Firstly may I say..Hello Everyone! 
I've been mooching around the forum for a while due to my interest/ ownership of Aero leather jackets. The advice /experience on here is second to none on the interweb which is why I joined & then discovered a whole new world of connoisseur.
Anyroads (I'm from the North West of England btw :-0) my question is this:
My son has recently graduated from University(with a 1st in Economics -hope he gets to use it ) & as a graduation present, we( meaning me & my wife)wanted to buy him something that would (hopefully) last him a long time. (Technology out of the window then)
So, we scoured the world (UK based so I could go & see it/feel it) for a hand made leather lap top bag. I only found one place that fulfilled my requirements: (within a 100 miles)
http://www.ianstevenscambridge.co.uk/Box Bag in full grain brown hideHD.png
We went there - Ian is fantastic (a genuine craftsman who explains the whole process from sourcing the leather that he uses -to the whys & wherefores of the design) - my son loved the bag(style) - so we requested a sample of the next leather that he was using & guess what....my son thought it was too brown. Gutted!
I know what he means - he wanted a more Cordovan sort of colour.
If you're still reading this post then I'm going to continue.
I looked on the Aero site yesterday & I've noticed that they have re-introduced travel bags, Do you think that they may do Laptop(Messenger) bags if I asked? Surely there must be people who would love a bag made from FQHH / Heavy Steerhide etc. Maybe just a way to use up their leftovers?
Thanks if you've got this far.
I've been mooching around the forum for a while due to my interest/ ownership of Aero leather jackets. The advice /experience on here is second to none on the interweb which is why I joined & then discovered a whole new world of connoisseur.
Anyroads (I'm from the North West of England btw :-0) my question is this:
My son has recently graduated from University(with a 1st in Economics -hope he gets to use it ) & as a graduation present, we( meaning me & my wife)wanted to buy him something that would (hopefully) last him a long time. (Technology out of the window then)
So, we scoured the world (UK based so I could go & see it/feel it) for a hand made leather lap top bag. I only found one place that fulfilled my requirements: (within a 100 miles)
http://www.ianstevenscambridge.co.uk/Box Bag in full grain brown hideHD.png
We went there - Ian is fantastic (a genuine craftsman who explains the whole process from sourcing the leather that he uses -to the whys & wherefores of the design) - my son loved the bag(style) - so we requested a sample of the next leather that he was using & guess what....my son thought it was too brown. Gutted!
I know what he means - he wanted a more Cordovan sort of colour.
If you're still reading this post then I'm going to continue.
I looked on the Aero site yesterday & I've noticed that they have re-introduced travel bags, Do you think that they may do Laptop(Messenger) bags if I asked? Surely there must be people who would love a bag made from FQHH / Heavy Steerhide etc. Maybe just a way to use up their leftovers?
Thanks if you've got this far.
