What's your favourite Manbag?

[dapv]

The distressed notebook cover looks like a Gfeller Casemaker Moleskine cover.

[nitnop]

Thanks for a great thread!!

 

I wrote all your suggestions in my Midori Passport with my Kaweco Ice .7 pencil.

Now I'll have fun man-bag surfing.

[o2bmark]

I also use Chrome messenger bags. The seatbelt buckle really makes dismount painless without disturbing the fedora or rotator cuff. I make use of secondary pouches or cases inside to organize and or protect contents. Like many posters here I keep tying to find something better or more "grown up" but always return to messenger bags in general and Chrome in particular. My black one goes with me even when wearing my best tailored suits (I'm 60 and still get away with it).

[stevlight]

The pen case is HERE

 

Sketchbook is large Moleskine Gfeller Casemaker cover that I distressed.

[dapv]

The Chrome Messenger reminds me a lot of the Rickshaw Bags. I really like the Rickshaw Commuter 2.0.

I also use Chrome messenger bags. The seatbelt buckle really makes dismount painless without disturbing the fedora or rotator cuff. I make use of secondary pouches or cases inside to organize and or protect contents. Like many posters here I keep tying to find something better or more "grown up" but always return to messenger bags in general and Chrome in particular. My black one goes with me even when wearing my best tailored suits (I'm 60 and still get away with it).

[blacki]

Not that I like reviving old threads, but this one is just too great to let it lay dormant

 

I bought a Mission Workshop Monty in San Francisco about three years ago and it's holding up great. About six months ago I bought the Mission Workshop Rambler for my daily commute through the weather of Englands North West. There has yet to be a situation where this back-pack would not provide enough room or where water would find its way inside.

[Unky]

I use a Timbuktu medium messenger bag for daily use. When I travel, I take a Simple shoes (not currently in business) small messenger bag.

[warblerick]

For my birthday I ordered a RUSTIC LEATHER medium briefcase. I love it, just large enough with multiple inside pockets and dividers, plus an outside pocket on each side, one covered where a cell phone resides. A bit tricky sometimes to pick up if I've left the buckle unfastened, but really, really nice, to carry and to look at! Two thumbs up for USA made Rustic Leather bags!

[Caifanito]

This thread has been dormant for too long fellows! Let's see some new bags. I learned of Belstaff and Saddleback leather in this thread. I've bought a couple belstaff pieces but no man bags. I'm thinking in the next few months I'll try to find a 556 in mountain brown and/or an Ernest Alexander Hudson in Charcoal to replace my current Victorinox Eduard.

[inkypete]

I still love my Fossil bag but it is starting to show signs of wear so I am back in the market. One thing I can't stand is flaps! They are useless to the bag in most cases. Also dislike buckles that really are buckles. Takes too long to do them up and undo them.

[blINK]

I have a Crumpler "Barney Rustle Blanket." Awesome bag with a lot of room.

[masterguns]

Saddleback Leather circa 2007. http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/jenedla/IMG_2427_zps60d4138d.jpg

[SaintLoup]

While I'm dubious of the term 'manbag'...I use an old Lands End "square rigger" briefcase from the company's hay day. It belonged first to my grandmother, then to my father (who hooked an old eagle scout ring onto the zipper), and now to me. An old friend of mine recently remarked that the thing is looking "a little less blue". It's unpretentious, sturdy, and handy for just about anything I'd need on an average day. When it finally wears out I'll be devastated.

[inkypete]

While I'm dubious of the term 'manbag'...I use an old Lands End "square rigger" briefcase from the company's hay day. It belonged first to my grandmother, then to my father (who hooked an old eagle scout ring onto the zipper), and now to me. An old friend of mine recently remarked that the thing is looking "a little less blue". It's unpretentious, sturdy, and handy for just about anything I'd need on an average day. When it finally wears out I'll be devastated.

Photo please.

[inkypete]

Saddleback Leather circa 2007. http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/jenedla/IMG_2427_zps60d4138d.jpg

It's scratched - time to buy a new one.

[JimCouch]

XS Timbuk2 classic messenger bag in waxed canvas.

[wikeh2004]

Interesting that this topic has been going for so long.

 

I've been using sling bags to lug my various pens, notebooks, manila folders, keys, and various bits. Not much in the way of organization internally, but I got them cheap. The latest one is a Nike sling I got from Ross's. However, most of these bags are triangular and letter size manila folders always get bent when carried in them. Not completely satisfactory, and no carrier for pens. I have to use a pen case to carry pens. So, I'm on the lookout for something better. I used to use backpacks (and still do for travel), but since I almost always carried them with only one strap, I went with sling bags. Backpacks were also too big. I want something that can be carried on one shoulder or cross-body without slipping.

 

The Waterfield and Tom Bihn bags have always impressed me. STM makes some nice ones too. Leather is nice, but too heavy, and not well suited to tropical weather like Hawaii.

 

At the moment, the Tom Bihn Medium or Large Cafe Bag looks like a good candidate.

Edited December 29, 2014 by wikeh2004

[Mags]

I still use the leather Samsonite bag I posted years back on this thread. I have a Timbuk2 courier bag I use when I commute on the motorcycle.

[______Zaphod_Beeblebrox]

I do not use a "manbag", I do how every carry this everywhere.....

Brooks Brothers leather/canvas duffel

[dapv]

I'm not tech-savvy so I do not have pic, but check out Rickshaw Bag Works' "Commuter 2.1". This is likely my next bag. They also have a mini version worth considering as well as many other intriguing ideas and products.

 

http://www.rickshawbags.com/laptop-messenger-bags/laptop-bag.html#commuter-laptop-bag

 

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