backpack for hiking camping | Backpack | Buschraft Backpack About this item 【Internal Frame Support System】Built with a sturdy internal 30 L to 50 L

Update 8/2009 - These poles held up admirably for my hikes in the Olympics and Rainier NP last month BUT one pole DID NOT survive the airline ride home in a Lands End duffel or I should say the entire Lands End duffel bag which had flown very well several times on Southwest Airlines came off the Delta conveyor belt looking as if someone had burned half of the bag

Not that it would seriously affect longevity considering the amount of play, but it certainly has nothing to do with precision engineering or any sort of engineering for that matter

Most hook manufacturers have this figured out for you, as they aren't going to put barbs on the shank of a swim hook and they aren't going to put a knife edge where it doesn't belong

Spring-loaded action, grip-tight jaws and zinc-plating that is tough on corrosion make this the ideal hook remover

The initial model produced in 1951 came with a balsawood arbor, an example of which can be seen below