Large mouth and clam shell packs

Terry,
I really like the general look and shape of the clam shell bag. Can you share a little more detail and pics on how you will be implementing the straps?

Thanks

Robert,
The straps are removable and it nice you can remove the shoulder straps for travel to use a as luggage or replacement of worn straps.
The way the strap system works is you feed the 1 inch webbing through the 1 inch looplocs mounted on the pack then thread the webbing through the trigildes mounted on the shoulder straps and then double back the webbing over the triglide and tread through the back part of the triglide to lock the webbing in place. The 1 inch looplocs are 3.75 inches apart.
When sewing the 1 inch webbing across the back that the looplocs are mounted to I use a strip of 500 D cordura or better yet if you have some Xpac to back up the main pack body . So the webbing mounts don't tear through the main body pack fabric,

The pack is a easy squared design the template can be drawn with a ruler and coffee cup for the corner curves.
The pack dimensions are 11 inches across the bottom Then measure straight up 13 inches on each side where the water bottles are mounted. Then 7 inches to the top so the pack is 20 inches tall overall.

The top is 6.5 inches across then draw the angled taper part from the 13 inch mark to the 6.5 inch top mark to get the angled top.. Then use a normal size coffee cup to draw the top and bottom curved corners on the top and bottom. The pack is 7 inches deep.
Hope this helps you out on your pack.
Terry

Really digging the black pack with teal accents. At least the stitching looks like a teal color from what I can tell.

Sean,
The color of thread is Kelly green color Rocky woods is switching to Gutterman thread non bonded non bonded thread wrecks havoc with my sewing machine. So I bought one the last few colors they have in the bonded T -70 thread in kelly green. I also really like the look of the opposite colored 5mm stitching.
Terry