The British Belt Co. Langdale Weekender

May 24, 2016

All of the orders have been shipped and are now on the way to you! Once tracking is available, you will receive a confirmation email with tracking information. Please allow 24-48 hours for this information to update in the courier’s system.
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May 17, 2016

Thanks again for joining this drop! We have submitted the group's order with the vendor for the British Belt Co. Langdale Weekender and they are working hard to prepare it for shipment.
As soon as the group's order is ready at the vendor's location, they will send the bulk shipment to our warehouse in New Jersey where our warehouse team will break it up into individual orders and ship them. The current estimated ship date from our warehouse is 6/1.
We will keep the group updated throughout the fulfillment process. You can expect an update from us by the end of the day Pacific Time on 5/24.
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Jan 12, 2016

Exciting news group! We’re happy to report that all of the orders have been shipped out and are now on the way to you! Please allow 24-48 hours for tracking to get into the shipper's system and start updating.
If there’s anything else we can do to make your Massdrop experience better, feel free to contact us via “Contact Support” button in your transaction page: https://www.massdrop.com/transactions
We're also on Instagram! We'd love to see the photos of drops you've received and you can do that by following @Massdrop and tagging your pictures #massdrop. https://instagram.com/massdrop

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Jan 4, 2016

We've been in touch with the vendor and they've let us know that they are still working to gather and pack the group's order for shipment to our warehouse in New Jersey. We will continue to check in with them throughout the fulfillment process and update the group again as soon as everything is en route to us!
Thanks for your patience and expect an update from us by the end of the day Pacific Time on 1/11 or sooner if something comes up.

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Dec 28, 2015

You made it happen! We’re excited to let you all know that the drop was successful and the order has now been placed with the vendor for the British Belt Co. Langdale Weekender. As soon as they are done preparing the shipment and once we receive it at our warehouse in New Jersey we will break it down into individual orders and have them on their way to each of you! We currently expect your orders to leave our warehouse by 1/13.
Rest assured, throughout the process we’ll do our best to update you all regarding the status of your order and where it’s at along the way. Check back for an update from us by the end of the day Pacific Time on 1/4 .

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Nov 18, 2015

hmm are those the straps on the side that kinda fold the bag up in half ? Those are suppose to come off and on purpose I think, if you need extra room, you take off those straps then attach the shoulder strap on the freed up clip, but if you don't need extra room you can reattach the straps to the clip instead of the shoulder strap and just use the handles..

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sudo

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Nov 19, 2015

asdfmanAgreed. But the problem with mine is the top grain leather layers came apart, and the strap wouldn't stay fastened. Thanks MD for helping.

Nov 20, 2015

sudooh, I see what you are saying now.. looking at it again, if someone frequently switches between straps / no straps, the "slit" where the leather strap fasts on to the "stud" does seem like it would start to get "loose"

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Nov 14, 2015

wow.. Kyle from Massdrop responded to my initial customer service email literally within 10 minutes, seems like this won't be so bad after all

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sudo

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Nov 23, 2015

Came looking for closure. That's a nice replacement for the Langdale. I came within a hair's width of buying the Vermilye weekender I linked earlier, but something just wouldn't let me. FYI here is a cheat sheet of my comparisons since (unfortunately I did a terrible job of staying $200 or less):
*Vermilye weekender is on Ebay under the RJL brand for only $300 http://www.ebay.com/itm/RJL-LTD-20-Waxed-Canvas-and-Brown-Horween-Chromexcel-Duffle-Bag-/111808155700?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368
* JW Hulme manufactures duffles (some virtually the same, some slightly modified) for Allen Edmonds at a lower price (possibly just a holiday promotion) e.g. http://www.allenedmonds.com/sale/accessories/leather-goods/weekend-satchel-carry-on-bag-by-jw-hulme-exclusive-for-allen-edmonds/SF501AE.html?dwvar_SF501AE_color=501AE#start=14

$1495 versus $836.50 (there are some nice & cheaper options too including waxed canvas)
* I almost went full crazy and bought this Coronado duffle. I may still regret not getting it but it seems slightly too small for my purposes. http://lodgegoods.com/products/coronado-horween-leather-boston-bag

* but I ended up going only half crazy and buying this Korchmar duffle in a darker pull up leather and a plaid lining not shown on their site, which is slightly larger than the Coronado but probably not as over-engineered. Allen Edmonds also sells some Korchmar duffles. Got mine for $518 shipped with coupon code Holiday2015 http://www.korchmar.com/index.php?level2=catalog&level3=item_detail&item_id=764

They also make this in waxed canvas. I called Korchmar and they were reluctant to let me know which tanneries they source from, but I *think* their pull up leather is Horween Dublin (same as Coronado) based on some of the verbiage used describing this bag. They only go so far as to say texas steer hide, oil (vegetable) tanned leather... all USA made. Their Twain duffle as they continue to call it seems to have evolved for the better over the years in terms of leather and provenance, so I'm pretty interested to see what I get next week.

IanAnderson

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Nov 23, 2015

sudoNice list! I'm a big fan of TBBC Langdale at this price point, but if you're looking for something that's an upgrade from it I recommend the Ernest Alexander Bedford. It's what I use :)

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Nov 14, 2015

Well.. just got mine, and a button on the handle wrap is broken. I sent a message to Massdrop support. We'll see how things turn out I suppose...
I previously purchased the BB(elt)C's Kingston Satchel and was happy with that, and I fully understand that there is always a defect percentage for any company/product, so it's not that big of a deal to me at the moment, but just posting here in interest of full disclosure so others know of not just the good, but also the not so good part of my experiences..
Visual representation of the issue at hand:

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Hiph-fu

Nov 19, 2015

I'm on the fence. I haven't heard back from support yet either. What about you?

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