Swiss army Cold War rucksack
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- This is the combination of the Swiss wwii horse hide packs and Swiss wwii canvas mountaineering packs made in order to standardize the Swiss army after wwii. This pack is the same layout and shape as the horse hide pack but a bit larger and it’s construction and knowledge of use is the same as the mountaineering pack. This pack is made out of canvas and leather it has a metal internal frame and an external lumbar support that is attached to the internal frame with rivets. This pack has stainless hard ware for years of use and extreme thick leather on all the straps and wear points to make sure this pack last multiple lifetimes. This back was developed in the 50’s and entered service in the late 50’s and served into the 90’s. I would very much like your opinions on this pack or any user experience you have to be left in the comments to help future viewers. Hopefully you liked this video and subscribed if you like this sort of stuff. Please leave a comment with any questions, additional information, or suggestions for future videos and I will do my best to answer them. As always thanks for watching.
Thank you,
Devin K.
I have the later plastic model that’s the same design, but a Swiss friend of mine told me that these were waterproof mostly from the right weave - same with their poncho/half tent from that era. At the same time, even with the green plastic bags, they always put their clothes in a plastic bag. I don’t think these were actually 100% but I wouldn’t be surprised. I actually have collected most of the non weaponry field gear that went into these packs - do you think anyone would be interested in seeing a video of how and what they packed? Great video btw!!!
Yes please!
Everything swiss is gonna last? You betcha!!!! Like their watches everything they make is meticulously thought of and tested again and again.and the attention to detail is simply amazing. When you buy anything swiss you buy a family heirloom.something you can pass down to your grandkids and way long after that. Its always a worthy investment.
That's pretty cool. It's like what an an internally framed version of the US WW2 mountain pack would look like. Makes me want to get one, but again like I said with the Horse hide pack I would love to see more of a modern version of this because it still holds up as far as soldier load carriage goes. Thanks for sharing.
id bought one of these packs back in the mid 90's at a army surplus store in virginia, id been amazed id cared and used this pack for different things through the years, but the last 10 or so it's been in storage and even bought one for my wife some years ago that's in new like condition... it is rugged and it doesn't look modern military which is good so no big looks, it does carry a lot and do have the leather straps that are spare to go with it and probably will look to have some made for spares as well...Id done saddle soap on them both many years ago to preserve the leather...im wondering it I can waterproof the canvas on the outside, might be a good idea....also if using it everyday, the leather on your shoulders does rub into you so think ill make some padding in those areas to give me better comfort...id also put a solid steel o-ring on the side of it where one of the leather strips are to carry my 2 pound ax around....cant beat stuff that's built like this and don't see this kind of quality anymore....so if you find one, id suggest you buy it quickly.....25 years of backpack ownership say's a lot.....
very good video, thank you for taking the time to make it, much appreciated
Love the channel. I only recently discovered Swiss military equipment, and I'm in love. Especially with the cotton/nettle canvas. Just got a large wire cutter/crimper and a mostly complete welding kit. I can send some picture, if you like.
Keep up the good work!
Just picked up a 1959 version of this pack at an auction for $45. Super excited to get it cleaned up and try it out. Would be interested to know the rarity of the older packs. Thanks for sharing the history!
Alexander Heck these packs aren’t all that uncommon I have one from 1960 and it’s my nicest condition one it last unused
Found one from the 60s in a local thrift store for 5 euros
I live in Germany and here you can get a good condition pack for about 50€. I don´t know how good the suply for the us is but here there are about 10 packs just like this one on ebay
I think these packs must have been made considerably earlier than the 50s. I have the same pack.
On the leather that holds the strap ring it's stamped 62. However, it has been overstamped 1938.
The fabric skirting on the inside is stamped with a swastika held between an Eagles claws. This
suggests it was in use during ww2.
Wight Outdoors then it’s not Swiss at all. This video is on Swiss packs
They are definitely Swiss. My understanding is that they started making them during the 1930s.
As fast as they were being made the German Army were buying them up. As you can see they're an excellent military pack. Certainly one of the strongest packs I've ever owned. They are starting to
become very expensive.
Wight Outdoors but in the 30’s they weren’t making this style of pack... the Swiss were still issuing rigid frames hide packs up until 1942
Maybe they were making these at the same time and selling all to Germany. My pack is same as yours.
Made by Karl Frei, Zurich 1938.
Wight Outdoors I checked the year and the manufacturer they didn’t makes packs in wwii
Nice!
Its a cool historical piece, but also hipster af. I can toss my laptop and tablet in here and take it to Starbucks while wearing a hand-knitted beanie and a flannel from a thrift store.
I only paid £30 for it about 5 years ago. There was far less interest in them then.
The markings weren't pointed out to me at the time either.
Unfortunately, there isn't much information about the factory that produced them online.
What can you use to clean the Salt & Pepper canvas please? TIA
Laundry detergent
I own one but I want to modernize it. Make it more urban style. Is that bad?
Skinnylegs Alien it is kinda ruining history but a lot of people modify them
can you wax this pack?
Amphib Squid you can but you don’t really need to because of the fabric
Bro where do you get these?
Did you ever find out where to buy one of these packs ???
you could try eBay or Etsy! That's where I got mine. Hope that helps!