Buffalo Leather Pilot Bag

Awesome and beautiful

Bought this bag for my boyfriend to keep his laptop & work what nots in and let me say it has exceeded expectations! This bag has so many pockets and dividers it makes organizing your stuff super simple. The leather feels amazing and smells of genuine leather. The zippers feel strong. He loves it especially for the strap also, supposable the trap stays on his shoulder comfortably and even while carrying other things which is exactly what he was looking for. I’m excited to see how the bag wears in a few years!

This bag lasted about three years before completely falling apart. It looks fantastic—I'll give it that—but that's about where the positives end. Right out of the box, the magnetic clasps on the front flap never lined up properly. I figured they'd settle in as the leather broke in, but after all this time (since September 2021), they still don’t connect. Then came the zippers. They started catching more and more until they eventually got stuck for good. No amount of careful handling could save them. The most frustrating part, though, is how the lining just disintegrated. The front flap's lining (with the Velcro pocket, which stopped working after a year) is in shreds. The inside lining of both main compartments and the back zipper pocket? Torn to pieces. For context, I’m an attorney. I use this bag for work—putting files in, taking files out. That’s it. I don’t throw it around or overload it, so I’m honestly shocked at how poorly it’s held up. And yet, here I am, still using it, because the leather itself looks incredible and has aged beautifully. Giving it two stars because, despite everything, it is a beautiful bag. I also like this company and really wanted to love it, but between the hardware, zippers, and interior fabric, the durability just isn’t there.