Talk:Bindle

Why a bindle?

What was the advantage of using a bindle over, say, a backpack or some other way of carrying personal items over long distances? --RevWaldo (talk) 09:15, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Cost, but mostly because backpacks were uncommon back before the 1940s. Hence, why many old timey travelers would use the bindle, as it kept your food, clothes, tools, bedroll etc, all neatly organized on your walking stick. 178.76.188.247 (talk) 19:21, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Cost. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.145.174.125 (talk) 11:40, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Bindle in Drug Culture

I deleted this section because it's false. "Bindle" doesn't refer to a small bag of drugs under a gram. A "bundle" refers to ten "bags" of a substance, typically heroin. Each bag is about a gram. So that doesn't belong here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.35.211.203 (talk) 06:25, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

I've known several weed dealers and customers that call a dimebag a bindle. I've known many more who don't. I don't have a source, care if it's in the article or call it that myself. But it's not false. Just not that common. InedibleHulk (talk) 02:40, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

In the old days, as in 50 years back, cocaine especially was packed in a bindle. Traditionally most were made from pictures in porn magazines (remember printed porn?). This was common in the 70s and 80s. In fact, I had never heard the word used to refer to anything else until much later. 68.3.80.120 (talk) 17:03, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Bundle and bindle are different terms. Heroin packaging has its own history and traditions. The first cocaine I ever bought in 1972 came in a bindle, which, for the record was made exactly as described in the linked document that describes the method for packaging trace evidence. 68.3.80.120 (talk) 17:27, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Hobos?

Outside America these are known from their imagery in use by Christian pilgrims, rich or poor, a bundle and stick was the way they carried what meagre possessions were taken on pilgrimmage by them. I've never heard of homeless people using them prior to reading this article. I get Wikipedia is American centric, and not very ... well, factual. But c'mon guys. 124.190.192.20 (talk) 04:19, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

The article isn't wrong, it just doesn't mention how bindles were common for millenia before the typical hobo subculture began.

Ancient Romans used a type of bindle also, most likely it dates back millions of years with making an animal skin pouch put over a spear, carrying bits of food or stone tools. 178.76.188.247 (talk) 19:25, 17 October 2022 (UTC)