[MR] pack designs

[David Chessler]

Indians used tump lines. So, I think, did many Europeans, but I think pictures
(drawings) of peddlers usually show shoulder straps. A lot depends on the
weight. As the weight increases, tump lines become preferable.

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Received: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:59:23 AM EDT
From: jbrmm266 at aol.com
To: chessler at usa.net
Subject: Re: [MR] pack designs

> Back in Cabot's time, weren't packs usually carried by tump lines rather
than shoulder straps?? I know that they were used into the 20th century, and
may still be.
>
> JR
>
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> From: David Chessler <chessler at usa.net>
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> Look at plans for a pack basket. LL Bean used to stock them in season. They
> will hold a decent amount. They will, after a while, conform to your back,
> somewhat. They are made of white ash splits. It is possible that you might
be
> able to find a kit at a boy scout service center (where they have supplies
for
> scout troops) or handy craft stores. Some canoe outfitters (traditional
ones)
> may have them.
>
> Size is measured in pecks, IIRC. They are generally about 17 to 22 inches
> high, and round in proportion. There is a leather harness strapped on , and
> sometimes a canvas cover or lid.
>
> 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.
>
>
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> Received: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:24:37 PM EDT
> From: Edward deWitt <sagebowman at yahoo.com>
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: [MR] pack designs
>
> > 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.
> >
> > With thanks, Edward
> >
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