Floppy Disk Bag

This is a bag I made from floppy disks. I found scads of floppy disks in a dumpster and wanted to make plate mail armor out of it (that is my next floppy project) I found out that a bag would be a great proof of concept project. Here goes...
Check out the update (2008) and my new bag: Floppy Disk Bag: Install Disk 2

Step 1: Required Bits

Drill, hand, regular or trephine
1/8" drill bit
Pliers, I used bulldog pliers
Floppy disks (CRUCIAL)
Links, bits of chain from your local bead store
Nails and a plank o' wood
A pen
Elementary math skills Eg: the ability to count
NOT PICTURED
The hardware for adding a strap
the strap

Comments

[softenersreviews]

this is really interesting!

[psicosis]

love it!

[pyromonkey]

This would be such an awesome project for Comic Con!!

[Lego Manic]

You are a woman? (painted toenails)

[Viaticus]

Very cool use of floppies. Are those YOUR painted toenails?

[dagelias]

really cool bag! I want to make one out of old CD`s how do you think that will work? ideas on how to do it anyone??

[jwarren3]

Wow! This is really cool :D A question- where did you get your white floppy discs from?? I'm planning on making a multicoloured bag, with black and white also, but I can't find any white ones :/

[reto1]

Hi there,

I have ca. 50 new floppy disks I don't know how to get rid of. I can send them to you for free if you can cover the postage and if you are still interested of course.

[sister_sister]

yaaahhh!!!...I wish I can have a bag like that...

[shaawn]

Very nice! You can just put a sleeve into the bag, a lining of some kind. That would keep things from falling through the joins. You can use different materials for different functions, colours, textures. eg: a plastic bag insert - for sweaty sports- wear or frozen foods. Different colours - to match occasions, a padded liner for a laptop...

[imanalchemist]

take a look at the next installment of floppy disk bags, it comes canvas lined for just that reason.

[shaawn]

Where'll I find the next installment?

[imanalchemist]

http://www.instructables.com/id/Floppy-Disk-Bag-Install-Disk-2/

^there

[zack247]

i think i found a new laptop bag...
Very creative way to reuse useless floppy disks! i'll be keeping my eye out for floppy disks the next time i go out now, they definitely make better bags than coasters!

[dwendell]

A thought. The stainless steel jump rings seem like they could add up to an substantial total given the quantity you need ( four per disk). Fishing and support ing goods stores (e. g. Bass Pro Shops, Gander Mountain, Sports Authority, Dick's etc.) have small "split rings" (like those used for keys) which are used for fishing tackle.

They usually sell in paks of 5 or 10 for a little more than what one jump ring seems to cost. If true stainless steel is not available, some fishing ones are labeled as "English stainless" which is actually some kind of plating on either steel or brass, but seems to resist corrosion fairly well. It seems like these would be easy to install as compared to having to bend open and then bend closed the split rings, as long as you buy relatively thin split rings. If opening the split rings is difficult for you (as for me, having lost some feeling in my finger tips as I get old and decrepit), you will find very near the split rings in the sporting goods store a tool called a "split ring pliers" (for about $10). The pliers make opening them simple.

[pleasesmile]

a couple of quick questions!!! Where exactly did you find these "links?" ALSO, could you PLEASE put up how to put on the strap?! I'm planning on making one for Christmas, and I would love to see how you did it! Thanks!

[janettetsmith]

I make jewelry and we call them 'jump rings'. You can buy them online in a variety of metals from gold and sterling (I would reserve these two for my couture version of the bag) to base metals. The base metal ones are very inexpensive and they are already made for you. :)

Here's a couple:

copper
http://www.gossamerwingsdesigns.com/Jump-Rings-Chain-Maille-7-copper-jump-ring.htm

stainless steel
http://www.firemountaingems.com/details.asp?PN=H209247FD

[janettetsmith]

Also ... open the rings from side to side instead of top to bottom to keep from weakening them.

[shilpi29]

I really liked this idea, but frankly speaking it has become very common now.. can anyone suggest me ideas other than bag and Pen stand ? i have so many floppy disks lying and wanna doing something really different. Thanks

[Dragonbone]

The ones with a full circle of liner make good coasters when split in two - saves a lot of coffee rings on the furniture (at work, we make tea in a mug with a teabag - when you squeeze the teabag with a spoon to take it out, it often squirts down the side of the mug, so these blotting-paper coasters are great). Cheap floppies only have a titchy bit of liner though.

