Beautiful plant. And my favorite woodland green.
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The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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HPG makes unique and innovative gear. I wish there was a retailer nearby or I knew someone who owned their gear, I'd like to see it in hand before committing to purchase.
Jim, are you able to see the whole photo when you click a pic on their website? I'm almost exclusively on a 15.4" laptop screen and when I click on their photos, I can only see half the photo and can't scroll or re-position the pic in any way. Very frustrating.
I tried opening in a new tab and yes, that allows me to see the whole image, but without a zoom feature or any product descriptions. Considering one of the founders has a background in web design, the site feels....dated.
On the other hand, I'm an absolutely devout fan of anything coming out of Dana's shop (Mystery Ranch, Dana Design) going back to the days of Kletterwerks. I recently picked up a Mystery Ranch Scree, one of the new packs made at Clark AFB in the Philippines. It's not a US-made pack, but given their reasoning and continued dedication to community and American servicemen, I'm willing to overlook their place of manufacture. I have 6 Dana packs that are still going strong although the polyurethane coating on the insides is beginning to age so there's probably another MR headed my way later this year.
Trade-offs and compromises, no? The perfect pack has yet to be built, or at least perfect for me. Or you it sounds like.btw, I just got the Kephart back from Jason B and a sheath from Mark, will post pics soon.
Not sure what you guys are looking for exactly in a pack, and I know these guys are kind of competitors at least in the hunting pack realm, but I swear by Kifaru.
I run a DT2 on their Hunting platform and it is rock solid, I wont ever need another hunting pack set-up for what I do. Makes 80 pounds feel like nothing, fits like a glove, and their custom service can't be beat in my opinion. I've seen these guys reach out to a customer who was complaining about them not offering a certain color anymore, they made the guy a one of in the color he wanted.
Anyways, figured I throw out a plug for another company I love! They've got lots of models and options for add on pouches and such.
Love the shots with the trees in the middle of the cliffs and who doesn't love a dog pic? Looks like a great old friend.