10-04-2004, 06:00 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,186
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From the Suspiciously Close To a Purse Department: The Man Bag Review
"A lot of you are familiar with my quest for the perfect gadget bag. Well to tell you the truth I'd settle for a bag that will carry all my stuff and passes my wife's "manly" test. You know, a bag that she won't laugh at and call my man purse. So, when I had the opportunity to review a bag called appropriately The Man Bag, I jumped. After all, if the slogan is "if it's not a Man Bag it's a purse!" it must pass my wife's manly test, right? The Man Bag is manufactured and sold on the Man Bag website. Actually the official name is the Man-n-Bag but they are known throughout as simply the Man Bag so that's what I call it. They offer several bags of different sizes but the one that interested me most was the smallest- the Axible. Strange name but, well, manly."
Unfortunately, I think that even the subtle application of a few spikes and Metallica stickers would not be sufficient to take the purse curse off of this bag. The closest I've gotten to a manly bag is a briefcase sort of thing that looks kinda like this. For trips where I need to take equipment but don't want to haul around something large, I rely on the fairly butch Podzilla. Who else here has this problem? Have you found something that works for you and passes the "Doesn't Look Like a Purse" test?
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10-04-2004, 06:08 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,734
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Can I say your Stanley Traveller does not pass the manly test either
If its not hanging around your groin (by a belt clip of course) it just cant be considered manly :twisted:
Surur
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10-04-2004, 06:08 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,329
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:rofl: The MAN bag. Is this sort of like the bro? :lol:
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10-04-2004, 06:20 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 134
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I use a WWII gas mask bag. Did not actually connect it with indy till I tried to find a picture... Damn, now its manliness went up another notch!
http://www.indygear.com/gear/bag.shtml
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10-04-2004, 06:26 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 100
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It's not a purse, it's a European Carry-all!
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10-04-2004, 06:37 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 607
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im sorry to say, but men shouldn't be using bags maaaan. stuff that sht in your pocket and get on with the getting on!
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10-04-2004, 06:42 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,186
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Surur
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It's actually not a Stanley Traveller - it's a Franklin-Covey look-alike (please excuse the crappy camera phone quality):
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10-04-2004, 06:45 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,186
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rzanology
im sorry to say, but men shouldn't be using bags maaaan. stuff that sht in your pocket and get on with the getting on!
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Sadly, while my clown pants CAN in fact accommodate a laptop, they remain inappropriate for work.
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10-04-2004, 06:56 PM
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10-04-2004, 06:59 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 42
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Yep. thats the most manly purse I've ever seen. But hey, if you are confident in your manliness you can wear anything.
Goes well with my Man-Girdle (tm), Man-Nail-Extensions (tm) and Man-Skirt (okay, the last one is a kilt and that's okay cuz I never wear it with my Man-Blouse or red paten leather high-heeled hiking/work/steel-toed Man-heels).
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