Bags fall somewhere between shoes and jeans in the minds of most men. You probably own far more than you could ever hope to wear – definitely more than you could ever need – but that doesn’t stop you from constantly adding to the collection. Even though we tell our kids (or will someday) that we don’t play favorites, we do. There’s always one bag, one pair of shoes, one pair of jeans that’s the go-to in a pinch. Our newest favorite bag is the Hlaska Caliper Briefcase because it’s Teflon coated acrylic with a nylon liner and Italian leather details. Capable of storing a 15″ laptop (in an internal sleeve pocket) and countless important briefs, it means business… casually.
We have one large Hlaska Caliper Briefcase that we would like to put in the hands of a special individual. Leave a comment below about the types of things you’re going to store in it (notes, laptops, briefs, etc.) and the most creative comment wins the $225 briefcase for free thanks to Hlaska and Cool Material. We’ll choose a winner June 3. Good Luck!
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Oh man, I basically live out of my beat up North Face backpack…an upgrade would be killer, especially being on the interview circuit & back in school. I always leave my bag at reception when I arrive for a meeting, and fumble around with everything I bring in, because it embarrasses me.
I would keep my IPad with me, noise canceling headphones (for the train), and my study guides and practice tests (going for my masters).
Of course, I would also keep on hand the essentials: a notepad, glasses case, emergency mints, Excedrin, a comb, pens, and a handkerchief.
Good Luck to all who enter, and thank you for bringing this opportunity forward.
I’d use them to carry around all of my stylish briefs. That way when the ladies ask, “Boxers or briefs?”, I could just pop that sucker open and show them my tighty whities. That’s what a briefcase is used for after all, right?
Two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of uppers, downers, laughers, screamers… Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that I needed all that for one trip, but once you get into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can.
What I would do with this briefcase is simple. I would move out of my apartment, and move into this stylish yet roomy case. The Teflon-coated exterior would protect me from the elements, while the Internal sleeve pocket and nylon liner will keep me cool and comfortable. And the Solution-dyed Acrylic body (not to mention the 100% Italian leather details) sure won’t hurt my curb appeal.
Please select me so I may live the life that some can only dream of.
When I have the Caliper, I’m going to store my portfolio and resume in it and hopely it will give me the best entrence ever!
Basically, I am in need of a serious upgrade for my secure documents. Sure, I need storage that’s as cool as the precious MacBook inside, but mostly I need to keep some things hidden. The plans for the Death Star must not fall into the wrong hands. Not to mention, I am slightly paranoid about misplacing my Grail Diary. Most of all, I have secured copies of Bin Laden’s favorite adult magazines and I hear Seal Team 6 is on the lookout for them.
Whoops, I’ve said too much. Thanks for reading!
Nice looking bag! I’d use it to replace my old Banana Republic messenger bag. I’m a federal employee so I’ll use it to carry my dignity as our wages and benefits continue to be stripped away. At least I could take it to work, good luck to those job hunting.
SInce it’s the shoes that make a man, I’ll go barefoot and carry my shoes in it.
Eye drops so my eyes aren’t all bloodshot if I get pulled over!!!!! oh and my Top Secret documents!
business cards & fried chicken
I’d carry something golden and shinny that would make you all stare in shock if you were to ever see it… casually. But, seriously, me and my various projects building plans and plots would much more stylishly find our way to the workshop.
I would carry my iPad, headphones and sandals while I’m strolling on the beach casually doing my business.
I would carry my 10 week mini French bulldog, Pierre, a yo-yo to practice for the world championship, magic the gathering cards to battle against any possible players on the train. I would also carry lunchables when I get cranky and need a little snack. A TI-83 Plus to play all of the sweet games I downloaded to play when I’m in my business calculus class. And of course and most importantly, to carry all my hopes and dreams.
My political career.
I need a job!!! Hopefully the briefcase will show a possible employer that I am serious.
ipad, moleskine notebooks, books, magazines, endless things to carry!
I’d store my chef’s knives in here, but that’s not at all cool, so I would go one step further and place all my recipes in with them.
If I could make it float next to me, I would.
I would carry my netbook, zune, a moleskin notebook, lockpick set, and of course my portable kill room. Need the netbook to check coolmaterial during the down times, need the zune so I can listen to “Stuck in the Middle with You”, notebook to scribble important notes. Lockpick set to break in, and portable kill room, so I don’t get my briefcase messy.
I would carry my University papers, hopefully an iPad, documents and my secret superhero costume. Nothing abnormal.
The Secret to My Success
1) Sexy lingerie for my girlfriend
Moleskin journal
2) my new tablet pc
3) Cien años de soledad, yup in Spanish dudes!
4) my daily bagel, properly wrapped of course
5) an extra automatic watch, in a protective watch taco of course
6) a mini toiletries kit (including tongue scrapper
7) Klipsch earbuds in aluminum case
9) Disposable Pilot Varsity blue ink fountain pen
10) Anything else that finds its way into it
What would I store in this bag? Absolutely nothing. I would just carry it around to add to my (already formidable) mystique.
