THE NEW BLACKBIRD 2

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

OK I AM NOW SOLD OUT BETWEEN 1PM TILL 8:15 PM THEY ALL SOLD THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT I WILL DO ANOTHER RUN AS SOON AS I CAN

[@datnotme9921]

Blackie, pretty new subscriber. Where do I go to purchase one for the next run?...3mins later👉 Okay, i see the website my frien

[@jayskinner6321]

I purchased one and I can say hands down that it is the best design ever!! Blackie is a master at his craft and I can’t stress enough that if you get a chance to purchase one, do so! It’s the best EVER!!! Thank you, Blackie!!

[@wcknives]

500 plus sold….that is awesome my friend. Congratulations!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Thanks 👍

[@timlacy2284]

Blackie , Thanks for letting us know, planning on getting one or two in the future. You are always thinking how to make it better, Thank You for sharing your time and knowledge and passing on the craft. You Are The Master Woodsman and Buschcrafter. Thanks Again. Tim L.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Glad to help

[@smoothvern165]

Really impressed with all the uses and features in this haversack!

[@cordellkent4790]

I really like all the integrated ideas that your thinking integrates. I would like to purchase one next time they are released please Mr Blackie.

[@larryeddings3185]

I love my Blackbird haversack. I though it was about perfect. It looks to me that you have now made it even better.

[@glennwood198]

Thanks!

[@ericvater8672]

Thank Blackie for another great piece of kit. Once again I have two of your old design I would honor having the updated version also. Great design love it. Have a great day Blackie 👍

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Sounds great!

[@TerryC69]

Hi Blackie! I didn't imagine it was possible, but you have indeed made it better!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Thank you! 😊

[@johnboleyjr.1698]

This is some seriously well thought out kit.

[@randybranch4005]

Fantastic bag!!! I have the 1st one and it's been awesome. Updated design will definitely make it even more versatile. Congratulations sir on the success of this bag.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

thanks

[@jasonjohnson6344]

A reasonable price for a quality piece of kit. Thanks again Blackie.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

No problem 👍

[@rickgrimes931]

What was the price?

[@davesanders9203]

Well, thanks for the improvements. I'll add them to my own version 1 bag. PS: You're having too much fun with this project! LOL!

[@hokudadog7637]

Fantastic Blackie! I had not considered a water source that was inaccessible, so this makes sense to have a bucket alternate. I love the functional content you make

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Glad it was helpful!

[@fredfreiberger7878]

I am glad I get to receive information like this the bag is very impressive. I had been wondering about water proof bags for carrying water

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MichaelR58]

Blackie , great upgrades and review , thanks for sharing ,God bless !

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Thanks 👍

[@jenniferbauman4802]

Great video. The srapp needs to be longer so people can wear their winter coat. Or a life vest. Good haver sack. God bless. From Glenn CATT in Massachusetts.

[@robertnelson1098]

OUTSTANDING.!!!!. If available on the third of April ( Payday ) I will buy one... Thank you Blackie..!! ... From North Georgia Mountains... We Really are excited bout your latest haversack.... Take care and God Bless you and yours....

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

awesome thanks

[@99Racker]

You must have a big storage area or barn for all the gear you have. Good design.

[@lynella6073]

Dang ! Blackie! I needed this 2.0 Haversack! That sold out really fast!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

they sure did

[@robertmiller2629]

I like this designer what would also make it a little better would be to add some Mollie webbing on the sides for a couple of water bottle bag carriers or canteen pouches or mag pouches,ECT for added space I also like the idea of paracord on the zipper pulls with knots but also add heavey shrink tubing to make it easier to hold onto for people that have problems with their hands and fingers.

[@shastaham7630]

A good update to an old standard... I like everything about it, except... When I'm carrying a haversack, I will slide it to the back to keep it out of the way, and to the front for access. I find that fixed shoulder pads get in the way. I do not like fixed shoulder pads. Create a shoulder pad 12" lond by 4-6" wide and attach Velcro along the long sides so the pad can be rolled around the strap and let the strap slide through the pad, while staying on the shoulder.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Fair enough!

[@sdr22630]

Holy crap! You’ve designed the Swagman Roll of haversacks.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

lol i am trying to make it as good as i can

[@johnwyman5939]

Sweet !! I like it . Nice job !!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🪓🔪

[@herbsmith6871]

Looks awesome my friend 🤠

[@hangtough503]

Sweet bag. 500 sold! Awesome. I run a 1944 US military haversack. Bulletproof. D😎🇺🇸

[@alphaomegasurvivalsupply6548]

The folding over of the flap to close the bag is like a poncho with a hood collar, on the cheap ponchos the hood attaches directly to rest and doesn't work well in tarp configuration. Those small details really make the difference 👍

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

they really do its the little things that make it work well

[@lewisward4359]

Good improvements. Hacks to retrofit the #1 Blackbird? If you or anyone else have ideas on how to attach a top strap to the Blackbird #1 I think many

[@jerrystark3587]

Sweet gear! Thanks.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

You bet!

