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Tall canvas pack on an ash-wood frame, shoulder straps padded with hair-stuffed leather pads, the top flap buckling down across an oilskin lining. Weighs enough empty to remind you what a fair full weight should feel like.
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Chronicle
Adopted in the mountain caravans first, then everywhere else that regularly walks out further than a day, because the frame keeps the load off the spine and the oilskin keeps the contents off the rain. Old quartermasters refit the straps once a year, and the owners who skip that step find out why at the worst possible pass. A pack with its frame still straight after ten seasons is the pack worth inheriting.