What's in my Roycroft Pack?

[spamel]

No prize other than the prestige of being a winner! You can have the tarp and axe to start you off! This isn't a completely packed kit, just some random bits and bobs that I grabbed that could be useful if stuck outdoors for the night. I haven't included food supplies, although they could easily be incorporated into the system, as there is loads of space in the frame! Just as an aside, the fram is probably slightly too small for me, but I knocked it up quickly to see how they work with sticks I found around my house. Ask the wife, they are everywhere!

 

[spamel]

Oh, and don't bother trying to cheat and look in my photobucket album, I haven't put those pictures up yet!

 

[Tony]

Sleeping bag, hammock, clothes and a tooth brush

 

[spamel]

two of those guesses are right. There's quite a bit more though!

Edit: In fact, only one, hammock. Didn't grab my toothbrush, but I would normally have one!

 

[John Fenna]

The answer is simple - everything you need, plus a couple of bits that, though you like them around, are not totally essential.
The knowledge and experience are carried elsewhere - ie your noggin!
Do I win?
How valuable is prestige?

 

[spamel]

Prestige will buy you a curly wirly and a kiss from a beautiful woman, if you're lucky!

I'll start you off then!

1.Axe
2.Hootchie/tarp
3.Hammock, well done Tony
4.The frame itself, can be used for fuel if it gets that bad!
5.Paracord to lash the pack to the frame, can also be used as a ridgeline.
6.Hobo stove
7.Billy can to fit the above
8.Nylon straps for carrying pack and slinging hammock
9.Underblanket
10.Charcloth

I count 19 items, duplicates count as one, so on you go!

 

[John Fenna]

Just as a point of interest, when I made my Roycroft I added a cross- bar just below the apex and this made it fit better.....carry too much though and the ropes/or in your case tape realy digs in....
Can I have the curly wurly deep fried a la Glasgow Mars bar?
I get a kiss from a beautiful woman several times per day as it is....
Add a stove/hobo cooker to the list, plus a bit of fuel and tinder.

 

[JonnyP]

With a hammock, you will need an underblanket, thermarest or hide.....
Bet there is a billy in there too, and stove..?
Will that pack take the side pouches...?

 

[spamel]

Yup, hobo stove, billy can, the shoulder straps come off and are used to secure the hammock between two trees, underblanket aswell. Tinder is charcloth. Keep going!

 

[Aragorn]

knowing spam there's got to be at least one bottle of stag's breath in that lot somewhere

 

[spamel]

No stags' breath, $orry Alan! I stored that in my belly!

 

[John Fenna]

Spoon carved or metal/titanium...fire starter of some sort - flint&steel/matches/firesteel/bic/Zippo
Warm top
Spare socks
FAK
A book by Lofty, Mabey or Ray....
Cuddly toy?

 

[Aragorn]

ok less medicinal more practical, what about fak, headtorch/lantern, millbank bag, water bottle

 

[spamel]

John, do you live next door? Are you peeking through my windows?

Carved spoons, traditional flint and steel in a leather pouch. Well done John! A few more and I'll put the other pictures up!

 

[spamel]

ok less medicinal more practical, what about fak, headtorch/lantern, millbank bag, water bottle

Haven't put a water bottle in, but I would if I was packing for real. I could use the billy to collect water.

Think cutting tools!

 

[Aragorn]

oo, oo, oo what about sting the machete

 

[John Fenna]

No where near you mate - You should see the binos I am reviewing at the moment though....
Post 1001!
I can now clean a big, big carpet for less than half-a-crown - that dates me.........

 

[spamel]

No Sting, not sure where he is at the moment! Probably in a rain forest looking to get sharpened! A bit smaller though.

 

[John Fenna]

Folding saw!

 

[spamel]

Folding saw!

Yup!