I just asked the seller and he confirmed that it was one of the bags at the Rivendell garage sale in October. So I am seriously considering it or should I wait until Grant gets in the new bags????? Ha-Ha Bruce
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 10:10 PM, benzzoy <benz...@yahoo.com> wrote: > If you're talking about eBay item #160538269691, I believe that's one > of those that were on sale at Riv's garage sale. > > The garage sale green tweed country bags have the dowel on the main > flap. The "normal" ones (which I have a copy but it's not in tweed) > has the dowel slightly further inside the bag, and not on the main > flap. In the second picture of the eBay auction, one can clearly see > that the dowel is on the flap and not hidden inside and behind the > secondary closure flaps with the bungee cord. > > I don't think it's really just an aesthetic difference. Having the > dowel on the main flap may introduce functional issues (minor or > otherwise) because the main attachment points of the bag are then > located on a moveable flap. That means some extra stress is put on > the main flaps quick-release tabs. OK, maybe it's not that bad since > the attachment points are really close to the pivot but it's certainly > not optimal. > > -B > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