(Okay, seriously though… my iPad would probably hitch a ride in it every now and then.)
Some cigars, a bit of rum, and a whole lot of whisky. I attend meetings Mad Men style.
As the fashionable blogger that I am, working from home can be lonely… Many times I find myself going to a coffee joint with lots of people, that’s where I find my motivation and love the energy. The Hlaska briefcase would be the perfect accessory to carry my Macbook pro, it’s high time for a new bag! My old vegan leather laptop bag is going to piece! And who would let a fashion blogger exploring the city like that?
Urban survival kit: laptop, vodka, soda water, cigar, matches, headphones.
One more year of school for me. It’s about time my carrying case migrates from the childhood place on my back to the gentlemanly spot between belt and shoes. Time to grow up and this is an excellent starting point!
My Phone: http://news.cnet.com/i/bto/20081013/motorola-first_cell_phone.jpg
My Shades for my Shades: http://www.eyewearexpress.com/pics/solarshield_darkgrey.jpg
My Timekeeper & Apps: http://images.mylot.com/userImages/images/postphotos/1981825.jpg
My Mobile Gaming Device: http://www-bgr-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/NES-PowerGlove.jpeg
& over my shoulder is a Casio Keytar – Always
Being a US Holiday this weekend – Memorial Day – I will carry my Fathers Military Funeral Flag folded to perfection courtesy of the US Air Force in my case.
It looks like the perfect size to carry my gun and silencer for those unexpected business trips…lol. And my Ipad of course for keeping in touch with things.
sandwiches, only sandwiches.
This would be freeway for my class and office work. I’d be carrying around my laptop, tablet, notebooks and countless papers or projects. Most for studying or practicing Social Work.
I would store my knives,
I would attempt to court a librarian with my best friend and ask her to the dance. She would reply she knows neither of us, then ask her if she would like to know us at the dance and then she gets to choose either of us at the dance. She would agree, then ask whats in the briefcase. We shall reply tacos and offer her one. When she declines we will be relieved because we really wanted to eat the tacos.
This is how it will play out.
My phone: Motorola DynaTAC Brick
Eye ware: Solarshields shades for my shades
Apps: Casio Calculator Watch
Mobile Gaming: NES Power Glove
& Attached strap from my Casio Keytar
i think something as nice as that, you have to go with the Pulp Fiction way and store your soul in it
Well here it goes:
Namiki vanishing point fountain pen
Pentel graphigear 1000 drafting pencils .03-.09
Whitelines dot notebook
iPad
Aspirin, bandaids, neosporin, tweezers- in grandfathers military first aid belt pack
Mini tac tanto neck knife
Mini screwdriver,Lighter, wd40 pen, small vise grip- in countycomm pocket organizer
Recent metropolis magazine
…if it all fits.
Thanks
my lunch – i alwways forget it and end up spending way too much downtown. having this briefcase i don’t think i would ever forget it. most likely i would forget my keys then. i’m screwed.
Teflon coated…. I would be carrying breakfast lunch and dinner in.
Definitely a laptop – probably my Zune (yes a ZUNE!) various school related things, and maybe some steampunk items
I’d use it for my Emergency Radio Go kit. I’d store my Icom ID880, and acer netbook. so I could just grab and go,
Im going to use it for my ipad, study material for school, newest drug news so I can save lives and all my statements from my school loans that go into effect real real soon.
Magnum condoms, a mouse in tupperware, and a cobra. That way I could go around showing people how a snake eats a mouse. I would put the condoms over the cobra’s head so I could keep reusing the same mouse.
I would keep all my important papers in there like the first STD test I had that came back negative, and box of crayons so I can sketch out my designs for a new type of internet. Some sour patch kids and a couple of capri sun juice pouches.
And my iPhone & iPad.
documents, just documents
There are numerous times when I just can’t carry my army camo backpack to the nicer functions, hence, the need to transport my laptop, .45 stainless Kimber, a couple of extra mags, American Express card and some needed documents. Yet, I certainly don’t wish to attract undo attention so I try to stuff the stuff into a brief case that has seen better times and years. This Hlaska is just the ticket to a class act with the functionality required!
One set of underwear and socks. One pair pants and shirt. Pair of slip-on shoes.
Duct tape, rope, Polaroid camera and a PB&J sandwich. Work makes me hungry.
I would keep things like anti venom for Richard, the STD tests that didn’t’ come back negative for Demetrius, forks and spoons for Jonathan, makeup to cover up the resulting bruise that steeeve is goign to get by being slapped upside the head, Kryptonite for Dan, etc.
I’m pretty sure I would carry my mind in it, otherwise I keep losing it. I would have gone with virginity, but that ship sailed a long time ago. Any remaining room, and there would be plenty, would be filled with the necessities of life, wine, women, and song.
EKG calipers (of course), stethoscope, LED flashlight, IV fluids kit, intubation equipment. The Hlaska Emergency Response Calipers (HERC), ready to save some lives.
