Leather Weekend Bag

—Jack Bettridge

In the 1970s, luggage maker American Tourister ran a TV commercial in which a gorilla savagely beats up on one of the company’s hard-sided suitcases to show its durability. Such a product may be good protection for the bags you leave to the devices of merciless luggage handlers, but for the valise that you carry personally a little more style is in order. When storing overhead and for short weekend trips, go to the soft sides of a leather bag. You may even be surprised how hard-wearing a bag with a natural exterior is—especially since leather, just as you do, develops character with age. Small nicks and bruises can be rubbed out and stains cleaned with saddle soap. Searching for the sublime leather bag can be a bit confusing as the protocol…

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Cigar Aficionado (Digital) - 1 Issue, November/December 2022

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