Q: have you seen these bags anywhere else? (not spam)

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I have noticed there’s increased interest in HANDBAGS at this forum :bigsmile:

Seriously, have you seen or do you use these or are this just a typical “thing” for Finns:

They are called “kahvikassi” or “coffee bag”.
Made from used half-a-kilo coffee cases.

The thing is, they are quite rigid and can take wear, material is cheaply available since we drink a lot coffee.
I have a cross stitched one, it lasts at work use around 4-5 years. Longer, if you replace handles.

A friend at work from Poland asked today, where do you guys get those luch bags or yours, have not seen any at the markets.
Well, they are mostly made by elder people, pensioners or so. I think I will have to find a dealer to get him one too :bigsmile:

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Nope, never seen them before.

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Here's a "kahvikassi" for 55 euros (at Finnish auction site)

That's almost $70! Way too expensive. We need to get cheap clones and have BCBF for discussing about those. ;)

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Google translated DIY guide (how bad can it be?)

Can someone leak this to some Chinese company? :bigsmile:

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Living in the Keweenaw Peninsula for 5 years for school in a very Finnish area I have realized how weird you Finns are before even seeing this :wink: :stuck_out_tongue:

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Never seen one before, they look nice.

But Id never buy one for 70USD for something made out of old coffee bags.

You can get this USA made duffel bag for 90USD (or a smaller one that looks the same for $69), its very heavy duty and professionally made. (I like bags a lot too.)

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In the USA, that type of handicraft is more likely to have been made by a prison inmate, or hobo, and out of empty cigarette packs. I have a couple of picture-frames assembled in such a manner.

It is referred to as “tramp art” here, in its lower forms. Hobos (homeless folk) would craft things out of found objects, or outright garbage, and sell or trade them for a meal (or a few bucks.)

The examples you posted up are far beyond that in both form and function, as well as apparent quality. Please don’t let wifey see them, as I would then need to find out where to procure one locally. :stuck_out_tongue:

Very cool.

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Here is the American version.

:zipper_mouth_face:

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Hahaha, china-made kahvikassi, sounds very Business to me :bigsmile:
70$ is INSANE price for one. I got lucky, bought one at fleamarket for about 10$, was too stupid to buy them all at once since there were at least two of them. :zipper_mouth_face:

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Yep, 70$ is insane, 10$, maybe…
I have seen these BAD-bags in here somewhere before.
Might serve well some minor travelling purposes!

These linked up above are my users just to transport my lunch to work and empty cans / containers back :bigsmile:
Open construction serves well in a job like that.

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It’s very interesting you brought that up. It’s a very recent trend I have noticed on the east coast of the US were I live in a small college town that more people are carrying bags similar to that to do there shopping with to avoid using disposable plastic or paper bags. Almost all the local stores sells a version of it near the checkout counter to encourage people to use these bags for shopping and avoid giving out disposable ones. I can’t speak for the rest of the country, but here it is commonplace to see a variety of people carrying bags similar to those.

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In Germany you can find people who use such bags or build some for example of Capri Sonne, Ritter Sport of coffe packages (it starts in 2005):
Ritter Sport bag:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/\_yAXrM3HRwHw/S6yxV_2ZQ2I/AAAAAAAAAp8/58BLSjhUPks/s1600/26032010437.jpg

Capri Sonne bag:
http://www.koehrsen.de/brigitte_neu/pics/capri_07.jpg

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Made from recycled plastic bags crocheted.

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My wife made something similar a few years ago, out of recycled supermarket shopping bags. Don’t know what happened to it though.

I’ve seen the coffee bag things- I knew a guy who reholsters chairs with hessian French coffee bags. He’s as amazed as anyone that they sell for ridiculous prices (but don’t have a link, unfortunately).