When I started camping in the ’50′s I read about some lightweight campers from the early 1900′s whose tents, made of oiled silk, rolled up and fitted into one pocket of a Norfolk jacket. They had the advantage of being able to use an open fire anywhere but a hobo tin isn’t heavy and I’ve brewed up along country roads many a time on a hobo stove or hexy block.
If you are walking you really must look to lightweight, and that means modern materials such as titanium and slinylon, as a priority. I tend to cycle camp now and weight is less an issue than bulk.

Pablo