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Pack Basket Harness

Harnesses

Pack Basket Harness

Christin Fargo

Duluth, MN

Price

$40.00

About this piece

Made by hand in Duluth, our Harnesses are crafted from durable cotton web, with solid brass hardware for years of foraging and hauling of a traditional basket pack. Our web harness system is sized to fit our different basket options (or a basket you've already got) with enough flexibility to go up or down in size, without leaving enough excess web dangling off the pack to rig a z-drag. A bit about our Ash Baskets, the Large 20in version is a big basket great for hauling bulky items. The Mediu...

About the artist

Christin Fargo started Frost River in Duluth in 2002 with a single sewing machine and a belief that gear should outlive the person carrying it. The company now employs 40 craftspeople in a century-old building overlooking Lake Superior. Every bag uses Martexin Original Wax canvas — milled in New Jersey since 1838 — and SB Foot Tannery leather from Red Wing, Minnesota. The lifetime guarantee isn't marketing; it's how they were raised.

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