[heacoxr]

Now you have a bag with over 40mb of storage.

[aunt margie]

I just have some questions. Since people mention canvas liners or towels being attached to the disks, what value are the disks adding to the item? Is it only decorative or do they somehow add to the functionality? It's a lot easier to make a bag just from canvas. The kind of reuse I think of for recycling things is a use that needs some quality that the thing has. The only way I've used floppy disks so far is to hot-glue four of them together in a stack for use as a weight at the end of a thick cord. They already have a hole big enough for the cord, and enough weight to keep the cord in place when it is stretched between two railings. They have enough color to be attractive and they are not sharp or heavy enough to be dangerous like a chunk of junk metal. Not that I don't think the bags are cute -- but is that the only reason to use the floppies?

[todddiskin]

You can easily make jump rings from wire/paper clips:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Paperclip_Jump_Rings_No_way/

[NT86]

lol excel on a floppy disk

[bluetoothgeorge]

lol

[bFusion]

I remember when Windows 3.1 came on a series of like 8 or 10 floppy disks. It's scary to think that some MP3 files in my library easily exceed that file size.

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[sartay]

I'm still making mine, but in my Robotics club at school, we had a ton of small zip ties laying around that we didn't need, so I asked if I could have them. They work great as connectors! I'm using braided monitor power cords as straps, but only because I can't find any long enough IDE cables. I plan on using mine the entire next school year. I have tons of floppies for repairs.

[scottamus]

Your straps need to be flat IDE cables! I must have 3 dozen of those useless things.

[mr monoply33]

that scatt is the thing that will make me do this!! I was on edge..."hmmm, well if I get time" but I have so much dead IDE laying around, and just got 2 computers worth new. thanks!

[Derin]

say that again and i will kill you DAMN U SATA

[Madrias357]

SATA's not bad. But it's a pain when you get just one IDE slot and a half-dozen SATA ports.

[thepelton]

Cute! Just the place for some flash drives.

[ian2mic]

I'm trying to think how I can make this completely with computer related items. I would be cool to figure out how to use old cables as straps.

[bFusion]

You could maybe use old-school IDE cables, the light gray ones? You might need to reinforce them, depending on what you plan on carrying around... but it'd work :D

[imanalchemist]

That was my original intention, but I could not find any cable long enough, someone else suggested used punchtape.

[XkidXhavocX]

use zipties

[flio191]

lol, i have the same windows floppies in a stack in my room. i can almost remember those days... when you had to change discs every hour just to install the system.

[Iridium7]

sorry to bug you so much but I made mine and it turns heads everywhere! since school is about to end I am going to turn it into my DandD carry bag. I am a super dork! Thanks!

[buckeyegirl1721]

From the looks of it, you could also make magazine holders from floppy disks. I just might try it if I can scrounge up enough disks :)

[hiding-dog]

Links. Could they be taken from a length of chain? Seperated with pliers and utilised? Someone else try it as I don't have any chain.

[imanalchemist]

theoretically they coulld.

[PortalCake625]

Cool, you actually used Microsoft office 4 diskettes for this. Mybe I can now find use for those Windows 3.11 and DOS 6.22 floppies...

[Iridium7]

how many links did you need?

[Iridium7]

thanks for the instructable! I was actually going to make the strap out of a strip thingy from a computer. I'll show you pics when I'm done.

[driesyo]

on the 8 step first picture i dont get it on that picture i count 9 rows of floppys and on the picture on step 2 i count 10 i am confused can you help me

[imanalchemist]

Thanks, I wouldn't have caught that. it should have 9 rows, i trimmed a row out to make the flap smaller

[driesyo]

ok
9 rows but having a lock on it would be much better
what do you think? yes/no

[imanalchemist]

yes. I am in the planning stages for a rucksack that will snap shut, the same principle can be applied here

[Fasteners]

This is wonderfully ridiculous... :)

[danimal1234]

Next idea: floppy disk computer case??

[Canadarocker]

looks more like a box then a bag but still looks great

[imanalchemist]

The second version is a lot more flexy

[kburesh]

This idea is just spiffy, and thats why im gonna make one, but i have a simple question what size links and how many ( A good estimate please)

[imanalchemist]

I was never able to pinpoint the exact diameter and gauge of the jump rings, experiment with different sizes. I purchased 200 which left me some to screw up with and a few spares.
Please review my latest Instructable Floppy Disk Bag: Install Disk 2 which enhances some of the original ideas and adds some new ones to improve stability.