MacBook Pro
Wacom
iPhone
Moleskine
I will most likely print out every single page of your website and store the hard copies in my brand new briefcase. It’s not very green, but when you look that good, it doesn’t really matter.
Just like the brief case that Marsellus Wallace sought out in Pulp Fiction, I would create a mystique around the Hlaska Caliper Briefcase. I would carry it around with me everywhere I go and look inside it everyonce in a while. When people ask me what’s in it, I would politely shrug and change topics so as to build up the mysterious aura. Ultimately people are going to want to look inside and find out for themselves what I carry inside the briefcase and when they go to take a look, they will find something that will blow their minds! It will be a
What I would keep in my new Hlaska briefcase: A “Brief” Essay
A scientist like myself is constantly awash in scholarly papers about the latest advances in human cloning, viral engineering, Asian robot cheerleader death squads, and the like. Its hard to find a suitable container for these kinds of things; the softcase that came with my netbook allows them to flex too much and get crumpled. A hardcase would be ideal. Aside from that, I’d certainly carry my netbook in it, which has all the most recent episodes of South Park and Game of Thrones on it (utterly necessary, of course). Beyond that, a sandwich seems like it would fit nicely in there, although segregated from the aforementioned cheerleader robot papers by a plastic baggie. And to top it all off, my lucky original vinyl pressing of Zep’s Houses of the Holy.
That and maybe an emergency mini cologne bottle.
A midget juggler…for when those pitches don’t go well I can distract them with Tiny Tom (that would be his name obviously…)
Party poppers. Just to get the point across that I showed up…to party.
Awesome new baby bag for a soon to be new daddy. Does it have good ventilation for the baby?
I’d store my current briefcase in that briefcase
I would store my Ipad and other cool material to help me on interview for job search
This is exactly what I need. I like to dress well on the weekends when I’m with friends since I’m usually much more dressed down on the weekdays during work. I spend most weeks performing here in Jersey as a clown. Taking a bag full of clown costume pieces on the bus to and from work every day is rather awkward in the see-through bag I currently use. I want to rock the “classy guy” look to and from work, when my pink pants are safely folded away. It’s a nice contrasts to my usual style when the makeup’s on.
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In August I am going on a 30 day cruise that will include stops in Scandanavia, Russia, Estonia, and Iceland. I’d like to use this bag to hold my laptop and accessories which I plan to carry off the ship at each port as I head off to a local internet cafe at each port to read email, pay bills, etc.
Looks like a great bag. Don’t know if it could replace my Army issue 3 day pack. Guess when I will have to upgrade when I retire.
I’ll keep my cool in it ~:0)
My laptop, a section of my portfolio, a nail file, and a drawing pad with pencils and crayons… lol
my past lol
I would store be able store all sorts of things! Such as my Sharkie, my write in the rain notepad, my flashlight, and all my other great tactical gear. I want to turn that business briefcase into a tactical “business” briefcase. Great idea……I know!
I’d carry my future in it. A bag can make a day, an outfit or a career – you’ve got to trust it like a good suit or a pair of shoes. I want to carry my hopes, keep everything in place.
Look nice, I could fit several ounces of the chronic in here.
I steal a memento from the office of every executive I interview with. Pen, photograph, mini globe, etc. So those.
I’ll just put my macbook pro in it. The bag is just perfect, it doesn’t really need to carry more.
I’m going to put my Mac Pro, notepad, pens, My awesome disc player….Oh wait.
Being a perfectly dressed New Yorker, I would simply keep my current issue of NY Mag, two pens and a list of hook ups along with my passport.
What would i store in my new Hlaska Caliper Briefcase? Conversation! I’d walk into nightclubs and bars and discotechs with this beaut and use it as a conversation piece. Amazing.
I’ve got a laptop, moleskine and a bunch of pens that need a new home. Sometimes my lunch needs carrying around too!
It looks great. I would keep my iBook and comic book pages I need to write dialogue for in it. It beats the pants off the old Samsonite briefcase I received as a graduation present.
Art. And not just any art but art that I have created with 50 years of experience backing up every stoke of the pen (that’s right, I’m a pen & ink guy). The case would make people sit up and know for certain that some truly special was coming their way and they would not be disappointed. Then I would lean back and watch the magic be reflected on their face as they beheld the fruits of my labors and deep dark, dark, dark recesses of my imagination that has seen the best minds of my generation fucked over by the man again and again.
ill take out all my money from my bank and put it in my new Hlaska Caliper Briefcase you know you have to be careful this days,and i think it will suit well in it .
I would pack all my effects pedals, cables, extra picks, strings and misc. items for my bass guitar.
