picked up a pair of circa 1970's woods packs from the local classified last week for not at all much money. older couple used them back in the day, don't trip these days, cleaning out the garage, were happy to see them go to a good home for a token amount.
the usual wear-and tear, holes, tears, frayed seams in the stress areas around the ears and so on. leather was mostly complete, but blown-out in a few places. one of the shoulder-straps was held on with wire. one of the tumps busted. lots of duct-tape...
started taking them apart to see what they would need to get them back in service, not rebuilt with new leather or anything fancy, just general repairs with materials on-hand.
got most of the canvas patched, the seams re-stitched, and added leather tabs in the high-wear areas where they had blown-out. just to try it out. used the old shoulder-straps, shortened them by about 1/2" and trimmed off the burned-out rivet-holes. replaced one strap on the busted tump with an old bit of strapping from the overhaul of my #200 a few years ago. added some duluth inspired re-reinforcement around the shoulder-straps...
total material out-lay, about a dozen rivets, some thread and leather scraps...
i'm not sure if i don't love the maintenance on these things as much as the actual use.
but it's cheap entertainment...
the usual wear-and tear, holes, tears, frayed seams in the stress areas around the ears and so on. leather was mostly complete, but blown-out in a few places. one of the shoulder-straps was held on with wire. one of the tumps busted. lots of duct-tape...
started taking them apart to see what they would need to get them back in service, not rebuilt with new leather or anything fancy, just general repairs with materials on-hand.
got most of the canvas patched, the seams re-stitched, and added leather tabs in the high-wear areas where they had blown-out. just to try it out. used the old shoulder-straps, shortened them by about 1/2" and trimmed off the burned-out rivet-holes. replaced one strap on the busted tump with an old bit of strapping from the overhaul of my #200 a few years ago. added some duluth inspired re-reinforcement around the shoulder-straps...
total material out-lay, about a dozen rivets, some thread and leather scraps...
i'm not sure if i don't love the maintenance on these things as much as the actual use.
but it's cheap entertainment...
