Brady of England - Bags

[sologigolos]

what do you fellas know about these bags?

some of them are beautiful

http://www.smithscountrypursuits.co....ure_Range.html

http://www.smithscountrypursuits.co....ery_Range.html

I'm thinking of getting the Windsor bag, second link, second from bottom. And I'm so tempted to get the Marlborough Weekender, and maybe a Leisure Range Carryall for the girlfriend....

 

[Gus]

I have two of them and love them. I highly recommend them.

The first one I bought when my son was born because I wasn't about to carry some lavender flower patterned diaper bag. So I got the canvas creel with the rubber snap in liner. It turned out to be a rather brilliant move since the waterproof liner came in handy with leaky bottles and wet wipes. It is now 22 years old and still has lots of life in it.

I also have one that I got in London that is a large, square bag that looks like a portfolio carrying bag with a shoulder strap and leather buckle flap.

 

[sologigolos]

yeah I'm reading up on it a little bit and it seems like quality bags.
Aside from quality, some of those, like the leisure lie above, are straight up beautiful.

Filson's trying to (while keeping its core customer base of hunters) move into a bigger market, hiring the Ralph Lauren guy and all. I really think Brady could, too. This seems too good a bag to stay hidden like that.

 

[Gus]

Brady is already a very popular fashion bag in Japan. For some reason it never has attained that status in the US. I think it could be very popular here if the marketing and branding was done right. I'm sure the strong English Pound hasn't helped.

I like it because it is so well built with beautiful leather and heavy, durable twill.

I think the creel with the outside netting, looks cool, but I always put it back because I imagine it catching on things. But, get it if you like it.

 

[walneal]

the one on the left is stunning!

 

[LabelKing]

Those canvas bags resemble Billingham camera bags:

 

[Gus]

Does anyone here on SF know anyone connected with Brady bags? If so, PM me please. Thanks.

 

[sologigolos]

just got the Windsor briefcase/messenger

it's quite amazing actually. a bit slimmer than I expected, that's a bummer. i needed a lot more storage than that. but it's quite gorgeous. leather's great, canvas is awesome, i'm happy with every single detail of the bag
except that the quick release is not such a qick release, and it's even harder to fasten, but that gets better with time as the leather softens, right?


listed at 199 pounds, but through quite a bit of googling, got it at $240 shipped, which was like 120 quids for the bag and 20 more for shipping. not too bad.
i would love the marlborough

 

[edmorel]

Are these bags tougher than the other Brady of England?

 

[Cary Grant]

Originally Posted by sologigolos

just got the Windsor briefcase/messenger

Lovely bag, that.

 

[Tarmac]

man, "brady england" is not gonna be easy to search for on ebay

 

[sologigolos]

Originally Posted by edmorel

Are these bags tougher than the other Brady of England?

dono, it's my firstbrady experience, and so far i'm content with what i'm seeing. it doesn't seem to have a weak spot at all. have you had experiences with weak bags? do they rip and stuff easily?

 

[sologigolos]

Originally Posted by Tarmac

man, "brady england" is not gonna be easy to search for on ebay

only results in US ebay is under "fishing"

http://sporting-goods.search.ebay.co...Z1QQsofocusZbs


in UK, there's a couple

hunting:
http://sports.shop.ebay.co.uk/items/...1QQ_sacatZ7301

fishing:
http://sports.shop.ebay.co.uk/items/...QQ_sacatZ14104


buuuuuuuuuuuuuut i think you've got better prices and better service at:

http://www.smithscountrypursuits.co.uk

click around, bags are scattered in many different categories

 

[Spatlese]

sologigolos - did you get your briefcase through that last source? Quite like the look of the discovery line, especially the monmouth day bag.

 

[Gus]

Originally Posted by sologigolos

just got the Windsor briefcase/messenger

I like the top one the best. I can imagine it taking on a nice patina once the leather has aged.

The bottom one is just OK, IMO. It is missing something to make it special, something like more leather, maybe outside pockets, a leather shoulder strap, that sort of thing. It could be a lot better.