Why are expensive leather bags so… expensive?
Watch this brilliant and witty video by Dave Munson of Saddleback Leather Co. and you will know.
In the video he shows pirates how to knock off his bags, and demonstrates that the only way to make his products cheaper is to make them worse. Use lower quality leather, lower quality thread, more seams etc.
By the end of the video you know just how good his bags are – and you want one.
Of course I want a bag with straps consisting of two long continuous pieces of high quality leather, not scraps spliced together. I want a bag which uses highest quality 316 steel for the buckles, not nickel plated plastic; that’s stitched together not with cheap cotton thread but with the finest and strongest continuous filament polyester thread. And, most especially, I want a bag that I know has been made by artisans, not child labour.
Specifically I want a front pocket briefcase. Simply gorgeous. You can see it at saddlebackleather.com.
I bet you’ll want one too.
Westrow Cooper 