a sneak peek at the new BLACKBIRD NIGHTHAWK KNAPSACK

in this video i will be talking on the idea of a knapsack and how it relates to our modern woodscraft. for a quick over night back smaller than a rucksack and yet carry more than a haversack. please leave and thoughts or comments below..

[@blackoracle69]

if you would like to be put on a list for when i do get around to offering this email me at [e-mail] say nighthawk list and i will email you once i get it ready to produce thanks guys

[@randybranch4005]

Great design sir. As you mentioned, it's a prototype. Lot of great suggestions in the comments that could be incorporated in the final product. Definitely have my interest.

[@arthurlong442]

Great concept. My only suggestion is reduce the fiddly bits by adding one more shoulder strap to the big bag. That way the haversack comes off faster and the shoulder straps stay in place on the knapsack body, leaving both bags fully functional.

[@blackoracle69]

i will look into it

[@cjgauthier9246]

Really like the concept and would gladly order one. If your taking suggestions mine would be to put a couple of horizontal attachment straps to each side as well just in case someone wanted to add a small mollie type pouch on the side. My first-aid kit is a small mollie type bag. Other then that I would buy me some of those strap pads from Kaufman and put on it like I did for the blackbird I use. Thanks for your ideas and wisdom of the woodsman.

[@EnduranceRoom]

Really nice concept, Blackie. I have been appreciating your Ground pounder series, as well. Those G-clips they use on modern bags are pretty slick. Two of those up top of the knapsack would allow quick removal and attachment of the haversack. The strap for the haversack could be run around the sides and bottom of the pack and cinched up. Best of luck with the project!

[@paulthelefty]

Brilliant concept, and effectively uses your haversack as part of the system. I do believe most folks will find the double d rings more fiddly than they will be willing to mess with. Looking forward to see where you go with it from here!

[@nrpoindexter]

Y b

[@coydog6665]

Nicely done Blackie! I can appreciate the design giving options.

[@ROE1300]

👍 Seems like a good concept bag. I will be interested to see the finished product. Waiting on the receipt of my Blackbird II haversack this week or next, if I like that I will consider purchasing this new bag when it is ready.

[@jimstewart5739]

Love the concept! Will surely want to own one... Based on the comment above, are the BBII Haversacks shipping soon?

[@blackoracle69]

yes they will be shipping soon

[@blackoracle69]

Will do!

[@ROE1300]

@@jimstewart5739 Blackie told me a week or so ago that the maker told him he would have all the bags by the end of the month (July - this week); so, I assumed they would ship the 1st week in August (next week).

[@williammaurer9450]

Looking good. I like a roll top closure over a zipper, no special reason other than it's a seems a little more flexible or size adjustable in a pinch.

[@smoothvern165]

Very cool and innovative setup! You’ve got talent to be able to sew that up yourself. I like it!!

[@alf3553]

I like it 👍 awesome concept. The Transformer Pack.

[@donpaco8163]

"My 10 C's plus just a little comfort..." So, Southern Comfort was the reason for those mishaps with the poncho @ 2:00 AM. I knew it all along! 😂😂😂

[@blackoracle69]

lol

[@DonnyPavoliniOutdoors]

I like it! I also agree with a couple of days or less summer load out. That's about all you really need. The versatility is a big plus too. I wish you lots of success with this one brother! Great design based upon the realities of a summer climate

[@blackoracle69]

thanks brother hope to share a camp with you soon

[@neitzsche5150]

Very customizable design, Blackie. Well done.

[@blackoracle69]

Glad you like it!

[@glennfyfe1357]

Can’t wait to see the finished product.

[@danieljones2183]

Ingenious!

[@murphysoutfitters9649]

Nice concept, but I've always preferred wearing the haversack at my hip as usual and having separate knapsack/small ruck worn over the haversack strap. The haversack strap is so thin you'll never notice it under the knapsack. When you get to camp, you can just take off the knapsack and walk off with the haversack, no disassembly. I have also preferred one pocket knapsacks, I organise my gear in smaller sacks inside the knapsack, sort of a sack of smaller sacks. But I do like a 2 sack concept, one the scout sack, haversack, the other the camp sack, knapsack. Thanks for a great video.

