The perfect messenger bag. Well, for me anyway. Designed it and built it.
Showing the most important feature: Velcro panel for cool guy patches.
Strap with a pouch attached for quick to hand items.
Top. Bunjee to stash a jacket, umbrella, shillelagh, baguette, foot long submarine sandwich....
Back side. With SIGG’mups for a water bottle.
Front side with my high tech telecommunicatiosn device and a Fenix T1 flashlight.
Bottom. Used some of the Leo Zulueta designed webbing he did for Teva to jazz it up a little from plain old black.
Front, bare, shwoing the PALS webbing, with flap raised.
Front side, and front, flap raised.
Rear side, and front, flap raised.
Top, showing slot for newspapers or magazines.
Rear, showing the carry handle and the slot for newspapers and magazines.
Back, with another view of the newspaper and magazine slot. Also showing the carry handle.
Top and back showing newspaper in slot and jacket stashed in the bunjee on top of the flap.
Back, showing the stashed away waistbelt.
Closeup of the front stashed away waistbelt.
Closeup of the rear stashed away waistbelt.
Waistbelt deployed.
Closeup of the zipper pulls on the flap.
The zipper on the flap open, allowing access to the interior without having to actually lift the flap.
Bag turned inside out, showing the red interior to avoid that cavernous black hole effect, and PALS webbing to allow customization of the interior. Behind the red PALS panel is another slot allowing storage of flat objects - files, magazines, etc.
Bag turned inside out showing the padded back.
Bag turned inside out, showing another view of the padded back. This is the side of the bag that would be against my body. Padded with ¼" foam to protect my delicate derriere. And my laptop. One other thing I am about to tackle is either a paddeBag turned inside out, showing another view of the padded back.
Bag turned inside out, showing another view of the PALS panel on the front and well as PALS on one of the sides. Behind the red PALS panel is another slot allowing storage of flat objects - files, magazines, etc.
Bag turned inside out, with another view of the front and part of the bottom.
Interior of bag, showing how an arrangement of pouches can be set up to suit the end user.
Slot for stowage of flat objects, held closed with snaps.
An example of the sort of objects that can be carried in the slots along the sides.
An example of the sort of objects that can be carried in the slots along the sides.
Top view showing another slot pocket along the front for storage of flat objects.
Interior showing the slot along the front and the buckled strap to prevent the sides from flaring out.
Interior with an example of what can be carried inside and the buckled strap opened. The dimensions of the main compartment are 40.6 cm (16") wide, 35.5 cm (14") high, 10.1 cm (4") deep. I did some fancy mathematical computations and calculated it to have a volume of a little over 29 liters or just shy of 1800 cubic inches. Big enough to make it a heavy beast when filled with big hardcover books.
Front with pouches mounted and a glimpse into the interior.
Worn, giving an idea of size. For reference, I’m 2 meters (6'7").
View of the open flap. View of the zipper that opens to allow access to the interior. Everything looks normal when open.....
...but there’s a hidden pocket that runs all along the top of the flap to stash vast fortunes, fake IDs, banned political tracts, Penthouse centrefolds, etc.
Along the back between the carry handle is another hidden pocket.
