Trapper Nelson Wood Frame Backpack

Early 1960 s gerry aluminum pack frame note the unpadded webbing hip belt.

Trapper nelson wood frame backpack.

A look at a classic pack from the pass trapper nelson. The trapper nelson design was to create a stabilizing wooden pack frame or pack board upon which would be attached a canvas backband meant to cushion the wearer s back. Nelson s design became the first external frame pack that wedded the pack sack to the frame in a way that had never been done before. Canvas trager indian pack board hiking camping gear great rustic wall hanging decor.

Check out our trapper nelson selection for the very best in unique or custom handmade pieces from our backpacks shops. Also of note was a canvas packbag that was attached to the frame with long steel. A look at a classic pack from the pass trapper nelson. Tom and nik work on the internal frame for the synapse.

The trapper nelson indian pack board was born. Corduroy back panel of a frameless jensen pack. The design was adopted by the us forest service department of the interior the boy scouts and co. Background in the early 20th century long before carbon fiber and nylon vince trapper nelson designed and patented a pack board backpack system inspired by native american examples.

5 out of 5 stars 145 145 reviews. Early internal frame this one on an alp sport climbing rucksack. Vintage trapper nelson wooden frame backpack. The trapper nelson indian packboard patented by lloyd f.

It was not only the first but it is perhaps the longest continuously manufactured pack of its kind. The pack was first conceived after nelson used an indian packboard on a tramp in alaska in 1920.