[Bags]

Nice shoulder bagA really cool & nice shoulder bag, I think！I
will collect my old floppies to make a shoulder bag like yours. *_*

[YAY RANDOM !]

How about a 5.25" floppy as a pocket & use ied cables to make it stick out of the bag? Or lamenated punchtape as the handle? (i have got some from a pdp 11)

[Axlzero451]

Heh,heh. ied. (improvised explosive device) Use google, it helps.

[YAY RANDOM !]

I ment ide cable.

[imanalchemist]

You know I wish I'd had punchtape for so many other projects

[YAY RANDOM !]

The tape looks like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Papertape2.jpg
I can post some blank tape to you if you like for £2 because postage to usa? is rather expensive and i have only got about four pieces (see the folds in the picture)

[highvoltage]

Yep, I'll be making one ;) Maybe it would work better to sew together the older, actually "floppy" floppy disks... they're also bigger so it would be a little less work maybe.

[imanalchemist]

See my other instructable. C:/tote (Yes I know it should be A:/ or B:/)

[Storm950]

Cool, but I would never wear it, LOL.

[greatpanda]

WOW it's Japanese floppy scale-maille! Now where did I put that pile of floppies...

[I_am_Canadian]

Floppy disks are so terrible... Untill this instructable came along!

[mechcem]

this is so great me and a friend found 230 floppys in my school dumpster

[gorgeousmel79]

Hello. I am cleaning out my closets at home and I discovered I still have 19 floppy disks and 3 iomega 100MB Zip disks. Do you want them?

[MrL33TPenguin]

Because school is coming, I've wanted to make something special, so the floppy bag is just great! I used zipties to hold it all together with hot glue and duct tape. Here is my bag . . .

[CalcProgrammer1]

This looks really neat! I have a bunch of floppy disks that are going bad, the ones that don't read or write anymore I don't have any use for, so I just pile them up. I might build one of these (though I'd probably use cable ties instead of chain links, since I already have a bunch of those) once I accumulate enough dead disks. I still use working ones for small files.

[JellyWoo]

where can you get so many floppy disks?

[emmjul]

Here are some pics of my bag...

[emmjul]

I just built my own used wire to connect the disks, works fine for me but is quite a lot of work I used rivets to connect the shoulder strap to the disks. looks pretty cool. super Instructable!

[shammallamaman]

I made one with the inside lined with duct tape and the outside lined with clear packaging tape, and it works pretty well

[shammallamaman]

You are my hero :D

[deerwoman]

I think your bag is a great idea. I'm with a nonprofit group looking for a big project for kids to do that involves diskettes--thousands of them. We've been collecting them to keep them out of the landfills. Has anyone built something big with diskettes? My idea is to build a playhouse or fort for preschoolers. Does this sound feasible? Any ideas? I'm in New Jersey and would love to find some local people interested in this idea.

[shammallamaman]

sounds awesome, you would have to have a wood frame to do a playhouse, i would love to help, but i live in arizona, if you have any questions, i am pretty skilled at these kinds of things

[mezon]

Excellent idea. Was inspired to make the same for me. Take a look at this:
My Floppy Disk Bag

[imanalchemist]

Thank you for showing me your bag. I'm really glad you decided to partake in my project and recycle your floppies rather than throwing them away; However, you need to cite your sources or you are in violation of my creative commons license. all I really want you to do is show that you were inspired by this project: http://www.instructables.com/id/Floppy-Disk-Bag

[mezon]

I see. No problem. I will cite you.

[parasymboligist]

how much weight does it hold, and for how long? i'm looking for a bag with a similar design to hold my macbook, notebooks, and a chess/go board with pieces, and other random items.

[imanalchemist]

I was tentative carrying textbooks home in it, however seeing some of the modifications people have done, it could easily carry what you want for however long your back can take it. I myself liked the idea of a canvas lining

[themasterpyro]

this is one of the advantages of being a geek, you can wear this without looking like an idiot. and nice job gr8 for tech class.

[Rayna]

Hey, this is semi-related, cos I love this idea. Does anyone know if we can bookmark instructables we like and have the bookmark list in our account page? That way I can keep track of good ideas without necessarily needing to print out each one straight away, and I don't need to clog up by browser's bookmark list with a thousand random things I like. I tried finding this answer in the site generally but couldn't.. Thanks for anybody's help. Also, I was thinking you could make a tote bag version of this, without the flap, and two handles coming out of the top. Not sure about materials or fastening yet, but it would look cool. And hence, if one made smaller versions as handbags, things like weight etc wouldn't be as big as a concern as in utility bags. Anyhoo..

