Find of the day | Col. Littleton No. 2 Grip

With Michael Williams, who I had the pleasure of meeting at Planes of Fame as stated below, of A Continuous Lean creating his line of bags and Ryan Willms of h(y)r collective with his line of bags for THE Collection by (y) there has been a lot of talk about bags lately (Jon Moy of Getting Beat Like You Stole Something and his obsession with bags). And I will soon be traveling quite a lot up and down the West with appointments to meet with buyers, so I have been looking at ways of maturing the way I travel. And this is what I found.

Thanks to ComfortablySmug (@comfortablysmug) for initially inspiring me and giving me the lead to this company and I know it is not from L.A. but it is too nice to pass up the offer to talk about. Colonel Littleton of Lynnville, Tennassee are master at what they do.

They are self proclaimed "purveyors of fine accouterments in the Americana tradition" and do so with style. But there was one item that caught my eye. Made of their own No. 8 khaki cotton canvas, native American steer hide and fitted with brass hardware, solid brass not coated, this bag is a beauty and no traveller should be left in an airport, train station, bus station or anything of the sort without one. It is the No. 2 Grip traveling bag. Large enough to fit your weeks worth of clothes with an inside sizing of 16 ½"W x 17 ½" T x 5 ¼"D at top and 7 ½" D at bottom but small enough to bring on a plane with you. The Y-strap, buckle closure is beautifully done and it comes with a nameplate for your initials to personalize it once everyone else has one. It is classic but does not "look like you walked off a movie set". Which tends to be Nick from A Time to Get's problem with vintage inspired clothing. So check it out.


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The Next Best Thing | Falcon Motorcycles

Since spending Tuesday with Nick from A Time to Get (I know I will get over it soon and move on from speaking about Nick and A Time to Get) I have been really interested in motorcycles and Motorcycle Clubs. So, I have been doing a little bit of research about the culture of Motorcycle clubs in Los Angeles which is minimal to say the least. In fact so minimal that there is basically no written history of anything that can remotely be substantial to write about. So here is the closest thing...





Falcon Motorcycles. The ungodly child was born by chance when veteran, and by this I do not mean old in the least, British motorcycle mechanic Ian Barry met Amaryllis Knight in Los Angeles. Having both a fond dream to create something everlasting they moved shop into a Sunset Blvd workspace in 2007. Since they have created masterpieces from derelict frames and pre-unit engines. From the ashes they create a pheonix by reworking, remolding, remachining every last part to give you the perfect motorcycle.





So, I have contacted them in an attempt to see shop and check out what they have to offer. So stay tuned for more next week.

P.S. - Thanks Nick for the lead.

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