When I entered the 1st grade in 1947, military surplus from WW II was abundant. My "Haversack-style" book bag for grades 1-10 was a U.S. Army gas mask bag with adjustable shoulder & waist straps; & it cost me a whopping 25 cents! Your video brought back meaningful memories & post-WW II days when our oudoor gear was primarily military surplus & common household or hardware store items. At age 83, I still love the woods & one of my woods-walk bags is a European surplus haversack-style shoulder bag with interior dividers & compartments. You provided a very interesting & meaningful presentation; your haversack load-outaddresses very basic outdoor needs. Opinel knives are hard to beat! Thanks for sharing, & may God bless you, sir!
Ah yes, the M/60 gas mask bag for M/61 gas mask (a Nokia Rubber copy of US M9 mask). The bag is a derivative of US M4 Lightweight Service Mask bag, made between 1960-early 90's. The whole mask and it's equipment were discarded as a waste in 00's, as the Kemira/Scott/3M M/95 mask and it's bag had been stocked in large enough quantities for war time use. Milsurp dealers bought pallets of it for pennies per set, as it was made for 750k strong army. I remember the days you could buy those for 5€ for the whole set. Now days it's closer to 30-40€ for the whole set, 15-25€ for the bag. I have multiple and the one I use has seen daily use for 15 years. Still goes strong. There is a difference in the canvas, the thinner ones are most likely late production. [SA] marked ones were made until '69 and tower logo is '70 onwards. That is the FDF property mark. My tower marked has thicker canvas, so that tells me that the change in material was maybe in (late?) 80's, to make it a bit cheaper. I wish that level of quality bags were still made and used. Everything is polyester in these days. I wish stuff was still made in Finland. Gas mask production is gone, sold to Scott, rubber production went to Serbia, clothes and gear are made in Estonia, Marttiini knifes went to Estonia, The State Garment Factory that made all military, police, fire, post office, taxi driver, bus driver etc. uniforms and civilian clothes went under, Jalas shoe factory was sold to Swedes, Lapua Nammo is still majority in shares owned by Finnish goverment, but half of it is owned by Norwegian state. Sako was sold to Beretta, but still has factory in Finland and Valmet, that did everything made of steel, stopped making ships, planes, guns, trains and tractors to make paper machines. Tampella that made artillery, mortars and big machines of all kinds and linen fabric, went under. So much has been sold or went under in 90's and 00's. Even Nokia Phones was sold to Microsoft in 2010's and then disbanded.
@5:15 Mr. Tick appears to crawl out of your pocket and up your pants leg to your camo pouch. Also, this bag is awesome. I'm heading to ebay right now to get one. Thank you.
I enjoy your channel. Haversack, Knapsack, fanatic since I was six. I am fifty seven. Enjoyed the Outdoors so much that I became a land surveyor. Never had a Finn. Thank you
One feature I like to add to my bags are ties for a jacket. Install 2 grommets cross ways about 12 inches up from the fixed end of the strap. Thread with a 24 inch shoe lace. The other shoe lace is installed either at the base of the strap or some where half way down the bag using another pair of grommets. Tie upper shoelace around the mid point of your jacket. Fold over and tie second lace. Easy way to carry a jacket as the day warms up
while tweezers are good to have, for the size and weight involved it is really worth it to have a dedicated tick key. they are only a couple bucks, and do a much better job of getting the entire tick out. you just drop it over the tick, flat side down, and pull back slow. it removes the entire thing safe and clean. other than that, good load out.
I use a WWII haversack, got 2 different sizes. I added Apartment on the top lid. But I’ve got that finished bag too. It is a great bag. I keep electronic gear in it. Really enjoyed your video. I wish you the best of luck I’ve been watching videos since I retired and 2004.
Great use of the bag for a Haversack. It sure holds everything you need . Lots of great gear inside love that gritrgear titanium canteen set and that vargo stove . Thanks for sharing
Gas mask bags always make great day bags because they nearly all have the multiple pockets inside them for the decontamination kits, cloves, detector paper books, and naps sets. The modern ones still have the multiple compartments but lack the aesthetics of the old canvas and leather. Somehow I have not seen the Fin bags before, but they remind me of the US lightweight service mask bag M6 minus the center stud. I sometimes use a vintage Bulgarian one that is much the same as the Fin bag and a great bag for all the same reasons.
Awesome thinking outside the box. My last purchase was a brand new REI daypack small. I bought it brand new on ebay $90 new, $17 ebay. Spray painted it a subdued color.
Looks like you have come full circle,back where you started. I’ve done the very same thing,back to the basics with gear and I’m glad of it. Got the Finn gas mask bag, it’s the lighter one, my first haversack, would like to get the heavy canvas one. Really like the design of the bag with the internal pockets, enjoyed the video
Great looking bag. One of the first videos I watch of yours was on the Polish Bread Bag. Got a three pack for dirt cheap and gave them to my boys when they are young. They still have them and use them on hikes.
