Craeg's Aussie Swag Design

[craeg]

Hiya all

Here is an Aussie swag I have made as part of a swap.

The fabric is heavy duty 15oz waterproof/rotproof brown canvas. All stitching is done with high strength Barbour poly lubed thread which ends were melted to stop running stitches and all seems/hems were triple or quad stitched for strength and waterproofing.

The edges were also covered with poly webbing for added strength and increase wearing and the zip is a YKK #10 heavy duty fella which is bombproof. Finally it all rolls up with some handmade leather straps with brass buckles. The GB SFA is in the shot for scale and the colour is brown but the pics have a blue tinge which is false.

The stitching was all done with my 1951 Singer 3/4hp industrial sewing machine which easily stitched through about 6-7 layers of canvas or 8-10mm of leather which is awesome.

I made it to be absolutely bombproof as too often I have bought things that have let me down due to poor or inadequate manufacturing

Anyway see what you think

Rolled up for packing

Fully laid out

Canopy strung up

ATB
Craeg

 

[Paullyfuzz]

And it's all mine mine mine )

 

[sandbender]

That looks great!

 

[Shewie]

That's clever mate, I've never seen one with a canopy before

 

[topknot]

I like your idea on the swag. Dose the canopy come down on the sides to protect the head from the weather.

Topknot

 

[craeg]

Thanks for the nice comments guys. There are tabs around the canopy to enable you to cover the head completely to stay warm and dry.

 

[Dreadhead]

awesome design! must be pretty heavy if you add some wool blankets etc though?

 

[Paullyfuzz]

No wool blankets with this, can't stand em. My exped down mat fits in real nice as does my sleeping bag.

 

[Barn Owl]

Nice piece of kit.

 

[Corso]

realy nice that might have to talk to you again mate...

 

[woodspirits]

lovely job there mate, brilliant workmanship

 

[The Cumbrian]

That looks great. I'm making one this winter and it's good to see other people's interpretations.

What are the overall dimensions?

Cheers, Michael.

 

[Tor helge]

Nice job.
What is the total weight of the swag?

 

[craeg]

It is about 2.5-3kg as I remember but Paul might be able to weigh it and let you know for sure.

ATB
Craeg

 

[Man of Tanith]

i like that
i seem to remember seeing a canopy incorporated into a bedroll in one of my books but can't recall which one