Monday, October 12, 2015

eBay find: Wool pullover photograph

Continuing an infuriating trend of finding images of garments that just cannot be found anymore:


Images of pullover garments used by lumberjacks and sportsmen of yesteryear are not hard to come by, extant examples are. This appears to be a caped shirt-jacket with a very wide placket.

Sunday, October 11, 2015

eBay find: OLD school Mountainsmith pack

Possibly the oldest Mountainsmith pack I've seen yet. Crazy purple webbing and a flat lid.


While much simpler then most there are still some of the distinctive Mountainsmith features such as the long anvil-grossgrain clad stabilizer straps connecting the far side of the pack to the belt.


Saturday, October 10, 2015

eBay find: MR mossy oak daypack lid

Adding to the list of limited run camouflage patterns you can find older MR packs in; a mossy oak patterned daypack lid: