Our friend Muffy Aldrich, who blogs about the New England lifestyle so naturally, got hold of our English Briefcase over the holidays. "We are still awestruck by both its understated beauty and quality ... It feels as good as it looks," she writes.
Leave it to Muffy, who gifted the bag to her husband Clark, to perfectly place the briefcase in a literary context and evoke some pretty classic imagery that had our minds running:
"This briefcase evokes trains. While it fits perfectly in the Acela, it is also how I pictured the lawyer's briefcase from the classic short story "Unreasonable Doubt" by Stanley Ellin:
'Good heavens, isn't this our station?' the stout man suddenly cried, and the next instant he went flying past Mr. Willoughby's out-stretched feet, briefcase in hand, overcoat flapping over his arm, companion in tow.'"
Read her review here.

Expecting Clark to have the bag for years to come, she thoughtfully had the bag monogrammed with his 3 initials:

Images courtesy of The Daily Prep.