san23

Thank you for your responses - much appreciated. I will look through these suggestions.

At TPACjv: I believe the contact brief from B-R does not have a back-pocket to store the shoulder-strap.

Waterfield has some nice bags but their "zip brief" is a little too slim to hold anything beyond a laptop and their other bags seem confused about their own identities (messengers vs. briefs).

Any experiences with the Wainwright or the Victorinox Architecture 3.0 series in general?

Thanks again.

(maybe I should give up and buy an Amazon Basics or Case Logic and just be happy with how light-weight the bag is).