Roycroft Pack Frame

[Man of Tanith]

Been playing with this last week in the evenings
frame is hazel, lashed together with bankline. i added toggles having watched a couple of Youtube vids by Dave Canturbury and Jamie L Burleigh
the strap is an old lorry strap i happened to have lurking in the garage (i know that one of the sides needs jiggling over the V in first pic)


i roughly threw a bundle together to see how it felt for comfort the next day

i was surprised as to how comfy it is for such as basic idea

obviously the above was all well and good whilst messing around in my garden but it need a real test
so i took it camping Sunday night (write up of both the trip and the kit coming up)
everything i needed for the night fitted nicely into the bundle bar water and a haversack of smaller gubbins i may of wanted (and is in fact now my standardised bimble bag)
worked well comfy light (12.7kg not counting food or water but counting everything else including air rifle and outdoor axe)


i can see a few tweaks i want to do having used it but i am well impressed and will be using it again

Thanks for looking
Sam

 

[Clouston98]

Great stuff mate! I made my Roycroft up a while back but I'm definitely going to do the toggles idea, found mine very comfortable too

 

[copper_head]

Nice one Sam that looks really good. Nice lightweight kit too, my problem with traditional kit lists is I always end up with a ton of gear.

 

[Albus Culter]

Nice stuff mate

Cannot wait to see the trip writeup too

 

[Mesquite]

Nice to see it finished and used

 

[Macaroon]

The simple ideas are so often the most efficient, eh? This has given me the appetite for to go and make another of these; did you stick with the lorry straps for the outing?

 

[Man of Tanith]

Thanks folks
yeah stuck to the lorry straps
ain't broke don't fix it

Kit you ain't seen the haversack i had on the other side of the last pic

 

[Goatboy]

That's cracking Sam, really nice work (and the pipe set's it off beautifully!) Looks a heck of a lot comfier than the 300 pounds on piano wire that my first homemade pack felt like. The tune to "The Littlest Hobbo" is running through my head as I look at the pictures What's the rifle by the way, looks a lovely light little thing for traveling with?

 

[Man of Tanith]

alas I dont know the rifle make.
its my grandfather's so 70 yrs old ish.
its battered but still shoots lovely.

littlest hobo.
better or worse than tooled up hobbit I wonder....


it was surprisingly comfy but the majority of the load was bulk rather than weight

 

[Jamie B]

[video=youtube;mPwmeT5mbcM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPwmeT5mbcM&list=UUv2MSCm-pA0BpmCQwGS9Prg[/video]

 

[rg598]

I never got the appeal of the Roycroft pack other than in emergencies. That being said, yours looks very nice.

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[Man of Tanith]

Jamie.
that was the vid I watched.

Rg598.
to test skills in making, to understand what those who have done this before Ti and ultralight kit used. and because it's a hobby and bit of fun

 

[rg598]

Jamie.
that was the vid I watched.

Rg598.
to test skills in making, to understand what those who have done this before Ti and ultralight kit used. and because it's a hobby and bit of fun

Fair enough.

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[Tracker NTS-054]

And with your woollen blankets you could make a Hudson Day pack once set up..

Nice pipe!

 

[mrcharly]

Don't the wooden rods dig into your back?

 

[Man of Tanith]

nope a bump in parcel acts as padding