I’ve seen Freitag bags before. They’re pretty expensive, but if I had a job/lifestyle/home that allowed me to ride a bicycle to work, I’d probably buy one. They look unique and genuine because they’re made out of recycled truck tarpaulins, seatbelts, and other heavy hardware. They make many different models, all unique.
Taking a break between katakana practice sessions, I browsed their website and found their incredible “design your own Freitag messenger bag” applet.” (to pick it, select the “F-Cut” option on the left menu of their main page). It’s really well done. You choose from the current available tarpaulins and select exactly from where on which tarpaulin you want each of the five component pieces cut from. It’s really quite neat. The tarpaulins seem to change slowly over time. When I was looking most tarpaulins seem to have been sliced up pretty badly already.
The only suggestion I’d make would be a way to save selections. Of course you run the risk of having some of the sections taken by others who already paid for their bag, but it would allow you to think about and refine them.
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The example tarp on F-cut is Johnson Controls, they are a subcontractor in DC specializing in Controls!