Found one in a thrift store that an artist had painted a large red moped on it. Well done but not my vibe. Rattle canned it in OD and it is my daily work bag. Lunch ,files, and hat, gloves, rain gear live in it all the time plus whatever else I deem necessary.
IMO the main thing that makes a haversack a haversack (instead of a bicycle messenger bag) is the vertical length being at least 2 inches longer than its width. Otherwise the bags feel oddly placed against the body. There’s also the trend of guys LOADING their sacks. Personally I’d rather keep mine almost empty while my ruck does the heavy lifting. Use the haversack for carrying emergency essentials or as a forage sack on short day treks
Awesome bag Sir! Can you tell me where you got it for $10 please? I can't seem to find one except the ebay bag for $36.00. I want one for ten. It's a great size bag for a small survival bag or a day hiking bag with your lunch and your emergency EDC stuff that is always with you on your person. It's just awesome. I need to find one. Any ideas where I can get one for a good price like you did? Please let me know and thanks for the great video. Hope to hear back from you soon.
Too bad the Finnish GM bags have gotten so scarce. All the sources that had tons of them for years are now out of stock, prices way up on individual bags.
When I entered the 1st grade in 1947, military surplus from WW II was abundant. My "Haversack-style" book bag for grades 1-10 was a U.S. Army gas mask bag with adjustable shoulder & waist straps; & it cost me a whopping 25 cents! Your video brought back meaningful memories & post-WW II days when our oudoor gear was primarily military surplus & common household or hardware store items. At age 83, I still love the woods & one of my woods-walk bags is a European surplus haversack-style shoulder bag with interior dividers & compartments. You provided a very interesting & meaningful presentation; your haversack load-outaddresses very basic outdoor needs. Opinel knives are hard to beat! Thanks for sharing, & may God bless you, sir!
Military surplus can’t be beat!
I'm carrying a Romanian haversack from the 1980s. I treated the canvas to make it like oil cloth. I've had it four years, and it's served me well.
Ah yes, the M/60 gas mask bag for M/61 gas mask (a Nokia Rubber copy of US M9 mask). The bag is a derivative of US M4 Lightweight Service Mask bag, made between 1960-early 90's. The whole mask and it's equipment were discarded as a waste in 00's, as the Kemira/Scott/3M M/95 mask and it's bag had been stocked in large enough quantities for war time use. Milsurp dealers bought pallets of it for pennies per set, as it was made for 750k strong army. I remember the days you could buy those for 5€ for the whole set. Now days it's closer to 30-40€ for the whole set, 15-25€ for the bag. I have multiple and the one I use has seen daily use for 15 years. Still goes strong. There is a difference in the canvas, the thinner ones are most likely late production. [SA] marked ones were made until '69 and tower logo is '70 onwards. That is the FDF property mark. My tower marked has thicker canvas, so that tells me that the change in material was maybe in (late?) 80's, to make it a bit cheaper.
I wish that level of quality bags were still made and used. Everything is polyester in these days. I wish stuff was still made in Finland. Gas mask production is gone, sold to Scott, rubber production went to Serbia, clothes and gear are made in Estonia, Marttiini knifes went to Estonia, The State Garment Factory that made all military, police, fire, post office, taxi driver, bus driver etc. uniforms and civilian clothes went under, Jalas shoe factory was sold to Swedes, Lapua Nammo is still majority in shares owned by Finnish goverment, but half of it is owned by Norwegian state. Sako was sold to Beretta, but still has factory in Finland and Valmet, that did everything made of steel, stopped making ships, planes, guns, trains and tractors to make paper machines. Tampella that made artillery, mortars and big machines of all kinds and linen fabric, went under. So much has been sold or went under in 90's and 00's. Even Nokia Phones was sold to Microsoft in 2010's and then disbanded.
@5:15 Mr. Tick appears to crawl out of your pocket and up your pants leg to your camo pouch. Also, this bag is awesome. I'm heading to ebay right now to get one. Thank you.
That is really nice, and only $10, cant beat that.
Now I need one!
Looks like a good option
I enjoy your channel. Haversack, Knapsack, fanatic since I was six. I am fifty seven. Enjoyed the Outdoors so much that I became a land surveyor. Never had a Finn. Thank you
Greetings from the woods of Sweden.
I know nordic military gear and it great 👍🏻😃
One feature I like to add to my bags are ties for a jacket. Install 2 grommets cross ways about 12 inches up from the fixed end of the strap. Thread with a 24 inch shoe lace. The other shoe lace is installed either at the base of the strap or some where half way down the bag using another pair of grommets. Tie upper shoelace around the mid point of your jacket. Fold over and tie second lace. Easy way to carry a jacket as the day warms up
while tweezers are good to have, for the size and weight involved it is really worth it to have a dedicated tick key. they are only a couple bucks, and do a much better job of getting the entire tick out. you just drop it over the tick, flat side down, and pull back slow. it removes the entire thing safe and clean.
other than that, good load out.
