Score!

[elfs]

I complained awhile back that I was looking for a new bookbag. While there have been many kind suggestions from the field, what I've really lusted after was something more old-fashioned, and at the top of my list was a Land's End Deluxe Canvas Attache, preferably in black. It would replace the falling-apart nylon one I've owned for the past five years.

I found one today at the Salvation Army. It's an older one, with much more reinforced carrying straps than the one shown at the link, brass fittings, leather corner reinforcements, and double-stitched leather loops for the shoulder straps. It's virtually unused; I'm still trying to figure out what's wrong with it that it ended up in a second-hand store. It has the same layout as the nylon model, so it fits the laptop in its protective sleeve quite nicely. It didn't come with a carrying strap, but I still have the canvas strap for the old bag and it fits perfectly. And it's black!

It cost me $5. Given that these things cost $80 new, I'm absolutely ecstatic.

Comments

[katybeth]

Maybe someone simply had too many bags and didn't like that one. Score for you!

[intrepid-reason.livejournal.com]

Score!!!

[eddvick.livejournal.com]

Well, did it smell like cat pee?

Seriously, sounds like a fine find.

[elfs.livejournal.com]

No, thank gods. And it's just in time for Norwescon, too. (Damn, I'm gonna have a pretty good Norwescon this year; new messenger attache and an eight-hour battery!)