[LaxLovaLV]

You can "book mark" it by clicking "favorite". The button is found under the main picture. And it has the instructable logo by it. Then to see your faves go to your account and click favorites. -laura

[Browncoat]

All the ones you "favorite" get saved.

[Rayna]

Firefly fan? Thanks btw.

[Browncoat]

Firefly = Love!
You're welcome. :)

[ianlikescake]

Thats really cool but i wouldn't use it because it looks uncomfortable. I would use something like a floppy disk computer case.

[technick29]

100th plus ftw!!

[iwantacuracy]

that is so cool! when i have alot of floppy discs ill make one. and your bag has 46 floppys on it, right?

[hondagofast]

That bag looks uncomfortable. I recycle old laptop bags, saves time.

[megziewoodles]

That is bloody awesome.

[dietcoke]

I'm glad this got boingboing'd -- it's great! The painted toenails are a fantastic touch -- gonna go get my wife to do mine right now.

[udonotknowme1]

I was so excited with your idea I went straight to work and completely forgot to thank you for this instructable, or follow the instructions. Oops. Anyways, I made my first one and lined the inside with tape. It worked fine but stinks. I couldn't get the right chains and finally settled with sewing all the diskettes onto a t-shirt, cutting it out and sewing it into a bag. I finished it by adding buttons on the inside to hold my guitar strap. My only regret is making all the holes with a nail and hammer. Thanks again!

[big_bfb]

I just recently finished my floppy bag. I used old IDE cables for the straps although i have to redo how they attach to the bag. I just found some more floppies so I think I'll be making a version 2 but with zip ties instead of links. I love this project and so does everyone who sees the bag!!!

[kenbob]

This is brilliant and creative on so many levels. Now i think you need to do one out of cds. maybe a chain mail pattern or fish scale overlaps... cool, recycled, brilliant! the red toenail polish is a nice touch .

[WolfRune]

This looks awesome - I've got a pile of old computer junk, including floppies, that I was literally days away from tossing to the curb. Now, the'll get a new lease on life! BTW, has anyone tried covering the insides with antistatic bags? While not very slash-resistant, it would be pretty strong against tears, and would also provide a second layer of water repellancy.

[chenkerchops]

This is some cool shit. Now all i have to do is find some floppys and i'm good to go! I reckon i could stash at least 2 pounds of weed in one of those bad boys.

[jackrackam]

Lol, only 2 pounds?

[altaria1993]

weed weighs allmost nothing, a kilo kan just be ut in a smart (car) alty

[Hepheastus]

I just made mine with zip-ties which somebody else suggested, Keeping the ends on the inside, snipped down to size. I have to figure out what I'm going to use to line the insides since these ends are hella-sharp. Suggestions?

[Vendigroth]

put blu-tak over them? a plaster, or some tape? grow tougher hands?

[geekdude]

if you open these up there is a circular metalic-plastic disc inside. it is allmost impossable to break. i bet if your links went through that it would be stronger. like if the links were in the middle of the side, and set back a centimeter or 2 instead of the corners. you may also have to close up the corners too so that stuff doesnt fall out.

[Cheeseduck]

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=25130752-DT&cat=MED

The project appears to use 46 floppy disks, this site sells 50 for under $15, for those of you that are interested but don't have the floppies lying around.

[drab]

why do your bags always look so uncomfortable? maybe because you're going for geek chic over functionality.

[imanalchemist]

I guess you just have to try them. There is obviously no way I can assure you that they are not uncomfortable; There is no visible padding and they are made of hard materials and therefore must surely be heavy. Yes I do go for geek chic, but why add unnecessary, awkward padding when your body already has the necessary padding on your back and hip? Skeletor may not find this comfortable, but Skeletor is not my target audience.

[Hepheastus]

Here are my images to push negative nancy down a bit. I made the front flap of mine show the front side of the floppies so I could use the little stickers, giving it a little variety. Didn't have any other colored floppies than black, sadly. I'm getting a strap later and I realized just now the original one had it's side floppies on their side, which mine are straight up, so I'll have to fasten the strap hooks a little more down, but that shouldn't be that big of a problem.

[Justsomeguy]

Nice toe nail polish :P Back on Topic Can you make a bigger bag than this or is there a "limit" to the amount of floppys

[imanalchemist]

as big as you want, pending structural failure when it develops a large gravitational field.

