Very Easy and Quick Stuff Sack from Used Postal Tyvek EnvelopeEnvelope

**gargoyle** · 05-30-2012, 04:36

Using USPS items for anything other than the designed purpose (mailing) is considered a crime.
I know your recycling, but the US government doesnt have that outlook.

**SkunkApe** · 05-30-2012, 04:56

Nice Tonks

**Tonks** · 05-30-2012, 07:23

Very cool! I wish I had used smaller cord. The paracord and cordlock are 5 times as heavy as the bag! lol

**Tonks** · 05-30-2012, 07:24

Man, I thought keeping it out of the landfill would be enough. The other DIY uses Fed-Ex envelopes. That might be a safer way to go. I think they have more sizes also.

**Tonks** · 05-30-2012, 12:15

Instead of using a cord lock, try this knot. Depending on the cord, it will be much lighter! Here is a link to how-to video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsif4LJ2WVc

**born2roam** · 05-30-2012, 13:12

Originally Posted by gargoyle

Using USPS items for anything other than the designed purpose (mailing) is considered a crime.
I know your recycling, but the US government doesnt have that outlook.

From a European point of view: Are you serious or just kidding? After so much Monty Python there is not much that I wouldn't think possible in real life....

Grtz Johan

**scryan** · 05-30-2012, 14:07

Originally Posted by gargoyle

Using USPS items for anything other than the designed purpose (mailing) is considered a crime.
I know your recycling, but the US government doesnt have that outlook.

How long is the arrest list on that one?

I think the cell full of criminals from this crime is next door to the one full of people who dropped an invitation off a friend mail box...

Originally Posted by born2roam

From a European point of view: Are you serious or just kidding? After so much Monty Python there is not much that I wouldn't think possible in real life....

Grtz Johan

It IS technically a crime, but I think the phrase "considered a crime" is a bit missleading, because unless you have some malicious scheme going on I think you would be hard pressed to find anyone who considers it as such. I don't think there is a city in the USA that has a low enough crime rate that they would even bother with someone who went to the station and confessed, let alone tracking you down...

**grannypat** · 05-30-2012, 18:56

Using USPS items for anything other than the designed purpose (mailing) is considered a crime.
I know your recycling, but the US government doesnt have that outlook.

I would posit that once it has been mailed, it has been used for its designed purpose and thereafter can be used for whatever you want.

**icedfire477** · 05-30-2012, 19:29

If it's been mailed it's DEF not a crime....so let's just assume that all of these have been mailed

**thesergeant** · 05-30-2012, 23:11

I made a zippered storage bag for my tarp/hammock/suspension out of tyvek (same materials as USPS envelopes). I ended up replacing it with a Ripstop version but there really wasn't a need to. Tyvek has held up great. Also made a frame bag out of used envelopes. You've reminded me I need a few drawstring stuff sacks. Nice tutorial!