[@blackoracle69]

thanks for watching

[@WayPointSurvival]

That's so cool!

[@linedwell]

That's a fantastic and well thought out bag. 👍

[@colbyg.8261]

Wow great idea. I love it. You should be able to sell many of these.

[@kamaeq]

Love the design.

[@mrkultra1655]

Thanks Blackie, looks great.

[@haroldmiller6853]

Absolutely love it

[@blackoracle69]

thanks

[@fredfreiberger7878]

Looks good Blackie

[@kenmckittrick7876]

NICE it has a detachable haversack. Also I like the narrow with.

[@blackoracle69]

yep quick and easy

[@stevencunningham4680]

Width not with. Just FYI.

[@jslifeandinterests7602]

That is very cool! I would be very interested to see the finished thing. I would definitely like to add something like that to my gear. Great idea!

[@blackoracle69]

thanks for watching

[@randygalichia]

Man I love where your going with that, mighty nice concept there.make that in multicam and SOLD!

[@blackoracle69]

Working on it!

[@kevintinsley4158]

Great setup Blackie , I’m seriously thinking of getting this system .

[@jeffrichards5106]

Great! concept Blackie, I think you've thought of just about everything. Awesome job Sir!👍

[@MrRourk]

Looking good thinking of ordering

[@Gunn4u]

Great concept. Versatile and a great two day pack set up . Ill buy one

[@blackoracle69]

soon as i work out the details if you would like to get on the first run list email me at [e-mail] say nighthawk list in the txt and i will add you to the list and email once its ready

[@larrysmith3181]

Very nice. I love the concept.

[@blackoracle69]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@garyprice8330]

I'd love to have one of those that's a sweet setup

[@mbarr1029]

You nailed it. Less zippers the better. I would be a fan for a roll top on the bag. Less chance of leaks and no mechanical zipper to break or catch on something.

[@blackoracle69]

i think the roll top is the way to go

[@lorenjohnston2925]

Blackie, very nice concept. Grab handle would be nice.

[@forestgnome55]

Hey blackie! I hope this note finds you well and happy! Give your pack a top flap with a pocket just like your Boy Scout Yucca pack, make the flap long enough that it will go over a "blanket roll". Put a grommet "D" ring arrangement to cinch it down (like the Yucca pack). Put a "hatchet sleeve" in the back under the flap. All that "strap through the double "D" ring "bidness" is way too fiddly for me, I'd be cursing and throwing things pretty quick, again look at the strap system on the Yucca pack, it has worked like a charm for 100 years! Make the haversack completely separate, and attach it to the top flap with a couple "D" rings and a couple "dog leash" snap hooks. Put "D" rings along the sides of the main pack, again like the Yucca pack, you can secure a bedroll and you could also cinch up the sides of the pack when it was not going to be completely full. Please forgive me for hijacking your project but as we have noticed before we must have been born under the same star, I built my own pack using a Yucca pack as a base and used it for many years, still grieving over upgrading to an Alice pack! Again sorry for hijacking your project and also for the length of this comment. Regards and best to you and yours, Pink.

[@MichaelR58]

Good concept Blackie , thanks for sharing , God bless !

[@blackoracle69]

glad to help

[@linthicum75]

Really enjoy your channel

[@blackoracle69]

I appreciate that!

[@chrishall9208]

I like your prototypes I may need that one

[@blackoracle69]

thanks brother

[@fordtractorfanatic4836]

Nice , very versatile .

[@blackoracle69]

Glad you like it!

[@stevencunningham4680]

I really like the concept Blackie. Looking forward to see the finished bag. Maybe try adding a padded sleeve to go on the shoulder straps that can be taken off when the bags are separated.

[@timlacy2284]

Blackie , WOW Great Video and Outstanding Information , Always Thinking outside of the box. I Greatly Appreciate It . Knap Sack Great Idea. Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge and wisdom and passing on the craft. Yes You Are The Master Woodsman and Buschcrafter Thanks Again. Tim L.

