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The Best Travel Bag I've Found

SHARPETOYS

Call Me a Cab
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Titusville, Florida
Love leather...

Here is mine.

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Floto Italian Leather Venezia Duffle

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Speedster

Practically Family
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876
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60 km west of København
Hemingway Jones said:
Hello Everyone,

I was looking for a nice and useful bag to carry with me in Italy this November. The MK VII is too small and my backpack is too large and doesn't look right with a suit or tweed jacket and fedora.

I needed something to hold a spare jacket (I folded my Victoria Falls into it), my camera, a guidebook, a water bottle, and that sort of thing. I also wanted it to be accessible, simple, and have a certain amount of romance.

Remembering Michael Palin's "Hemingway Adventure" and his bag:



I decided to seek out the same one, though a latter incarnation. This is the Tarras Bag from Barbour.



It is the perfect size. The material is heavy lined canvas and the leather is very nice. The strap is "X" stitched right into the bag, so it doesn't twist. There are brass posts that the leather pulls over, making getting in and out of it easy.



There is plenty of room in here.



This is the end of a long long search; I wish I had discovered this bag years ago. I have been searching forever for just the right bag for me and this is it. I would urge you to consider it or one of similar design for your next adventure.

What are your opinions? Have you found something that suits you perfectly? :)

Now that you have had the bag for some time and it has experienced a little travelling, has it started to develop a little patina and "personality"?
 

olive bleu

One Too Many
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1,667
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Nova Scotia
Very Nice bag, Hemingway..i know what you mean about how not having the appropriate accessories can really throw off your look..i feel that way everytime i pull on my ugly winter boots!:rage:
 

Hemingway Jones

I'll Lock Up
Bartender
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6,099
Location
Acton, Massachusetts
Speedster said:
Now that you have had the bag for some time and it has experienced a little travelling, has it started to develop a little patina and "personality"?

Not quite yet, and I have been beating it up. I am sure it will soon.

olive bleu said:
Very Nice bag, Hemingway..i know what you mean about how not having the appropriate accessories can really throw off your look..i feel that way everytime i pull on my ugly winter boots!:rage:
My winter boots are Bean Boots, so I know what you mean. ;)

Thanks for the nice comments. :)
 

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