[@michaeljones5395]

Great design updates!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Glad you like them!

[@toddgibson9861]

I like it...!!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

thanks brother

[@imhigh0013]

🤣🤣LMFAO!! Your Haversacks are terrific!! And I love the 2.0 concepts... but if we're being totally honest here!? Mine gets carried to and from house. Lives in car seat next to me... carrying all my EDC because jagged edges, bulges when seated, etc... It's doing everything this man needs it to do... it's a purse. Looks manly and cool, doing its job. But it does what my wife's bag does... holds all my stuff for a quick grab and go. And I will be getting one when available!!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

i often carry one to post office shop of things anytime i need to keep my hands free and it lots of small things

[@nookercacousticchannel8271]

good job bro.

[@independentprepper1]

Watching your videos make me want more bags thanks to you I’m starting to become a hoarder lol great video thanks

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

lol sorry i guess

[@simplemanduke7128]

Oooooh please tell us there's going to be a zipper on the front as well in Blackbird 3....!

[@chrislonsberry1974]

Well shucks, missed that one! Hope it comes around again!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

it will

[@arthurlambart7115]

Great design hopefully I will be able to get one before they sell out.

[@jeffrichards5106]

Nice haversack, I like the improvements. Very nice! 👍

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@charlesritman3998]

Is it waxed canvas with extra stitching? Sorry - I just don’t know much about ripstop canvas and figure others maybe could use a little education on it too.

[@stefan6316]

Hey Blackie, Real genius work! Love this bag but shipping costs to Germany are to high for me to buy one. Well. I think I've got one improvement to the strap: What if you make the opening for the saw blade on the other side so that you can slide it in from the middle part to the attachment at the end of the strap? This way it is sealed up on the bottom and it's impossible that something slides out!? Cheers from Germany! Edit: just watched the squirrel cooker video and it makes sense, that longer objects stick out downwards than out of the middle of the strap. Think I got why the opening is on the bottom 😉

[@zachariahlee3393]

Blackie..I'm awaiting my Blackbird haversack in the next few days..I have revisited this video and it got me to thinking..watch out now..I saw the drippage on the haversack as you demonstrated water Procurement..perhaps I could use my haversack as a millbank sack in a last ditch effort for my sump. Being that I always have either a bandanna or my millbank bag with me. I have a question for you. I've had the Grayl for sometime now and recently purchased the Pathfinders grayl cup..question is will the grayl millbank bag allow me to nestle the cup underneath the grayl with the GRAYL MILLBANK bag on the grayl?

[@benshank1086]

Blackie, any word on when another run of these may happen? I missed out the first time these came out, but this is the best model I have found and I'd love to add one to my kit.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

i am sold out right now but will be doing another run next month

[@benshank1086]

@@BLACKIETHOMAS ok great! Any way I could get on the list for one ahead of time so I don't miss them?

[@backwoodsbrooksknives4625]

I am going to have to get one of these when I have some money.

[@ROMAN138]

Wow very well thought out but easy to use haversack. Once you start toting a haversack you always rely on it.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

very true

[@pawmelander6322]

Perfekt 👏👌😁

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

thanks

[@markh5889]

Love to get one!!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

there will be another run if you go to [e-mail] and say blackbird 2 next run i will drop you on the list and give you a head start on the next run

[@ROE1300]

Hopefully more of this new Blackbird 2 haversack will be available again soon.

[@earlshaner4441]

Hi from Syracuse NY brother thank you for sharing this video and where can I buy this haversack?

[@KungFuTweety1]

Cool piece of gear!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

It sure is!

[@scottcamp7423]

I got to get one of those . Can we get it with a fire retardant and use it for a cook pot as well ? Another outstanding video..

[@Theantichrist9Tails]

Will open up plans so diyers can just make thier own blackbirds 2 and any other project you have come up with?

[@99Racker]

By the way, it sounds like you may want to make a strap extension for those that need something longer.

[@williammaurer9450]

Very nice!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Thanks!

[@micheldumont4619]

Being 6’4” tall and 245 lbs, how is the strap length for comfort? Great product, great demo.

[@jayhercules3451]

Watched the whole video until 21:15 when all of a sudden I had to go pee lol.

[@jayhercules3451]

Oh that gap on the zipper ends we’re going to fix in production. In prototyping we see these things and know they need addressed. You don’t hold up prototyping to fix things you can just make a note to correct.

[@briarsmoke6046]

LOL me too!

[@johnruckman2320]

I like the multipurpose design. On the strap length, when throwing it over your head onto your back, how big a person will it accommodate before having to lengthen the strap somehow? I'm tall, skinny, with narrow shoulders so probably no problem. How often will you need to rewaterproof the haversack or is it permanent? On the chest strap, the one I got at the A&N surplus store for the ALICE packs (Med&Lg) is too big and loose for my small chest. Suggestions? (My sewing is horrible)

[@hiramhaji7813]

Great video

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Thanks!

