Roll Up Bartender Bag, Leather and Fabric, Sold Empty

For anyone who already has their own tools. It is sold empty, and for many that is the reason to take it: anyone who has worked for years has their own jigger and their own bar spoon, and does not want to buy more.

An empty roll comes in under half a kilo, against two for a bag and nearly five for a case. Full, it stays the lightest and the most compact, because it has no structure of its own: it rolls around the tools and takes their shape. The price is that it opens by being laid out, so it needs a surface to unroll on, and that it does not protect against knocks the way a hard shell does.

• Contents: bag only, tools not included
• Materials: leather and fabric, bronze plated buckles
• Inside: 8 elastic loops, 1 zipped shaker compartment
• Closed size: 38 x 30cm
• Open size: 46 x 39cm
• Weight: 650g

Eight loops, and how they get filled

The elastic loops hold the long thin tools: bar spoon, muddler, jigger, tongs, strainer, bottle opener, peeler, knife. Eight is the number that covers a working kit without claiming to be complete, and the rule when filling them is to always put the same tool in the same loop. A roll up bartender bag loaded at random makes you search, and searching while working away from base is the thing you were trying to avoid.

The zipped compartment

That is where the shaker goes, the one piece that will not sit in a loop. The zip does two things: it holds the shaker still while the roll travels, and it keeps the wet piece away from the rest. Anyone who closes a roll with a damp shaker inside and leaves it in the car overnight finds it smelling of it the next day, and the leather takes that up.

Empty or with the kit

Empty for anyone who already has their tools and knows them, and has no intention of swapping them for the ones in a kit. With the kit for anyone starting from nothing, because buying together costs less than choosing piece by piece. It is a decision taken once, and anyone a few years into the job almost always takes it the first way.

Thirty eight by thirty closed

These are the measurements that decide where it fits: a large rucksack yes, an ordinary shoulder bag no. Open it reaches 46 by 39, which is the counter space needed to work from it: worth counting when working a catering job, where the surface is the one that is there and not the one you would want.

When it beats a bag

When you move often and there is a surface to work on. The roll up bartender bag goes in one hand, fits in a rucksack and opens by being laid flat: it is the answer for anyone doing nights away who finds a counter to work from. If instead you work where there is no surface, or you travel by air, a structured bag protects better and stands up on its own.

Care

Tools dry before closing, always. Leather does not like trapped damp and fabric holds it, so the roll should be opened out to dry when you get back and not put away rolled with something wet inside. A dry cloth on the leather, and check the buckles now and then because they are the part carrying the tension when the roll is full.

FAQ

Does the roll up bartender bag come with tools? No, it is sold empty: the tools are not included.

How many loops does it have? Eight elastic loops, plus a zipped shaker compartment.

What does it weigh? Six hundred and fifty grams empty.

What size is it? Thirty eight by thirty closed, 46 by 39 open.

What is it made from? Leather and fabric, with bronze plated buckles.

Empty or with the kit? Empty if you already have the tools, with the kit if you are starting from nothing.

Dispatched from Rome, Italy. 15-day returns, free of charge. Questions before you order? Message us on WhatsApp on +39 351 929 6937.

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