Lousy picture...beautiful bag...
Shrink. You and I have taste in things in common, I believe. First espresso, then brown leather satchels? Good lord.
I don't have mine here at my other apartment, but here is a Google image:

Lousy picture...beautiful bag...
Lousy picture...beautiful bag...
The design is based on an 1860's Cavalry Saddlle Bag.
That's a beautiful bag. Where can I get one?
The brass on my everyday bag (posted previously in this thread) of the past ten years gave out a few weeks ago and I'm in need of a bag. 10 years, 5 continents, 40+ countries in all sorts of environments and now she's ready to retire:
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Your bag is gorgeous...so beautifully aged.
You can find my bag, called "Saddle Bag Briefcase" at www.colonellittleton.com
Thanks!
I am definitely purchasing either that saddlebag or the No. 83 laptop bag some time in the next week or so.
While it took forever to pay off my smoking credit cards, they are items that reall will last forever, and look better and better as the age
Well, as you said, good leather is worth the money because it will last forever. The brass on my bag strap snapped before the leather was worn out. I found a leatherworker who replaced the brass on my strap for a few bucks and now it's as good as new. And as I mentioned, I took that bag everywhere - Sahara Desert, Burmese river deltas, Congolese jungles, mountains of Rwanda, central Asian steppes in the winter and everything in between. The only repair I ever needed done on it before last week was when the stitching where the strap meets the bag gave out in the middle of nowhere, Sudan. I found a shoe repair guy and he had me sorted out in half an hour.
OTOH, I have had supposedly indestructible Cordura ballistic nylon rot apart on me.
I'm trying to decide between that Saddlebag Brief and the No. 83 Laptop Bag. I carry my 15" MBP in either a Booq Vyper or if I'm going somewhere particularly dusty, sandy or wet, a Pelican 1090CC.
What size MB do you carry and how does it fit?