What is a "bishop bag"?

[fisherman]

Just like the title says.... What is a "bishop bag"? Man i hate being a newbie!

[Roundtrip]

Take a look at this:

http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=192

Fourth one down....

Welcome

-jeff

[Shug]

Here is a brief look at one in the field. It is at the very top of this video from my 10 Part Series of Hanging for Noobs. http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=15516
Shug



Left-Over footage from the 10 PART Hammock How-To Series!!!!
This is footage that just did not fit in and it is stuff from all over the place....
*Re-visit the Black Bishop Bag ......

[fisherman]

Thanks for the replies guys...A glossary of terms, who would have thunk it?

Shug thanks for your vids they are what made me think i could do it too! BTW love the nettipot video,been there done that just never thought to make a video of it....You are the man!

[Doctari]

Invented by (former?) senior member blackbishop351 a few years ago, so actually it's name is / was a "black Bishop Bag" but it has slowly devolved to a "Bishop Bag". Same thing, eminently useful, easy to make from an existing stuff sack or a DIY project from scratch.
Mine is DIM & of sil nylon & is large enough to hold my hammock, BBO, Under quilt & 1X at the same time, allowing almost instant set up once my tree huggers are in place.

[Just Jeff]

DIY instructions here:
http://tothewoods.net/HomemadeGearBlackbishopSack.html

[Wags]

i simply poked a hole in stuff sack, ran 1 of my tarp guylines through it, and call it a black bishop sack

[Tendertoe]

+1 for JustJeff's instructions. Had an extra stuffsack lying around. Cut a hole in it and put some GE silicone II on it to keep the raw edges from fraying. Been working well as a tarp bag for a season now.

Didn't think of the burn method. That would require no additional materials. Me likee.

[optimator]

i simply poked a hole in stuff sack, ran 1 of my tarp guylines through it, and call it a black bishop sack

I had my girlfriend do pretty much the same thing for my Traveler stuffsack. She just split the seam and resewed the edges. Works great!

[Just Jeff]

I burned a little hole in a stuffsack for my first one, just to see if I like it. I did.

It eventually began to fray, so I made another one. And another one. And...I think I have four now.