I am a US Marine on a deployment in Afghanistan, I am also a reverend in the Church of Ladder-Day Dude, and I am setting up a weekly study group for me and some of the other Dudeists here on the FOB we are stationed at. I will need something to carry around my books on Dudeism, Buddhism, Taoism, and other bits of religion and philosophy that coincide with the way of The Dude. I will also use the laptop compartment to store my computer so I may be ably to bring it to the study group and screen clips from The Big Lebowski. I know that this brief case is the right one for the job because it is a very nice looking Italian leather brief case so we will be taken seriously, and it also has a very casual look to it so we can keep to our Dudeist way of life. Thanks and taker’ easy man.
My someday collection of “Hey pal, one car per space, if you want to keep it your car new.” signs.
Get some new ream of papers and place it inside to seem like I am important.
Lots of pens!!!
mos def my laptop!!
I’m not going to keep anything unusual in my winning Hlaska Caliper Briefcase though, like all of my valued possessions, I will spread some of my dead mother’s ashes inside. I will honor her memory and treat my new briefcase with the sacredness of my lost loved one.
I have been going to different clubs and taverns trying to get my band “Blue Tonic” some gigs. I have been carrying press kits, demos, flyers, etc. in a large manila envelope due to the fact that I don’t have a brief case at the present. I’ll bet that if I went strollin’ into a club carrying the Hlaska briefcase, it would give me a bit more of an edge. First impressions are everything!
I tweeted my love for this bag on Jan 8.
http://twitter.com/#!/chadgardner/status/23883542387761152
What would I store in it? I would print out every Cool Material post for 2011 and carry them around with me.
I need it very bad….Marvellous
i sell janitor supplies. Blow them away with a case like this cause they wouldn’t expect a classy case from me.
mj
I have many leather bound books that smell of mahogany that I need to transport from A to B safely. I also one day hope to own a monkey and this would also be fantastic for transporting the aforementioned simian.
So, I have been searching months for ways to convince my wife that I NEED and iPad…she’s been hassling me for months to sport one of those “cute” man bags. Hmm. Does this thing come with a protective compartment that would house a new 10inch “magical” device?
This would be great for my day to day life. I would be carrying my 13 inch Macbook Pro along with a my design book(I study engineering) along with my drawing pencils, a Japanese magazine called Garage Life, a Yoyo to practice with so I no longer need it in my pocket, and a Whatchamacallit chocolate bar that I would always eat. All of those practically on a daily basis.
I will place nothing in the very roomy Hlaska Caliper Briefcase except for a single pack of Marlboro Lights from home going to the office in the morning. But it will be loaded with at least 2 reams of A4 bond paper, a masking tape, a couple of pencils, a couple of permanent markers, some paper clips, and other small “free” office supplies when it’s time to go home. The Marlboro is for the guard on duty
My breakfast. Most important meal of the day. It’s teflon coated right?
I’m going to store my memories. The teflon will come in handy as my past has yielded quite a few “teflon” moments!!!!
If I told you, I’d have to kill you.
Seriously.
okay,
1 liter of gasoline oil premix (50:1)
10mm wrench & socket
spare bulbs
chain
spark plugs
carb jets
starting fluid
and for when all this still does not work, and I look a fool on the side of the road with a 30 year old moped:
a flask of bourbon and a smoke.
This could be my new bug out bag. With all the tornadoes and floods around these days never know when you’ll have to grab your survival stuff and go. Nothing like surviving in style.
my dad is my muse and he loves me more than i can possible hope to love myself.
unfortunately he has been in and out of jobs and could never afford anything nice for himself. but he never spared an expense on raising me and sending me to college.
i have no idea what i would put in a hlaska caliper briefcase if i won it, but i know that my dad would love it and make better use of it than me.
cheers.
want
You know all the classics :Swiss army knife, stick of gum, duck tape, misc. household chemicals, length of rope, zombie survival guide, flint and steal, one band-aid, 1,000G’s just in case, the old head lamp, maybe a hatchet, for sure a nice 12 inch blade, possible something to double tap with, and a Twix! That should just about cover any little thing that comes up around town, and with a case like that we would leave a great impression. No matter how brief.
Individual sachets of ketchup. It’s fancier, trust me.
So, I have spent the past few months thinking of creative ways to convince my wife that I NEED an iPad…she’s been hassling me for months to sport one of those “cute” man bags. Does this thing come with a protective inner compartment that would house a new 10-inch “magical” device?
This is a bag I need, as I’m using a generic bag right now. Most definitely carry 15″ of pure aluminum (MBP) and all things needed to meet clients in style. This is the “bag”!
Its hard working for Ozzy, he leaves the heads of small animals all around the office. This will help me clean and also sneak out the treasures so I can sell them on ebay
Its embarrassing carrying around this fucking lightsaber on my belt…
The contents of my Hlaska Caliper Briefcase wouldnt be much, certainly nothing noteworthy, maybe an apple, the odd pen or two, a hastily doodled napkin cartoon drawn whilst waiting for someone at a bar. I mean, with a case this good, who cares whats inside, its all about the exterior – the look. Oh yeah, add to the list of carried goods. My vanity.
