Club Obi Wan

Ok, I've been getting some grief from the wife and daughter. I've started using a bag more often. Granted it's not the Indy bag but it is from a British military Pattern 37 web set. They call it my purse . My only defense is it depends on how it's worn. If the strap is across the chest to the shoulder opposite the side the bag is on, I'm in the clear. Worn on the same side, things come into question. I need more ammo on this one. --tek

Well, usually as you are from Massachusetts I would raise a questioning brow ( ), but I wear my Indyish bag almost every day. If you need any historical "ammo" point to the American mountain man of the 1830s: these trappers carried what I call a "side bag" every day with gear inside that could keep them alive for months, and quite often it did. Anybody that claims that a person is any less manly because of a satchel should tell that to John Colter, Hugh Glass, and Zebulon Pike.

You can call it a murse (Man Purse) or your European Carry-all (like on Seinfield). I'd keep it going across the chest though.

I've called it a "possibles bag", which is a black powder shooting term from the days of the mountainmen. I'll stay away from the term "murse" thank you very much. Now where did I put my "Urban Sombrero"?

Kodiak, In my defense, I was born in Maine. --tek[/quote]

drafttek wrote:Kodiak, In my defense, I was born in Maine. --tek

Oh. That changes the whole picture. So you moved to liberal land why?

Easy, now... let's keep it free of the political talk.

I suppose if your wife and daughter want to be THAT gender based about carrying a bag, they could always revert to only wearing skirts and dresses. It's a bag. Whoopdee-do. Carry it over your shoulder, across your chest, around your neck, however you want to wear it. It's a functional bag, and if you use it as such (like I do on a daily basis) then who cares what others think?

Kodiak wrote:

drafttek wrote:Kodiak, In my defense, I was born in Maine. --tek

Oh. That changes the whole picture. So you moved to liberal land why?

Easy there. I'm one of six conservatives here in the state, NRA Life Member who carries, and voted Libertarian against Ted Kennedy last time around. I spark some great arguments at parties around here . My parents moved here when I was a kid so I really had no say. I'll probably move someday but it's just too tough to uproot with the kids and all.

binkmeisterRick wrote:I suppose if your wife and daughter want to be THAT gender based about carrying a bag, they could always revert to only wearing skirts and dresses.

They really do it just to bust my chops. I can't get away with anything around here.

Mike wrote:Easy, now... let's keep it free of the political talk.

Though I understand the need to retort, please allow me to reiterate Mike's comment so things don't get too political. You'd be surprised how easy it is to spark flames based on politics, so it's a rule that politics is generally not discussed here. Feel free to PM each other to your heart's content on it, though.

Cheers,

bink

drafttek wrote:

binkmeisterRick wrote:I suppose if your wife and daughter want to be THAT gender based about carrying a bag, they could always revert to only wearing skirts and dresses.

They really do it just to bust my chops. I can't get away with anything around here.

I hear ya. It's their job to pick on you, you know.

Its all about accessorising... for example, accessorise your 'purse' with a colt 45 and see how long the comments continue...

Ken

Wish I had the Colt. I make do with a S&W .357 for now. And no more politics # .

Or the opposite, I never put any Hello Kitty stickers on mine and I'm fine.

It's just a bag.

Regards,
Swindiana

Indiana Ken wrote:Its all about accessorising... for example, accessorise your 'purse' with a colt 45 and see how long the comments continue...

Ken

ROFLMAO

Ken you must be a fashion guru!

You know I've always wondered why people insist on coming up with new names–man purse, carry-all, etc–for a bag when it is carried by a man.

Trade the wife and daughter for a new Wested and an AB!

No, really. I'm hoping my girlfriend, my sister and my mother can rack up enough to get me a 10ft David Morgan!

Indiana Ken wrote:Its all about accessorising... for example, accessorise your 'purse' with a colt 45 and see how long the comments continue...

Ken

BRAVO!!!

Give my stunt man a cigar for that one!!!

Regard! Michaelson

Swindiana wrote:Or the opposite, I never put any Hello Kitty stickers on mine and I'm fine.

It's just a bag.

Regards,
Swindiana

And give this man a smack upside the head for THAT one! Besides, Swindiana, you know the Chococat stickers actually match the bag better.

Well, those I cut out to fit the moc toe on my Alden's.

