Best Bushcraft Pack? The Hidden Woodsmen Day Ruck!

Hey guys Joe here again, thanks for tuning in. We're going to look at a backpack today made by The Hidden Woodsman. So a couple of you guys might have seen this backpack already. Mitch, Native Survival, I think did a video on one, or the products. And also Mike from CQ Bushcraft has one. So this is the Dayrock by Malcolm Coderre and his company is called The Hidden Woodsman obviously like I said. Really cool little bag. Let's start on the outside. The first thing I really like is the fact that he made the MOLLE webbing thick so that you can slide your axe tomahawk or shovel in and out of it I'm sure other things can go in there as well super convenient then you've got two buckles two main buckles that hold the top on but those straps that are connected to the buckles they go all the way down and those loosen up so you can stick things in the in the front if you want so that's that's another cool option so we undo the buckles and then you've got the top flap right so that cinches down that's gonna protect your gear from getting dirt water all that stuff in it along with this big flap over top this is made of Cordura really heavy-duty stuff I'm not 100% sure on the specs but I'll leave a link to his website you can check it out on there for Europe for yourself but really bomb-proof kind of gear and that's why I like it so it's a more traditional pack than the expedition and all that and that's another reason why I like it I think this is gonna be my bushcraft pack at least for my day outings it's called the day ruck uh you can definitely do an overnight out of it you could i i actually tied canadian jam knots on the bottom of it right here and right here and my wool blanket can fit in there and that would be my my uh sleep system as well as like this would be like i'm making a shelter kind of thing or maybe bring a little tarp or whatever but yeah so let's go so opening it up i've got quite a few things inside today i'm just out here for a few hours i've got my Primaloft jacket i've got my food so my lunch and a couple snacks in here i've got some gloves because i'm gonna be working with some uh grass today i don't want to get my hands all cut up some dry grass i've got my water bottle and my nesting cup my eltoids tin i've got a big nine by nine steel nylon tarp that actually fits perfectly sideways into this into this rucksack this is a 20 liter bag if i'm not mistaken my blue foam pad some paracord so once you got this bag open You can see a little bit more inside. He asked me what kind of trim I wanted and I told him yellow I kind of like the yellow trim on the inside there and in the side of the the pack There's a sleeve right down in here where my or my Silky saw goes I want to tie a lanyard on there so I get it out a little bit easier, but no big deal That's where the silky saw goes right in that pocket. So the flap goes down like this, but on the front There's a velcro pouch and this velcro is super strong. Malcolm told me he uses all surplus kind of stuff so buckles and all that I'm not sure about the velcro but it's super strong let's go so in this front pocket it's not the biggest but it's just as big as you need for a 20 liter pack I've got everything that I would bring on an overnighter for small small items so I have things like the lid to my Snow Peak cup ferrule with a lanyard, chapstick, toilet paper, baby wipes and hand sanitizer all in the same thing, gauze, spoon, spork, sorry my head lamp and first aid kit so in the first aid there's just band-aids, some duct tape and some pain pills, that's all I have in my in my little pouch there that's all I need, see even even my headband of my flashlight gets stuck to that velcro, it's super strong velcro nice quality stuff, the attention to detail is what I really like Malcolm makes this stuff for people who use it and it shows, so the the stitching is all done really well by himself at home, what else we got on here, oh the back is padded, it's got a piece of USGI sleeping pad in the back, um sewn in, so that's kind of nice, what else we got, sternum straps, it's a nice backpack man some MOLLE on the side, he does sell um water bottle pouches that you can fit on the side, I do have a Maxpedition one and it goes in, sorry, a Condor one, it goes in perfectly fine, I didn't need it today though, uh you got the handle on the top, just tons of little detail man in this like super bushcrafty style pack which is what I really like, it's like a traditional pack and I haven't had one before, it's really cool, really cool, you got the bottom two loops where you're allowed where it allows you to tie your Canadian jams a paracord or you can get straps and use for your wool blanket there oh he's got also this kind of cool this is more of a military style thing I think it's got these little velcros so that you don't have to leave your your strap hanging long maybe it's not a military pack thing I've seen it on a bunch of different packs but it's pretty cool good idea and works really well so that's it right there boom done stuff so let's pack this thing back up and show you how good it packs this is a 9x9 nylon tarp this is shelter enough shelter for whatever you would need this is a small bag but it packs really well I'm super impressed with what it can hold there you are inside empty the The yellow on the one side, like I said, Malcolm says you can use it for signaling, which makes sense. I just like the old school yellow color. I also missed a pocket. So behind the Velcro one, there's a little tiny stuff pocket here. Anyways, the tarp goes in it completely sideways. Show you better. In it completely sideways at the bottom. So that's only taken up that much room on the bottom. Then next I'm gonna put my blue foam pad on the back. You don't need it for support. I just like to have it to sit on. my water, and my cup, my gloves, my paracord, my food, my Altoids, and my jacket. So tell me that you wouldn't be more than comfortable having all this gear for a hike around the woods for a couple hours. So that's what this is called, it's called the Daypack, it's meant for that. So you've got that all cinched down, the top comes over, and I love the looks of the thing too. He's got so many different options, you can get camo, multi-cam, any kind of stuff. I just like the old school OD green in Coyote. So there we go, that's the pack. And you can either slide your axe, tomahawk, whatever in before or after, no big deal. Right this way, I got some stickers on there on the handle from my daughter, thanks sweetheart. Good to go, ready to rock. So that's it, okay, small bag with a lot of potential. Straps are comfortable, everything's really nice but I really don't have a complaint, super happy with it. So plan on seeing a video where I take this backpack out do an overnighter with it i'll do like i said i will um just bring minimal gear i'll build a shelter maybe have a backpack or sorry i have a wool blanket in the backpack just call it a bushcraft overnighter again so that's how she looks on my back super impressed with the build quality i don't think that this thing is going to fall apart anytime soon i'm definitely never going backpacking with this backpack this is a day pack or an overnight bushcraft camp pack um yeah so Happy with it like I said a hundred times Check out the Hidden Woodsman. He's got his own website. He's got all over on the internet So you'll be able to find him easy. So thanks a lot Malcolm for the pack, super impressed and Take care guys. Hope you enjoy