Canvas Berghaus Crusader
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Brilliant stuff, love the threads about great retro kit
I have an OT question. Does anyone know where I can get hold of the Berghaus version of a fastex clip?
You know the older "blade" type ones used on the straps that secure the lid.
Chris
Hi not OT at all I'd email Berghaus... They sent me a replacement Bergbuckle last year FOC. TBH you might be lucky to get one they dropped that style of clip for a more conventional 'fastex' style a good while ago...
Gordy.... Nice camelback...
I'm also a fan...
Umbatoo.....
This is a truly top notch thread, lots of jolly banter, super piccys, etc,etc.
I think it may have also exposed a worrying trend, a dark sub-culture, something spoken about only in private (lest the neighbors find out!!!!!!!!!) - yes..............BERGEN ADDICTION!!!
I have had a problem for over thirty years I guess. It all started with one frame pack I bought for a trip to Dartmoor as a teenager. Before long I started looking at harder stuff ....the Berghaus range! I promised myself I would stop after the Cyclops Roc ......but you know what its like...I need something to use between big trips, a hit for day to day use... you guessed ... a Munro....next thing I'm need more & more, bigger & bigger... the Crusader.
I was not long married, my poor young wife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Barely back from honeymoon and I started looking at older models, something with a bit more experience..... a canvas Centurion, then a bright green canvas ROC.
With advent of the internet my addiction grew worse, I started scouring the scandinavian sites for pictures of Swedish models... and fantasising about having two at once .... yes... the LK35 & LK70!
Then I started looking at the younger end of the market, the Karrimor SF range had caught my eye, with its slender profile and naughty zip-off side pockets!
Where will this nightmare end?????????????
I live almost a double life .... trying to keep all 17 a secret, not only from the outside world ......... but also ......each other!!!!
Help please
N
This is a truly top notch thread, lots of jolly banter, super piccys, etc,etc.
I think it may have also exposed a worrying trend, a dark sub-culture, something spoken about only in private (lest the neighbors find out!!!!!!!!!) - yes..............BERGEN ADDICTION!!!
I have had a problem for over thirty years I guess. It all started with one frame pack I bought for a trip to Dartmoor as a teenager. Before long I started looking at harder stuff ....the Berghaus range! I promised myself I would stop after the Cyclops Roc ......but you know what its like...I need something to use between big trips, a hit for day to day use... you guessed ... a Munro....next thing I'm need more & more, bigger & bigger... the Crusader.
I was not long married, my poor young wife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Barely back from honeymoon and I started looking at older models, something with a bit more experience..... a canvas Centurion, then a bright green canvas ROC.
With advent of the internet my addiction grew worse, I started scouring the scandinavian sites for pictures of Swedish models... and fantasising about having two at once .... yes... the LK35 & LK70!
Then I started looking at the younger end of the market, the Karrimor SF range had caught my eye, with its slender profile and naughty zip-off side pockets!
Where will this nightmare end?????????????
I live almost a double life .... trying to keep all 17 a secret, not only from the outside world ......... but also ......each other!!!!
Help please
N
Hanging around with Cliff is a bit worrying.
Ive ended up with a Berghaus crusader and a brand spanking LK70
I had another crusader but without the original pocets, so I pimped the hell out of it, untill it fitted some PLCE ones. Just passed that on to a mate.
BTW, I spotted a small Berghaus day sized bag (30L?) in the same style writing as the crusader and in OG Cordura the other day at work in a tool store. Would that possibly make it a Munro?
Ive ended up with a Berghaus crusader and a brand spanking LK70
I had another crusader but without the original pocets, so I pimped the hell out of it, untill it fitted some PLCE ones. Just passed that on to a mate.
BTW, I spotted a small Berghaus day sized bag (30L?) in the same style writing as the crusader and in OG Cordura the other day at work in a tool store. Would that possibly make it a Munro?
Let it out Bros ...............
