Briefcase Appreciation thread

[joal]

PeterEliot,

Tusting makes those for Levenger so they are very high quality.

 

[forex]

Originally Posted by nate10184

Is this dark london tan?

should be chestnut..

 

[athletics]

Originally Posted by forex

Here is my contribution:

Silly question, but which do you like better? Do you find each are better for different usages?

 

[forex]

Filson is smaller,my laptop takes most of the space so it is only when I don't carry my laptop.SAB is much nicer,leather is not rough and can easily carry my laptop and other things and of course it's better made.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by forex

Filson is smaller,my laptop takes most of the space so it is only when I don't carry my laptop.SAB is much nicer,leather is not rough and can easily carry my laptop and other things and of course it's better made.

I'd like that Filson a lot more if the fittings were solid rather than plated.

- B

 

[Go Surface]

I want the spring 09 Fendi peek-a-boo bag.

 

[forex]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

I'd like that Filson a lot more if the fittings were solid rather than plated.

- B

I like Filson because it's not very bulky but the leather is very rough(I hope it will soften with time). I am sure they make it in solid,in retrospect,I guess I should have paid attention to it.

 

[the.chikor]

Originally Posted by forex

I like Filson because it's not very bulky but the leather is very rough(I hope it will soften with time). I am sure they make it in solid,in retrospect,I guess I should have paid attention to it.

Use Fiebings leather conditioner to soften it up and preserve it; or the conditioner of your choice.

 

[Gus]

That is the same city where Brady Bags are made. It has a similar brass stud closure, I wonder if this is a prototype of some sort or made after hours by a leather worker?

Originally Posted by Tarmac

My first nice bag: no-name document case from ebay, made in Walsall England of bridle leather (not as useful as I thought, much smaller than it looks).

 

[Gus]

I think these look cool but are way too ******* heavy to be practical for my needs. The perfect briefcase IMO is lightweight.

Originally Posted by forex

Here is my contribution:

 

[forex]

Originally Posted by pocketsquareguy

I think these look cool but are way too ******* heavy to be practical for my needs. The perfect briefcase IMO is lightweight.

This is as practical as you can get when you have to carry a laptop and bunch of other documents.

 

[Tarmac]

Originally Posted by pocketsquareguy

That is the same city where Brady Bags are made. It has a similar brass stud closure, I wonder if this is a prototype of some sort or made after hours by a leather worker?

As I understand it, Walsall is like the Northampton of English leatherworks (though less well-known), it could be made by any of the old makers there.

 

[RJmanbearpig]

Originally Posted by Tarmac

As I understand it, Walsall is like the Northampton of English leatherworks (though less well-known), it could be made by any of the old makers there.

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

 

[nate10184]

Originally Posted by pocketsquareguy

I think these look cool but are way too ******* heavy to be practical for my needs. The perfect briefcase IMO is lightweight.

Practicality be damned, I'd carry the SAB with nothing in it if I could afford one.

Originally Posted by forex

should be chestnut..

Wow I really need to see these in person. Might be the lighting but the color looks nothing like this one:

 

[joal]

nate10184,

The one in the picture next to the filson is london tan whereas the one you posted is chestnut. That's why they look different.