Laptop, Irish whistle, and a pork sammich. ^_^
Just the kind of casual briefcase to sport my next St. Tropez trip casual outfits like Lighter-than-air Z Zegna Jacket, Dsquared jeans, Salvatore Ferragamo riviera T-shirt and Ferré mocassin or Etro Blazer, Gstar Chinos, Bottega shirt and my favourite Esprit flip flops. Taking Hlaska along to my business lunch and straight afterwards ditching the blazer in my car and stepping aboard my partner’s cruiser for some leisure time and views.. while still having everything I need close at hand… but then, stylishly versatile!
laptop, notes
Blackjack gum, a ten dollar roll of quarters, my dogeared copy of “Put ‘Em Down, Take ‘Em Out!: Knife Fighting Techniques From Folsom Prison”, spyderco gentleman cricket knife, and my lucky Krugerrand.
I would store happiness in it:
Large sketchbook, pencil, and Sharpie.
I’ll use the briefcase for the businnes I’m strying to start : custom website design and development.
I would store sketchbook, my laptop, my agenda and pencils in it.
Thanks
I’m going to start my business of selling goldfish in ziplock bags. I need a discreet yet stylish bag to do this so that I look as reputable as a guy selling goldfish in ziplock bags out of a stylish and discreet bag can look.
Urban style kit:
Laptop
Shades
Charger(s)
Glasses Case
Gum
Moleskine journal (NICE!)
Notepad
Sharpie Pens
And my man badge!
I’d put another briefcase inside this briefcase because that’s how I roll.
But really, just sit right there and let me tell you how I became the owner of a new briefcase.
In West San Francisco born and raised, in the classroom is where I spent most of my days.
Chilling out, maxing, and working all shrewd,
Opened my old briefcase where I be keeping my food,
When I opened my briefcase I misunderstood,
The hinges gave me trouble and was made of wood,
I pushed a little hard and I got scared,
I knew I was going to break my old briefcase right here.
Now my briefcase broke and thought of what I kept in it
some essays, a computer, and a catchers mitt,
if anything i could say that this briefcase was important
but i thought nah, forget it
I’ll just get a Hlaska Caliper Briefcase grant
Now i see this new briefcase with a nylon liner
and i thought to the old one, yo brief see ya later
I looked at my Hlaska it was finally real
I won my new briefcase from Cool Material.
-Jason
The only thing a man about town like myself needs, bacon!
I would take field gear for work as a botanist. And store samples and notes inside.
hundred grand, rainbows, a dozen or so bears, fish from sweden, and eggs. (100 grand, skittles, gummy bears, swedish fish, creme eggs)
Since when I win I won’t have to use my cash to buy one I will just use it to keep all my money in it. Sure, $225 won’t stress the seams or tear any holes but I don’t plan to walk around with a few silly paper bills. With handles like that, I can carry some weight and I plan to walk around with my $225 in straight up Thai Baht. As or right now, $225 converts to 6831.00 Baht and, according to my estimates, would fit perfectly into my sweet new Hlaska Caliper Briefcase. But not for long because I’d definitely be carrying that briefcase full of Baht up to the stadium and make it rain like a bauce all over the peasant people. Then when they get pissed from all the change hitting them in the head I can use my now empty and light Hlaska Caliper Briefcase to beat those silly ungrateful peasants off me until I can escape in my black hawk helicopter (to be won soon in some other contest I’m sure).
The economy needs me to make it rain people.
The answer: I would carry my everyday motivation in it, because having a briefcase like this would motivate me to be far better than anyone in my class like my bag in its own. And if I’ve got some more space I’d throw in a map of the USA, to find you, and Hlaska to say thank you personally for this wonderful gift. Oh, and a nice english grammar book, because as you may noticed I’m a “foreigner” (Sadly, not the member of the band…never mind, I’ve got my own super-awesome-but-waiting-to-be-discovered kind of band, but we’re undiscovered so far…) and I have language difficulties (sometimes).
(The not-so-creative answer: Besides all of the above mentioned I would carry my laptop, a Moleskine, some paper, keys, wallet, my iPod and of course pens and pencils in it. And as I am a law student, I will carry some code in it too for my lessons. Of course not the huge ones from the library, because I don’t want to ruin this bags perfect form, though it might be a nice workout.)
I want to amend my previous entry: You know, it’s funny, because I’ve found one of my earlier concepts (i.e: clumsy drawing) of a laptop bag. I uploaded it for you. It’s strange, that it looks so similar to this one, hence I have to win. I had a vision in march!
So here you are: http://www.flickr.com/photos/danieltoth/sets/72157626823647724/
This is the suitcase which will be holding both my super hero suit, my business suit and my party suit. Because i mean business, but i want to look good, i mean i want to be formal, but i’m here to party.
I need a new case for my Luger P08. This should suit.
Documents, cigs, flask,alter ego and crackers….WHAT ELSE.
Lighter
Pen(knife)
Moleskin notebook
8mm Microfilm
Picture of Eva Green
Silenced PP7
I travel light.
