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Don Gamber leather hip pack

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Mantis Outdoors Craftsman of the month is Don Gamber his work on this leather hip pack has me floored his work is some of the best ive seen to purchase these handcrafted american products contact Gamber Leather crafting at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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hey hey guys doing this is William Myers mass outdoors and say what I'm going to do is I'm going to bring you an independent craftsman his work has really really impressed me so I want to show it to you guys all right guys this bag is made by a good friend Donald gambar and I'm just absolutely floored by his craftsmanship is really really good put my logo in leather I mean that's impressive to me you know really really nice looking bag deep really big I mean I got a backhoe Laplander and that's pretty big for a hip pack you know the front pouch on it is described with WM my initials very very customizable this is going to hold things like my compass right and rain notepad pen lighters things like that I even duct tape all my needles and things my crafting Needles and Phi repair needles up to the flap you know that's the good thing about working with these these independent craftsman everything is customizable you know even this this back piece he doesn't regularly make this he makes either one of the other he makes a drop leg or this attachment I was like hey why don't we integrate them both so i'll have some options you know if the bags set up a little bit lighter i can drop leg if it's heavier i could throw it through this loop and they did it for me you know this thing is loaded with pretty much half of my haversack i got my light all kind of stuff i got what i regularly use for a Ridgeline I mean this thing is loaded down my haversack is almost empty at this point which is a great thing because that gives me room for your opossum in Saudi I can walk through the woods picking up what I need to pick up they're all that kind of back in there and then on the side of the pouch it's got a little sheath for my Leatherman obviously you know if you've got a bigger like a surge yeah some welding the search this uh this is the same size of the search i believe if you got our a bigger folding knife and that could obviously fit in there but that is just a really great ingenuity bag that came of the mind of some guy you know I want to put this on I want to put that on it one of the best things like I say about Don's work his turn around he had this bag not just laying around he sewed this bag up and made this bag and had it to me within three days don't hold him to that though well right yeah what's once he gets you know more people find out about I was like we were so you get it in three days right yeah but his turnaround was amazing but yeah obviously piece I would exact like I'm two months for something like that no it definitely he was really really quick with it I was amazed about how quick it was especially with all the dad is really impressive yeah I was definitely floored when I got it you know all the all the detail work in the horn and all that stuff you know the as soon as I flap that up and I didn't even know that was there I was like oh that's cool that's really cool when you know but all of it is really really put together very very well that definitely impressed guys so like I said his name's Don gambar his company's Don gambar leatherworks here's here's the funny thing about this they asked me if I would like to have something like this and I was like you know normally I don't do leather that's more will sting you know I want to make sure you get a good representation but after I do what is that on your belt I'm like what how did I just like looking at this it's like I don't I'm not normally into leather but this bag is bad ass I mean I could get into leather something like this sorry though the logo that's just that's just a mess seals the deal that amazes me right there this feels awesome even though i'm not in the leather this bag is great so I'm kind of kicking myself right now so something traditional looking can actually impress me that's yeah and this thing is functional to death guys this is this one of the the hip pack that has definitely blown me away definitely alright guys like I said that's Don gambar leatherworks all of his social media is going to be in the description below I know for a fact right now he does not have a website he's all goes probably through either email I contact him through facebook i will put all of his contacts in you know i'm sure things get picked up for him he's going to get a website things going to be easier but like i said for right now he does not have a website when i'm contacting through facebook but if you get one of his bags you surely will not be disappointed I promise well the website don't half my favorite craftsmen don't have web so and that's what you know yeah but bringing somebody independent craftsmen one of the new and you know the new craftsmen's they're coming out half of them are not going to have websites yet you know they're either they've been doing this for 20 years but just on the side and they're skilled craftsmen there just now like hey let's get serious about this you know or you know its retirement time they wanted to do something on a side whatever it is and then later on it that's when they get the websites rolling and things get better for but you know right now it's getting some customers getting some orders in and grow his business and then that's just another American business on the rise

hey I guys doing this is William Irish miss outdoors and today what I'm going to do is I'm going to show you guys an independent confident contractor three two one

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William Myers MantisOutdoors

William Myers MantisOutdoors

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