Canvas Berghaus Crusader

[Twodogs]

Heres a bit of classic for the canvas and leather wearers out there
Had this one from Kev at Endicotts amazing what he has hidden away , Cheers Kev

An early Berghaus Cyclops Roc , leather base , canvas body and for whether protection a nylon lid , very good bit of design for the day .

Bit of damage on the back but repairable ,

All I need to do now is pack my woolly jumper, orange balaclava , Tartan flask and im away

Twodogs

 

[MartinK9]

I love this thread

Nice one Cliff.

 

[mikergj]

Whats this one then, I do remember being issued with one like this , but don't have much recollection of what it was like as I did not use it. It was stuffed full of kit I did not use and left in my wardrobe.I think we first got issued with them about mid 80s. This one I bought from a surplus store in the nineties for a trip.

It has a label sewn on under side of lid saying rucksack inf. long back ,1992. It has nothing else written on it any where.
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I am presently deciding whether to keep it or not at the moment,as I think I want something a bit smaller.

Mike

 

[johnboy]

Whats this one then,

It's a 90 pattern Infantry Bergen... A sort of iligitimate son of the Berghaus Crusader....

 

[johnboy]

Heres a bit of classic for the canvas and leather wearers out there
Had this one from Kev at Endicotts amazing what he has hidden away , Cheers Kev

An early Berghaus Cyclops Roc , leather base , canvas body and for whether protection a nylon lid , very good bit of design for the day .

Klatuu Barada Nikto.....

Cliff Nice Early Cyclops Roc....

I had another find Roc up today ( pardon the pun)

This one is a bit earlier.....

The same original cyclops back 'system'

A bit of leather for the traditionalists...

Mk 1 Bergbuckle

Mk 1 Berghaus branding....

Interesting marking on the strap yoke..

TBH I'm not 100% convinced it's an Early Roc... But It's nice none the less...

 

[Twodogs]

Nice one, thay do seem to of made lots of veriants of the Roc over the years

Twodogs

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Whats this one then, I do remember being issued with one like this , but don't have much recollection of what it was like as I did not use it. It was stuffed full of kit I did not use and left in my wardrobe.I think we first got issued with them about mid 80s. This one I bought from a surplus store in the nineties for a trip.

It has a label sewn on under side of lid saying rucksack inf. long back ,1992. It has nothing else written on it any where.
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I am presently deciding whether to keep it or not at the moment,as I think I want something a bit smaller.

Mike

Yes this is a PLCE long back infantry bergen in olive, they're only made in DPM now except copies like WEBTEX, They are more popular than the DPM ones in the bushcraft fraternity, as they are less military looking. If I were you I would'nt sell it, they usually sell for under £30 & one day you will sorely regret it, as many people do who sell their bergens & then try everywhere to find another just like it.

 

[Twodogs]

Here we go a cracker that Kev at Endicotts had on his shelf ,

A 1989 ish Berghaus Crusader in DPM brand new with the tags on ...made up with this on ,,

80 litre main pack with two 10 litre side poochs ,

This pack and the Lowe alpine vector commando were the top of the range Military packs in the late 1980s

Twodogs

 

[bojit]

Wow , that does look brand new and never used . there won't be many in that condition out there.

Craig...................

 

[Fizzy]

Ahh, the Bergbuckle. Need to replace mine on my Vulcan, it doesn't lock anymore.

 

[nolightweight]

Ahh, the Bergbuckle. Need to replace mine on my Vulcan, it doesn't lock anymore.

Try here.

Ordered a couple yesterday to upgrade one of my packs and a replacement for Twelvebergens...

No connection blah blah...

 

[Andy2112]

That is one sweet man bag Cliff.

 

[sasquatch]

Thanks for that link Neil, might get some bits to tart up my Roc. I'd love to have the elastic replaced but it looks expensive...

That's an amazing bergen Twodozen, er, Cliff! Is it going to take the pride of place in the shrine? You should do a road show in the big top charging admission to see all these lovely bits of kit.

 

[Twodogs]

Is it going to take the pride of place in the shrine? Yes mate chuffed to bits with this one

 

[johnboy]

Hey Cliff Nice Crusader...

It's Mint.... All you need now is a DPM Centurion and you have the Berghaus DPM set....

 

[Twodogs]

...................Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr dont get me going ......................

 

[MartinK9]

Twodogs

Very nice indeed Cliff... but

:yikes: You let it touch the damp; dirty, ground

 

[Twodogs]

Dont worry mate it wont stay clean forever

 

[Fizzy]

You can't use it. It belongs in the Rucksack Hall Of Fame. You'll just have to buy another one to use

 

[m.durston]

twodogs, i wouldnt take that out if i were you.
i imagine the police statement would be something like this: i was walking along in the woods minding my own business when three masked men wearing dancam arktis smocks burst out of the bushes brandishing titanium sporks shouting 'hand over that dpm berghaus crusader bergen twodo.... er i mean mate or we rip up that merino wooly hat!'

joking aside that is one lovely bit of kit ya lucky bugger. it is the musty storeroom behind a shelf unit find of the decade