[@blackoracle69]

thank you

[@hiramhaji7813]

Great job

[@blackoracle69]

thank you

[@kalstreksandtrails7606]

I like it

[@kamaeq]

Sounds like home in the background!

[@tfisher808]

Great idea, I think this will be a hit like your haversack

[@blackoracle69]

fingers crossed

[@redsky8509]

for just a few hours work, I say, Very Nice, all in all it makes good logic.

[@Flashahol]

I really like the concept, I would only add some rings on the sides to help compressing the pack towards your back when not cracking full and/or a bit of additional gear (I'm thinking Grayl and poncho).

[@Gadsdentreadlightly]

A roll top would really set it off for me

[@stevenlocklear7711]

I'm interested, Mr. Blackie!

[@blackoracle69]

soon as i work out the details if you would like to get on the first run list email me at [e-mail] say nighthawk list in the txt and i will add you to the list and email once its ready

[@cowtipper6705]

Very nice

[@blackoracle69]

Thanks

[@waynehendrix4806]

Wherever you go.... it's there. My Marriott bug out kit was simpler. It has a sleeve of crackers and a pepsi. I could never figure out where to hang my hammock at the Marriott. Since this is not a hotel review, I must say, thank you Blackie!

[@blackoracle69]

Thanks for sharing

[@Anasazibean]

Looking forward to my Blackbird 2 Haversack. I added the lid off a ILBE to my German alpine ruck sack. It fits it perfectly adding buckles above the buckles in front and the lower part of the shoulder straps for the back. Has a super roomy pocket and covered the top of the pack completely. Almost like it was made for it. Nice contrast with the digital MC woodland top too😉

[@blackoracle69]

very cool idea

[@robertlagruth516]

I like it. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸%

[@outbackowl3040]

Love the look. I thought this might helpful. Have a look at the Australian Vietnam pack they used. It may give you some ideas.

[@brianvannorman1465]

Interesting.

[@Bucky1836]

I used an ALICE pack for basecamp/deer camp, carried a belt kit/vest instead of a bag when i would woods walk, ( before i knew about haversacks in my teens) but i still like the vest i had set up this pack would augment nicely 😃

[@Bucky1836]

Btw i still got the alice pack and my belt kit ....out grew the vest gave to a boy i knew that was a budding woodsman

[@ericvater7855]

Blackie get idea I have 3 of youvr haversacks and would like to incorporate what come up with. You have a great mind set just like WC knives can't beat it. Thanks Blackie for your great ideas.👍

[@blackoracle69]

thanks

[@vandortabor3447]

Great little pack, good design concept. For me the disassembly and reassembly looks too much struggle with four times the double D-rings. Maybe You should check the possibility of a G-Hook or similar quick release for this. Plastic buckles would not authentic for this style of equipment. Maybe for the cordura version later on....

[@joshuajohnson4396]

Great invention. Goodluck getting enough stock

[@blackoracle69]

lol thanks

[@circlingoverland4364]

Looking forward to the video where you announce pre-orders.

[@blackoracle69]

soon as i work out the details if you would like to get on the first run list email me at [e-mail] say nighthawk list in the txt and i will add you to the list and email once its ready

[@trishshepherd6952]

I really like that- modular design, not too big, no velcro to wake the neighbors. I'd prefer the roll top to a zipper- less noise, less stuff for me to break;)

[@blackoracle69]

Fair enough!

[@OlmanEg]

This I would love to have! In canvas with leather closure straps. Would be great to throw on the back of a motorcycle for those overnight trips

[@blackoracle69]

Right on!

[@benterwellen]

Blackie, Knapsack fine idea, would like the option of more molle on the big bag, also don’t care for the colors of your knapsack, prefer an OD Knapsack with earthbrown or dark brown straps….

[@blackoracle69]

final color will be something along those lines they was a tarp for a proof of concept once i get the actual prototype in my hands i will show it

[@anthonyjacobs6790]

I want one, but not as much as I want your design and production skills.

[@jamesflener6889]

Another piece of gear to save for!

