I was sorely tempted when I saw the " Quiff " in the Barbershop online catalogue to choose it instead of the " Bob Cut " for my studio bag. Now that I have seen an example of the real thing in the Murray Street shop in grained black leather I am quite jealous...yet the magnificence of this bag is a very dangerous thing. I may have escaped a peril...
If you think that is an odd way to sell you an expensive bag, have a look at the roomy interior of the thing - look at the hefty padding on the removable partitions. The metal frame at the top, the extremely strong handles, and the 5-point suspension feet at the bottom of the bag. Look at those leather straps and metal buckle - real strap and buckle rather than just some cosmetic show decorations.
Now imagine yourself packing a tablet, two DSLR bodies, three lenses, a speed light, and batteries in there. And then try lifting it and carrying it all day...See? The temptation to overload yourself is hard to resist.
Or you could pop out the padded bucket, throw in a stethoscope, jar of tongue depressors, bottle of laudanum, and start out a practice as a country physician.
Or you could put an enormous morning tea, lunch, thermos, and copy of the railway signals book into it and take up train driving.
Or fill it with spare cash, bookies slips, a stub pencil, and a racing form guide and start your career as a bookie. No end of temptations right there in black grained leather.
Or in other finishes to order. But the black or brown grained leather is by far the most traditional. As a traveller, you could haul everything you needed in this. If you were to wear a Homburg hat and a tweed suit it would be even better.