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Zeppelin Kapitan Fritz
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« on: July 10, 2012, 10:26:11 pm » |
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I have been wanting one of these for ages and now I am finally getting around to it. The problem is that there is a massive selection and I have no idea which one I want. My only criteria are that it most preferably be leather (rather than canvas), that it be large enough to hold 8.5X11 inch documents, that it be somewhat thick (so that it could hold at least one college textbook), and that it be a real military design or reproduction thereof (so as not to be mistaken for a girly handbag). My first stop was the militaria section of ebay and even there there is so massive a variety that I do not even know where to begin.
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Lucius Baxter
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Yeah, I've been inside a firebox... what of it?
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« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2012, 09:55:44 pm » |
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Now you've gotten me wanting one... I think I'll make mine though- tube covered in something with straps made from dog leads- Sorry, leashes.
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Intrepid Vampire Slayer and Inter-Dimensional man of Mystery
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sebastian Inkerman
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« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2012, 10:33:49 pm » |
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I used to make map tubes when I used to have a bit of time on my hands. In fact I might still have one or two still up in the attic with the stall stock. They were long enough to take A3 paper. I do actually need to make a new one for the cartography tent for the third foot and mouth authenty camps. |
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erm... What?
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vampyresheep
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« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2012, 12:00:19 pm » |
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hmm, now i want to make one too! Thinking it would be perfect with my military-esque outfit I'm in the process of making. Although I think I've given myself enough to do making that in time for the Asylum, without adding to it ................... however, accessories, needed.  |
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Captain Quinlin Hopkins
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« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2012, 06:42:31 pm » |
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I've one that latches at the house. If I can remember to take a photo tonight...was actually a instrument case.
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Sincerely, Captain Quinlin Hopkins (Hoppy) Do not ignore the freedoms of someone else, for eventually you will be someone else! DFW Steampunk Illumination Society |
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« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2012, 07:20:48 pm » |
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I have a nice leather dispatch case, big enough for a subnotebook or 9x12 paper. It was from Banana Republic, back when they were cool.
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« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2012, 12:41:04 am » |
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I really need to stop browsing this site in my free time... As is, I've got something like 90 unfinished/partway finished/need to start projects, and seeing stuff like this is NOT HELPING!  |
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Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.
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inigo jameson-gatling
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« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2012, 08:19:21 am » |
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A little off topic but I spent a long time looking around for a suitable satchel, I found one but was a really silly price which I wasn't prepared to pay. I now have some 1904 model US cavalry saddlebags, which are great. Certainly very eye-catching.
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You cannot complain about the sky if you suffer airshipwreck for the second time.
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Uncle Arthur
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« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2012, 08:49:16 am » |
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I had some old sagging saddle bags........................................ But I am now divorced! |
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If at first you don't succeed , CHEAT!
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ktara
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« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2012, 05:18:02 am » |
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If you're still looking for something, how about a poster mailer tube, covered in leather or what-not?
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