Archie's Grobags

Hey Scott is Mashton week this week or next?

wow, great improvement on the original, good work scott.

What's the price on those scott?

Nice one, I'll be after one of those sometime. Is it a name on the list affair or is there any chance of making them in between bags (not after it straight away but that list is really really long)?

Yeah that's cool, totally understand. I'll pm you sometime next month and see how things are then.

They look sweet, nice design, Scott, as always!

Makey me der phone pouch, I takey pictures... mmmmwuaahhhahha

No I will eventually. bit hassled at the moment and keep forgetting.

My pics are shite but you get the general idea. It's made of a dark and olive green with some 'gold' yellow details, the 2nd straps and insides. It's basically the 'Bill' with a couple of extra features, the flap side pocket and the flexible records/whatever cross straps you see in the bottom pictures. I carried 20 loose twelve-inches home the other day and works a treat. Scott kindly did these for no extra cost, probably as I waited for quite a while to rise to the top of the list in a year that evidently wasn't all plain sailing for Mr Grobags... Cheers Scott it's a good solution and removable too.

I opted to switch shoulders from all other bags I've ever had, as my left collarbone tends to ache with heavy loads as its been snapped once or twice. Which is weird to get the bag on and off but feels OK once the bag's all settled. I am finding the main strap is a little high up for me, but I think wearing four layers every day due to the cold may be making this worse. It's probably just cos its on my 'wrong' shoulder though, and I'll get used to it. Also the need to get the main strap fully tight before using the secondary straps is important.

So the bag's brilliant. I like the two tone straps (dark underneath and olive green on top), and Scott's attention to detail and numerous compression and extra carrying straps and stuff is amazing! And the little things like the strap folder-clips on every strap so you don't have dangly bits everywhere are excellent. Too many good things to say on here.

Cheers Mr Grobags. 531.

ooooh
looking great Skullster

i can't wait for mine!

looks longingly at Scot

Scottykins, when can I see that bag and the levers?

hugs'n'kisses,
your special friend

Hey Scott, depending on what time you are in Euston, let me know if you have time/want to catch up for a coffee as I work across the road from the station. Be great to meet the artist behind the bags, as it were. Cheers, Adam

...i'm trying out some twist locks in place of velcro on these....seems to work really nicely....and no velcro to wear out.
It also has the new attachment too...
The new annex clips are really cool...removable clips that allow you to clip the pouch on and off the bag strap really easily, with no velcro...but are removable for if you wear the pouch on your normal belt.
I can still make the pouches with velcro to wrap around the main strap on older Grobags.

Some thoughts on this.
Whilst the velcro can wear out the plastic clips can also break. 10+ years down the line who knows where either of us will be. If something wears/breaks at this point generic velcro can be replaced/stiched by anyone. A proprietry plastic clip may no longer be available or just plain awkward to source.
I guess part of your rational may be less stiching time, making the bags quicker to make and reducing the strain on your back. Which is fine, just putting an alternative viewpoint out there.

any news on the Ninjas yet scott?

+imMe got owned!

shut it emilie

That's cool scott. I guess I was thinking in general design ethos terms, I wasn't thinking phone pouch specifically just bags in general. You regularily mention little improving changes/evolutions of design. An element from one bag influencing another. Enthuse about a new buckle you've found and are trying. I can't or don't try to keep track of it all so sorry for a crossed purposes comment. It's all good and I don't doubt your desire to constantly improve the bags. You should also consider your back though surely, you have to live with it long after (hopefully) you've retired from bag making.

I look forward to getting a grobag and am fully expectant of a very long life of it. even if I one day tread on a buckle and break it :)

Interesting buckle-tech, I have major bag envy, any new on the mashtons list Scott?

So I was getting my Grobag after having it scanned by the Thingy at Dublin airport and putting all of the stuff I could fit in there, and generally being slow, and some guy taps me on the shoulder and says
" thats a damn nice bag" or words to that effect.
Me: thanks- yeah this guy makes them to order,
Him: really- whats his name...

you can see where this is going, free advertisment for you there scott, and again cheers for making a bag that is so fucking excellent.

hey Scott, any news on that batch of Ninjas yet dude?
Don't mean to hassle you, just curious.

Scott would you be able to bring a ninja and a mashton to easts tomorrow to have a look at? I'm now thinking I may swap the mashton for a ninja as i'm not sure if its big enough, since I haven't see one in the flesh yet?

Cheers dude :)

BTW scott, my plan has come together well.

See you the tuesday after next and every other tuesday after that.

Ready-made advertising copy. Off to the printers!

16 packs of jelly........

I bet that lot was just for jimbo as well!

16 packs of jelly........

hmmm?