ZenoMarx Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 If you're interested, PM me or email me. Feel free to make counter-offers and haggle the price. No fees if you would like to pay with a personal check (2 week wait while it clears) or a money order. ============== Vortex. 4500 model from 1995 and made in the USA. Burgundy. Pack size Medium. Belt size Medium. 4500 cubic inches. $115 + postage + PayPal fees. -My main go-to pack is a Vortex. I love them. Great condition, and I'd almost venture to call it "like new". I cut the pneumatic system out of the belt, so there is a clean 1.5" cut in the belt face on the right side that I singed closed and mended with heavy upholstery thread. The mend is in a no-stress area and will never be a problem. I literally guarantee it and will offer my repair skills as a "lifetime warranty". I'll even pay to send it back to you. That's how confident I am that this repair is of no consequence at all. Why did I remove the pneumatic system? Because the belt is already insanely comfortable and stable so the pump and hosing were around 12ozs of unnecessary weight. *the pneumatic system is a little hand pump bladder, like a suction bladder they use in surgeries, connected to tubes that run the length of the belt that fed into two sturdy balloons. You would use your palm against the front of the belt to push the bladder and fill the belt with air, conforming it to your waist. Also had a release value to deflate the balloons. Cool idea...if the belt would have been junk, but since the belt is as nice as any belt ever made, they were entirely design overkill. ============== Dana Design/K2. T-1 external frame. Green. Pack size Regular. Belt size Regular (if you need a size Large belt, I might be willing to accommodate that). 4100 cubic inches. $190 + postage + PayPal fees. -These external Danas only came in two sizes: Regular and Large. This pack is the same as the Terraframe without the lower sleeping bag compartment. Big main compartment and two large vertical pockets with a daisy chain in-between them (modeled off the Terraplane design). The only problem with this pack is the internal waterproofing is flaking. I don't consider that much of a problem because I would never trust a pack's waterproofing to function as any great assurance. ============== Dana Design. Terraplane internal frame. Dark blue. Pack size Large. Belt size Large. 5800 cubic inches. 1989 pack with a mid-90s belt and framesheet. $190 + postage + PayPal fees. -A good friend of mine thought they were doing me a favor by picking this up because it was an older model in such good condition. It's too big for me. I use a medium/medium. Dark blue, but it is faded to look almost exactly like an old denim jean. The fabric is still in good, durable condition. It's a good thing the belt and framesheet were replaced, because those early Dana Design models didn't have as nice of belts as the latter models did; more contouring and structure to the newer belts. You'll see a lot of older Dana Design backpacks with cracked framesheets because the plastic they were using was less flexible and more brittle. They remedied this by using HDPE plastic that was both flexible and very durable. As far as I'm concerned, and this isn't just BS sale pitch, this pack having an updated belt and new framesheet with shoulder bar (also not found in the very early models) are both great improvements and both quality and value to the pack. This pack is from just after they stopped using the leather Dana tags and prior to the red/orange fabric tags. Made entirely in Montana. ============== Columbia 100% cotton sweater. size XL. $10 + postage + PayPal fees. -like new. ============== Mountainsmith zipper pulls/key chains. $2.50 each or $12 for all seven + postage + PayPal fees. -I coudn't get a photo of the Mountainsmith tag, but it is there between the folded over webbing. ============== Alaskan WWII cold weather wool socks. $20 + postage + PayPal fees. -I picked these up from an antique store a long, long time ago. I've never seen another pair, and if nothing else, maybe someone can tell me more about them. Very thick, very dense wool knee-high socks. 26 inches high. One hole as you can see in the photo. A pair of regular wool ragg socks is 5/8 inch thick laying on their side. These are 1 1/4 inch thick laying on their side. Quote
ZenoMarx Posted October 20, 2011 Author Posted October 20, 2011 All still available. Feel free to make counter-offers. Quote
ZenoMarx Posted October 22, 2011 Author Posted October 22, 2011 Cold Cold World Chaos is sold. Dana Design T-1 is sold. Quote
ZenoMarx Posted March 16, 2012 Author Posted March 16, 2012 Terraplane is sold Vortex is sold. Mountainsmith zipper pulls are sold. *nothing sold on this board Quote
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