Saddleback Leather - They will fight over it when you die

i've used a saddleback front pocket id wallet for about a year. i like the design and it's aging well, but the leather is very thick making it a bit too large for front pocket carry. the stitching also isn't pretty, but that doesn't bother me very much for the price i paid.

So they are a very over engineered leather product excellent, wils why did you give up the bag?

First, the construction is unreal.  Definitely a more rugged than refined look, but there is no doubt these products will take what you give them, grab their junk and ask for more.

Yeah, it's heavy alright. I have the front pocket briefcase, and it's by no means light. However, I don't find it too heavy. I mean, I carry it back and forth to my office during the week, I've taken it on overnight trips, and walked for miles all over Austin in September (HOT) with it loaded down with all sorts of stuff and it honestly wasn't so bad.

I carry my laptop, phone, chargers, notebooks, headphones, umbrella, sunglasses/glasses, wallet, flashlight, gloves, blah blah blah and it just swallows it all. You'll know it's on your shoulder, but I don't find it too heavy.

I like the front pocket brief, it's got compartments and all sorts of pockets and is in between the size of the regular "thin" and "classic" briefcases. I'm VERY happy with it.

Heavy jackets are only heavy when you carry them, not when you wear them.  A case is another thing altogether!

exophobe You are right that the weight is the result of the construction. The bag is definitely something that will easily last more than a 100 years. I have had mine for a while and it has not even started breaking in yet..

However when I bought the bag, I bought it more for looks. I would happily trade for a bag in the same design that is made of a leather that is half as thick and weighed half as much. Granted it might not last as long, but the way I use my bags, it would easily outlast me..

I currently also have a Hudson Satchel from Bexar Goods in medium Brown and have yet to start using it.. It is a lot lighter and equally well built with Bridle leather. 

I have the Saddleback large thin briefcase. It was a present from my parents for getting my PhD, and it is basically the raddest thing I own. It is heavy, but I don't care once bit. When Saddleback was having their clearance sale on all their charcoal colored things a while back I almost got another Saddleback bag...

That was great. I just about did a spit take when he was talking about "bad decisions". Whatever shirt you've got, button it!

Funny shit.