Hello! here is a pack I am excited to finally be finished with, want to share the design I have been conjuring up all year from reading threads on bpl.
The pack weighs 16.5ounces with untrimmed webbing. Made of scraps and leftovers, with 50cent oxford nylon as main material, also has 1.5 cuben, silnylon, and a marmot wickdry tshirt. The frame is pex pipe in a sleeve, elbowed with micro irrigation elbows, 2.5oz. 
I spent 2 to 4 hours a month on it all year, and 2 to 4 hours a week this past month, finalized by one last hyper focus session tonight. 
photos of a large load vs lightest load. I love how this turned out, it lands in the perfect spot on my hips with a foam impression to stabilize the contact, and the time I took to form the pads to my body really paid off. Although this bag carries far more than any other bag I've owned so I got to watch what I pack, but no more cramming! What I would change would be to make it able to stand up. With the cuben/silnylon as a base and grab handles, it is super slippery like a banana. I would integrate webbing into the top opening for longevity and use better hardware and fabric too, I just scavanged junk bits or ran out of stuff. Enjoy!
