FS: Saddle bags - Nigel Smythe x2, Ostrich + Carradice Bagman support

[Steve]

For sale:

1 x Nigel Smythe/Rivendell saddle bag in green tweed - used but in excellent condition -$110/shipped

1 x Nigel Smythe/Rivendell saddle bag in tan canvas - new, but missing one of the side leather "flaps" for securing the side pouch flap - $110/shipped

1 x Ostrich saddle bag - new with used but in excellent condition Carradice Bagman support - $150/shipped

Buy all three bags for $325/shipped

Photos here:

https://www.flickr.com/gp/60750099@N02/suWtj9

[Deacon Patrick]

Steve,

I'll take the tweed please. 

With abandon,

Patrick

[Deacon Patrick]

Och! Sorry. I've taken this off group now. My apologies.

With abandon,

Patrick

[Joe Bernard]

Whatever happened to Nigel Smythe, anyways? They had that momentary splash with RBW, then seem to have disappeared.

[Steve]

I think it had to do with a combination of exchange rate making the bags price prohibitive and ability to secure a constant supply (esp. of the tweed bags).  Get your NOS tan canvas bag while you can ;-)

[Joe Bernard]

Yes, I understand why Riv stopped selling them. The mystery to me is what happened to the company; I can find no trace of them on the internet outside of their time at RBW.

[Steve]

I think I once read that there was never a Nigel Smythe (either person or company) and that it was just a moniker that RBW made up for their England sourced bags.

[Steve]

Tweed and Ostrich + support have been sold.  Tan canvas Nigel Smythe is all that remains.

[Joe Bernard]

Yes, I've since been informed of this, and can't believe I never figured it out myself. I looked at the label on my Smythe banana bag and it says, "bagmakers since '05." Doh!