Filson Bag Thread: With Pictures

[M635Guy]

That’s the rolling carry on. Fun fact though, there was a longer rucksack very briefly. It was a vans collaboration.
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Oooo... I want

 

[nevadabob]

I've been loosely looking for one as well. Any hints from you folk where one may be for sale would be appreciated!

 

[FlyingLotus]

I remember that vans one that’s why when I spotted they carry on I thought maybe they released it again. The vans one was super limited and sold out quick.

Anyone know where the best deal one zipper totes is?

 

[nevadabob]

Dealz Site on The Ebay has new for 142.

 

[CaryGooper]

looking forward to a little hand washing

 

[pnwprice]

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looking forward to a little hand washing

is that a Helle knife?

 

[speedy611]

Was wondering if anyone had encountered Dick Proenneke? He built a cabin in Alaska by hand in the late 1960s and was pretty self sufficient there for 25 odd years.

Richard Proenneke - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I just read his book, which was inspiring both for his clarity of purpose and ability to craft a lot with simple tools and hard work.

I found a few clips of his life on YouTube. In one he seems to be wearing Tin Pants, which you’d imagine to be pretty ideal for the circumstances. He seems to have been a real outdoorsman, with a great appreciation for nature and solitude.

Book link:

One Man's Wilderness, 50th Anniversary Edition: An Alaskan Odyssey: Amazon.co.uk: Proenneke, Richard Louis, Keith, Sam, Offerman, Nick: 9781513261645: Books

Buy One Man's Wilderness, 50th Anniversary Edition: An Alaskan Odyssey Illustrated by Proenneke, Richard Louis, Keith, Sam, Offerman, Nick (ISBN: 9781513261645) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

www.amazon.co.uk

 

[GzStudio]

I've visited the cabin site and watched the movie made about him (Alone in the Wilderness) as well as read the book. Very inspiring.

 

[speedy611]

I've visited the cabin site and watched the movie made about him (Alone in the Wilderness) as well as read the book. Very inspiring.

That’s very cool to have visited the cabin. What an experience. I can’t imagine being there for such long periods, and especially over winter. Interesting mental fortitude and good skills.

 

[Soletrane]

That’s very cool to have visited the cabin. What an experience. I can’t imagine being there for such long periods, and especially over winter. Interesting mental fortitude and good skills.

When I read about people like this, I am always struck by the thought just over a 100 years ago, these skills (and the accompanying mental fortitude) would be had by a good proportion of the US population. And over 200 years ago, the majority of the US would have these skills since most people lived in harsh rural or frontier environments.

 

[speedy611]

When I read about people like this, I am always struck by the thought just over a 100 years ago, these skills (and the accompanying mental fortitude) would be had by a good proportion of the US population. And over 200 years ago, the majority of the US would have these skills since most people lived in harsh rural or frontier environments.

Yes. I suppose there is a hierarchy of needs discussion here. Having self reliance skills is great, and if you have no choice in the matter, they provide enough for you to live, perhaps even relatively comfortably.
Today’s society has different skills and those are bourne of a different set of interdependencies. Overall the “quality” is better, but perhaps we’ve gone too far and suffer for some of our excesses.
For medical care, abundance and choice of food, societal acceptance of difference and knowledge of the world around me I pick today. But for clarity and peace of mind, first hand skills in making and producing, there is a lot to be said for 100 years ago.

 

[CCF1897]

Was wondering if anyone had encountered Dick Proenneke? He built a cabin in Alaska by hand in the late 1960s and was pretty self sufficient there for 25 odd years.

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Richard Proenneke - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I just read his book, which was inspiring both for his clarity of purpose and ability to craft a lot with simple tools and hard work.

I found a few clips of his life on YouTube. In one he seems to be wearing Tin Pants, which you’d imagine to be pretty ideal for the circumstances. He seems to have been a real outdoorsman, with a great appreciation for nature and solitude.

Book link:

One Man's Wilderness, 50th Anniversary Edition: An Alaskan Odyssey: Amazon.co.uk: Proenneke, Richard Louis, Keith, Sam, Offerman, Nick: 9781513261645: Books

Buy One Man's Wilderness, 50th Anniversary Edition: An Alaskan Odyssey Illustrated by Proenneke, Richard Louis, Keith, Sam, Offerman, Nick (ISBN: 9781513261645) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

www.amazon.co.uk

There is a lot of videos on YouTube on Dick. I enjoy watching them. If interested there is a fellow who has a great youtube channel, called "MY Self Reliance" He moved to the wilderness a few years ago and left his office job. Built a cabin and other structures and documents it all. Wears the filson clothing and uses all hand tools for the most part. He has an Instagram page under the same name.

 

[speedy611]

There is a lot of videos on YouTube on Dick. I enjoy watching them. If interested there is a fellow who has a great youtube channel, called "MY Self Reliance" He moved to the wilderness a few years ago and left his office job. Built a cabin and other structures and documents it all. Wears the filson clothing and uses all hand tools for the most part. He has an Instagram page under the same name.

Thank you! I just found that channel today and have saved a video from it to watch later.

 

[CCF1897]

Thank you! I just found that channel today and have saved a video from it to watch later.

It's a few years of videos so if you like what you see best to start from early on. Impressive what this guy does.

 

[GzStudio]

I will say that my brother and his wife lived somewhat like this for many years in Alaska, including with children albeit a little closer to civilization, but had no running water, no bathroom, and no electricity. I helped build their small house. Before they built their cabin, they lived in a wall tent.