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How It's Made | The Saddleback Waterbag Leather Duffle Bag
How to make a leather duffle bag like a cow. With as few holes as possible
This bag is a great bag and tough as nails! I travel a lot and I am always being asked about my bag. Which is fine except when you want to get out of customs at the airport. This bag is overbuilt to perfection. Hello Dave, I WOULD ALSO SECOND THE IDEA OF A FREQUENT FLYER DISCOUNT.
I have owned this bag (size Med, color tobacco brown) since 6/12. I love the 2 optional rectangular inserts, although I use the higher side one most of the time. This bag packs well. This size holds quite a bit. I like the closure options. I can use the bag as a carry by removing my clothes and the insert quickly to make a walk around bag. (Watch Dave's Video). This increases the versatility. I use it as a car bag or a carry on. I am considering adapting the bag to try to make it a functional camera bag. I would not check this luggage as it has no lock capabilities and I am a little paranoid about that. The lock is a personal issue, but I suppose otherwise would be a great airline bag. I plan to get other sizes as my needs change. Once again a great bag. Dave, PLEASE CONSIDER FREQUENT FLYER DISCOUNTS!!
This was my sixth bag purchase from SBL (plus a wallet and including 3 cable bags). I purchased the SMALL WATERBAG from DAVE'S DEALS (15% off) as a carryon alternative. Great bag! I would caution you on the Dave's Deals bags, however. I didn't expect a new bag of course, and there were some clear imperfections in the leather that one could see from more than 3 feet away, which I expected and which don't bother me at all. This bag was a disappointment because the D rings and buckles were foggy, and burnished, and not crisp looking at all. All of them. The hardware looked as if the bag had been on a back shelf for at least 5 years. If I could send it back to get a new small waterbag, or one with better looking hardware, I would, but alas, they don't make them anymore. ALL OTHER ITEMS PURCHASED FROM SBL WERE AWESOME!! Customer service is also the best I've ever experienced.
I bought the medium tobacco water bag as luggage for the back of my sidecar rig. It fits the rack really well, straps down nice, keeps the dust out, and looks good. Most of the luggage that I looked at just didn't look right for this application and I figure that if leather is good enough to protect me it is good enough to protect my stuff. I couldn't find my roll around bag for a trip to Europe a few weeks ago so I grabbed the water bag. My wife said it would be too heavy and wouldn't carry enough. I'm smart enough to know not to say that she was wrong. Most of what I needed fit in the messenger bag that I use and the little that I did put in the water bag was her extra stuff. The bag rolled up pretty small and it fit in the overhead compartment just fine. We have a deal when we travel: a winery for her, a battlefield or cemetery for me. For the return trip I checked the water bag with all of our dirty clothes and 8 bottles of champagne and was still under the 23 kilo limit. Despite a few more "character marks" on the bags from handling the wine made it without a problem because of the protection of the leather. Going through customs the only comment that was made was "nice looking bag, welcome back to the US". BTW, if you travel to where there is a US military cemetery try to stop and pay your respects. One of them that I visited a couple of years ago had only two US signatures in the guest book in the previous 12 months. You will be rightly humbled by the experience. Thanks
My 8th purchase from Saddleback, got my large chestnut waterbag off of Dave's Deals. Beautiful patterns and wrinkles with couple of scar marks that gave lots of character and uniqueness, right off the bat. Definitely a conversational piece. Love the quality of the piece so much, I ordered a large chestnut suitcase to match as my travel set. The only con, it is bit heavy. The other reviews mention two liners, one small and one tall which are 4 sided. Mine came with only one, that has support on 2 sides. They must have changed the configuration. Anyways the liner works well, as it reduces the overall weight. Highly recommend this bag for its form and function.
