Your D ring connection at the bottom of the pack for attachment of the shoulder strap is designed so that the pack can be removed from the body by disconnecting the strap from the D Ring while wearing the pack, thus being able to take it off one shoulder rather than wriggling around trying to get it off both shoulders.
I think I may start branching out into some other areas besides Civil War for living history as well. Best of luck to you in the new school year. We are doing all virtual teaching here in Virginia at least through the first quarter.
I am fortunate to teach at a school for special needs this year and our area has not been seriously hit with Covid so I get to go back to full time thankfully. Best of luck to you this year brother!
Hello! I just found your channel and really love the content especially with the scout stuff! I am an Eagle scout myself and currently one of the leaders in my local scout troop. I find all these haversacks fascinating. I do wonder if going back to using some sort of Haversack would be a good thing for scouting now as I really think our scouts lack a good understanding of the history of scouting. Just my 2 cents though. Thanks for all the great videos!!!
haversacks are the day bags of that era and surprisingly there is a following of haversacks in the bushcrafting community today! Thanks for watching my friend and happy camping! I hope you can pass on some of the old ways to keep them alive :)
Great video brother! Love the project. Also I know it’s modern made but if you haven’t seen you need to check out The Hidden Woodsmen. It is a private company that makes amazing packs.
In your research since, have you happened to learn what the proper cord is for lacing up the d-rings on the side of these packs - or for that matter the closure in the front? I've come across one in sore need of having all its strings replaced. Thank you!
I have yet to find originals that consistently had the same type of cord to determine what originally came with them at purchase. I have an original that has the inside cord still attached to the rivet which is a 1/8" round braded olive drab shoe string type cord.
The pack I have that we spoke about, has a completely different lower strap hook. Also, perhaps you could do an episode showing how to weave the cordage to attach a bedroll to the pack?
👍 Just FYI, IMHO we, your RUclips viewers, are also your students. If all my previous teachers had presented their topics as interestingly and as articulately as you do I would probably have taken my education more seriously in my youth.
👍 I am 73 so a good bit older than you. Heck, I am even older than Kent Vining. In my lifetime and in studying history I believe U.S. residents rise to the occasion (the Great Depression, WW2, various financial crisis, 9/11, etc.); however, in between these events we do become more selfish (the Roaring 1920s and the Sex, Drugs & Rock & Roll 1960s are examples). Even the divisiveness we see today existed in the past, perhaps to a lesser extent because instant news and electronic communication dramatizes the differences. Part of the solution may actually be organizations like the Boy Scouts if managed properly. Well, that is my rant for the day.
The weave on the webbing is Herringbone Twill. Good job on the video, 20th Century backpacking and collecting is just now starting to take off.
Your D ring connection at the bottom of the pack for attachment of the shoulder strap is designed so that the pack can be removed from the body by disconnecting the strap from the D Ring while wearing the pack, thus being able to take it off one shoulder rather than wriggling around trying to get it off both shoulders.
Thanks for the bit of info!
Well done,!
Thank you for the support!
I think I may start branching out into some other areas besides Civil War for living history as well. Best of luck to you in the new school year. We are doing all virtual teaching here in Virginia at least through the first quarter.
I am fortunate to teach at a school for special needs this year and our area has not been seriously hit with Covid so I get to go back to full time thankfully. Best of luck to you this year brother!
Hello! I just found your channel and really love the content especially with the scout stuff! I am an Eagle scout myself and currently one of the leaders in my local scout troop. I find all these haversacks fascinating. I do wonder if going back to using some sort of Haversack would be a good thing for scouting now as I really think our scouts lack a good understanding of the history of scouting. Just my 2 cents though. Thanks for all the great videos!!!
haversacks are the day bags of that era and surprisingly there is a following of haversacks in the bushcrafting community today! Thanks for watching my friend and happy camping! I hope you can pass on some of the old ways to keep them alive :)
Great video brother! Love the project. Also I know it’s modern made but if you haven’t seen you need to check out The Hidden Woodsmen. It is a private company that makes amazing packs.
Good luck getting one. Always out of stock. I have a feeling he closed up shop
In your research since, have you happened to learn what the proper cord is for lacing up the d-rings on the side of these packs - or for that matter the closure in the front? I've come across one in sore need of having all its strings replaced.
Thank you!
I have yet to find originals that consistently had the same type of cord to determine what originally came with them at purchase. I have an original that has the inside cord still attached to the rivet which is a 1/8" round braded olive drab shoe string type cord.
The pack I have that we spoke about, has a completely different lower strap hook. Also, perhaps you could do an episode showing how to weave the cordage to attach a bedroll to the pack?
Sounds like a great idea! One video coming up!
@@honorableoutfitters Awesome!
👍 Just FYI, IMHO we, your RUclips viewers, are also your students.
If all my previous teachers had presented their topics as interestingly and as articulately as you do I would probably have taken my education more seriously in my youth.
Thank you, that is tremendously kind of you. I appreciate it my friend!
Yuka started making them in 1931
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👍 I am 73 so a good bit older than you. Heck, I am even older than Kent Vining. In my lifetime and in studying history I believe U.S. residents rise to the occasion (the Great Depression, WW2, various financial crisis, 9/11, etc.); however, in between these events we do become more selfish (the Roaring 1920s and the Sex, Drugs & Rock & Roll 1960s are examples).
Even the divisiveness we see today existed in the past, perhaps to a lesser extent because instant news and electronic communication dramatizes the differences.
Part of the solution may actually be organizations like the Boy Scouts if managed properly.
Well, that is my rant for the day.
It certainly wouldn't hurt!