Usage definitely trumps looks. As for bag matching, it's at best a forlorn hope. I have an olive metal-plated SaddleSack Medium that I've used virtually every day for about a year. It and my Nitto R-15 rack and saddlebag grip are just unbeatable for convenience and reliability (i.e. stuff doesn't fall out, no matter how stupidly I fail to zip/buckle/fasten it) for my daily commute: bike-train-walk mornings, reversed evenings. I take no particular care with it. The corners are worn but not frayed. The shape isn't crisp. The leather has darkened and stretched. I've added a couple of D-rings for a shoulder strap, so it's "personalized" now. It just works. Recently, I've once or twice used my beloved (dare I say, "my precious"?) SaddleSack with another bag I have; this "other" bag rides nicely on my PlatRack in front and doubles my hauling capacity. Functionally, it's a great combination for getting groceries or running other errands. However, it certainly is *not* a good aesthetic bag-match with my regular bag. The "other" bag is an almost new olive metal-plated SaddleSack Medium. I guess I could bring about bag-matching perfection by switching from my current daily driver to my other SaddleSack until it also develops appropriate signs of use-without-care and then alternating usage. But I'm not really into bag matching. I'll just use my other SaddleSack Medium on those few occaisions when two are called for. Then, when "my precious" falls apart, I (or perhaps my heirs) will pick up where I left off with my "other" bag. Used bags contain the journeys taken. And I do love journeying by bike, even when it's just to/from work. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean
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