Yarp Addo its a munro or a dart give them some light we need to know 
Twodogs
Yarp Addo its a munro or a dart
give them some light we need to know Twodogs
its a recognised condition i tell you !!! at least thats what i tell the missus everytime the beams in the loft creak under the strain of yet more kit i've lobbed up there lol
anyways heres a few of my favourite bergens.
my berghaus vulcan. this one definitely needs dirtying up more but i havent had a chance to use it in the past year
not a berghaus i know but its my sons karrimor jaguar 75 which i found in a skip!
it only needed a few holes glueing up and it served him well on a school trip.
and finally my much loved SAS/PARA bergen. i modified it slightly with PLCE straps (from endicotts) and a couple of dpm pads i found in my local army surplus.
anyways heres a few of my favourite bergens.
my berghaus vulcan. this one definitely needs dirtying up more but i havent had a chance to use it in the past year
not a berghaus i know but its my sons karrimor jaguar 75 which i found in a skip!
it only needed a few holes glueing up and it served him well on a school trip.
and finally my much loved SAS/PARA bergen. i modified it slightly with PLCE straps (from endicotts) and a couple of dpm pads i found in my local army surplus.
I have a dirty secret , in the attic i have a old Karrimor alpiniste 55 but i can't bring myself to use it .
It is pink, purple and turquoise. A remenant from my climbing days. Not realy a bush crafty colour.
It might be time for it to go on evilbay as i have my eye on a berghaus expedition 80 in black!
After 5 years i am still mourning the death of my munro , he was a great friend and went everywhere with me .
A very loyal companion never litting me down in twenty or so years , well only once when his lid went all limp
but this was soon sorted by a local tent repair company .
but when his canvas back began rip and fray it was terminal and he had to go (minus buckles and zip)!
Craig..................
It is pink, purple and turquoise. A remenant from my climbing days. Not realy a bush crafty colour.
It might be time for it to go on evilbay as i have my eye on a berghaus expedition 80 in black!
After 5 years i am still mourning the death of my munro , he was a great friend and went everywhere with me .
A very loyal companion never litting me down in twenty or so years , well only once when his lid went all limp
but this was soon sorted by a local tent repair company .
but when his canvas back began rip and fray it was terminal and he had to go (minus buckles and zip)!
Craig..................
Campari...
I must say this thread is taking on a worrying turn...
I let Cliff and Gordy's comments go in the respective posts now We have Neil 1 also slapping them in... I suppose it was bound to happen. Yep mentioning issue 'bergens' with external frames...
There is only one course for this to prevent the thread from being sullied any further.... A purgative action is required...
Those under the age of 30 look away, Those who have a love for ultra lightweight backpacking cower in fear in a dark cupboard holding your sub 1kg bergan and making cooing noises to yourself while rocking back and forth.....
NZ manufacture Large ALICE oh the pain....
The GS Bergen...oh the difficulty of getting any kit into it..
The SAS/ Para Bergen...
Mahoosive capacity, durable and with a frame that could prop up a 432... Moo stache required before issue...
The Lima Kilo Seven Zero.... Swedish Ally or Swedish Torture?
That's better.....like pulling a splinter out...
I must say this thread is taking on a worrying turn...
I let Cliff and Gordy's comments go in the respective posts now We have Neil 1 also slapping them in... I suppose it was bound to happen. Yep mentioning issue 'bergens' with external frames...
There is only one course for this to prevent the thread from being sullied any further.... A purgative action is required...
Those under the age of 30 look away, Those who have a love for ultra lightweight backpacking cower in fear in a dark cupboard holding your sub 1kg bergan and making cooing noises to yourself while rocking back and forth.....
NZ manufacture Large ALICE oh the pain....
The GS Bergen...oh the difficulty of getting any kit into it..
The SAS/ Para Bergen...
Mahoosive capacity, durable and with a frame that could prop up a 432... Moo stache required before issue...
The Lima Kilo Seven Zero.... Swedish Ally or Swedish Torture?
That's better.....like pulling a splinter out...
Dont worry we've all got a Pink Alpinste in the closet..
Seriously if you want rid of it I shout first dibs....
Great stuff Johnboy.The LK70 is a heavy fella, and I too tryed the lightweight option after a large allice pack :yikes: and knocking pedestrians out cold when turning round on pavements (sounds like Simon Bates music time!!) But by gum, its comfy and I love the quality, pockets size and location, and that leather beltage, as sad as it sounds
Thats set me off!!!! (imagine the voice of Simon Bates!)
