The Motivator

The Motivator is a working bag in the honest sense. It is built to be carried every day, packed full, set down without ceremony and picked up again, and it is made to look the better for all of it.

The body is cotton canvas, light and hard wearing, worked with Spanish full grain pebbled leather at the places that take the most use, the trims, the handles and the base. The pullers are cut from Spanish full grain leather. The canvas softens as it is used and the leather darkens, so the bag comes to carry the marks of your particular days. In khaki green, it is quiet, unfussy, and at home anywhere.

Everything that fastens or carries has been considered. The shoulder strap is canvas and Spanish leather together, hung on imported metalware in a brushed nickel finish with snap hooks and D-rings. The zip is YKK, the lock is metalware in the same finish, and studs along the base lift the bag clear of the ground so the canvas stays clean. A James Aston plate sits on the front, and inside the bag is lined in the James Aston Jacquard.

Inside, the bag is arranged for real work. A laptop pocket takes a sixteen inch laptop, three card slots and a mobile holder sit where you reach for them, and two pen holders hold the one you actually use. A side pocket closes on a chain for the things you would rather keep secure.

A working bag made properly, in honest canvas and Spanish leather, and meant to be kept. Crafted once, and carried for a lifetime.