J.W. Hulme Co. Brief Bag

Im feeling guilty now cause I think me saying i dont like the quick release caused ppl to hold back :( I do like the https://www.theleathershop.com/bag/business-briefcase-russet.html ..from the look.. sadly..my pocket is laughing at me atm >.<

{A lot of members here like to beat up on MIC products even when it's wholly undeserved, which is frustrating. If things are made in the USA, they're too expensive, but if they're less expensive they are 'crappy MIC sweatshop junk'} That's what I've been thinking while this drop is on and not a single person has joined.

Agreed, I think as I've said before I'm a bit ambivalent of the origin of manufacturing. Because, a lot of times bag brands are especially keen to market their skill, as in "fine Italian Craftsmanship", "Brilliant British Engineering" and yet.....Made in China just doesn't make any sense in the way that it directly goes against their marketing material and really sends suspicion up the spine. Despite, some of us (me included) believe that there are good shops in China that makes amazing products. (Not many, but they do exist if you find the right owner with passion to quality rather than mass produced quantity). I think on the "Description" page, you should directly link to several styleforum posts and maybe let some members do a pre-drop review of the product to tame the skeptics if this drop were to happen. An even more safe approach is wait till the 2nd Kickstarter delivers in January 2016 and let the good comments flush in. (Might need to coordinate with them to make comments public) If hundreds of individual comments on KS praising the quality doesn't eviscerate the conjecture of value derived from the bag's provenance then I don't know what will. On the other hand, if the project turns out to be a disaster, then you won't drop it. Win-win.