Around this time of year, when my sisters and I migrate home for the holidays, we become what my dad calls “fire gloms.” We can’t help it. My parents’ house is never exactly toasty, and the roaring fire in the kitchen fireplace is the perfect spot for gathering. Enter the house during the winter and you’ll no doubt see all four of us lined up, bums toward the fire.
Of course someone needs to keep the fire roaring, so a few years ago I generously gave my dad a log carrier to help him with the task.
Here’s a roundup of 10 firewood log carriers, perfect for toting logs from woodshed to fireplace, without snagging sweaters or mussing rugs in the process.
Above: This is the log carrier I gave to my parents a few years ago: the Rugged Twill Log Carrier from Filson. It’s 19.5 inches wide by 43.5 inches long and made from twill and bridle leather; $95. Above: Mallmann’s Leather Log Carrier, from Argentinian chef and outdoorsman Francis Mallmann’s collection for Best Made Co., is made in the US from russet skirting leather and solid brass rivet reinforcements. The retailers say it “offers reliability in the face of even the most overconfident of loads;” $328. (See another favorite from the collection in Object of Desire: A Towering Open-Fire Grill, for Cooking Like an Eccentric Argentinian Chef.) Above: The Carrier Company offers an all-jute Log Carrier that measures 52 by 95 centimeters; £36. Above: The Shanty Man Log Carrier is made of waxed canvas and leather straps from dead stock WWII leather gun slings. Brass grommets lend an extra layer of support; 18 inches wide by 38 inches long and $142 from Peg & Awl. Above: The leather and canvas Firewood Sling is 21 inches wide and 52 inches wide and is $140 from Frost River. (Also available: the Log Carrier, a less expensive alternative, is 18 inches wide by 56 inches long and is made from waxed canvas and wooden dowels; $70 from Frost River. Above: A Dura-Tough Standing Log Carrier, made of canvas, is $39.95 from L.L. Bean. Above: I’m a big fan of Beckel Canvas tents and duffles, so no surprise that I love the classic canvas look of this Log Carrier made from 20-ounce canvas duck with 2-inch cotton webbing wrap; $38 from Beckel Canvas. Above: Made of cotton canvas with a heavy duty leather handle, a Fire Hose Log Carrier is $59.95 from Duluth Trading. Above: The Steele Canvas Log Carrier is $129 from Rejuvenation. Above: The Canvas Firewood Tote is made from 18-ounce canvas and polypropylene and cotton webbing that’s been triple-stitched for strength; $65 from Patzbag.
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