Club Obi Wan

Hey gang,

Like the title says, I'm looking for a tough, strong bag. I've been running with a WPG bag for the last 2 yrs but it's just about comming apart at the seams. It's not that the bag was poorly made, it's just that I really put it through it's paces.

I use the bag everyday for carrying my tools for work as well as other miscellaneous junk, so a replacement bag has to be pretty heavy duty. On any given day, the bag's carrying about 6 or 7 pounds of tools and junk. Since I keep getting outbid left and right on the rare, original MK VIIs that show up on ebay, does anyone here know of a source of originals or can personally recommend a strong bag?

Or maybe the bag makers here would consider doing a run of bags in really thick canvas for those of us who actually use the bag on a day-to-day basis. Considering things like the patterns already exist, that part of the work is done. All it would be is a change of material.

Thanks everyone,
Fred

I would suggest getting a musette bag.

I use one every day. They “take a licking and keep on ticking”

I bought a WWII musette bag shoulder strap too.

Click the link and scroll down the page to see the bag.

http://www.imsplus.com/ims5c.html

Regards,

Forrestal

For what you're using it for, you're not going to have that good a chance in getting a military type bag to do the job. I carry that and probably more in terms of weight in tools, planner, and 'junk' (as you call it) in my line of work, and have depended on my Porta-Brace video production run bag since 1988.

It's built like a tank, made specifically for hard road work and carry, and has never let me down. I even have carried it enough to send it back to the factory in the late 90's to have it rebuilt (which they can be), and it's been on my shoulder ever since.

From your description, you need to look at something 'functional' rather than 'Indy-ish', especially if you're really putting your 'run bag' through the mill everyday.

Like I said, I'm in the same boat, and would never consider my WPG or MvVII a possible substitute as a daily bag.

JMO, though.

Regards! Michaelson

Thanks for the replies, guys .

That mussette bag looks like it might do the trick. Throw a leather strap on there (just one less thing to fray) and it would be good to go.

I guess my WPG will earn it's place amongst my Indy props display. It is thouroughly weathered. Now, which movie do I display it with...?

Though I do wish someone here would offer a repro mk vii in something along the lines of the 22oz canvas.


-Fred

Michaelson wrote:I carry that and probably more in terms of weight in tools, planner, and 'junk' (as you call it) in my line of work, and have depended on my Porta-Brace video production run bag since 1988.

Oooh. 1988? That's the year before I left school.

Hummm. It was a replacement bag for one that I had carried since 1974 that finally fell apart.

Regards! Michaelson

Oooh. 1988? That's the year I was born.

Man, my run bag IS getting old, isn't it??!!!

HIGH regards! Michaelson

Also try the following:

http://www.galaxyarmynavy.com/item-fo-42-48.asp

I've used this one, which is also sometimes listed as a Dutch (officer's?) army bag, for many years and it's held up very well. The canvas is both heavy and softer than that which the vintage Mk VII's have, and very durable.

There's a cotton inner face sewn onto the inside of the outer flap, which doubles as a handy place to put gloves, hats, and other quick-access items so you don't have to open up the bag.

There's also a cotton face sewn into the main compartment at the back which allows you to separate items inside the bag; it's actually sewn into the back seams, so it doesn't divide the chamber the Mk VII's do.

On the front of the main compartment, under the flap, there's also a long velcro pocket sewn on for pencils, pens, and other small tools.

Like most army bags, it has lots of little webbing bits sewn on here and there, which I find handy for attaching things using carabiners and such.

I tend to use this one more than the Mk VII or Mk VI because it can actually hold A4/Letter-sized documents and notebooks.

Besides that one, there are plenty other bags at the site -- you should be able to find something that fits the bill.

Happy hunting,
Indean

The toughest military surplus bag I've ever seen or owned was anything made for the Swiss army.

I have a camera bag that was a Swiss Army gas mask bag that I've used since the mid 80's, and it looks like the day I got it. It's to small for use of anything else BUT a camera bag, but all their surplus stuff is definitely over engineered for the purpose it was designed for.

Regards! Michaelson