Karrimnor SF
What is Bushcraft
Bushcraft is the practice of surviving and thriving in the wilderness using traditional and natural skills. It involves a range of techniques such as fire-making, shelter-building, foraging, hunting, tracking, navigation, and tool-making.
How to Choose the Best Size Bushcraft Backpack
When heading into the wilderness for bushcraft, your backpack is your most essential piece of kit - it carries everything you need to survive, from a tent or tarp shelter, to fire-starting and cooking gear, to your bed-roll or sleeping bag. Whether you’re setting out for a quiet day in the woods, or a multi-day expedition, choosing the right bushcraft backpack is crucial for comfort, durability, and efficiency.
In this guide, we’ll consider what to think about when you're choosing the size of your bushcraft backpack, and introduce two top choices from Karrimor SF: the Karrimor SF Sabre 30, a lightweight but very capable and versatile daypack, and the Karrimor SF Sabre 45, a robust and rugged pack with upscalable load-carrying volume for extended trips.
Probably the first element to consider when choosing the size of bushcraft pack is how much space you need, and that often depends on how long your adventure is likely to be, and what you'll be carrying.
Why the Right Backpack is Essential for Bushcraft
We recommend a pack of 30 litres or less for lightweight single day adventures. This size is large enough to carry basic tools and equipment, food, and maybe a small bushcraft tarp or poncho. In this range we recommend the Karrimor SF Sabre 30. It's a lightweight but rugged and versatile pack with one main compartment, a zipped pocket on the exterior of the top-flap, padded shoulder harnesses, and a coolmesh back system which increases the flow of air between your pack and your back - essential for carrying comfort in warmer weather.
If your adventures are likely to include an overnight stay, then we suggest a pack with a 40 to 50 litre capacity, and sitting right in the middle of that range is our best-best selling pack in the bushcraft community, ther Karrimor SF Sabre 45. The Sabre 45 is a solid choice for one or two nights in the wilderness with enough capacity to carry tools and equipment, a bushcraft cookset, spare clothing, and a tent or tarp. The twin ice-axe loops are often used by buchrafters to secure their bushcraft axe to the outside of their pack, and the crampon loops used for attaching a kuksa, lamp, and other items. Search for the Karrimor SF Sabre 45 on Instagram to see them in use by bushcrafters all around the world.
For multi-day adventures, or those where you're likely to encounter more extreme conditions and therefore will need to carry more equipment, we recommend packs with a capacity of 60 litres or more. This is where the load-carrying scalability of our 'bushcraft bestseller', the Karrimor SF Sabre 45, can really help. The Sabre 45 is PLCE compatible, and adding the Karrimor SF PLCE Sabre Side Pockets gives you an additional 25 litres of flexible storage for your bushcraft gear. The additional storage means that you can upscale everything, from your bushcraft shelter, to your sleep system, emergency and survival equipment, and even the extra food that you would need to carry.
Karrimor SF Pro Choice - GO MODULAR!
The mid-sized Karrimor SF Sabre 45 with PLCE Sabre Side Pockets gives you the best flexibility for most situations.
