Originally Posted by
crp5
Those are the ones. Tweed with that rich brown leather strapping. Love the look and curious about practicality. I actually lived in Lebanon Tn for several years near the Hartmann plant, but didn't travel much in those days. They had a factory outlet as I remember as well...darn the luck!
Most of the older tweed ones I've seen are pretty dirty and look quite well loved. I wonder if there's a way to clean them. I would be very reluctant to check them or buy them given the cleaning issue. The leather cleans up to look like new with some leather cleaner.