Vintage Gear

[leghog]

I do like to use some vintage gear.

 

[clayton c]

I have and do use vintage gear, some out of nostalgia and some out of nessessity. I like the old canvas packs and smocks but also appreciate the modern lightweight synthetic packs and jackets too. The important requirement for me is reliability, I have yet to replace all my older gear but will when needs become important.

I am not so much high tech though I am slowly rebuilding my lightweight camping gear lists since I began tour cycling. All this stuff fits in with backpacking equipment as well. You will find some old school pieces in use though I probably will replace with the modern equivalent when money or situation presents itself.

 

[leghog]

I like the old canvas packs and smocks but also appreciate the modern lightweight synthetic packs and jackets too.

With outdoor clothing and packs I mostly stick with modern/current.

 

[sasha]

I still use the water bottles have 3 of them. I think they work the best for backpacking for me. The svea123 stove is the only stove I use as well.. Never did consider them as vintage.. Just learned something new.

 

[neeman]

Hells bells
I am older than vintage

A couple of years ago hiking in the Lake District, I retired my Blacks canvas anorak of 40 years
A complete set of clothes, pants, shirt, vest and storm jacket were lighter and less bulk than the single anorak
We shall not discuss its weight when wet

I retired my Opimus 99 in favor of a Snow peak gas stove smaller than the palm of my hand

My Rachlie Leather hiking boots that were like clogs, retired for a gore tex lined pair

 

[Charlie Fox]

I do like to use some vintage gear.

That's funny because those items were the "must haves" when I was in Boy Scouts in the 70's and 80's!

 

[leghog]

The svea123 stove is the only stove I use as well.. Never did consider them as vintage.. Just learned something new.

It's a 60 year old design.

 

[leghog]

I do like to use some vintage gear.

That's funny because those items were the "must haves" when I was in Boy Scouts in the 70's and 80's!

The Coleman stove is ~30 years old, the Svea stove is new but the design is ~60 years old, the Silva compass is ~80 years old, the Eriksson Mora knife is ~60 years old, and the water bottle is ~40 years old.

 

[John A. Larsen]

I have a water bottle just like that one in the photo, but not 40 years old. John

 

[pinnah]

Did someone say, Svea?

Svea 123 by Pinnah, on Flickr

 

[Codger_64]

I do manage to get a few pieces of up=to-date gear over the years, but by and large most of my gear has been "obsolete" by the time I get it. It is never the best, but has seldom failed to serve. And at far less cost than needing to reequip myself constantly. First gear was WWII and Korean War vintage surplus. Mostly because the newer official BSA stuff was costly. Then the Vietnam War surplus. Old military gear was heavy and awkward, but built to last and be, for the most part, idiot proof. I don't miss the taste of aluminum canteens though.