I would put all of the latest Pop Detective Records artists CD’s in this case….waiting for that big break!
Just what I need for my internship!
Man it is time to upgrade the college timbuktu and this classy case would hide the fact that I still carry a balogna sandwich for lunch. Plus being an ER doc the teflon will help for blood and vomit accidents!
A friend of mine rescued a young crow from certain death after he fell out of a tree. He goes everywhere I go and doesn’t care much for sunlight, therefore I think he wouldn’t mind being transported in style along with my 15″ laptop, Buck Ranger 112 knife (I’ve never used it but it’s my most important possession), Bertrand Russell’s “History of Western Philosophy” and sack of bird food. Sounds pretty odd, but it’s very true!
Correction: my friend didn’t fall out of a tree, I meant the crow.
This would be great for my job! I’m a consultant working with electronic health records software training doctors and nurses how to use it. I always have to carry a bunch of papers, my laptop, reference material, pens, pencils, my laser pointer (I am a trainer, after all!), a webcam (to talk to the family when I’m on the road), even my lunch for those long days of training. I have a backpack that seems to be exploding in slow motion, so a new bag would be awesome!
I would carry my school work and textbooks but in style
Definitely my laptop, my paper notepad, and pens! So many pens and sharpies…
i would love to have something, that was this something
after work i would empty out all my office stuff. head to my fav pizza place and get pizza squared off and then have the ‘ poshest pizza pouch ” to carry home.
thanks
15″ Macbook
Ipod
1TB external HDD
sketch books
My fleece and crocks – I’ll need something pretty good to counter that style faux pas…
Just things, some important some not. If they are necessary if they not, they will be there. Just things of all sort I carry.
My CR-48 laptop
$9,000 in small non-sequential bills
Moon rocks
Heckler & Koch MP5 (for protection)
Change of underwear
A copy of Oprah’s latest book
I will put nothing in the briefcase.
No, instead I will invite the briefcase to become a part of our family. We will raise it as one of our own. It will join us on picnics, on family vacations, at the dinner table. I will purchase a car-seat for it to ride in (as it is clearly under the recommended 80lbs to use an adult seatbelt).
On flights I will purchase it its own seat so as to spare it the humiliation of being stuffed under a seat or *shudder* crammed into an overhead bin.
I will teach it my interests, my habits, my idiosyncrasies, my preferred volume settings (Radiohead on 7, Lady Gaga on 11) and my taste in shellfish (more mussely, less oystery).
I will shelter it from the taunts of over-compensating “European carry-alls” and the envious pleas from French-Canadian wallets to “just carry me around for a little while, man.”
Eventually, the briefcase and I will become close enough that my wife begins to suspect my faithfulness.
No, I will put nothing in this briefcase.
Because after all of this, it will know me well enough to understand exactly what I need . . . and to bring it along for me.
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Taking this off to college will give me some serious cred.
Id put my notebooks, laptop, and various chargers/cords.
Also Id hook up an array of LEDs that give off a golden glow whenever you open it, reminiscent of Pulp Fiction.
“The nice guy never wins” The Caliper will carry my bribe materials for any situation:
50 yard, court floor, home plate, or glass seats for any major sport
2 Stacks of $20s (see: Tom Chiarella)
Chocolate and Yogurt (for bribes involving women)
Drums Sticks – with limited success from previous items, “I’m in the Band” works for any situation
I would carry all the pretentious hipster things I need to hit on women. A moleskine notebook full of all my deep thoughts and stumbling poetry, sketch pads of my terrible drawings to show them how tortured I am. Finally I would keep my Macbook/iPad/Apple product on top to show that my parents give me enough money to stay this hip. This briefcase would really tie it all together.
I’d only keep the necessities in it like,some condoms, beef jerky,an M.R.E., a current issue of Playboy, extra pair of underwear, chop sticks, flask full of some 21 year old Chivas Regal, a couple Cohiba Behikes and an iPad. I don’t think there is anything else a gent needs to carry with him.
Oh my goodness!! I travel SO much and having a killer briefcase like that would be the best!
I would use it to store and carry:
H IGHLIGHTERS
L IPSTICK
A PPLES
S UNSCREEN
K EYS
A NTACAID
C AMERA
A NTIPERSPIRENT
L ETTER OPENER
I PHONE
P ENS
E RASERS
R AZORS
Here is what I truthfully put in my bag
Cellphone (Iphone 3gs, fuck yea)
Spyderco UKPK (It’s sharp as Sean Connery and it’s classy)
Wallet (Nothing special, just holds my thousand dollar bills)
Small person (It’s one of those things that you think “How did I ever get around before I had a small person”)
Zippo ( It’s just badass)
Laptop (Macbook 13 inch. Without it, how the hell else would I write this)
Mickey mouse gloves ( I got those when I was 11 years old and everyone was like, “Those are so amazing, actually, your so amazing”.)