[jewelledlights]

These look rad! :) How heavy are they??

[Cat Mother]

Super smart usage...keys - thats perfect for this. I love this bag! Can't wait to try making my own.

[SugarTeen52]

Wow, gotta give ya points for originality!

[CharlesD]

Wow That's one original idea ! he he he, you inspired me to recycle 6 old floppys into this :D

[curlyfry562]

Cable ties are looking like a much better idea and that is something that all of us should have lying around. Great Instructable

[chenkerchops]

i need one more floppy and i can make one of those to keep my gum in.

[jomodv]

Well, it's kind of original. My gf made something very similar roughly six months ago. Don't get me wrong though, I'm not claiming you stole the idea from someone. The only difference was that the disks were held together with clear duct tape. Advantages: 1. Waterproof 2. No holes to drill 3. Holds its shape 4. You can easily make a strap with duct tape. Disadvantages: Not only is it waterproof, but it will hold water (although I hope you won't be filling your floppy disk bag w/ water). In any case, floppies are a dying technology, and this is a great way to recycle them.

[imanalchemist]

I finished the bag at the end of august 2006 roughly six months ago as well... crazy. thanks for the suggestions however: I love how well this has been recieved and I hope further projects will win you guys over as well. Hard to follow this up though.

[jackrackam]

You could also recycle a couch cusion and fit it to the inside, sew it to the corners and you would have a cool clean protection for putting stuff in there that you don't want scratched or scufffed from the floppies. I'm thinking with some re-inforcement it would make a great laptop bag. I'll consider adding pockets.

[metapherein]

This is a fantastic project! Has anyone tried any of the following: (1) Using only four holes (the two pre-existing ones and the two pre-marked ones) to attach the disks together horizontally and vertically? Regardless, what effect do you think that would have on the overall structure of the bag? (2) Using some sort of backing material to help hold the whole thing together better? I was thinking maybe a huge piece of canvas cut in the shape of matrix and then attached to the disks with the rings might help.

[Zinab]

my bag

[TheUnseen]

I just made mine, I substituted leather for the metal rings and made some duct tape pockets inside. For the strap I used an old guitar strap hot glued to the sides. You can't see many of the interior details in the picture but you can (sort of) see the leather ties used for the fasteners. THANK YOU FOR THIS INSTRUCTABLE SOO MUCH!!!

[Zinab]

my bag :)

[metapherein]

How did the leather ties work out? Is your bag sturdy?

[Zinab]

Hey. what is the blue disk used for? I finished my bag, its amazing! I'll post pics later.

[SeaLion]

wow! AMAZING! clear and super! *votes as numba 1 instructable o' the year* =D

[notacrook]

I am so proud of my son's work! Already he has earn art awards and invitations to show his bag at an art show in Chicago!--I especially appreciate looking at people's responces to his work, and their thoughts of innovations. His Dad

[nrdesign]

This will be my new school bag :)

[belonica]

so sexy :\

[jmaulik]

This bag is so cool. I am going to start making one, and was wondering if it will hold a laptop. I noticed you said there was some type of reinforcement needed. I can't wait to start mine!!

[JohnnyTreeHugger]

is it uncomfotable to wear?

[imanalchemist]

No not at all. Considering its size you can't make it weigh that much; Unless, of course, you filled it with say, pollonium

[elemental_greg]

yea, im gonna make of these into a protective case for my xbox 360

[carbon]

Ha! I opened this page to see if I might pick up any tips on making plate-armor out of floppy disks!

[imp u jag and hi]

That is an uber cool bag and a neat idea! I've decided to make one for my boyfriend for Christmas and was wondering what gauge wire you used for the links? cheers.

[crestind]

Awesome! Saved 46 floppies from death in a landfill. Works well as a laptop case once you add some padding inside.

[Hsquared]

This is a cool project. Does anyone know how many floppy disks you need for this project (I think its 46 but it might be 50)?

[monkifrogy57]

I'm making one for myself and one for my brother. He's in college as a computer science major. He loves this kind of stuff. So is there supposed to be 3 rows for the flap of 2?

[jimwillie2001]

Anal Chemist. Yay!

[borgified]

All you need to go with that bag is a Utilikilt. www.utilikilt.com The tool one would look good, so would the tux.

[Andrew546]

Yoiu should use an old ribbon cable as the strap. :-)

[JordanZed]

Good call. 5+ geek points.

