Trapper Nelson Wood Frame Backpack

Corduroy back panel of a frameless jensen pack.

Trapper nelson wood frame backpack.

Canvas trager indian pack board hiking camping gear great rustic wall hanging decor. Trapper nelsons style wood backpack frame rustic decor cabin decor lodge decor hunting gear modernartifactdecor. Early 1960 s gerry aluminum pack frame note the unpadded webbing hip belt. The design was adopted by the us forest service department of the interior the boy scouts and co.

Check out our trapper nelson selection for the very best in unique or custom handmade pieces from our backpacks shops. Tom and nik work on the internal frame for the synapse. Nelson in 1924 represented a significant advancement in pack design appearing on the market near the end of the classic camping era. Early internal frame this one on an alp sport climbing rucksack.

The pack was first conceived after nelson used an indian packboard on a tramp in alaska in 1920. The trapper nelson indian pack board was born. 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.

The trapper nelson indian packboard patented by lloyd f. 5 out of 5 stars 145 145 reviews. 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.

It was not only the first but it is perhaps the longest continuously manufactured pack of its kind. 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.