Old 2CV in bag form.

[exile]

Absolutely brilliant stuff and so much more so when you can give new life to life expired leather goods.

[Naylor's Ark]

Impressive indeed. Leather is such a rich material and you have shown it at its best. OK, us blokes also carry a load of junk about and I have never seen a suitable man bag. Have you made any, or made designs for one?

I've made my OH a sort of bag. To hold his phone and keys.
Also phone cases.
I have thought that I might make a masculine bag, but haven't done so yet. I'm worried I might make it too female looking. What would it need to hold? And what sort of decoration could I get away with?
I thought the black bag with a blue puma on it was quite masculine before I put the tassels on it. I should give some thought.

[Blaze]

Phone cases are really useful. When I'm on first aid duty, we're issued flashy orange gilets and as I don't want to risk forgetting to remove my phone from a pocket, I have a phone case round my neck. It's a very uninteresting cotton thing that was a freebie from Yves Rocher (!) but has been brilliant. A soft leather one would be nice ....

[Polly]

What beautiful bags - you’re extremely talented! If you were wanting a second/third etc career or just fancied occasional opportunities at making bags for friends on here etc, you’d have masses of would-be customers, but you must have difficulties setting a realistic price for the amount of time you must spend on your lovely creations.

Thank you for showing us some if your beautiful bags.

[Polarengineer]

Stuff a bloke needs when out and about.
phone
car documents
credit card type stuff
car/house keys
reading specs and sun glasses
Glock (American market)
Cash notes and coins
Passport (occasionally)
business cards in a metal case
multitool
Covid mask
pen
tape measure
nylon bag folded into tiny holder.
spare hearing aid batteries.

Now, having tipped out my current manbag, I can clean it out from all the sugar sachets collected from cafe coffee stops.

[Naylor's Ark]

@Polarengineer
And I thought I had a lot of stuff in my bag.
What size is your bag?

[Naylor's Ark]

The other question is what type of bag, do you want zipped compartments, pockets, expandable pockets etc.. On the inside,outside or both. There's lots to think about.

[Polarengineer]

Aah, now, bag size is a problem, one does not want to appear twee with a tiny bag, or too paper boy with a big bag. Yet one may need to stuff other junk in it too. This is where the designer comes in, making it a utility bag and not Gucci. Everything goes inside with a cover flap anti thief in crowds and anti snatch strap. Saddle leather? saddle shape? not decorated.
(This is just a challenge, not a specification for an order as I’m through my holiday money already).

[Polarengineer]

Anyone have anything to add to the bag contents, or have a bag that goes with my Saville Row suits.

[Niftyons]

I notice that PE’s list does not mention an easy access compartment for a Swiss army knife.