Carry Candy :: Hard Graft 3Fold
This is quite the Carry Candy piece. Anything that comes in at this price level is def candy you ain’t going to be eating anytime soon. Andrew Tsui gives us his thoughts on the 3Fold in a semi drive by/carry candy style post, either way this is a sexy piece of carry.
What really caught my eye about Hard Graft’s carry catalog was the 3FOLD Multi-use Bag. Offered in three color variations, it’s a novel use of origami principles to maintain its shape in several different ways. The first form, a large portfolio, looks most useful for the artistic folks who need to carry large prints and perhaps a laptop and its accessories. It’s definitely big enough for canvases, stands, and a minimal amount of paint and pencil supplies.
In contrast, the “overnighter” form definitely gives duffel-style capacity along with lovely leather touches to create an elegant travel companion. This form is created by cinching two leather straps through the tips of the triangle folds that naturally form on this shape, similar to an origami “water bomb”. Based on the video, I’d figure that folding this bag together could be a 5-minute exercise even with the crease seams sewn into the bag in order to facilitate the formation of the shape itself. But the end result is damn nice.
And to round out the things you could do with this bag, the “slim laptop” form at 18.5 inches long by 13 inches high (and approximately 4 inches thick based on my judgment) looks suitable for a broad range of paperwork and, of course, a laptop and its accessories. In this case, it’s held together by merging the two straps together, originally to form the “overnighter”, into one long strap that encircles the entire height of the bag.
To be entirely practical, I don’t know that the average artist or traveller will want to pay roughly $764 US (quoted as €589 Euro) for it. It is certainly beautiful to look at, and I’m sure the leather is top notch. But even if I received it as a gift, I’d be scared to scratch or maim the exterior finish. As a concept, it is fantastic; I wish I could have come up with and marketed it myself! But practically speaking, it might just be a bit to large and unwieldy to shift between those forms. And as a finishing thought, duck waxed canvas might have simply been a more durable and practical choice for a more affordable bag that could popularize the idea.
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That’s a good point about scratches and daily wear. I own a Saddleback Leather briefcase. The rough and rugged look of the Saddleback favors scratches, scuffs and “character marks.” The 2unfold pieces are stunning, but I would be curious to hear how they age as they take the day-to-day beat down.
I swear as soon as this project I’m on is done I will have something. Quickly though…
The scuffs look nice, scrapes not so much.
The way it transforms is really clever but the overnight back is the most practical and nice looking.
Like any overnight bag with no shoulder strap you have to be careful. My first trip with it wound up leaving me with a really sore arm on the way from the airport to where I was staying. Also one of the secondary fasteners snapped. Hard Graft sent me some replacement hardware but I’ve yet to take it somewhere to get fixed. It doesn’t affect things too much.
Things I would have loved:
Shoulder strap
Lighter color interior – black interiors need some rethinking. Red would match the look maybe…
As a messenger its clumsy but not bad. I have to wear the leather in more
Having spent less money(no regrets though)
I don’t think I have to defend myself so much on this forum but even I have to admit this combo is mad douchey, but I love it. Laptop Carry on in the 2 unfold and Weekender with the 3. I love matching shit, that is why I also love apple products and hard graft covers/cases/bags. I had a thrift store cloth carry-on and suitcase for years. Something you would find on the street with old shoes in it. Something about having these makes me want to travel more… but the price enables me to travel less… Sometimes I pack them and walk out to the curb, hail a cab, stare at him for a minute, lock eyes… start crying… usually they drive away after that. Then I go back inside and watch How It’s Made on Netflix
It’s early for me…. to be doubly sure:
http://instagr.am/p/adw2Y/
and
Picture here of the tag team
Thanks loads for sharing Beaver. That’s a pretty rad call on the matching gear, haha, scored a chuckle or two for sure.
The ‘Slim Laptop Bag’ mode doesn’t look very slim. That sounds about right that the weekender mode is it’s best format, but still, it must be neat having the option to then rock up to a meeting with the slim line, having left your other items in the hotel room.