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    Briefcase Appreciation thread

    I would buy a swaine Adeney briefcase like the one pictured,if I were you. I own this briefcase , plus a few others from them. They are now called "Swaine London" ,and under new ownership. The new parent company also owns Cambridge Satchell Co ,maker of nice but lower priced leather goods , all...
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    Quality of Korchmar attache cases

    Korchmar still makes two iconic vintage style briefcases-the Churchill and the Jackson. Both are great choices. They also make the large traditional sample cases.
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    Quality of Korchmar attache cases

    Atlas cases were made in Philadelphia until Korchmar bought them and moved production to Dominican Republic. Atlas cases were all marked "Atlas 1945" to mark the year the company started.
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    Ghurka Owners- What Do You Like or Dislike?

    Ghurka still a very well made product but not available in stores. It is an internet only company. Seems an odd strategy for a company who always gushed "how beauriful the leather feels and smells"(verbatim quote from a print catalogue a few years back). Perhaps the current owners are under the...
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    Briefcase Appreciation thread

    As for the comparison of buckle strap briefcases , there were many posts in the past comparing the Swaine Adeney version with Filson. Both are bridle leather but the Swaine Adeney has a more refined look and was hand stitched as opposed to the machine stitched Filson. But the Swaine Adeney was...
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    Bostonian shoes

    Bostonian is now owned by Clark's shoes which explains the decline in quality. Clark's was an excellent English shoe company that manufactured in the UK and made quality shoes. Under new owners , they sent manufacturing overseas and became mass market brand. They later purchased Bostonian and...
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    Where did Johnston & Murphy go wrong?

    Such a shame. Johnson and Murphy was one of the great American brands back in the day. Florsheim,Johnson and Murphy,Hanover,Bostonian,all top notch American quality shoes. Really sad
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    What's the story w/ Florsheim? ...

    Since the Florsheim family now owns it through WeyCo, it would be nice if they would have some pride in their legacy and family name and start producing some top quality Goodyear welt shoes like they used to make. To my knowledge , the only such shoe they currently make is the classic wing tip...
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    How is J Press Different than Brooks Brothers

    For all here who think j press has to totally change to be "relevant ' for today , consider Brooks Brothers , who did exactly what is being proposed in this forum. There was no more iconic and respected chain men's retailer for a large part of the twentieth century. A bastion of good taste ...
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    How is J Press Different than Brooks Brothers

    I am in the store on a weekly basis. Everything I have purchased is of top quality and the styles continue to be timeless. Oxford cloth shirts still quite robust in material and construction. I don't know where they have "lost their way". It is a very precise and perhaps boring style but it is...
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    How is J Press Different than Brooks Brothers

    Why is it that anything traditional has to be tweaked until it bares scantr resemblance to what it once was. Men wore the sack suit from Brooks Brothers and J throughout the twentieth century , and we're always considered properly dressed. These captains of industry were hardly considered...
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    How is J Press Different than Brooks Brothers

    If J Press made these changes , they would no longer be J Press. That is why there are ultra slim cut men's Italian suits. Men who want to look like card sharks or gigolos have many choices here. But if you want to look like a traditional American businessman ,it's J press all the way
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    Briefcase Appreciation thread

    Swaine is still primarily made in England and a fine product. They are now making a few styles in Italy that seem geared to a younger audience. The British leather goods industry has been decimated in recent years. The traditional bridle briefcases , while excellent quality have fallen out of...
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    Briefcase Appreciation thread

    Well they sure claimed it when I visited their store two years ago.
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    Briefcase Appreciation thread

    Glad you find a zip top briefcase to be "attractive and relevant". But certainly not proprietary!!!! Every briefcase manufacturer from low to high end markets a zip top briefcase. Nothing to get excited about there
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    Briefcase Appreciation thread

    For many years , the Swaine Adeney briefcases were all hand stitched , and they claim that they still are so one would assume they are. For many years , Swaine also manufactured a briefcase brand called Papworth. Many of the styles were near identical to Swaine Adeney , but these cases were...
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    Briefcase Appreciation thread

    I certainly agree that ''Ettinger quality is nowhere near Clegg quality" Ettinger bridle leather British-made business cases outclass Clegg on any occasion-both style- wise and quality- wise. And Swaine with its long history of quality and current quality and style,beats Clegg any day. Clegg...
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    Briefcase Appreciation thread

    Well,Tumi isn't even in this top quality.group It's a ubiquitous brand made in cheaper labor countries. Atlas was top-notch American made in Philadelphia. Leather Specialty-Korchmar purchased them , moved manufacturing to Dominican Republic and the brand was discontinued within a few years...
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    Briefcase Appreciation thread

    Why has this become the Frank Clegg forum?There are so many briefcase brands of equal and better quality and style. Equus and Whitehouse Cox both made gorgeous and quality bags in England and both recently went out of business. Nothing made by Frank Clegg even comes close to the quality and...
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    The Berluti shoe thread

    For Berluti, a pretty traditional looking shoe,and I'm sure excellent quality
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