[runninutes]

imanalchemist, can you tell us more specifically what you used for the links? I found some 10mm silver jump rings at the craft store, but they look too flimsy to me. Yours look sturdier.

[vfontanela]

I did it!!!!! Wow, mine doesn't look as well as your does, but anyways, it rocks! It's still missing the straps, but I'll get it ok tomorrow, then I'll post a pic here. Mine is a black one. Thank you, imanalchemist!

[cocoliso316]

cool.... i ll try it some day

[vfontanela]

Awesometastic, I'm making one of this!

[Gloriamundi]

Wonderful idea! So I know what to do with old floppies! :DD Too much cool, good.

[Shira]

It's very nice.. but I don't do that.. :)

[Bad Donut]

Use it as a laptop case :D

[turgan]

whoa. that bag is 64.4 mb's!

[imanalchemist]

way to math

[imanalchemist]

that was my origional plan, but finding three or four feet of SCSI ribbon cable is really hard to find

[zachninme]

Well, if you did only 2 pieces together, that would be like 3 dual-bus IDE cables, close enough!

[fullmetalmonkey]

Dang! I just through out about 10 feet of old IDE cables last week! They would've made perfect straps.

[imanalchemist]

I didn't need to take the lables off because this side of the floppy is mor beautiful anyway... yeah try to find that link

[Kelani]

I saw a few weeks ago where some chick (incredibly cute, btw) made a sort of armor-plate skirt out of unlabelled, black floppies. She used dabs of plastic epoxy to join the disks that didn't need to move, and tiny 2-way screw-down claw hinges to do the rest. Damn, where was that link?

[sdamy]

very cooooool! :-)

[tomble]

Nice work, Anal Chemist! Now I have something to do with all those floppies I've got laying about at home. Can't wait to see the suit of armour, are you considering using the round disc parts themselves to make a sort of dragonscale effect?

[Cheyyne]

I think it's "I'm an alchemist," but I'll leave that for the poster to rectify (rectum-fy?)

[imanalchemist]

good work cheyyne, you'll make detective someday

[biff.the.black]

man i wish i hadent smashed all those floppies a few weeks ago!
i'll find some somehow and use duct tape to hold it all together.
i like the fact that the people in the picture have long hair ^_ i also am a guy with long hair!

good job!

[poloace]

is the picture posted of the layout above the final bag??? doesn't make sense to me- wouldn't one side be 3 high, and the other 5 (one to fold over, and one to fold back down the bag to make the cover)??? your pic shows that you used 6 floppies for one of the sides... am i mistaken?

[imanalchemist]

Oh wow! good catch. That is actually a picture of the matrix before I had to reassemble it due to an unexpected disassembly, and apparently omit one layer of disks. I didn'e even catch that during production

[poloace]

i still like it, and i'm going to make one when i have time. solid.

[Neodudeman]

It looks like this might've taken a bit

[Ghondi]

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[Neodudeman]

Wow. I totally agree

[leahculver]

Very nice reusing!

[Jack Daniels]

cool pack. on an interesting side note why are your toenails painted?

[dietcoke]

My guess is the toe nails are painted because imanalchemist wanted them to be painted. I'm as much of a guy as a guy can get and keep mine painted, simply because I like it. aamof, my wife just did mine last night. back on topic.... I love that bag! I would buy one of those. Very creative.....

[citizen251]

Umm...you guys are kidding, right? She's a chick. C'mon...you know. A girl. You've probably heard of them?

[Jack Daniels]

sadly i thought she was a he......

[imanalchemist]

well jack, cheer up, she is a he

[Hargrimm]

Whose arm is that in picture 7? It's a different person from the first picture.

[imanalchemist]

That's my girfriend's arm. She helped me by taking the first two pictures and latting me take a picture of her arm.

[Hargrimm]

Probably because imanalchemist is of the female persuasion...

[andrew.barthle]

I just figured it was a bet or something.

[mikesty]

That's pretty sweet and weird. I was thinking that a layer or two of floppies would make a nice vest ;)

[imanalchemist]

I would only use those for a decorative effect, it would be too soft of an armor otherwise

[TheCheese9921]

flippin sweet or should i say FLOPPIN SWEET hmhm no

[crummett]

How about cable ties instead of the metal rings?

[imanalchemist]

I do a lot of babysitting... it's my only income so far

[imanalchemist]

Yes I am definatly going to sell these if I can find people willing to make them for me, with just me it took about 2 weeks including delays