What's your favourite Manbag?

[shane27]

whoa those large vagabond satchels looks REALLY nice...

 

enablers!

[AlecG]

I really like this bag:

Swaine Adeney Brigg

 

but eehm, no way I'm gonna pay 1600 bucks for a bag. Even for me there are some limits.

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Swaine are great bags,but very very expensive. I have one of there padfolios from classicluggage.com

The leather is top notch, but still way to expensive.

 

 

Is it that nice? I always wondered but never had a chance to see them in real life. How is the leather, more the stiff saddle leather, or does it have a more buttery smooth feeling to it?

This one is Havana brown a d although that is not a bad color, for this money I would like to have a black one

[dapv]

re: "I really like this bag: Swaine Adeney Brigg"

 

Now that's one gorgeous piece of manbag.

[videocrew]

I use a Filson 257 in tan. It started out stiff as a board but it is really breaking in nicely.

http://www.filson.com/images/products/detail/70257-main-242.jpg

[Classics]

The Swaine leather is stiff Bridle leather with a Silky smooth feel.

 

I have the Chestnut padfolio and love it.

[tanalasta]

I also have shopped at classicluggage.com and their customer service is ever so friendly and helpful.

 

With the current exchange rate, even adding to postage to Australia is quite economical compared to the price of leather goods here.

 

That said, I use a beat up university portfolio made by Jack Georges which is none too pretentious but large enough to hold my daily gear and has enough slots for several of my two-pen cases, ballpoints,Visconti travel inkpots and fountain pens!

 

My favourite bag however is a notebook messenger sleeve by Waterfield Designs / SF Bags http://www.sfbags.com/

 

Made in the US (for you patriotic types), exceptional customer service and quality. The notebook sleeves come in all sorts of sizes so you can order the exact specification for your notebook. I have the one to fit the Vaio Z128GG and it's light, well constructed and built to last. By far the simplest and best notebook messenger I've ever used. They also have a variety of more capacious bags available to order.

 

My favourite attache is alas not made anymore but I purchased a traditional tan, belting leather attache from Boston of Atlas which I carry on more formal occasions.

[AlecG]

At the moment I have a small Synapse backpack from Tom Bihn, which is superb for hauling around the 12 pounds of stuff I seem to need daily.

Well thought out design, clearly not something thrown together, nice materials well made and unobtrusive.

But it's not something you want to take with you if you wear a decent suit.

 

I also have this bag in black:

Castelijn en Beerens

But it has no shoulder strap and isn't entirely my style but it does it's job as far as it goes. Leather is nice, but no where as nice as SAB.

So I hope to acquire some day a Swaine Adeney & Briggs Westminster Wrap SS.

But it might take some time

[tali]

First off, I *wish* my boyfriend would decide on a bag for all his stuff (ipad, phone, batteries, etc) so that he will STOP putting it all in my bag.

 

Second, I will be buying the Tom Bihn Ristretto in the near future as my "go to" bag. It will hold my 13" laptop and my essentials.

 

http://www.tombihn.com/Merchant2/images/rmain.jpg

[1point1mm]

I have a. . .Tom Bihn, which is superb for hauling around the 12 pounds of stuff I seem to need daily.

Well thought out design, clearly not something thrown together, nice materials well made and unobtrusive.

But it's not something you want to take with you if you wear a decent suit.

I've had a Tom Bihn Messenger Bag that I bought when I was in school (for the fourth time) and it really held up all those books during that time period.

 

Were I to do that again, I'll be trying out the bags from < Crumpler >

[AlecG]

I have a. . .Tom Bihn, which is superb for hauling around the 12 pounds of stuff I seem to need daily.

Well thought out design, clearly not something thrown together, nice materials well made and unobtrusive.

But it's not something you want to take with you if you wear a decent suit.

I've had a Tom Bihn Messenger Bag that I bought when I was in school (for the fourth time) and it really held up all those books during that time period.

 

Were I to do that again, I'll be trying out the bags from < Crumpler >

 

I have had several crumpler messengers but they where bulky on the outside and way to limited in internal space. I had a 17" messenger that could hold less extra stuff than my Tom Bihn Synapse small backpack that is design for and carries a 13". But Crumpler is made well with good materials and a strong construction.

[Blade Runner]

I ordered a Levenger Briefolio http://www.levenger....2-3|pageid=4630

I've gone through a series of brief bags and found that they're overkill for my purposes, and I was carrying a lot of weight unnecessarily. I basically want something to carry my papers, some mail, and a few small miscellaneous items. I also no longer want anything hanging off my shoulder. So I think this will fit the bill.

[Greensam]

I use Utrecht's Studio Backpack Because it's got boatloads of room and lots of marker space.

 

Otherwise, I use a brown and orange Northface backpack that I love. I can't find it anywhere on the website, though.

[stevlight]

Just ordered THIS BAG--expensive but I lost my mind for a second--I will let you guys know how it is when it arrives. I love the look of it.

[mori45]

My Chrome messenger bags have traveled 1000s of miles with me and still look brand new. For lighter duty, I use a Ben Sherman messenger bag (a pretty good deal on guiltman.com) or a black leather accordion briefcase when I feel like being professional.

[mattjs]

I have a. . .Tom Bihn, which is superb for hauling around the 12 pounds of stuff I seem to need daily.

Well thought out design, clearly not something thrown together, nice materials well made and unobtrusive.

But it's not something you want to take with you if you wear a decent suit.

I've had a Tom Bihn Messenger Bag that I bought when I was in school (for the fourth time) and it really held up all those books during that time period.

 

Were I to do that again, I'll be trying out the bags from < Crumpler >

 

I have had several crumpler messengers but they where bulky on the outside and way to limited in internal space. I had a 17" messenger that could hold less extra stuff than my Tom Bihn Synapse small backpack that is design for and carries a 13". But Crumpler is made well with good materials and a strong construction.

 

I use the Ristretto as my everyday bag, and it's great. It also works pretty well as an overnight bag in a pinch. I once stuffed it with an extra t-shirt. socks, underwhere, 13inch aluminium Macbook, charger, phone charger, large Webbie, and a small Rhodia Weekly Notebook.

 

If TB brings back more colors, I'll pick up the Buzz to be my new work bag though. Work laptop is bigger than my Macbook and won't fit in the Ristretto.

[Zenas]

Here are a few quick and dirty shots of my satchel, which I took for Paul Hurst's thread.

 

It's made by a Melbourne family company - no international brand.

 

The strap is nice and thick, to allow for extended over-the-shoulder carrying. Plenty of room for pens, notebooks, laptop and miscellaneous stuff (e.g. scarf, beanie).

 

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n5/DAYoung_2006/satchel3.jpg

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n5/DAYoung_2006/satchel1.jpg

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n5/DAYoung_2006/satchel2.jpg

 

Magnificent Satchel!

[dapv]

Anyone have any experience with the Rickshaw Commuter? You can see at http://www.rickshawbags.com/browse/commuter-bag#!thl=rickshaw/browse_commuter() . Thx,

[DAYoung]

Magnificent Satchel!

 

That ought to be the name of a western.

 

(And thanks: it's a great little bag.)

[PatrickD]

I'm a Timbuk2 kind of guy, these bags are really hard-wearing and have excellent waterproofing. I have a red one covered in ink stains.

[WillSW]

Got a Saddleback briefcase for my birthday (thank you thank you thank you) and after two weeks, it's perfect perfect perfect. Another item to last a lifetime.