a guide to heritage clothing, canvas bags, steel bicycles, and Japanese web shops
Thanks to Bill Lane at Wall Bike for reprinting this pictographic feature on front handlebar bags from the Japanese magazine Cyclo Tourist. Apart from Guu-Watanabe, Ostrich and Berthoud, many of the brands are new to me. For reference, here is my post from 2008 showing the of the range of French, US and …
I was thrilled to find that my favorite Tokyo bag maker, Co. Ltd guu-watanabe, is now posting photos to flickr. Though I’ve always admired Guu-Watanabe’s cycling luggage (available in the US, here), I’m newly interested in the custom bags he produces for everyday use (ukulele carrying cases, garden spade holsters, city totes, school satchels, etc.). …
Photo from a 1998 Filson catalog Co.Ltd guu-watanabe Zach bag Frost River Nessmuk pack Frost River Rucksack for Northern Island (Japan) Brady rucksack (Japan only) Frost River rucksack photos courtesy Style Forum Barbour catalog model with rucksack (make/model?) If I lived in Japan I’d be president of a regional Filson “going outside” club. We’d take …
Caption beneath photo: No Guarantee Leica is Safe From my favorite Tokyo bagmaker, Co.Ltd guu-watanabe: http://www.guu-watanabe.com/frontretroe.html Someday I’ll mount a dollars-for-miles cycling campaign to fund my own custom watanabe bag.
Dear Ms.LarsonI am sorry to late reply.Your e-mail give us the shock not a little. We had considered your opinion.We try to make a new model less leather.There is no information about size in five e-mail on June 22th.We need detail what you want bag about size.And we decide to make size in our imagination.W280cm:H17cm:D15cmDecaleur …