[@blackoracle69]

thanks for watching

[@ajaxracing]

😎👍

[@blackoracle69]

thanks

[@baronedipiemonte3990]

Blackie, I know exactly the Alice Harness rig you're talking about. It was the old Alice "H" suspenders (predecessor to the "Y" harness) and the military actually had a special attachment to carry a second butt pack above the one on the pistol belt. Somewhat adjustable for height. This system was also used to carry a man pack radio or seismic detector to monitor probes inserted into the ground to detect enemy movement in Vietnam. There was also an optional attachment to carry a bedroll/sleeping bag at the very top of the "H" Harness. The knapsack design is First Rate !

[@blackoracle69]

you are correct that the set up i had

[@TheOCDHunter]

Love the concept. Wonder if there is a way to attach an axe or bucksaw to the bag. Blessings, the ocd hunter

[@blackoracle69]

yes the loops will allow you to hook extra gear on like saws /axes

[@kingbernad7345]

Blackie why not use fast tech buckles instead? Easier to remove and return the straps. You could also use a zipper like those used on jackets to attach the haversack to the bigger bag. It would also be nice to have a “steel ring” attached on the front of the haver sack or the bigger bag for flint and steel fires. I like the ideas you have for your gear as they are very practical and useful.

[@suecharnock9369]

isn't it interesting that as your experience grows, the less you need! I have seen the same with first aid when I was part of St John Ambulance here in the UK. You could always tell the newbies by the size of their first aid kits. After a day of lugging that around a large event they soon learnt what is really needed and went down eventually to a bum bag/ butt pack!!. If things get hairy and you need first aid folks - always head for the one with the smallest kit............

[@garrypitts4155]

I have the the old Vietnam style low bearing equipment with the butt pack to canteens I also have a 2 core canteen with the canvas carrier and I have a map case haversack that I cut the pen loops for cut each one and down the middle and every other one and it's it'll hold a 12 gauge shotgun shell which is basically what I use it for but I also have that old canvas cook set backpack doesn't have any snaps this has one pocket in the front everything's tied down with the d-rings but if you unhook the shoulder straps there's two hooks on it that hook to the bottom of the thing but you can shorten them up and hook them on the d-rings of your load bearing y strap and the d-rings in the frontal beer load bearing section of them backpack that along with the butt pack and the haversack there's plenty of room to carry all your gear what I like about it is you can carry more than one canteen especially on a deer camp because sometimes you don't have water that you can boil so that gallon of water really helps then and your pistol belt part of it you can carry your pistol with you one with your shotgun shells and have a set plenty of ammunition just saying just a thought you're backpack idea with the Blackbird parasect attachments a great idea totally

[@blackoracle69]

sounds like a good well thought out system

[@Resurrectionaudio]

I'll take one

[@blackoracle69]

soon as i work out the details if you would like to get on the first run list email me at [e-mail] say nighthawk list in the txt and i will add you to the list and email once its ready

[@tomritter493]

Always thought the deluth scout pack was with my haversack perfect. Or the yucca. Boy scout pack and army mussett bags were it but this is the perfect bag at least for me

[@blackoracle69]

thanks brother

[@Danceswithempties]

You could probably market that system as a "lighter" hunting or guide's knapsack. Maybe not only to carry the items you mentioned but the essentials for a hunter or guide on a day excursion. Keeping the hunter or guide & hunters in some reasonable comfort if their not able to make it back to their base camp or lodgings after a day hunt... Just a thought.

[@blackoracle69]

good idea we may do one thru racked outdoors in condura in camo for hunters

[@joemorganeatmyshortschannel]

thats a really cool bag not the same but i won a 5.11 bag yesterday so ill be using that for a similar thing

[@blackoracle69]

awesome

[@jkdude7716]

I like it 👍🏻. Later on down the road will you have an option to just buy the bag if I already have a Black Bird Haversack? Also, I can see the bag being used as a “bear bag” once you have your camp set up.

