Early next week, we’ll announce the release of our very own Archival Clothing Rucksack. Let’s take this opportunity to round up two historical examples to compare and contrast with our own. We designed our Rucksack as a synthesis of a classic canoe pack (in the Poirier/Duluth style) and the box-style Yucca pack used by the …
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Canoe pack review
Vintage Duluth packs I don’t know the folks in these catalog-quality shots of Duluth canoe packs in action (more shots of Duluth packs and satchels courtesy this flickr photostream). But I love how they make real the prehistoric size of a true-to-life canoe pack. My main encounter with this style of pack (waxed or dry …
Guest Baggage: Frost River Canoe Packs
Albert Dorp, who sells Frost River packs through his German web shop, Absolut Canoe, sent me some shots of his Frost River packs in action. Albert tells me that he does not have any additional news about the fate of Frost River as a company. However, his shop still has inventory of Frost River packs …
Guest Baggage: Frost River Canoe Packs
Albert Dorp, who sells Frost River packs through his German web shop, Absolut Canoe, sent me some shots of his Frost River packs in action. Albert tells me that he does not have any additional news about the fate of Frost River as a company. However, his shop still has inventory of Frost River packs …
Archival Baggage: Winter Beach Bags
Billingham Hadley Vintage Coach Frost River Beach and hound (courtesy diplomatica)
Shopping from Yurtville
Waxed cotton shoulder bag Custom bike luggage inspired by Rivendell Designs The top search string forwarding people to Archival Clothing is “Frost River out of Business.” Just the other day, folks on a message board in France were discussing Frost River canoe packs and pondering their current availability. Though I don’t mind my blog serving …
From the Archives: Frost River tote bags
Shopping from the past: Rucksacks
Photo from a 1998 Filson catalog Co.Ltd guu-watanabe Zach bag Frost River Nessmuk pack Frost River Rucksack for Northern Island (Japan) Brady rucksack (Japan only) Frost River rucksack photos courtesy Style Forum Barbour catalog model with rucksack (make/model?) If I lived in Japan I’d be president of a regional Filson “going outside” club. We’d take …
Archival News: Frost River
7/26/2010 Editor’s note: this post was originally written in 2008. Since that time, a new ownership group has purchased Frost River and brought back its line of waxed cotton canoe packs and shoulder bags. The new site can be found here: http://www.frostriver.com/ I’m leaving the original post up as a historical marker of outdoor bag …