Check out my new bag

[Deuce]

Originally Posted by Usul

I have never been able to buy anything but a cheap nylon briefcase. I feel as though any other brifcase is either too larger to carry comfortably and unobtrusively or too small to be useful. If any one has a line on a fold-over briefcase/portfolio, however, please inform me. It looks rather like a rectangular bag of leather that is folded in half with one end open.

Go check out saddlebacks website, they have almost exactly what you are talking about

 

[dalej]

Originally Posted by Boston Litigator

nice looking bag, good luck with it

Thank you, I'm enjoying it very much. Finally a bag that is built to last and holds everything I need with me on a daily bases.

 

[ter1413]

If that is your everyday bag, you are nutz! Back problems are on the way. If it is a "travel" sorta bag, then it's ok..

 

[CodeRed]

If you want to get the real deal check out these...http://www.waldenbags.com/

 

[dalej]

Originally Posted by CodeRed

If you want to get the real deal check out these...http://www.waldenbags.com/

for the price of them bags I can get a half dozen of the Ancient Knight bags

they are nice looking bags though

 

[username79]

Looks like something you'd find in the back of a thrift store for $5.

 

[dalej]

Originally Posted by username79

Looks like something you'd find in the back of a thrift store for $5.

I'm sure you at home in the back of a thrift store

 

[dalej]

I'm leaving on saturday for a two week business trip, I'll post some pictures with the bag loaded as my briefcase/carry on amazed how much stuff I can fit in this bag.

 

[username79]

Originally Posted by dalej

I'm sure you at home in the back of a thrift store

I'm sure you write Engrish good too.

 

[dalej]

Originally Posted by username79

I'm sure you write Engrish good too.

you got me there, typing is not my thing yet

let me correct it so you can understand it "youR"

 

[dalej]

I just purchused another bag from Anicent Knight that is more for day to day use, weight is 4 pounds and it is 14x12x4.
The larger bag will be use when traveling and this one everyday that I'm not traveling.
Love AK bags.


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[naihet]

Great stuff.. congrats on the bag mate!

 

[jchosko]

I just purchased one of these bags on ebay too, as I can't afford a $600 bag. An amazing bag for the price; I couldn't be happier with it.

I like Saddleback bags a lot, but I just don't see how they can charge so much for them. Perhaps if they were made in the USA, where the cost of labor is higher than it is in Mexico where they're made, I'd understand. Also, I'd feel good knowing that it was money that was going into the pockets of American workers. But since they continue to keep production in Mexico, and to raise their prices, I can't help but think that I would be getting at least a little ripped off. If I'm going to be buying an import, I'm gonna go with the cheaper alternative. It may not be as high quality as a Saddleback (which I've not seen in person), but I can't really imagine a bag being that much better than this one.

 

[westinghouse]

Originally Posted by jchosko

It may not be as high quality as a Saddleback (which I've not seen in person), but I can't really imagine a bag being that much better than this one.

It is that much better.

 

[Huntsman]

Originally Posted by jchosko

I just purchased one of these bags on ebay too, as I can't afford a $600 bag. An amazing bag for the price; I couldn't be happier with it. I like Saddleback bags a lot, but I just don't see how they can charge so much for them. Perhaps if they were made in the USA, where the cost of labor is higher than it is in Mexico where they're made, I'd understand. Also, I'd feel good knowing that it was money that was going into the pockets of American workers. But since they continue to keep production in Mexico, and to raise their prices, I can't help but think that I would be getting at least a little ripped off. If I'm going to be buying an import, I'm gonna go with the cheaper alternative. It may not be as high quality as a Saddleback (which I've not seen in person), but I can't really imagine a bag being that much better than this one.
Money into the pockets of American workers is so much better than a little extra money in the pockets of a Mexican, isn't it? Those Mexicans are just too damned greedy, and obviously not nearly as good as an American. Is the American Way free trade everywhere, or just when it works out better for us? Saddleback takes pride in what they do, and they take care of their people by making sure they get paid a decent wage. Most US companies with overseas or South of the Border operations are there only for the labor differential, so making the facilities worthwhile comes at the price of maximizing that differential. I like buying a product that someone took pride in designing and making. I like buying a product that was made by people who are paid more than the minimum at which work is available, so that they can lead better lives. As an American, I can usually afford that -- um, isn't that what being an American is about? Or is it about hording for ourselves, sorry, I forget. I hope your car isn't "an import." ~H