Wits (Not exactly something I can hold in this bag but the bag only strengthens it)
#it’s great to see the coming back of some brilliant American products# ipad.for.cool.material.updates.gq.fashion.wallpaper.ultimate.ears.headphone.iphone.montblanc.pen.macs.notebook.
Things I’d put in
1) Duct Tape
2) WD-40
Application:
1) Problem: Things that don’t stick but are supposed to.
2) Problem: Things that stick but aren’t supposed to.
Problem solved.
Bonus: Extra badassery from toting a Hlaska Caliper briefcase.
Dude laptop, papers and shit. Will a 30 rack fit in it? Either way I want it
The laptop, and of course, the legal briefs (literally).
If you’ve seen Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas then you will know that once you get locked into a serious collection, and you’ve pushed it pretty much as far as you can, you need something nice to store it all in. That’s what i’d put in there anyway.
The new swag I’ll have once I get this thing.
Let’s be honest here, I don’t have anything important to put into such a kickass briefcase. But, I could use it to carry around my bills and any other important documents that I usually leave at home and end up paying late. So in actuality this briefcase can make me a more organized person and while doing this making me more wealthy because I won’t pay so many late charge.
Come on guys!!! Change my life and make me rich!!!
I would put my work laptop in there, 2 notebooks, 4 folders, 4 pens, my charger and an ethernet cable, some sunflower seeds, and a book.
i would all the hopes and dreams of a downtrodden people in that briefcase. Then i would take it with on my adventures around the world. And each day, person by person, i would make those dreams a reality. You see, to you it may just be a very cool, hip little briefcase, but to me, it’s a world changing container of possibilities.
That is all.
This looks perfect for my macbook pro, and my other EDC items like knife, flashilght, bandana, etc….
David Bowie’s collection of crystal balls from the movie Labyrinth in order to seduce a young Jennifer Connelly and some big league chew.
I want this. It would be great for holding the machete that I won a while back.
A copy of the Anarchist’s Cookbook, because the best way to bring down a system is from the inside.
This is SO stylish and cool!
This would suite an budding architect like myself!! whipping out drawings from this case sure will instil some uber confidence in the client and should surely let me rein free of all design limitations they once thought they would imply, resulting in architecture that will hopefully match the sleek classiness this case implies!!
I would carry a noteslate, Lamy fountain pen, faber castell pencil, note book, Opinel no.10 and a 4Sevens flashlight!
This is a veryyyy coool briefcase!!
I don’t normally carry a briefcase, but when I do its a Hlaska Caliper and I fill it with hundred dollar bills and hot pockets.
i would carry my girlfriend’s purse, but now secretively and with style.
I’d travel back in time with it
I’m not going to put anything inside so that I’ll have all the space in it to bag the overflowing looks of envy and compliments of style.
a knife, a zippo lighter, and my chapstick. back up sweater and book will also be included
My 15 inch laptop needs a home.
Graduating from college on Thursday so will be in need of a good briefcase as I enter the job market. Would carry all the usual stuff for work (hopefully) + my EDC.
Porn. Lots and lots of porn.
I totally thought you guys had meant boxer briefs and got confused.
1. Club sandwich
2. Two garbage bags
3. A ball of string
4. Duct Tape
5. Bottle of water
6. Tarp
7. Extra socks and tie
8. Knife
Everything you need to survive a night anywhere and everywhere – be it stuck in an elevator or a night in the woods.
iPad, textbooks, leuchtturm
I’m in physician assistant school and I would be carrying a laptop, assorted school stuff, stethoscope, ophthalmoscope, otoscope, reflex hammer, tuning fork, and other medical instruments. I really want this briefcase to make me the most stylish and professional PA student in the hospital.
Could need something like this for my classworks!
A series of smaller and smaller nesting briefcases. In the tiniest, I shall keep a solitary Tic Tac.
The Codes – of which I cannot elaborate and you cannot know. Just know that the codes will be carried in that briefcase. And possibly a bottle of whiskey for afterwards.
My iPad and a midget,of course
Cause It would make me look awesome!
I would probably keep a refrigerator in this briefcase. Perhaps a microwave as well.
Or maybe I’ll just keep papers for work.
Limbs
My mastercrafts need a worthy vehicle.
The real question is: what wouldn’t I carry?
I run an event here in Denver called the Spelling Bee(r) and I have an old beat up briefcase that I use to put my pro audio equipment so I would use this bag to store my 4 channel mixer and cables to my speakers instead of my old beat up briefcase.
1. My Portfolio with job applications(I need a job so if I can get that instead that would be awesome).
2. A picture of the one that got away to remind how high the bar is set for all the other women I come across.
3. Cuban Cigars. You cant celebrate getting the job because of your new hlaska briefcase any other way.
I’d make it glow from the inside, and just have people always wonder…
Cool shit.
Oh, I’d just use it for the usual stuff; phlapers, phlens, fhllashlight, ihlPad, bhlusiness chlards, jhlunk mhlail, bhlooks, ehltc. I’d finally be able to add “hl” to everything though so people would assume I’m in the know, not as clueless as everyone else.
