a couple of recently finised projects

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a couple of recently finised projects

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I am slowly working on my Woodman impression which will be heavily influenced by Roman and Celtic gear and include much of my gear from that hobby.

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First is my belt, it is styled after a celtic toggle belt. On the belt I will carry a small knife with a dangler sheath, and the pouch I just finished It is based off of a small pouch found in the Cave of Letters in Israel. I wore the belt and knife for a few hours last weekend and it was very comfortable.

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Next is my Otzi style pack frame which I whipped up in a few hours today. It is made from winged elm, which is supposed to be very resistant to splitting. It is different from the original because I drilled holes in the bow and cross piece and laced them together, then did some lashing with hemp cord. The strapping is some jute webbing from Hobby Lobby. I put a small load on it today and walked around some and it is fairly comfortable. When I get more of my traveling kit figured out I will load it up and take more pics as I test it out actually hiking.

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The belt pouch looks really good. Nice job!
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A cool look into a different culture! Looking forward to seeing where you go with all this!
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Very cool! I'm especially looking forward to hearing how the pack frame works out.

I assume you'll tie a bag of some sort on there somehow?
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Looks good!

The straps on your pack look like tablet weaving....
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Kortoso wrote:Looks good!

The straps on your pack look like tablet weaving....
It's actually a hemp/cotton webbing that I got at Hobby Lobby.
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wulfgar wrote:
Kortoso wrote:Looks good!

The straps on your pack look like tablet weaving....
It's actually a hemp/cotton webbing that I got at Hobby Lobby.
Wow! To the Hobby Lobby!

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I went today and got some of that webbing, 1.30 a yard, got 6 yards. Very nice in person, and they have quite a selection of things for the discriminating Ranger ;)

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