>>2460917>Nice staff. I actually make hiking staves. Here's one that I recently finished, pic taken before I treated the handgrip.>I go /out/ with what you see in picrel, and derp around in nature with my dog, and that is still less LARPy than doing it in an MR. My biggest issue is actually finding packs that I can look at and try on. It's not that I must have the very best or want to LARP, but I do want a good harness and suspension (I'm almost 40 and want to look after my back), sensible capacity, useful equipment straps/hardpoints/hardware, and durability.
So if I just order a Kelty online, or grab something random or milsurp, I don't know what I'm getting into. That's why I am tending toward packs that are somewhat agreed upon to actually be good.
Hell even if you can try them on, you don't know if they're any good until later. I want something good, that's for damn sure.
