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I am having a McHale made and he is about to start cutting fabric so I have to decide on color. I am going with what he has in stock so I can get it in time for an upcoming hunt and the pack will be used for just as much hunting as it will hiking. Here's a picture of the choices that I could think of. If you have any other thoughts or combinations I'd like to hear them. I want to stick with earth tones. What I'm thinking about is all O.D., O.D. with grey straps, O.D. with tan straps, tan/brown with grey straps. The forest and teal green dont do it for me.
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He did one for me that he calls "Lizzard Horror", and I love it. It's an all dyneema pack that started out white, that I sent back and had dyed green with black stripes. It kinda looks like the Viet Nam type tigerstripe camo. My big one is green dyed dyneema with tan straps. Don
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If you get a chance, post a pic of your McHale packs. I'd like to see "Lizzard Horror".....grin
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Dan has pics of many of the packs he makes on his site. I don't know if he's made more than 1 but the "Lizzard Horror" pack was on his site a while back, not sure if it still is or not.
I didn't know he (Dan) had those natural/neutral color materials available, makes me want one even more. I wish I had the $$ to order one.
Edit: what kind of material is it? ie: 500d cordura
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I would go with the brown or maybe the gray.
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I did a brown grey combo. Pack is brown, but grey straps, panel, etc.
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The brown in the bottom right gets my vote (which don't mean squat).
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How about the Brown as main color with the straps Olive Drab.
I also prefer neutral colors ... for some reason, that particular gray doesn't do it for me. Neither do the blue or green. But, this pack is for you.
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To help you visualize, this is the look I'm going for, sans the yellow.
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Not bad. The grey on that pack looks different/better than the samples of the first photo posted. That looks good. I think it would also look good with the OD. I'm sure you will post us a pic of the finished product, but sans the yellow, I like it either way.
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I've got mine in grey for the main body, and that green on the left for the bottom excepting the spectra. The straps are green. It's pretty subdued.
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very nice, that panel loading feature seems like a good idea.....it always seems like what you want to get to real quick has slipped to the bottom.
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Your mission should be to end up with a pack that ends up looking like a stump, bush, or rock, or combination of the three. I like his OD green, and would go monochrome.
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