I love my man bag – a very tasty Katherine Emtage number in Harris tweed like this:
and I’m writing an article about what guys carry in their bags for Bite magazine. I thought it’d be interesting, given the mystique we chaps traditionally cling to surrounding the contents of women’s bags.
So if you’re male and use a bag – courier bags, DJ record bags, lap-top bags, and even briefcases count – what’s in yours?
The contents of mine, by the way, include a Swiss Army knife, folding picnic cutlery (very handy at baked potato shops that give you those terrible flimsy “sporks”), Molskine notebook, pencil case with pens blotting paper and pencil, laptop… Oh, and several scrunched up receipts and a rather old Breakaway bikkie.
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Two Muji pens,two unframed Monet prints from the Impressionist Museum in Giverny,a Sony electronic Reader that I`ve hardly used cos I can`t master the downloading, a load of dihydrocodeine for my dodgy back,a short film called `Laid Off`, a Moleskine diary with drawings and writings in it from a trip to Iceland with my son Olly, a chequebook, a layout pad, two advertising briefs, two packets of seeds (wild flowers and rocket)and a letter to my Mum and Dad`s care team about my Mum and Dad. And my reading glasses. And rail tickets and documents for an advertising judging trip to Nottingham in August.
Barnes&Noble Nook ebook reader in a Jack Spade case, Sony cybershot digital camera, iPod Touch, Beats earbuds by Dr. Dre, Mini folding umbrella, flashlight, Jump drive, Moleskin notebook, Cross pen, Orbit gum, Check book, keys, Jack Black hand salve, Zippo lighter, hand sanitizer, Nintendo DSi, mini lint roller, Jack Black lip balm, Ray-Ban sunglasses, my regular glasses for driving, pocket knife, and a mini toiletry case which contains the following>toothbrush, toothpaste, mini bottle of Scope mouthwash, disposable razor, mini jack black sample of beard lube, mini shampoo, conditioner, and body wash, Advil, Tums, eye drops, and band aids. I know this is a lot of stuff to carry around but I am a full time student who commutes to school and I also work full time so I spend little time at home. It is nice to have some of the comforts of home with you at all times just incase I have to crash overnight at a friends house/dorm(happens often).
I bought my messenger bag because I saw Jim Helpert in the office tv show (US). It’s nice and spacious. I could go around wearing it in ANY outfit. I mean any. I could go formal with a suit or go casual and it even goes well with shorts!
My bag is not a fancy one. It’s a backpack. Not sure if it qualifies. What’s more, the contents give no great insight into me, or how you should pack a bag. I should be dragging half of this around.
FRONT POCKET:
Sunglasses (in their ballistic nylon protective pouch)
Earbud headphones(again, safely in their little bag)
Wallet
Phone
Keys
Loose change
Paw Paw cream (it’s winter as I write)
Bonjela (couldn’t tell whether my lips were cracking or I was getting a mouth ulcer)
Screwed up piece of tissue paper.
MAIN COMPARTMENT:
Umbrella
Plastic folder full of admin stuff that I haven’t attended to, inside another plastic bag in case it rains.
Waterproof bag containing hard drive, pencil case and notebook.
Spare waterproof bag (those rinky dink ones you get from the camping shops)
2 x Hats (forgot that the first one was packed)
Spare jumper
Jacket (it is cold)
Product brochure for some sound equipment I’m unlikely to ever buy (NEXO PS2 system in case you’re interested)
Mandarin pip (x2).
I think my wife sent me this link because of my bag obsession.
Well my Jack Spade has recently been updated, my previous messenger dated real well (and is always a back up!), but now I’m on a newer version… contents as follows:
Jason Oh wallet (http://www.rawdice.co.uk/images/products/johorange80y356vni.jpg) – for train ticket, oyster card, business card and key credit card (fits in front jean pocket so better than full wallet)
Full Jack Spade wallet (how many receipts!)
Taxi receipts
Council tax bill (unpaid…ooops)
Very cool notebook from Magma in Holborn (seriously cool bookshop/magazines/comics)
Wired magazine
iPad
iPhone (yes I’m a Mac man!)
Cables (gadget for sharing headphones on a device, headphones, unknown cable)
Keys
Duller pen, pencil, disposable fountain pen
Coins… 50p £2, 10p, 2p, 1p (why do we still have anything under 20p is a mystery to me)
Anti-histamine, nasal spray, eye drops… it’s hayfever season
Tissues!
Glasses
Sunglasses
… and the only reason its only this lot is cos I just emptied it of trash!
And now the good news… I’m such a Jack fan I can tell you they are now supplied by http://www.rawdice.co.uk
David
http://www.rawdice.co.uk
Jack bags
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Favourite Jack bag…
http://www.rawdice.co.uk/index.php?rewrite=product&id=75
(beautiful interior, IPhone fits in outside compartment, fits full laptop, plus ton of papers — for business it’s still cool)
Jack accessories
http://www.rawdice.co.uk/index.php?rewrite=category&catid=9