[MR] pack designs

[Karen]

Edward wrote:
> Gentiles,
> I am looking for a design for a back pack that might have been used for
> carrying fighting gear or other necessities during a fighting campaign. It
> can be leather, cloth, or reed/wicker/split oak or ash, etc.  Preferably it needs
> to be able to support a good bit of weight and be somewhat comfortable.

I'm not a gentile ;-) but perhaps I can help.  Check out http://www.companie-of-st-george.ch/dragon-11.pdf for an article on packs, baskets, and bundles, starting on page 7 of that PDF.  (Are you interested in other options, like wheelbarrows or chests, or just back packs?)


Davitt wrote
> Certainly John and Sebastian Cabot would have come access them in our period.
> Whether they got back Europe is another matter. Champlain would also have used
> them, but he's at the end of our period.

Western European pack baskets predate that by centuries -- see http://larsdatter.com/baskets.htm (though you'll have to scroll down to get to the section of pack baskets).


Karen