[@blackoracle69]

i think i will once i get the kinks worked out i may offer one to fit the BB2 as a bottom bag

[@keithmoore5306]

you say ultralight to me i hear overpriced that's delicate and flimsy that'll have to be replaced inside of 2 seasons! a 10x12 10 ounce sil-ny is flimsy enough! i can see this being a hunting pack as well Blackie and if you don't mind some observations and suggestions here, i definitely like the canvas and the weight of it but i've never been a fan of waxed (being north of Canterbury i find it's noisier and stiffer in colder weather in my experience compared to oilskin) maybe oilskin instead of waxed? if it was me i'd add say 11/2 to 2 inch side panels for tad bit more depth/width whatever it is in the dimensions! and i think i'd add a hanging loop to the main bag that you could slip over a toggle on a tree in camp maybe some side loops at the top for tying on an axe or hatchet myself, you can always tie off the handle to the side handles at the bottom! maybe switch out the D rings to those quick adjust tri-glide buckles?

[@terrymagiera1924]

What would be nice is a removable water bag on the inside or out some thing to carry water to camp

[@blackoracle69]

cool idea

[@commonsensehomestead]

I really like this. Any word yet on when the haversack is going to ship?

[@blackoracle69]

they are arriving now and i have begun to ship as they arrive he is sending them to me in groups of 25 or so as soon as i get them i take to ship

[@randygalichia]

You could fit a drybag in the big bag, and bam!nothings getting wet.

[@blackoracle69]

good point

[@Theantichrist9Tails]

Will you ever release the blackbird haversack and napsack for diy-ers

[@leehart9055]

Looks like a good bag for day hiling. How do i get one of these bags?

[@blackoracle69]

soon as i work out the details if you would like to get on the first run list email me at [e-mail] say nighthawk list in the txt and i will add you to the list and email once its ready

[@Resurrectionaudio]

A quicker detach of the haversac would be handy

[@blackoracle69]

i am thinking on that i dont want a buckle or something to be in way when its not in use

[@michaelbrunner6654]

Good idea to integrate them but too much to mess with for me. A different way to connect them and dedicated pack straps would be better to me.

[@albertlevy3721]

I had a boy scout yucca pack. Now a question why not have the pocket lid on the haversack open at the outside and fastened outside. Nothing falls out and is more easily accessible.

[@blackoracle69]

rain gets in

[@albertlevy3721]

@@blackoracle69 not if you put the flap over the top I think.

[@boomshanka8743]

Hey Blackie, looks good. I have the Blackbird Haversack versions 1 and 2, if you dont mind I would like to send you an email in a day or so with some thoughts about what I would like to see in a knapsack. Use the ideas as you wish, I will probably buy a knapsack anyway if you use any of my input or not. :)

[@blackoracle69]

Sounds good send your ideas to [e-mail]

[@jerryhallman1742]

Blackie can your original haversack be attached to this knapsack

[@blackoracle69]

i will be doing a video on this for sat but no the problem is there are 2 blackbird haversack bb1 and bb2 and they are slightly different.. i thought of making it where the BB2 would be the top but then all the people with BB1 would be left out so i went with a smaller version for the top i may offer the bottom bag for the BB2 in the near future

[@MatthewJasonSumpter]

Add an axe sleeve and its would be perfect.

[@blackoracle69]

it might work well like that

[@jeremymoses7401]

Slap a bit of molle on the sides and that could be quite the versitile little bag

[@blackoracle69]

i will think on it

[@jeremymoses7401]

@@blackoracle69 lol. Its just a preference😅 im caught in the middle between a lot of my military hold overs from service and that style... slap my canteens on the side, maybe my etool if i need it and away i go

[@clydedavis1428]

Where can I get some those shirts that you are whereing in this video.

[@blackoracle69]

you will have to look on amazon its vietnam jungle shirt the one i am wearing is from 1966 or so i bought them surplus in the 80's

[@daveny247]

That’s cool and all, how about an update on the last run of the Blackbird Haversacks.

[@blackoracle69]

the first of the mare coming in and i shipped some today all should ship in a week

[@anthonymorelli67]

There's people shooting in the background what's up with that?