Pad & Quill makes a number of the most good-looking leather-based items for the fashionable world and its Gladstone Leather Briefcase is not any completely different. This bag harkens again to the day of gentleman with a newspapers tucked beneath their arms and an ascot on their head. This bag has an air of permanence and longevity and but it’s designed for individuals with fashionable wants.
The bag includes a clean hinged prime that opens to disclose a big opening. The bag doesn’t collapse inward when it’s empty or open; it retains its form due to its sturdy construction making it straightforward to type by means of the contents. The inside is lined with a tricky herringbone material that looks like it’s going to maintain up properly.
For me, the bag is heavy. It weighs over 4 kilos and that’s so much for an empty bag. But with the burden comes confidence that it’s constructed out of sturdy leather-based.
I’ve at all times been a giant fan of Pad & Quill’s leather-based items. I reviewed one of many firm’s roll-top messenger luggage final yr and nonetheless use it. The leather-based has aged properly with mild scraps and scuffs including to the character.
This bag has a standard look due to the contrasting stitching. It may not be for everybody. It seems to be Western greater than most fashionable leather-based items. For me, I dig it because the stitches convey a way of confidence within the high quality. It seems to be the half.
Pad & Quill’s Gladstone bag has all the appropriate organizational pockets. There’s a small exterior pocket on one facet and a big, open pocket on the opposing facet. Inside there’s a padded laptop computer pocket, a zippered pocket, and several other small spots together with a number of spots for pens and pencils. This quantity of organizational is uncommon in most leather-based luggage. I’ve discovered most leather-based luggage provide only a few compartments and as an alternative look to the person to convey their very own small luggage to carry cables, cameras and the like.
This is an efficient measurement bag and capable of simply maintain a full-size laptop computer, DSLR and a lens or two. It’s thicker than a water bottle and has ample room to carry every part an individual wants for a day.
The prime is secured with a looping strap that feels a bit superficial. The hinges are robust sufficient to maintain the highest closed and the strap is a bit robust to safe. Maybe I want to make use of the bag a bit extra. Over the couple weeks I carried this bag, I by no means used this strap nor felt like the highest would unintentionally open with out it. Maybe this strap needs to be removable?
The Gladstone prices $500 (although it’s on sale for $420 at time of publication) and it feels prefer it ought to final. It’s a stunning leather-based bag that makes use of a confirmed hinged opening. The leather-based is thick and sturdy. For me, that’s a profitable mixture.
