KotCS Backpack (UPDATED thread on Germany Army Rucksack!)

Post by **Indiana Jeff** » Wed May 19, 2010 3:27 am

I picked up the rucksack Tundrarider posted in the Bazaar. Not only is the pack awesome and like new, he included one of his custom HJ patches. His work is so flawless the patch looks original to the pack.

Regards,

Indiana Jeff

Mark Raats · Post by **Mark Raats** » Wed May 19, 2010 4:27 am

Indiana Jeff wrote:I picked up the rucksack Tundrarider posted in the Bazaar. Not only is the pack awesome and like new, he included one of his custom HJ patches. His work is so flawless the patch looks original to the pack.

Regards,

Indiana Jeff

That looks exceptionally nice mate and yes, I agree Tundrarider has done a terrific job as always..

I think I must look into acquiring a pack myself.

Thanks for sharing

Regards

MARK

Post by **Jens** » Wed May 19, 2010 5:37 pm

A short update to the list ...

1. lantzn
2. Dana Powers
3. indean
4.
5.

Post by **Indiana Jeff** » Thu May 20, 2010 3:17 am

And for anyone who can get one of these bags, I recommend you direct ship to Michael for him to attach the patch to complete the SA factor.

Regards,

Indiana Jeff

yoshinori hatakeyama · Wed May 26, 2010 7:23 pm

HOW ABOUT THIS?

Hollowpond · Post by **Hollowpond** » Wed May 26, 2010 7:29 pm

NICE job yh! Welcome to COW too! Nice to see a new face

Pretty sure you are going to be asked to resize that pic per
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=9523

Travis

Post by **Indiana Jeff** » Thu May 27, 2010 2:40 am

Nice work. I'd dirty up that white lettering a bit to tone down the newness.

Regards,

Indiana Jeff

riothamus · Post by **riothamus** » Thu May 27, 2010 8:21 am

Some of that leather and stitching looks new, did you replace some parts? If so, very good job!

I use my backpack every day to take lunch and various items to and from work on the bus. Fits my little cooler lunch bag perfectly with plenty of room for a book or anything else I might need that day.

Excelsior!
Riothamus

sallah4 · Post by **sallah4** » Thu May 27, 2010 3:58 pm

Does anyone know the price of one of these badboys?
-Jake

catmark · Post by **catmark** » Thu May 27, 2010 10:28 pm

Nice to meet you.

I am a friend of yoshinori hatakeyama.

I also finished up the backpack as well as him.
How about this?

*It takes a picture in outdoor. *

*It takes a picture indoors. *

I am not good at English.
When strange English is written, I'm sorry therefore.

catmark · Post by **catmark** » Fri May 28, 2010 4:58 am

Thanks Michael!

-CATMARK

yoshinori hatakeyama · Fri May 28, 2010 2:25 pm

Nice to meet you, everyone!!

Catmark is the most famous and the best prop master among Japanese INDY fans.
He made the name tag and longer leather straps for me .
I sewed them and dyed.
He is the first man to make longer straps in Japan and recently other friends made a model of his backpack and modified their backpacks with longer ones.

Hi Travis ,
Thank you for your kind words and advice!I resized and reposted the pictures .
Hi Indiana Jeff,Thank you for your kind words . I want to have a new tag and it will be dirtied up naturally as time goes by.

Hi riothamus,
Thank you for your kind words .Original leather straps are shorter than ones in the movies.
I replaced original leather straps with longer ones. I sew it with a white thread. I think white thread is SA.
I go whip-cracking every Saturday and Sunday with this backpack.

Hi Michael ,
Thank you for your kind words . Most of my friends think that the dark color of the bottom should be SA.

Hi Jake,
I asked a Japanese ,who lives in german,to buy and send to japan.In German the price of bundeswehr rucksack is about 15～16euro.But shipping charge is very high.and most of the military-shops will not sell them to foreigners. The only way to get them is to buy at the e-bay(German).

Hi Catmark,
It is needless to say that your backpack is excellent and SA.The color of longer leather straps is same as a picture above.

backstagejack · Post by **backstagejack** » Fri May 28, 2010 11:49 pm

Ok.....with these pics, I'm really starting to want one. I don't really care about it being so SA to have the HJ on it....but the new straps...yeah.

$120? Thats not too bad....

catmark · Post by **catmark** » Sat May 29, 2010 6:25 am

yoshinori hatakeyama wrote:
Catmark is the most famous and the best prop master among Japanese INDY fans.

What!????
It is exaggerated!!!!!!

moto · Post by **moto** » Sat May 29, 2010 8:41 am

Hello.