Regards,
Swindiana

Ah, okay then. That'll work.

Here in New York, EVERYONE carries some kind of bag. In fact, I was checking out the bags that men were carrying the other day, to see one that might be a good alternate to my Indy bag.

A "messenger bag" is a good addition to the stable. I just ordered one off eBay that is made by hand from camel skin leather in a little village in India. I haven't gotten it yet, but it sure looks cool. It's slightly bigger than the MK-VII, and that's what I was looking for. Also, it should age nicely.

Well, I have the TAPCO strap on my MKVII, so if anyone calls it a purse, I remind them that it's a military gas mask bag with a rifle strap. About as far from a "purse" (in the girly sense of the word) as it could be. I also call it a "shoulder bag", if anyone really wants to get down to the nitty gritty, since I see lots of men carrying those. I always wear it across my chest.

I have used a messenger bag daily for more than ten years. I have yet to get a purse comment, but I am pretty surly looking.
Also I watched Captain Blood(1935) Errol Flynn carries a bag while on port Royal that would look like a purse if a woman carried. It does not look like a purse when he carries it.

You can also call it a tactical man satchel.

In the UK the government surplus Mark VII bag was used to carry food to work every day by miners and foundry workers (REAL men, y'know?) for decades after WW2. They were called 'snapping bags' (snapping = food). Mine will always be a 'snapping bag' to me.

binkmeisterRick wrote:

Mike wrote:Easy, now... let's keep it free of the political talk.

Though I understand the need to retort, please allow me to reiterate Mike's comment so things don't get too political. You'd be surprised how easy it is to spark flames based on politics, so it's a rule that politics is generally not discussed here. Feel free to PM each other to your heart's content on it, though.

Cheers,

bink

I am silenced #

Colts do accessorize well with pretty much anything though. Except Hello Kitty stickers

Don't fret too much Draft, my wife asks me all the time what I carry in my "purse" then laughs it off. The guys at workused to ask me about it, but when they saw I didn't rise to their baiting, they backed off.

Note to self: remove Hello Kitty stickers form the MK VII...

What about the PowerPuff Girls stickers? I just love that Bubbles!

I was at the Morongo Basin Historical Society meeting last weekend with my MK VII on, and this sweet little old lady called it my "man purse." I probably shouldn't have punched her, though...

Mojave Jack wrote:Note to self: remove Hello Kitty stickers form the MK VII...
What about the PowerPuff Girls stickers? I just love that Bubbles!

Regards,
Swindiana

Sweet!

Swindiana wrote:

Mojave Jack wrote:Note to self: remove Hello Kitty stickers form the MK VII...
What about the PowerPuff Girls stickers? I just love that Bubbles!

Regards,
Swindiana

If you don't mind me asking, where the #### did you get that? Sweet avatar too, by the way.

Powerpuff Girls... gotta be better than cats...

And old ladies are tough. She can take the heat

Kodiak;

The hat is an HJ and a photo borrowed from a fellow COW member, I hope he doesn't mind. The rest is Paint Shop and CGI puff power replacing the crest with another picture I googled.

The credit goes to Jerry for my avatar, the nice note anyway.

Regards,
Swindiana

Hey Draftek: Having had some experience with sisters and the machinations of the female mind..., have you ever thought the whole flack situation may be a roose to get their hands on that Mk Vll?

The conversation would go...Daaad, that looks silly on you, but it would go great with an outfit I've got?

Just considering all the possibilities eh!

Warm Regards
Kilgour Trout

P.s. Strider...I gotta love that "Strong Bad Indy" avatar...I thought I might be the only Home star runner nutbar eh.

Swindiana wrote:Kodiak;

The hat is an HJ and a photo borrowed from a fellow COW member, I hope he doesn't mind. The rest is Paint Shop and CGI puff power replacing the crest with another picture I googled.

The credit goes to Jerry for my avatar, the nice note anyway.

Regards,
Swindiana

You Photoshopped that image that quickly?! Man, you've got some skills. I seriously thought that was in your hat! I was just about to send in a custom order from Fedora, too! Dang. Woulda been Scooby Doo, though. Or maybe Velma. Smart chicks are hot.

Well, paint shopped anyway.

Indiana Texas Girl has a really nice Winnie the Pooh inside her hat. Can't remember who made it for her though...

Regards,
Swindiana