All was going well, I had everything it seemed - the young wife, the house, the lifestyle .... and more importantly .....the BERGENS!!!!
Then brothers - it all started to go wrong! She left me (it was her or them! - an easy choice - she was'nt capable of carrying all I needed for ten days in the highlands).
I was happy for a while, just me and my secret!
It came out of the blue! just another day ..... when I was least expecting it! Dropping out of the back of a four-tonner (we had done it so many times before).....my Roc dropped to the ground just in front of me - but this time, as I picked her up she felt different, floppy, lifeless!
It was her frame! a clean break.......and.........terminal!!!!
I put the decision off for as long as I could.....but I'll never forget that day (4th October 1995) - a sad day indeed!
N
All was going well, I had everything it seemed - the young wife, the house, the lifestyle .... and more importantly .....the BERGENS!!!!
Then brothers - it all started to go wrong! She left me (it was her or them! - an easy choice - she was'nt capable of carrying all I needed for ten days in the highlands).
I was happy for a while, just me and my secret!
It came out of the blue! just another day ..... when I was least expecting it! Dropping out of the back of a four-tonner (we had done it so many times before).....my Roc dropped to the ground just in front of me - but this time, as I picked her up she felt different, floppy, lifeless!
It was her frame! a clean break.......and.........terminal!!!!
I put the decision off for as long as I could.....but I'll never forget that day (4th October 1995) - a sad day indeed!
N
NZ manufacture Large ALICE oh the pain....
That's better.....like pulling a splinter out...
Nope, more like passing a kidney stone!!!!
When I saw this photo...My fingers went numb, my traps knotted up, I swear I just passed blood in my urine and I flopped over instinctively in the "rucksack defilade". Yep I think I need to be screened for Post Traumatic Ruck Disorder (PTRD)
Gordy
Nope, more like passing a kidney stone!!!!
When I saw this photo...My fingers went numb, my traps knotted up, I swear I just passed blood in my urine and I flopped over instinctively in the "rucksack defilade". Yep I think I need to be screened for Post Traumatic Ruck Disorder (PTRD)
Gordy
Gordy... I thought the PTRD was a Russian anti tank rifle made out of 1/2" gas pipe and a slack handful of washers.
But I bet it was as uncomfortable to carry as a Large Alice...
If you look closely at the pictures of the LK-70 posted above you can see that the frame is made out of PTRD barrel sections..
I actually liked ALICE I had great fun adding in some straps and Fastex buckles and sorting out a waist belt etc.. Carrying it was a different story.
In the end I weighed it up every time I had an outing with the ALICE I had a Chiropractors bill that cost me a small fortune..
I justified the new Vulcan on the basis that I'd save myself a small fortune in treatment visits.. That's my story and I'm sticking to it....
ProtivoTankovoye Ruzhyo Degtyaryova (PTRD-41) Yep, but those Ruskies could make due with the simplest things...no Gucci kit needed there!
Funny that!
If you look closely at the pictures of the LK-70 posted above you can see that the frame is made out of PTRD barrel sections..
Though, I am certain I could knock up a tripod and T/E mechanism for an M60 MG with that frame and some 550 cord and "100 mile an hour tape".:Maybe I need to be screened for Alice Ruck Syndrome(ARS). I was given the adjuvant of platoon sergeant's boot in my fourth point of contact, even as an LT.
: Gordy
Here we go another classic pain or pleasure pack , The Swedish LK35
The external frame is handy for portage due to the raised lip on the base
A jerry can fits in fine ,
Come up on ebay cheap as chips
Addo any chance of some detail and photos on your Swedish LK70 and Muddy Boots your monster lowe alpine saracen ?
Twodogs
, The Swedish LK35
The external frame is handy for portage due to the raised lip on the base
A jerry can fits in fine ,
Come up on ebay cheap as chips
Addo any chance of some detail and photos on your Swedish LK70 and Muddy Boots your monster lowe alpine saracen
? Twodogs
my old roc 23 years old and still going strong with origional side pockets , the black plastic backed type.
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