It is the photograph of my bag of the present.
In the same way as my friends, I rode a photograph, too.
A color changes by a condition of the photography.

I am happy when I remodel it in various ways.
I am weak in English, and I'm sorry.

I think that CATMARK is the best prop maker of INDIANA JONES in Japan.

Castor Dioscuri · Post by **Castor Dioscuri** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:07 am

I'm sorry for being rude and blunt, but surely I can't be the only one that finds that exchange ridiculously suspicious?

tgalahad · Post by **tgalahad** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:52 am

Indiana Jeff wrote:And for anyone who can get one of these bags, I recommend you direct ship to Michael for him to attach the patch to complete the SA factor.

Regards,

Indiana Jeff

I agree!

Michael is an excellent craftsman and takes great pride in his work.
He worked on my bag a few months ago and did a great job.

tgalahad

catmark · Post by **catmark** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:49 pm

tgalahad wrote:
Indiana Jeff wrote:And for anyone who can get one of these bags, I recommend you direct ship to Michael for him to attach the patch to complete the SA factor.

tgalahad

It is wonderful!!!!!!

Bemo · Post by **Bemo** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:17 pm

Jens, I'm in for a backpack.
Thanks!

Post by **Jens** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 4:33 am

So we got a round of "interested parties" full it seems. I'll start going into the sources immediately and try to catch those five backpacks for. If any of you decided NOT to take one anymore, please let me know since I would have to pay these babys out of my own pocket and I'd hate to be stuck with a load of backpacks again. Thanks!

1. lantzn
2. indean
3. Ohio Jones
4. Bemo
5.

Edit: Sorry, one interested person just wanted to be removed from the list, so we're too few ... but I try to get these bags anyway ...

backstagejack · Post by **backstagejack** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 4:56 pm

Jens, I'm definitely interested and would like to be on the list. Are we talking with new straps or just as is?

Post by **Jens** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 7:47 pm

"Just as is" - with the old leather streaps - the same backpack you would have get if you served in the German Army in the 70s and 80s.

Indywanabe91 · Post by **Indywanabe91** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:19 pm

I know I'm a little late but would you have space for one more person I'm really interested in getting one of these bags, but I don't know much about them like the price or are these actual vintage ones

NewJerseyRaider · Post by **NewJerseyRaider** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:11 pm

Does anyone know where I can get a pair of the new straps, as shown in Yoshinori's pictures?
They looked very SA....plus the ones on my bag aren't very comfortable if there's alot of weight in the bag.....not sure if these would be any better tho? But...at least they look better!
Josh

DanielJones · Post by **DanielJones** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:23 am

Hmmm

... Me thinks I may need to do a little digging around at our local surplus store. Seems to me that I recall seeing one of these type of packs rolling around the dark corners of the store recently. Looks like a quick weekend trip is in order.

Cheers!

Dan

skyhawker · Post by **skyhawker** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 3:33 pm

About a month ago I managed to find an original German Military alpine Rucksack for sale in the USA on e-bay. Unfortunatly the seller knew they are harder to find than rocking horse poo so I had to pay $200 for it.

I then had the bag sent straight to Michael for him to add his quality HJ label to it.
When he had finished his work, Michael posted the complete bag back to me in the UK.
I received the bag today and I am very pleased with it $\:D/$
Michaels HJ label really finishes the bag off, thanks mate, great work

Here are a few photos

If you think I look a bit red in the face, it's because I just had a shower and a shave before this photo was taken

yoshinori hatakeyama · Wed Sep 29, 2010 8:28 am

Conglatulation , skyhawker

Enjoy

Nice work , Michael

It's very beautiful

Regards
Yoshinori

Luke Warmwater · Post by **Luke Warmwater** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:11 pm

Hey gents, check the 'Bay... there's a guy who has got a bunch of these (or at least substantially similar) for $120, free shipping.

Search on "Feldgendarmerie Alpine Rucksack"

Bemo · Post by **Bemo** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:00 pm

Wow! Those are something else.

I don't think they're the same pack. I think those are actually older. From the little research I did, these were issued to the mountain patrol. The straps on the side are for an ice ax.

Hmmm.... decisions decisions

Luke Warmwater · Post by **Luke Warmwater** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:12 pm

well, I already bought one. I figured they were close-enough.

Long John Tinfoil · Post by **Long John Tinfoil** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:09 am

Very nice looking bags. Can't say I'm crazy about the price, though.

LJ

Bemo · Post by **Bemo** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:10 am

Actually I think the pack is more authentic to the time period of Crystal Skull than the one they used in the film. It's a great piece and really looks good.

