tree.
Here is one of the branches that I wanted to cut up.
To cut through that branch took 64 seconds.
I will stop here and go to part 2.
Bryan
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