Shoulder bags?

[O'Neille]

If you've never owned one, treat yourself to an OGIO bag. I've had many others but OGIO is top shelf.

[Ancienne Alliance]

I really like the "counterfeit mailbag" from J. Peterman. It's expensive, but the stuff I've gotten from J Peterman over the years has proven to be extremely well made and quite bombproof. The mailbag is basically a messenger bag made out of belting leather.

http://jpeterman.com/product~cat~130~sku~NLG 1005.asp

This one is nice, but I'd take off the handle.

[beloitpiper]

You know what would look kinda cool? Something like a Thorfinn or Freelander sporran, but bigger and with a strap that you could sling over your shoulder...

[J.B. Simpson]

You know what would look kinda cool? Something like a Thorfinn or Freelander sporran, but bigger and with a strap that you could sling over your shoulder...

YES...........forget the full Mask Badger Sporran..........a full Badger Bag!!

That would be kinda cool, unless someone thought you were being attacked by a wild animal and tried to knock it off of you!!

[Jock Scot]

If you want what us country traditional Brits. use, "Google" William Powell.I am sorry I am not cleaver enough to get the email address here.Anyway,William Powell are gun makers and sell all the gear--click onto "accessories shop" and up will come pictures of game bags, look at the ones with netting on the front(called the Sandringham? and there is a bigger version too).I have used one for years and they are almost indistructable.Most of the gamekeepers around here(UK too)would have the large version.Hope this helps.

[Erisianmonkey]

I've carried a "purse" or "man-purse" or what have you for years-if I didn't have enough to carry to justify pulling out the old Alice pack (You military types will know what I'm talking about. Mine was surplus, got it for xmas 17 years ago, and through all the abuse it still looks the same as the day I got it.) or my briefcase, I still almost always want to have a notebook, portable cup (me and my beard have this thing against water fountains...I hate the spray catching in the beard and making me look like a shaggy dog just come out of the water, or alternatively just a guy drooling on himself), lighter, cigarettes, wallet, cell phone, pen, mp3 player, headphones, keys...you get the point. So about 15 years ago I grew a pair and decided anyone who wanted to make fun of me for wearing a bag to carry what I considered essential didn't count.

OK, got off track there. Kevin, It may seem strange, but a softsided laptop briefcase might actually be what you are looking for. I know that Walmart used to carry a laptop briefcase that had a large middle section where a laptop could go, and another for documents, and then various and sundry other pockets. Just leave the laptop out of the mix and you have a nice roomy bag for everything you need to carry and possibly one or two things that you just want to have with you. I personally have managed to carry books for three classes, a change of clothes and my lunch in mine-looks masculine without a doubt and holds everything but the kitchen sink.

[JRB]

Filson also offers several good options for field bags...

http://www.filson.com/category/index...av_Luggage_txt

Here's one of their items; a tin cloth medium field bag...

[JerseyLawyer]

You know what would look kinda cool? Something like a Thorfinn or Freelander sporran, but bigger and with a strap that you could sling over your shoulder...

I think /that/ would look like a man purse.

I carry a briefcase every day, so I try to minimize what I have to carry around at other times.

[Clockwork John]

YES...........forget the full Mask Badger Sporran..........a full Badger Bag!!

That would be kinda cool, unless someone thought you were being attacked by a wild animal and tried to knock it off of you!!

I love it! You could make the straps out of the legs!

[way2fractious]

Since starting to wear kilts a number of years ago, I now hate to carry things in my pants pockets. So I just use my sporran as a shoulder bag or "man purse" when not kilted. I have received just as many favorable comments or amused inquiries about my over the shoulder accessory as I do when wearing it as a sporran.

The red fox pelt here is attached to a simple shooting bag made of relatively inexpensive upholstery leather (actually free, from a "recycled" leather couch. ) A wide top usually requires some sort of stiffener to keep the straps from collapsing the top opening.





I've also made and carried raccoon and skunk sporrans, which tend to be larger than most sporrans (but maybe not big enough for munchkin stuff.)

Cover a bag with a pelt and no one questions the bag wearers gender.

w2f