Can you recommend a nice leather messenger bag?

[sundial]

I've searched for a nice leather messenger bag but haven't found many. I've looked at Brooks Barbican and aside from that I can only find canvas with leather trim type bags. Would like to find one that is not the backpack style. Do any of you have any recommendations? Thanks in advance.

[Blueberry]

This? or This? Or even These?

ETA: Not quite sure what you mean by backpack style - so apologies if these are....

[sundial]

Muirenn, thank you for the links and I have to agree with the second messenger bag--it is a classy, timeless piece. And it looks ready for the outdoors.

Blueberry, I gave the LL Bean bag a lot of thought and was ready to order one until I read the reviews and there were several complaints about the clasps failing to keep the bag closed. So I shelved it until the design is improved. The Coach bags are just downright gorgeous and made me drool.

Levenger has several designs and decided to go with the Cambridge bag.

Thank you both for your recommendations.

[Blueberry]

Oh Levenger - nice choice! I just drooled all over my keyboard at the Essential Messenger. Lovely!

I'm saving pennies for a Pac Design Bag, though. I have lots of nice "work" bags - what I need is something that I don't have to worry about and can't destroy. One of my favorite wrenches has had one for ~4 years (and uses it - he says - as his "trunk" since he doesn't have a car). It's still in one piece....

[alice]

Like... this?
Or this?

They also have some smaller vertical messenger bags, if you look around some.

[sundial]

I received the Cambridge messenger bag and it was sooo nice. The quality and construction is excellent and the experience with the packaging and presentation was almost like that of a new Brooks saddle.