Shoulder bags?

[kevinkinney]

Hello all,

As the warm weather approaches, I'm hoping to spend more time afield with this fellow:



That means carrying a load of kid-related stuff, food, and such. I doubt that my daily load would fit in a sporran, so I pose the following question:

Is there a traditional shoulder bag that goes well with a kilt?

Cheers,

Kevin, and shorter people....

[RedBeard]

I would say find a nice leather messanger bag that kinda matchs your sporran. Or if is a canvas there are all kinds of messanger bags.

[Retro Red]

Personally, I'd consider a small backpack.

I mean, let's face, we're already wearing a garment that many consider to be a "skirt," so personally, I'd avoid carrying stuff in something that looks like a "purse" such as a messenger bag. But, maybe that's just me...

Lucky you! Looks like you've got yourself a fine little companion there. I'm sure you two are going to have a lot of fun together!

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[JRB]

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

[Nick the DSM]

you can get a messenger bag, but its gotta be manly. luckly mine has the slayer logo

[Tattoo Bradley]

I've actually been really wanting a messenger bag. It wouldn't really be for use while kilted though. I spend most of my time in pants, as my job requires legs fully covered (that includes my tattooed knee caps ) But, I could really use a messenger bag to tote around my daily "stuff" "book, gadgets etc." My wife is worried it will look like a purse, to which I relpied "but honey, I DO wear a purse!" haha.

[Bugbear]

I cary a backpack over one shoulder quite a bit, but usually leave it in the car if I'm going in a store or something. I'm not sure that it really goes well with a kilt or anything else for that matter. A big rectangular shoulder pouch made of leather or stif canvas like everyone else is talking about would go over alright. It seems like letter cariers used to have those a lot and they looked alright...

[Chef]

I have an olive drab messenger bag that I quite like.

If something a little smaller would do you could get a Mark VII bag. If it was manly enough for Indiana Jones it should work for you.

[Finn]

Not sure if this is large enough:
http://www.actiongear.com/cgi-bin/ta...Flevel3c%2Etam

[Finn]

Messenger bag:
http://www.actiongear.com/cgi-bin/ta...Flevel3c%2Etam