I use a WWII haversack, got 2 different sizes. I added Apartment on the top lid. But I’ve got that finished bag too. It is a great bag. I keep electronic gear in it.
Really enjoyed your video. I wish you the best of luck I’ve been watching videos since I retired and 2004.
It is a great item to have one and have been using on day hikes. Hello from Finland
Can’t go wrong with the classics !👍👍😁
Great use of the bag for a Haversack. It sure holds everything you need . Lots of great gear inside love that gritrgear titanium canteen set and that vargo stove . Thanks for sharing
Gas mask bags always make great day bags because they nearly all have the multiple pockets inside them for the decontamination kits, cloves, detector paper books, and naps sets. The modern ones still have the multiple compartments but lack the aesthetics of the old canvas and leather. Somehow I have not seen the Fin bags before, but they remind me of the US lightweight service mask bag M6 minus the center stud. I sometimes use a vintage Bulgarian one that is much the same as the Fin bag and a great bag for all the same reasons.
I just bought one of these about 2 weeks ago! Its a great bag and I like the traditional look of it. Thanks for the video!
Thanks!
Thats what I started with now I have a raging river haversack from Etsy. Easy to over pack it.
I remember one of your early vids on the Finn Has Mask Bag... I have one too. It is my only haversack currently. Absolutely love it.
Awesome thinking outside the box. My last purchase was a brand new REI daypack small. I bought it brand new on ebay $90 new, $17 ebay.
Spray painted it a subdued color.
Love the Finn gas mask bag!
I think I will have to get one! Thanks 😊
Looks like you have come full circle,back where you started. I’ve done the very same thing,back to the basics with gear and I’m glad of it. Got the Finn gas mask bag, it’s the lighter one, my first haversack, would like to get the heavy canvas one. Really like the design of the bag with the internal pockets, enjoyed the video
Great looking bag. One of the first videos I watch of yours was on the Polish Bread Bag. Got a three pack for dirt cheap and gave them to my boys when they are young. They still have them and use them on hikes.
I was just researching some surplus Haversack options. I think they are more like $30 now a days. Still worth it.
I just bought that one for $10. There are deals out there.
just bought off of etsy yesterday $9.99 plus shipping
@@benterwellen I'll head there now.
Found one in a thrift store that an artist had painted a large red moped on it. Well done but not my vibe. Rattle canned it in OD and it is my daily work bag. Lunch ,files, and hat, gloves, rain gear live in it all the time plus whatever else I deem necessary.
Am going to Army surplus this weekend.
Awesome! As usual.
IMO the main thing that makes a haversack a haversack (instead of a bicycle messenger bag) is the vertical length being at least 2 inches longer than its width. Otherwise the bags feel oddly placed against the body. There’s also the trend of guys LOADING their sacks. Personally I’d rather keep mine almost empty while my ruck does the heavy lifting. Use the haversack for carrying emergency essentials or as a forage sack on short day treks
You got room for a few 3-5mil trash can liners multi use item 😁👍
Maybe spray the bottom with some kind of waterproofing?
THKS
Awesome video
How much longer can u move the shoulder strap I'm 6ft5 would it. Fut
Good looking kit , thanks for sharing YAH bless !
Nice
I've used a gas mask bag for 50 years
Awesome bag Sir! Can you tell me where you got it for $10 please? I can't seem to find one except the ebay bag for $36.00. I want one for ten. It's a great size bag for a small survival bag or a day hiking bag with your lunch and your emergency EDC stuff that is always with you on your person. It's just awesome. I need to find one. Any ideas where I can get one for a good price like you did? Please let me know and thanks for the great video. Hope to hear back from you soon.
At a military show
I never had a reaction to any of the poison itchy plants until I got Lyme disease then watch out. Got, it bad.
That’s crazy. Never heard that before! I should be more careful
@@ThePreparedWanderer Lyme and Lyme like diseases can screw up the immune system a little or a lot according to my infectious disease Doc.
Too bad the Finnish GM bags have gotten so scarce. All the sources that had tons of them for years are now out of stock, prices way up on individual bags.
Indiana Jones !
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Sadly, not so easy to find. And not so cheap. Any comparable alternatives?
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Watch out when we get older our bodies change and might break out with poison ivy. Good video
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Everywhere I look, it is out of stock.
Etsy has them just ordered one…
@@benterwellen - Thanks for the info. I was looking mostly on ebay and surplus stores.
Etsy is sold out, from the dealer that bought mine