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post #31 of 1540
10/5/09 at 4:26pm
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Thanks! The photo on your site of George Mattinson (with the snake) suggests that it can flatten up a bit at the bottom, maybe once the leather is broken in. Still, I wonder whether there might be significant customer interest in a 14" bag with proportionally less depth (maybe 6").

I'll likely be buying an SBL briefcase this month or next. Just have to decide on color. I already have a Customhide 1945 Army briefcase for more formal occasions, and I think its color is close to your Chestnut, so I'll probably be looking at either the Coffee Brown or the Dark Tobacco. They both look awesome, tough choice!

It is a tough choice. The cool think about the Coffee Brown is that it darkens with time and use and really looks good after a few years. My personal briefcase is the Dark Tobacco. I've just always loved that color and I'm too impatient to wait for the Coffee Brown to darken enough for me to be satisfied.

Jonathan
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post #32 of 1540
10/5/09 at 4:28pm
Absolutely love the luggage trunks, but the overnight bag/weekender looks huge to my taste
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post #33 of 1540
10/5/09 at 4:32pm
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Originally Posted by tjchung View Post
I now laugh at all the foolish mortals I see carrying around puny, over-priced Mulholland Bro's or Ghurka bags.
I'd put up my deerskin Mulholland Bros briefcase up against any of the Saddleback stuff that is of similar size and use.
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post #34 of 1540
10/5/09 at 4:32pm
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Originally Posted by vitaminc View Post
Absolutely love the luggage trunks, but the overnight bag/weekender looks huge to my taste

Check out the Co-Founder of ArsTechnica.com's post about his trip through Europe in August with our Duffel Bag. I think it will give you a better perspective of the size of the Duffel. It really isn't that large. You can read the post here: ArsTechnica Article
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post #35 of 1540
10/5/09 at 5:39pm
Go to TheAwesomer.com for you chance to win a new Saddleback Messenger Bag. The deadline to enter is October 12th, 2009. If you win, come back and show us your bag. Here's the link: Messenger Bag Giveaway
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post #36 of 1540
10/5/09 at 6:52pm
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Also, please see the banner for our special Styleforum promotion!

Cheers,

Fok.
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post #37 of 1540
10/5/09 at 9:42pm
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Originally Posted by SBL
It is a tough choice. The cool think about the Coffee Brown is that it darkens with time and use and really looks good after a few years. My personal briefcase is the Dark Tobacco. I've just always loved that color and I'm too impatient to wait for the Coffee Brown to darken enough for me to be satisfied.
Thanks, that's actually very helpful! (And I would have thought the opposite, since the Dark Tobacco starts out much lighter than the Coffee Brown.) I don't expect to be putting my bag through heavy use very frequently, so I'll probably go with the Dark Tobacco, if it has a more appealing color/patina from the start.
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post #38 of 1540
10/6/09 at 3:51am
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Originally Posted by Mr. Moo View Post
I'd put up my deerskin Mulholland Bros briefcase up against any of the Saddleback stuff that is of similar size and use.

Oh I've owned both Mulholland and Ghurka bags, and I'll admit that for day to day use going to the office or meeting clients, there are none better. But when you've been thru as many airports as I have, some pretty primitive and carrying as much crap as I do, you realize the true value of the Saddlebacks.

One of the Mulholland bags I've taken on a short notice trip to Singapore with a layover in Seoul, I packed with about 25 - 30 lbs of stuff including laptop, spare batteries, books, documents, travel kit and various sundries, actually leaving out a lot of stuff I usually carry. Walked from one end of Seoul's Incheon Int'l airport to the other, about 500 meters. Walked from one end of Singapore's Changi airport to the other, another 500 meters. Walked a length of Orchard road due to a mixup in hotel reservations, another 1 km. By the time I got into my hotel room, I realized that the wimpy shoulder strap had stretched to the point where it was about to break. Came home by way of Schipol Int'l Airport in Amsterdam and walked all over their ginormous duty free stores. Unpacking the bag at home, I saw that the sharp corner of my laptop had worn thru the inner nylon lining. Then I saw underneath the bag, some stitching was about to pop.

I've put my 16" saddleback briefcase thru far far worse abuse, filling it with 40 lbs of stuff, some of it wet, some of it sharp, some of it pointy and walked untold miles with it over my shoulder or in backpack mode, with absolute confidence that nothing was going to rip, tear, stretch or pop. I've had it about 3 years and put about 45,000 air miles on it. It hasn't let me down yet and I will not travel with anything else.

