Canvas Ammo Shoulder Bag - Available in Various Colors

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(5 stars) - Worth Every Nickel
It's a shame that the critical reviewers were commenting on a listing error in the bag dimensions rather than the bag itself -- which totally rocks. For $8 or so you can do a lot worse for a handy little day pack type shoulder bag you can throw a sketchbook, a couple of pens, an iPod, cell phone and wallet into and hit the galleries. The bags were meant for carrying ammunition in Iraq while being shot at so it's a fairly sturdy canvas construction with a nice tongue close hitch to keep the flap down & the weather out of your stuff.

I wish there were internal pockets or maybe an extra zippered pouch, but it serves the purpose of an inexpensive little personal carrying solution when you don't need a whole backpack but would rather not stuff your pockets like some kind of a dork. It's got a cool urban military jib to it's cut too that's something more interesting than an anonymous Office Max commuter bag, which is what I was replacing. This would actually make a great little inexpensive and USEFUL gift for that alternative minded young lady who thinks purses are for sissies, or the young punker scene guy who needs someplace to carry his iPod and couple of books, if he reads books. The black color is actually quite tasteful too.

If you need something bigger than that try the M-51 engineer's bag, which will hold a laptop but was about twice as big as what I needed.

(3 stars) - The Correct Dimensions of This Bag
I literally just returned from my local army surplus store. They had this exact bag. I know it was the same, it even had the same image here on the package. The dimensions stated on the package are 10" x 8" x 3.5". I was hoping to use this to hold my small laptop (netbook), but its 10.5" wide. This is a stiff canvas, so there is no give even for a tight fit. So I didnt buy it. But I examined it well enough to review and rate it. Its a fair build quality but nothing special, a 3 star rating is appropriate. Its a very small bag ( i suppose useful for certain applications ), its similar in dimension to a woman's purse.

(5 stars) - Great (little) vintage canvas bag
The hot issue with this canvas bag seems to be size. I don't have any measuring tape on me, but from rough estimate 12x9(or10)x5. It's small. I'd compare it to the small dickies messenger bags also found on amazon. The one major plus of this bag is it's thickness. Mine usually has three or four thin traveling books, two steno pads, and one fairly thick book on Emily Dickenson. And still have room in the main compartment for misc thumbdrives, mp3 player, and blackberry. I have one of the dickies bags, and i could barely fit a couple steno pads before the thing appeared overfilled. It's perfect for daily use, if you don't carry a laptop or full size note pad. The construction has kept up with a couple months of hard abusive daily carrying and commuting.

I suppose all the previous negetive reviews came from people expecting something bigger. It's definately small, but some how fits a lot of what I need day to day without resorting to a cumbersome full-sized messenger bag. The durability matched with it's minimalist size definately makes this bag worth all 5 stars in my opinion.

(3 stars) - I know the size!
Well, I contacted the seller directly and they replied that the measurements are apr. 11"x9"x4". Mystery solved!

(2 stars) - SIZES!!!
There have been 2 questions posted inquiring about the size of the messenger bags and no one has responded. I was going to purchase the bag, however, since no sizes were given and they did not bother to answer questions, then I will not be purchasing the bag.

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