What I Been Doing And What I have Planed

Sorry fellow Woodsmen and Women, that i don't post more on this page i have so much going on right now with my new found hobbies of leather craft, I am enjoying it very much have been making gear that i could never afford before, But right now I am sewing a Snapsack together out of duck canvas and i am sewing this all by hand seeing my sewing machine as not worked for a long time lol.

If you don't know what a snapsack is back in the 17th and 18th century folks would things that they needed what traveling through the woods of while just roaming around today we have knapsacks or sling bags.

The solders use to carry them and some times they would wrap their bed roll around them and sling them over there shoulders with this they may also carry a haversack with things they may have to get to quickly some even carry their shooting bag and powder horn, if they did not use there haversack as a shooting bag.

Now you may ask why do you need one well i am thinking if i make one my bed roll can be around it and in side my role i would have extra clothing, in the bag it self if i choose to use my hammock it would fit in there along with my under quilt of course the tarp would be with my wool blanket rolled around the bag that would take care of my sleeping and cover.

Now for other things in the bag seeing it is 3' long i can put my pot in it for cooking and boiling water, an extra fire kit. extra knife some duck tape and some bank line, and my sewing kit. now that i started dehydrating my meals and they can be made smaller by this process i can put that in there also. the best part of this is i can not over pack so it will make me take less gear and be liter on my back.

Now on my belt i will have my belt pouch fixed blade knife and a pistol. in the belt pouch i plan to carry extra ammo and maybe a pocket knife or carver, my compass if not around my neck and my main fire kit with some tinder, my fire kits have a flint and steel in it and a ferro rod, plus a burning glass, and lighter and a couple candles.

In my haversack i will carry my first aid kit a small saw, my tomahawk on the outside, my medicine, a map, fishing kit and snares.

What do y'all think let me know.

Papabear.