If Pulp Fiction were to be remade today, Jules and Vincent would be toting around Marcellus Wallace’s soul in a Versace backpack.
Huh, I thought they were a newish company.
I’ve had my bag for four years and nary a rip or zipper malfunction; I’ll probably be schlepping it around for decades.
Reminds me — a briefcase can sometimes be a handy weapon.
(Tom Cruise and Wilfred Brimley, in The Firm)
i am virtually certain that Stranger does in fact have said Halliburton case and this is disinformation.
He has the flamethrower version. He’s hoping for the full set.
I have a good friend still using a brief case, but he is the only one I’ve seen with one in a few years now. I mostly see backpacks now.
They’ve been around a while and make quality gear, and now it’s stylish — so maybe, did TIMBUK2 go through a rebranding phase since their founding? Don’t know, just asking.
My bag isn’t very stylish but it’s extremely functional. Some 30 years ago, I got the same bag that was popular with San Francisco bicycle messengers back then It’s a great, functional bag and still looks new. I once rode my motorcycle through a snow storm in the Sierra Nevada mountains carrying family Christmas presents in that bag.
All I have is the briefcase Bond used in From Russia With Love with the concealed throwing knives and the AR-7 he used to somehow take down a helicopter.
Stranger
I got mine at REI on impulse, I wasn’t aware of the brand at the time – it probably has been around a long time.
The company in 1990 rebranded from their original name of “Scumbags” and expanded their range from made-to-order messenger bags manufactured in San Francisco to standardized product lines of messenger bags and backpacks primarily sold through outdoor and “active lifestyle” stores, but the basic construction of ballistic nylon and packcloth interior hasn’t really changed. They just became popular when the young professional set went from wearing those stupid contrast collar shirts with hand pained ties and ridiculously overpriced loafers to fleece and trainers at the office.
Stranger
Thanks Stranger. Also, Wikipedia has a nice summary of the company’s history.
I work for a very large conservative company and most people don’t wear ties and yes even suits are fading away but for important meetings suits are still the go.
In the 1990s I worked for a DoD contractor, a company called Unisys, and I wore a tie every day. Sometimes for important meetings, yes a suit.
:eek:
Then I went to a startup where it was very casual. After a while I was in shorts and flip-flops or sandals (No Socks) almost every day. Much better!
I found a forum where there’s a thread titled ‘Briefcase Porn’. I just joined it and posted pics of my Glaser Designs bag — in the 6-7 months I’ve owned it, its patina is developing nicely.
Briefcase Appreciation thread | Page 197 | Styleforum — and scroll down to post #2952.
I still use briefcases for some “jobs” (mostly volunteer things) as a way of keeping order; one for Church Council, one for the living history group I am active with, one for targets and range supplies, etc. That way I just grab the right handle and head out the door without really thinking if I packed the right thing for the right meeting or what - each one being different in some obvious way. For actual work I use an over-the-shoulder military map case as its easier to carry every day on the motorcycle.
[dismissive tone/] Oh, the movie version. [/dismissive tone]
Seriously, I’ve seen a lot of lawyers in action. I think I’ve seen maybe one classic hard-shell briefcase. The common style is soft-sided, bulging with paper, briefcases.
Because as they say,“legal briefs, aren’t”.
I work in a courthouse, and still see briefcases just about every day, including my own.
The Courthouse will probably be the last holdout of briefcases, suits and ties.
Law firms too. Though I was in another firm’s office not long ago, for a meeting with another lawyer, and the lawyers and staff looked pretty relaxed. Guess when they’re doing a day of paperwork, they’re not too concerned. I still saw briefcases, though.
I have one! Scrounged it up from someone’s basement a few years ago and, for a few years, even used it to carry my work paperwork around. It’s obsolete now; I keep my pot in it. Hand to the FSM, the combination is 420!*
*I didn’t know the combination when I found it, but since it was only three reels I figured I could go through a thousand combinations in a day or so. 001 - Nope. 002 - Nope. 003 - Nope. Eventually it opened on 420.