[@michaelbrunner6654]

I don't have a butt. Goes from belly to legs. You'll need to add suspenders now. Lol

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

lol

[@phoneowner7936]

Anymore yet? Thanks

[@donpaco8163]

Outstanding! Next you'll be working for MSR.😅😅😅

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

😅

[@Edward2092009]

GREAT video as usual

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

I appreciate that

[@choirboyzcutleryoutdoors]

I want one!

[@oltyger8224]

I would like to purchase one of your haversacks. Is that possible?

[@Dusk3e]

i guess i missed the window, sucks i was working when the video went live, hope i can sit in the wait list if there's a cancel

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

if you will email me at [e-mail] and say in the txt blackbird2 next run i will add you the the next run list and give you a headstart when i am going to do a run

[@garyprice9015]

Hey blackie I'm trying to find a way that I can get in touch with u to order ur stuff

[@earlshaner4441]

The military clips can be found at the Army and Navy surplus warehouse

[@denofearthundertheeverlast5138]

Steel can't be anodized, its an aluminum thing, oxidized aluminum or Aluminum Oxide , your looking at some other type of coating on steel, like some knife manufactures use such as tumbled finish like some of the coatings used on TOPS knives.

[@Wendy-op3bu]

Blackie, I went back to comments today from the squirrel cooker covers. And all the likes I did there disappeared. On top of what happened yesterday( every time is go to comments during vid and back,, my like disappeared 5 times

[@joshuaschacht4559]

We’re can I pick one up at?

[@Theantichrist9Tails]

Is there a way to get a pattern to make and mod my own?

[@garyprice8330]

Can u still afix it to the nighthank

[@db477]

I might have missed it or Forgotten but can give the size of the Haversack?, please.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

bag size is 12x14

[@db477]

@@BLACKIETHOMAS Thank you sir, are they sold out yet?

[@stevenladrig9592]

That was Alice clips you can get them on eBay Amazon almost anywhere don't like about six bucks you get like five they're handy guarantee it they are handy

[@jeffconley6366]

Where can you buy these? Please include website.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

i am sold out now but if you will go to [e-mail] and sat in the email add me to blackbird2 next run i will put you on the list and when the next run comes up i will give you a headstart

[@briarsmoke6046]

Is this wax treated canvas like the last version, or some other form of waterproofing?

[@bwrscott1]

Emmm best if both worlds (more durable rip stop {for those of us that have briars and bramble that likes to cut up plain cotton} and wax to keep water from totally soaking in treated cotton). Just kinda wish the zipper was bigger.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

its a factory wax treaded rips top the last ones were factory treated as well

[@BIGMINION502]

How can I get a blackbird 2 haversack?

[@hiramhaji7813]

So these are not actually wax canvas, there a water proof rip stop material? It looks like oil cloth

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

correct factory waxed ripstop canvas

[@jayhercules3451]

OPSG Here, They are 10.10oz army tent duck rip resistant grid woven canvas fabric that is 12oz after wax treatment. The wax treatment is non toxic and food safe.

[@paulthelefty]

Can the original hold water like that? You probably demo’d in the original video but I don’t remember

[@earlshaner4441]

Do you have a address that I can send you a postal money order? Because I have never gotten PayPal to work for me

[@boomshanka8743]

I'm in... email sent!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

thanks

[@earlshaner4441]

Soft shackle? What is that brother?

[@feeblefarmer9648]

I prefer the zipper on the outside personally.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

i might add a rain shield to protect a on the front zipper we shall see

[@smd482000]

If you have. A nut coat is there enough rooms back pack

[@smd482000]

To bad you did n.t put a bud roll on it!

[@mattflannery4448]

Is this available

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

yes i will do doing another run of them in october email me at [e-mail] and say to put you on the list and i will email you when the run is to begin with payment info

[@jamesreed6558]

Sold out fast

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

did not take long

[@guyman4234]

How do I get one

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

sold out ..but if you will go to [e-mail] and say in the txt blackbird2 next run i will add you to the list and let you know when the next run will be

[@jquantum23]

Hows the zipper gonna do with water?

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

it will be under the flap this protype had it on the top side it did ok ..but after being out site tied to a tree all night in a driving heavy rain it did leak a small bit.. so i put it back under the flap for the blackbird 2 it should give you no troubles

[@jquantum23]

@@BLACKIETHOMAS meaning long term water exposure…. How will zipper hold up on long run with intentional water soaking. Would plastic zipper be better ?

[@jayhercules3451]

Hi Jay here with OPSG. We’re making these for Blackie. We only use YKK brass zippers and they are heavyweight zippers. Long term they are nearly indestructible. As for maintenance if yo put a dab of fixin wax on the zip head and work it in while sitting around the campfire occasionally you’ll never have a problem with it as far as sticking or hanging up.

[@jquantum23]

@@jayhercules3451 Awesome. That's what i was looking to hear...

[@melbeer9957]

Quit lollygagging out in the woods and get sewing . I like your new bag. How much to mail to western Canada?

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

you pay the $85 to reserve it and then i will take your address find the actual shipping to you and send you a email..if the total is too much i understand and will refund the $85

[@guyman4234]

How do I get one