Fits all sorts of useful daily paraphernalia, from a wallet to a workbook, spanner to a cell phone. As at home on the farm as it is in the office.
DIMENSIONS:
Length 27cm | Width 10cm | Height 31cm | Weight 0.8kg
Product Story
Bladsak
Price range: R1,550 through R3,950
Available on back-order
In The Field
‘Blad’ is Afrikaans for your waist. ‘Sak’ is bag. The bag is traditionally worn over the shoulder and slung above the belt line under the arm.
The semi-arid Karoo region of South Africa is home to many legendary sheep farms. On account of low carrying capacity none of these farms are small, 10,000 hectares plus is not uncommon. So, a day out on the farm means literally that. You don’t exactly pop home for lunch. This is where the Karoo farmers ‘bladsak’ (shoulder bag) tradition began. A day bag big enough to carry all one’s personal essentials for the day – the most important one being lunch.
The Herold family are well known Karoo farmers. Our original Bladsak sample was leant to us by David Herold. His father fashioned it out of his army webbing while with the South African forces in Italy during World War II. Sadly, that steadfast original was lost in a farm fire.
