Members Rahere Posted July 20, 2021 Members Report Posted July 20, 2021 Now expand that vertically. Three feet tall or more. Quote
Members spacedog Posted July 20, 2021 Members Report Posted July 20, 2021 (edited) I've been looking to make a tool roll for myself, and this idea for a fold out bag is really cool. I found these versions of a similar idea to the OP. maker Edited July 20, 2021 by spacedog Quote
Members Tugadude Posted July 20, 2021 Members Report Posted July 20, 2021 Very cool. That doctor's bag has a saw that is similar to ones from around the American Civil War era. Quote
Members austinious Posted July 20, 2021 Members Report Posted July 20, 2021 I was thinking of holsters for various trade folks, now I need to figure out a "pack" for them as well! These are all amazing! Quote
Contributing Member fredk Posted July 20, 2021 Author Contributing Member Report Posted July 20, 2021 I've enjoyed reading all your responses and seeing all the cases / packs you've found Just shows ya, a good idea just stays around and is adapted by different trades 9 hours ago, Mulesaw said: I looked at the drawings, and got to think about if the waterproof cover would have been made a bit longer than the first opening flap, so that when the pack was all closed up, this piece would extend over the top of the entire pack to prevent rain from getting in where the top hinges are? In the 1100s thru 1500s ordinary people wore a hood with a short shoulder length cape attached (actually it was one piece). In the old illustrations the chapman's hood-cape draped over the top of his pack. It looked like he'd put the pack on first, then his hood, which draped over his shoulders and the rear part covered the top of his pack 11 hours ago, Sheilajeanne said: Fred, too bad you don't have actual photos of the pack! I never photo'd it and afaik no else bothered to either. It was no great shakes. It was just a rough one knocked up to see if it was useful. Plan was to make a better one 11 hours ago, Sheilajeanne said: Edit: found a picture, but not a great one for detail: https://mysteriesofcanada.com/canada/syrian-peddlers/ Good one. Looks like they continued a profession which went back to at least the 900s 21 hours ago, fredk said: Guess who got more attention? More photos in local & national papers? yeah, well, I was sort of teasing on that. I did get slightly more attention from both visitors and the press. If you've seen one Black Knight sword fighting you've seen them all but it's not often there was someone (me) sitting making arrows, or sewing up shoes etc Oh, another version; the knapsack, aka a backpack, used by British soldiers during the Napoleonic Wars (1793 - 1816) and by US soldiers from about 1811 was of a similar construction and opened up in the same way. The Froggie's / Crapaud's pack was different Now that we have all these variations who will be the first to draw up a pattern for one they might use? 'Be the first on your block!' as adverts on the back of comics used to say Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
Members Sheilajeanne Posted July 21, 2021 Members Report Posted July 21, 2021 I'm toying with the idea of making a packsack or tote I could use for taking my leatherworking tools with me if I'm going on vacation somewhere and have a project I want to work on! But first, I need to get that tool roll for my metric and SAE wrenches done... Quote
Members Tugadude Posted July 21, 2021 Members Report Posted July 21, 2021 One of the reasons I love this forum is threads like this. First, I learned some history, thanks to fredk. Then I have read people's comments and viewed examples of some similar products. Then more history and finally, inspiration. I have some thoughts now on creating a similar "box" for myself to organize some of my tools for times when I might want to "go mobile". So thanks to everyone for the education and the inspiration! Quote
Members Sheilajeanne Posted July 21, 2021 Members Report Posted July 21, 2021 (edited) One advantage of being retired - lol - kind of went down the rabbit hole with this. There's one group of people who made a living at peddling, the Karelians. They are Russians, who live on the border between Finland and Russia. A lot of their trade was in textiles, so their packs had to be wide enough to carry bolts of cloth. The packs could be collapsed/rolled down as goods were sold. The majority of their trade was with farm women, who did not have easy access to stores, and wanted the new, colourful fabrics woven by automated looms, as an alternative to those they had to laboriously weave and spin themselves. This is what their packs looked like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peddler#/media/File:Kiestinki_”laukkuryssä”_peddlers.jpg From: The Limits of Patriarchy Paperback – Jan. 22 2019 by Laura Stark (Author) Edited July 21, 2021 by Sheilajeanne Quote
Members Sheilajeanne Posted July 21, 2021 Members Report Posted July 21, 2021 Continuation of article on peddlers: Quote
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