My IPAD encased in a Dodo case will surely fit, along with a picture of my wife and lastly of course, a container of awesomeness.
This would be my new work briefcase housing my laptop and all other necessities!
2 rolls of duct tape and 3 paper clips.
Ah, that is quite a conundrum. The is clearly a briefcase of high quality and distinction, however it is far, far, far more casual than a traditional attache case. I believe this would become my emergency beach briefcase. In it I would store a white three piece seersucker suit similar to the one worn by Ricardo Montalban on Fantasy Island, a highball glass, a flask of gin, a flask of tonic, five instant cold packs, and a yellowed and dogeared copy of “Day of the Jackal”. That should be enough to get me through the first several hours of a beach emergency.
Tampons..Since it would look like I have a vagina, carrying around this man purse.
My macbook, pens, pencils, iPod touch, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, lanyard, headphones, cell phone, candy, drawing pencils, sketchbook, money, keys, stone carving tools, stone, tape, glue… just to name a few.
The souls of my mortal enemies
First time on CM. My daughter would love this case.
I’ve been looking for a place to stash my spare dingo pelts…
As a design student I would put all my weaponry in this briefcase for school:
• Moleskine notebook and sketchbook
• tracing paper
• MacBook Pro
• mouse
• iPod + earbuds
• X-acto knife(s)
• portable harddrive
• pencils and pens
• ruler
• and an apple for the teacher
I’ll rock all my Army gear in it to work. Camelbak, wet weather gear, GORETEX, and paper/pen (required part of uniform!).
I need it for my laptopn, moleskins, headphones, business folders, and fountain pen.
Easy enough. Physicians Desk Reference, hollowed out. Inside; water proof matches, iodine tablets, beet seeds, protein bars, NASA blanket, and incase I get bored, Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone..no Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
i definitely use it for my macbook, ipod and ipad, and all work related items!!! this would really top off my look and make me look as professional as possable!
thanks for the opportunity!
This will be my travel luggage. Fill it with cash and a sandwich. Travel anywhere in the world with no need for spare boxers or doing laundry. With a sandwich, those flight attendants can’t hold my hunger hostage.
I’d give it to my son, so he can give it to me for fathers day. I would store laptop, ipad, and tissue paper. Type, touch and wipe. That’s all you need to know.
It’s not so much what I can put in, as what I can finally leave behind. I’ve been lugging my Macbook around in an old REI backpack just because it’s so damned practical. I’ve reached a place in life where I need to upgrade. This would be a good upgrade. Besides the Macbook, I hope I can toss in a few business cards, a Ticonderoga #2, a couple of Pilot pens & a small sketch pad. Maybe a granola bar. Not a thrilling response, but it’s heartfelt and damned honest.
Mostly my false documents. However, if I can get my balls out of my girlfriend’s purse, it would be nice to carry them in my own bag. My own Hlaska Caliper bag. You know, figuratively speaking.
If I win this, I’m gonna give it to my boyfriend. In it would be a note: “I’m excited to get married. I love you.”
Several USB keys, a dead bug, a #2 Adirondack broken-tipped pencil nub, a receipt from Metro Card purchase, a picture of the woman I wish I married, no hard feelings girls, a paper clip, some crumbs, an empty zip lock sandwich bag, a leaking pen, my son’s book report, the broken somethin or other off this bag a couple of months down the road, a Slim Jim (just in case), a dime, a penny, a list of contact phone numbers, and my lunch. I think that’s about it.
The key to bag ownership is using the volume available to its entirety; the Maximum Volume Capacity of this Bag (MVCB) is 682.5 cubic inches. Therefore seeing that I am a juice box fanatic I could fit ±30 rectangles of sugar water in this beautifully constructed Caliper briefcase. If I were to ever do such a thing, it would be a great disservice to the Hlaskian engineers and off to the guillotines I would go. I have more respect than that, and seeing that my field of study is currently portfolio management I would apply the theory of diversification to the bag’s usage. If you have a Hlaska briefcase handy you pretty much can become a modern day Inspector Gadget. Is that a damsel in distress? Boom, that’s me, whipping out a first-aid kit from my Caliper. Oh?! Receptionist telling me I have to wait an additional two hours to be seen by the proctologist? No problem, let me just reach for what looks like a book. A book? More like 213 books stored on my Kindle in what appears to be a book but really is a Dodocase. We can’t forget about my go to snack: Hummus and Pita. Nicely stored in some containers (probably have a high content of BPA) that I picked up at a Tupperware Party*.
These are just a few items I’d place in this marvel of a bag, that would ensure MVCB. The key to this briefcase is to treat it well, keep things in order, and it will take care of you (me).
Thank you from the man in need of a Hlaska briefcase,
Sebastian
*Readers take note, you will not pick up at a Tupperware Party (huge fail).
I think i’d pack this sucker full of Frisbee discs and Coors light and head toward the rockies on a whirlwind road trip frolfing adventure.
All of my secret agent crap