Should the bindle make a comeback?
A bindle is a large kerchief or thin blanket filled with items tied to a stick or staff.
It strikes me that while the daypack backpack is ubiquitous, a bindle might make more sense.
Picture this: You want to go on an easy 8 mile hike. 4 miles one way. You want to bring a couple sandwiches, a couple beers, maybe a small pair of binoculars, and a bottle of water. Well, if you use a daypack there's every likelihood your whole back will get sweaty if it's hot out. Wouldn't a bindle make more sense? Not only would your back not get sweaty, you'd have a mini picnic blanket ready to sit on when you got to your destination.
>Should the bindle make a comeback?
Yes.
And you should have made this thread by using quill and parchment and sending it to me by messenger pidgeon.
>pidgeon
Someone played too much pokemon as a kid...
go for it. you don't need permission to hobo larp
I wish it was more acceptable to use one.
I was PrepHole with a bindle last summer on a public trail (first mistake) and some zoomer came up behind me and tugged on my bindle
All my shit fell out & he took a picture of me with all my gear on the ground before walking away
I just went home
Based kid. You should feel embarrassed for knowingly and willingly using inefficient gear.
>willingly using inefficient gear
hurr durr why would you willingly make a campfire when you can use your walmart propane stove
Your fault for not beating him up. Have t you been working on your bo staff skills anon?
you can relive your shame with this pic i made you
He had dicky in the bindle?
yeah, that's why he was crying
You had a stick and you didn't beat him with it. You're pathetic.
this is the part where you pull out an UZI from under your Macready style hat and unload a magazine on him
I'm disappoint son
>unload a magazine
ITYM "a clip" HTH, HAND
Make another bindle and challenge him again anon!
>zoomer converts your bundle into a stick
>you do not yeet him with it and dab on him
You deserved it.
i would want to shove that stick straight up his ass if something like that happened to me.
You wouldn't do shit. You'd be on the ground with your spaghetti spilling out like some kind of cuckold while that zoomer hit the griddy and then left.
>has stick
>doesn't beat someone who was messing with his stuff
sounds like a (You) problem
What the FRICK PrepHole gonna do? Sit there and take it like a b***h, that's what.
Like the time the hippie girl made the guy rebuild the cairn he kicked over
that's when you turn around and maniacally say "I'm gonna shove this stick so far up your ass it'll turn you into a popsicle." and proceed to chase or whoop him in self defense
>PrepHole gets defeated every time
Check out the roman version. The value of this is that you can take the weight off by leaning the staff forward and essentially putting the whole thing on the ground
>everyone replying to zoomner bait
Everyone knows that if you've got a bindle you really just want to use the stick as a weapon
>that gut compressed by the sword belt
MITÄ ON NYYTISÄ?
this guy looks like ted bundy
ted bindy
As a carrying method this sucks if any weight is involved. I carry a couple cloth walmart bags in my satchel for groceries. I tie the handle onto my cane and put it over my right shoulder bringing the load right to my back. Figure it is better than strapping them onto my left wrist. Still twists my body and creates lasting pain. I finally switched to a normie backpack.
This might work for your daily food supplies like a european bread bag.
I like taking a walking stick, my leather gloves i use for chores ( cleaning yard, especially mesquite branches with thorns), and a short brush hook machete.
Popping through overgrown desert trails is harder carrying something with free hand.
Bindle is better if you stay on well maintained trails.
the bindcel vs the chadpack
You won't ever carry it far away from the body like in your pic unless you're larping, because leverage and all that. It'll hang directly from your shoulder, turning it into a shitty backpack that uses up a hand.
The stick will kill your shoulder quickly and you'll hate it.
There is a reason people don't use this anymore.
Can I do this without the stick
Can you make a backpack by just tying cloth around your back
Yes, pretty easily actually.
Try getting a shemagh, opening it out fully into a square, pack your stuff together.
Fold over two opposite corners, tie with square knot.
Twist up other corners to improvise a sort of cord, tie those however you want, wherever you want it to sit.
I tend to use this for gathering small bits for the fire or gathering food when PrepHole
InB4 Patagonia makes a 300 dollar bindle pack
BRB, setting up an Etsy store
whats the benefit of it vs. a backpack?
They don't make sense.
You've got a walking stick you can't walk with, and a swinging load that takes heaps of energy to carry.
I actually have a specific technique for this, I lay my army jacket out flat, fill it with things, roll the bottom up, turn it upsidown and tie the arms diagonally across my back.
Often I'll thread by belt through the arms of the army jacket to ratchet it down.
You can do this with a shirt under your jacket as well if you're really worried about dropping things.
If it's really cold and I need by jacket I'll go full strelet and belt around my waist and just stuff my jacket with everything while I wear it.
You can also put one pant leg inside the other to make a tube, tie/knot the bottom of the leg and ratchet it under your belt,. do a similar thing, but I don't bring spare pants.
Pro tip, get a belt with a Anglo style knotted buckle, you can ratchet these at any length and they don't break.
The military style canvas ones with a floating pin work fine as well.
Other options if you're really in a jam for carrying things include using a scarf/ sheet as a simple sling, tie a knot 3/4 down, fill it then twist it closed.
If you've got nothing you can use any piece of cloth as a pouch, fasten it with the discarded end of a screw top bottle, or a ring and a plug (as if it were a canteen).
You only need to get the corners for it to hold.
Socks can work as pouches if your pockets rip, put them through the pocket hole, knot them and put the knot under your belt.
If you have no belt you can rip a strip off the bottom of your shirt then twist it, this works well to reinforce a wire, cable or cord.
Results may vary, but this is like plan C.
Plan A is having a bag, plan B is making a bag.
Yeah but fantasizeing about hopping trains looks and feels cooler than dangling a makeshift gay bag
I walk around campus with a bindle. I'm a bit autistic with the feeling of backpacks on my back. So far it's been working well. Great conversation starter too. I was feeling pretty hopeless as i don't get much attention from women but now i just bindle my way into pussy
Theres a reason people who don't have to make do with what they can cobble together from scrap don't use "bindles" and that's why they won't be coming back outside of role play.
And? What's the reason?
it's because homeless people live where everything is paved now and stolen shopping cards work a lot better
Bindles are good when you have a relatively small amount of stuff to carry and want to set it down and pick it up often. You're not supposed to carry more than a can of soup or two, and a flask and your last pinch of tobacco. They're not a replacement for a backpack, just a more convenient way of carrying a few things than in your hands or pockets, that you can make with your handkerchief and a stick from the side of the road.