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Vancouver, BC
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Posted - 06/16/2012 : 7:05 PM
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Ok so maybe not so stylish and not exactly for sale either. I think the kids are calling that "trolled" these days.
I bought a BD crampon bag a few years back. The points kept punching through the bag.
A couple years ago my wife sewed me a bag out of the bottoms of two jean legs. Crampons did not puncture it, but it isn't the lightest thing around. I've never been particularly pack weight conscious as I have mostly done day hikes for the last couple years, but I've got a couple trips planned for the summer where weight will finally be a bit of a concern so I asked my wife to make me a light, puncture proof, crampon bag for Father's day. And she came through.....
I told her she should start sewing these things and selling them as she got the material for 3$ and it took about 20 min for her to sew it together with the machine.
I don't have a scale that weighs grams, but I'm sure its lighter than most of the other ones I've seen out there.
The jean bag and the new bag side by side.
  
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Posted - 06/16/2012 : 9:43 PM
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Where did she find the fabric?
Thanks for this great idea. I'll make my own |
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Squamish, British Columbia
Canada
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Posted - 06/17/2012 : 09:33 AM
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I just use an old stuff sack personally. Don't know what the denier on it is but it's pretty light.
Anyway, I'd sell them. People would probably buy them. You might have a little cottage industry on your hands.
I stumbled across this guy the other day. Just a dude who works with SAR and got sick of how small most bivys on the market are so he made his own. Now he sells them online.
http://www.milesgear.com/ |
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Posted - 06/17/2012 : 1:23 PM
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mec told me to check this place out
They do repairs, have fabric, buckles, clips etc etc..
Outdoor Innovations
1005 Kingsway Avenue Vancouver, BC Canada (604) 873-6992
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Originally posted by DeanP
Where did she find the fabric?
Thanks for this great idea. I'll make my own
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north van, bc
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 06/17/2012 : 4:16 PM
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That's very similar to the bag I had if it has one side as metal mesh. I also have the pons facing one another and it was a front point one time that went through the metal mesh side and into a full beer can...
...and on a completely separate day, I think one of the points near the front went through the other side(with no unfavorable results)
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Qualicum Beach, BC
Canada
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Posted - 06/17/2012 : 4:29 PM
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| One guy I saw, carried his crampons in a plastic 2 liter coke bottle with the top cut off. Super light and super tough. Could also be used to have dinner water or snow to melt, in camp. |
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North Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Canmore, AB
Canada
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Posted - 06/19/2012 : 3:01 PM
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Interesting idea but I'd be a little concerned about the water absorbing properties of cotton.
Like smac mentioned, I usually put my crampons toe to toe and throw them in a stuffsack. Same thing with my screws - after I attach the caps to them.
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Posted - 06/28/2012 : 07:10 AM
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| I have a pair of Camp Stalkers, and they came with a nice crampon bag. Looks like Kevlar padding, like in a snowshoe bag. |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 06/28/2012 : 07:17 AM
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Sorry for the late reply dean. It's the outdoors store on Kingsway near Fraser. Same one Mec uses as their repair store.
Material is Tearproof, waterproof, gore-tex like stuff in a bin marked end cuts.
Or as an alternative you can shell out 15 bucks and my wife will make you one. |
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Posted - 06/28/2012 : 07:17 AM
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| I have a pair of Camp Stalkers, and they came with a nice crampon bag. Looks like Kevlar padding, like in a snowshoe bag. |
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Stylish Crampon Bags for sale!!