Luke Warmwater · Post by **Luke Warmwater** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:19 pm

Got it today, very quick shipping! It's quite sturdy, the connection points are all very robust. The canvas is almost an exact match for my original Mk7. The leather was in good shape but begging for some Pecards, which I obliged. It brought back the nice brown color.

Now all I need is to get it monogrammed.

tomek9210 · Post by **tomek9210** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:25 am

Hi guys, I found good source of those rucksacks here in Poland.
Look here:
http://rangershop.pl/product-pol-115265 ... -oliv.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://rangershop.pl/product-pol-2794-N ... -oliv.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I think they are worth the price, especially when I saw that some of you paid nearly 200 bucks for such a rucksack.
With shipping to Poland the cost is: 1st one - 60.4 USD, 2nd one - 30.9 USD. If anyone would like to buy the backpack from them, I could help you, shipping to States is 29 USD, so it's still cheap.
What do you think?
Cheers
Tomek

Edit: I just saw that the cheaper one hasn't got leather straps, so the first one is more SA. However you can order the second one and change it yourself.

lantzn · Post by **lantzn** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:40 pm

Jens wrote:So we got a round of "interested parties" full it seems. I'll start going into the sources immediately and try to catch those five backpacks for. If any of you decided NOT to take one anymore, please let me know since I would have to pay these babys out of my own pocket and I'd hate to be stuck with a load of backpacks again. Thanks!

1. lantzn
2. indean
3. Ohio Jones
4. Bemo
5.

Edit: Sorry, one interested person just wanted to be removed from the list, so we're too few ... but I try to get these bags anyway ...

I see the list grew to full and then I heard nothing. Jens what's the status?

Post by **Jens** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:37 am

I wish I could tell good news. But truth is, I had to let it slide a bit due to work. Thing is that these backpacks become more and more rare it seems. At least the goods ones. I bought a number of these online not too long ago, but had to send them bag. All of them. They were in a condition you would not like to use. That said, I still did not give up. I'm in contact with army surplus stores now again. Hope to come back with better news - or news at all - before autumn's excavation season will start.

Sorry for all that trouble.

afrayedknot · Post by **afrayedknot** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:45 am

Has anyone looked at the bags tomek linked in his post? Any opinions?

tomek9210 · Post by **tomek9210** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:06 am

I've ordered one of them for a member here. I can make a small review when it arrives.

afrayedknot · Post by **afrayedknot** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:45 am

They look like the backpacks that have become popular on COW, but it's hard to tell from the pic on the website. But for the price, I'll probably be contacting you for an order soon.

tomek9210 · Post by **tomek9210** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:40 am

Hi, today I have received the rucksack. Let the pics speak for me:

It looks rock solid and ready to sew the HJ label

lantzn · Post by **lantzn** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:47 pm

Tomek are they reproduction or old stock?

tomek9210 · Post by **tomek9210** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:53 pm

They are reproductions made by Mil-Tec. That shop also sells very similiar backpacks from surplus but they have web straps, not leather like in the movie.
I don't like buying surplus stuff, because you never know what you will get. I ordered a satchel few years ago and it came with some white-out inscriptions and it stinked like a ****, I needed to wash it few times.

nihil · Post by **nihil** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:15 pm

I'm actually a Mil-Tec dealer through my reenactment reproductions shop.
If there are interest, I could get a bunch of these backpacks and sell to COW members at an attractive price. Say 25€ a piece.
Let me know if there are interest

Indiana Croft · Post by **Indiana Croft** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:55 pm

So out of curiosity whats that in US. + shipping.

Croft

Bemo · Post by **Bemo** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:43 pm

According to Google, that's about $35 USD (not including shipping). I'd be in for this if shipping is reasonable.

nihil · Post by **nihil** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:30 am

If they weigh less than 2kg, which I guess they do, shipping is 37$ to the US and 24$ to the EU.

I'll check with my colleague, if it's possible to have him replicate the HJ leather tag. He's very good at working with leather. And It could be fun to offer a 'complete' pack (including distressing if needed

)

IndyJedi · Post by **IndyJedi** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:05 am

A bag with the label would be cool.

If you are starting a list sign me up.

lantzn · Post by **lantzn** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:15 am

IndyJedi wrote:A bag with the label would be cool. If you are starting a list sign me up.

COW member, Tundraraider, also makes these "HJ" labels. I think having a similar looking label with my own initials would be cool.

IndyRiv · Post by **IndyRiv** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:22 am

Count me in! $\:D/$

Indy30 · Post by **Indy30** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:45 pm

IndyRiv wrote:Count me in! $\:D/$

me too!