Duluth, MN · 47°N · 92°W · est. 2018
Pinetop makes the goods that ride in the truck and live on the porch. Heavy enamel mugs, waxed canvas tarps, hand-forged firewood tools. Made in Duluth, field-tested for two seasons in the Boundary Waters before we sell them.
Mug ×2
Tarp 8×10
Camp roll
The catalogue · 2026
We don't put a piece on the catalogue until we've used it for two seasons in the Boundary Waters. The pieces that don't survive don't ship. The pieces that do, we make slowly.
18oz waxed canvas
Heavy waxed cotton tarp with brass grommets at every foot. Pitched, slept under, and rained on for two seasons.
Steel · double-fired enamel
A heavy enamel mug, double-fired, built to handle the bottom of a 4 a.m. fire. Chips into character.
Steel / Hickory
A small axe, a kindling froe, and a fire poker forged at a one-man smithy outside Marquette.
Canvas · brass snap
A roll for the things that live in the truck — knife, lighter, gloves, a flask. Five pockets, brass snap.
Three trips, one tarp
Three of our customers, three trips, three places where the gear ended up. The point of testing is what comes back.
Quetico · April thaw
Elena's tarp came back from the Quetico cracked in three corners and waterproof everywhere else. We re-waxed it in our Duluth shop and she took it out the next month.
Boundary Waters · 47-mile portage
Adelaida's group used the kindling froe at every camp on a 47-mile portage. The hickory handle darkened from sweat; the steel head is still razor. The axe is stored above their cabin door now.
Nagano · three winters
Hiroshi's tarp has been pitched through three Japanese winters. The wax cracked exactly where the seam meets the grommet, exactly where we expected. A re-wax in May 2025; still going.
The big-box version is 9 oz polyester with plated zinc and a season's warranty. We don't see how that becomes the gear that ends up over a cabin door.
From the field
"I have a small cabin in Nagano and the Pinetop tarp has been pitched through three winters. The wax has cracked in the corners exactly where they said it would. It's still waterproof. I'm buying a second."
Hiroshi Tanaka
Nagano, JP
Goods shipped
Reorder rate
Goods in catalogue
Audited rating
The cabin set is what most weekenders begin with. Outfitter accounts get wholesale pricing and Net-30 invoicing.
— Free shipping over $200
— Lifetime repair
— Field-tested two seasons
— 30-day returns
— Wax canvas tarp (8×10)
— Enamel mug (14 oz, set of 2)
— Camp roll (24 oz canvas)
— Save $40 vs singles
— Cabin field card
— Lifetime repair
— Tiered wholesale pricing
— Cabin/lodge spec packs
— Net-30 invoicing
— Branded engraving on request
— Co-op marketing kit
Apr 24, 2026
A small batch of enamel mugs in dark pine — we made 47, dyed in the color of a Boundary Waters morning.
Apr 03, 2026
Six days, three tarps, one enamel kettle. A short photo essay from the Quetico in April, shot by Elena Voss.
Mar 17, 2026
Hand-forged at a one-man smithy outside Marquette. Single piece of high-carbon steel, hickory handle. 18 made for the first run.
Feb 28, 2026
Bring any Pinetop piece (or any well-worn outdoor gear) to our Duluth workshop. We'll restitch, re-wax, refit.
Cabin set · No. 0247
Two enamel mugs, an 8×10 wax tarp, a 24 oz canvas roll. Field-tested two seasons; lifetime repair.
Order the cabin set — $420