![]() Later, we got back to the bike, tucked the straps away, unzipped the hanger pocket and attached the bag to the bike rack. Pulled the adjustable padded straps on one side and slung it over our shoulders for a convenient backpack. Stretched out the straps and we had a convenient market bag to load up with supplies. We went shopping and filled its thousand cubic inches like an old paper grocery bag. A triple-threat poke that does everything from market shopping to bike commuting. This is one handy multi-use bag by Detours. PetermanĪpBy Chas Bruce Mountain Khakis Market Tote Nice sturdy leather strap with heavy duty buckles.įiled Under: Travel Tagged With: bags, J. One cavernous interior pouch and a small 5 x 8″ zippered pocket. Peterman Counterfeit Mailbagġ5″ long x 12.5″ tall x 7:” wide. Made of heavy cowhide with a raw finish that ages quickly. Truly a good copy of the now discontinued US Mailbag. I was disappointed to find no mention of a duster, though. So needless to say there is still a J.Peterman Catalog for you to peruse and dream of your African Safari wearing, of course, your well worn J. Peterman, the actor John O’Hurley, and with some other investors, brought the fabled J. The retailer who had forced John Peterman out then himself went bankrupt. But like a Larry David script, that was not the end of it. Peterman folded his duster for the last time. The name was bought up by another retailer. Even with sales of $75 million, the growth was too much, too fast. Peterman decided to go the bricks and mortar route. Things purred along until 1995 when Seinfeld and friends got their hands on the whole smarmy concept and began to satirize it. Peterman and they regularly issued their clever catalogs with the hand drawings and the digressive and quirky writing. The ad, of course, used a battered drawing and cozy familiar copy to sell these dusters to New Yorker readers that never went near a horse nor sagebrush. Peterman Company was born in the pages of the New Yorker with a simple ad. With $500 and a lone product, the iconic J. Peterman was started in 1987 by a Lexington Kentucky native and second baseman for the Pittsburg Pirates, John Peterman. When I first came across this bag I was concerned that I had heard after years of being parodied on Seinfeld, the J.
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