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Obsessed
08-18-2009, 12:03 PM
Do any of you use one? If so, what do you think and where did you get it?

Thanks.

Hughies_online
10-20-2009, 02:22 AM
I'm not a big fan of these and do prefer leather because there's less noise when you dump it on a table, bump it against something, etc. However, I'd imagine the metal one's would be more secure and this is the feature I would be looking for most were I to consider buying one.

gaseousclay
10-20-2009, 04:24 AM
I don't own a briefcase but with that said, I don't understand the appeal of a metal one. they look like they're for guards who are transporting precious metals/jewels.

stobes21
10-20-2009, 05:35 AM
I'm not a big fan of these and do prefer leather because there's less noise when you dump it on a table, bump it against something, etc. However, I'd imagine the metal one's would be more secure and this is the feature I would be looking for most were I to consider buying one.

I believe a lot of high-end leather hard briefcases (which seem to be called "attaché cases") are metal covered with leather. The cheaper ones are made of wood or fiber composites. So a nice one may give you the best of both worlds.

I too think a metal case looks too bank security for my taste. Though I've seen a few in carbon fibre that are interesting.

lamina
10-20-2009, 09:24 AM
I too think a metal case looks too bank security for my taste.


Do not forget to include some chains on wrists!!

Fnord5
10-20-2009, 09:41 AM
I believe a lot of high-end leather hard briefcases (which seem to be called "attaché cases") are metal covered with leather. The cheaper ones are made of wood or fiber composites. So a nice one may give you the best of both worlds.

I too think a metal case looks too bank security for my taste. Though I've seen a few in carbon fibre that are interesting.
Zero Haliburton!
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WhosYerBob
10-20-2009, 10:43 AM
Do any of you use one? If so, what do you think and where did you get it?
Those went out of style back in the mid-1990's. Thought about getting one prior to that, but glad I didn't. Had a co-worker that did and they were teased mercilessly.

Obsessed
10-20-2009, 12:04 PM
I too think a metal case looks too bank security for my taste.


Do not forget to include some chains on wrists!!


Those went out of style back in the mid-1990's. Thought about getting one prior to that, but glad I didn't. Had a co-worker that did and they were teased mercilessly.

Yeah, I suppose it would be a virtually impossible look to pull off. Next topic, please! :biggrin:

r_w
10-20-2009, 01:02 PM
I had one assigned to me to hold some electronics test gear (before Pelican took over that market). It scratched SO EASY and then it looked like cr@p.

Sueto
10-21-2009, 03:26 PM
the last metal case to have any real effective use was back in WWF.

Suzuki
10-21-2009, 03:43 PM
Yeah, I suppose it would be a virtually impossible look to pull off. Next topic, please! :biggrin:

:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

FWIW I agree that this is not somewhere you want to go unless you're going for the cheesy villain look.

stobes21
10-21-2009, 08:56 PM
:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

FWIW I agree that this is not somewhere you want to go unless you're going for the cheesy villain look.

Well now you're making me reconsider...

On an unrelated note: uniforms for henchmen? Thoughts?

taprater
10-21-2009, 11:36 PM
Well now you're making me reconsider...

On an unrelated note: uniforms for henchmen? Thoughts?

Do I need to send you the evil overlord list?? :jump:

rickboone1
10-21-2009, 11:48 PM
I had one assigned to me to hold some electronics test gear (before Pelican took over that market). It scratched SO EASY and then it looked like cr@p.

Precisely why I will never own another. Scratches. And the fact they went out with parachute pants and break dancing. Leather is just classy.

r0ckrat
10-21-2009, 11:52 PM
On an unrelated note: uniforms for henchmen? Thoughts?
Black slacks, socks, shoes, thin ties and sportcoats, white shirts. How else would they dress?

paydepst
10-22-2009, 02:22 AM
I have a Zero in silver. I'm rather fond of it. :smile:

GarageBoy
10-22-2009, 10:00 AM
My dad hated them. he'd get one everytime at a camera show and would then have to lug the damned thing home on the subway in the 1990s