The Man bag or the satchel the great debate

man with a "man bag " 

For many years the satchel was a "man's accessory " for lack of a better word for the post boys in the 1900's on their bikes and the men out hunting but all of a sudden this age old tradition was uprooted and any man seen with a bag that wasn't on two straps on his back had a “man bag” a male version of a handbag, this is crazy, the man bag is a little bag that looks like a women's handbag but has been deemed to be OK for men to have. To be a satchel they should have a flap that comes over the top unlike man bag that closes normally like a handbag with a zip occasionally a man bag will have a flap but it is distinctly  different as it is usually a small box shape . People don't say Indiana Jones is going round with a man bag. I have a leather satchel which was a present from a friend, it is nothing like a hand bag.  I don't leave the house with out it but it has a few necessary items, these include

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  a leather style satchel 

  personal note book
• day planner
• E-reader
• painkillers
• pens
• chocolates or sweets
• wallet
• work ID tag
• chopsticks
  
  
  
  

For some reason I don't think you could fit all that into a handbag also for a year in TY I used it for my school books. The satchel is a practical and smart looking bag :D