So I'll say it once again, Mulholland and Ghurka are fine for going to the office with a few slim document folders and a Macbook Air, and maybe a sandwich. In fact they're what I carry to the office myself when I know I'm meeting clients. But for air travel, especially the rough, short notice, economy class travel that I'm forced to do, I wouldn't trust any other bag.
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post #39 of 1540
10/6/09 at 3:56am
I better win that goddamned bag.
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post #40 of 1540
10/6/09 at 3:57am
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Originally Posted by Saddleback Leather View Post
That is a great looking bag! Thank you very much for posting those pics for us to see. I will definitely pass this idea on to powers that be. Thank you for being a great part of the Saddeback family!

Jonathan

You're welcome Jonathan. I hope the higher-ups like the idea. Let me know if you need any closeup pics or dimensions. And sign me up for the first one you roll out.
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post #41 of 1540
10/6/09 at 5:24am
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Also, please see the banner for our special Styleforum promotion!

Cheers,

Fok.

I really wish that promotion had started a month earlier..made two purchases since sept..darnit..


Nice offer for the forum..thanks ^^
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post #42 of 1540
10/6/09 at 11:54am
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Originally Posted by Asch View Post
Thanks, that's actually very helpful! (And I would have thought the opposite, since the Dark Tobacco starts out much lighter than the Coffee Brown.) I don't expect to be putting my bag through heavy use very frequently, so I'll probably go with the Dark Tobacco, if it has a more appealing color/patina from the start.

My fault, I actually did get those two mixed up. Take everything I said and just switch the colors. But both colors are great.
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post #43 of 1540
10/6/09 at 12:21pm
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Originally Posted by tjchung View Post
Oh I've owned both Mulholland and Ghurka bags, and I'll admit that for day to day use going to the office or meeting clients, there are none better. But when you've been thru as many airports as I have, some pretty primitive and carrying as much crap as I do, you realize the true value of the Saddlebacks.

One of the Mulholland bags I've taken on a short notice trip to Singapore with a layover in Seoul, I packed with about 25 - 30 lbs of stuff including laptop, spare batteries, books, documents, travel kit and various sundries, actually leaving out a lot of stuff I usually carry. Walked from one end of Seoul's Incheon Int'l airport to the other, about 500 meters. Walked from one end of Singapore's Changi airport to the other, another 500 meters. Walked a length of Orchard road due to a mixup in hotel reservations, another 1 km. By the time I got into my hotel room, I realized that the wimpy shoulder strap had stretched to the point where it was about to break. Came home by way of Schipol Int'l Airport in Amsterdam and walked all over their ginormous duty free stores. Unpacking the bag at home, I saw that the sharp corner of my laptop had worn thru the inner nylon lining. Then I saw underneath the bag, some stitching was about to pop.

I've put my 16" saddleback briefcase thru far far worse abuse, filling it with 40 lbs of stuff, some of it wet, some of it sharp, some of it pointy and walked untold miles with it over my shoulder or in backpack mode, with absolute confidence that nothing was going to rip, tear, stretch or pop. I've had it about 3 years and put about 45,000 air miles on it. It hasn't let me down yet and I will not travel with anything else.

So I'll say it once again, Mulholland and Ghurka are fine for going to the office with a few slim document folders and a Macbook Air, and maybe a sandwich. In fact they're what I carry to the office myself when I know I'm meeting clients. But for air travel, especially the rough, short notice, economy class travel that I'm forced to do, I wouldn't trust any other bag.

Thank you for sharing your experience! Sounds like you travel more than most. What takes you around the world?

Jonathan
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post #44 of 1540
10/6/09 at 12:23pm
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You're welcome Jonathan. I hope the higher-ups like the idea. Let me know if you need any closeup pics or dimensions. And sign me up for the first one you roll out.

You bet, style forum members will be the first to know about any new product lines.
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post #45 of 1540
10/6/09 at 12:37pm
Here are some great pics from Saddleback family members around the world.

http://system/uploads/assets/Landing Page Pics/Forum Pics/Alex's bag at Wave Rock, Western Australia.jpg

http://system/uploads/assets/Landing Page Pics/Forum Pics/6 Peter Hotrum South Pole leather briefcase.jpg

http://system/uploads/assets/Landing Page Pics/Forum Pics/Chris's Ahu Tongakiri Easter Island leather briefcase.jpg

http://saddlebackleather.com/system/uploads/assets/Landing Page Pics/Forum Pics/Ryan's Bag on an Air Force Refueling Tanker over Iraq.jpg
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