{"id":154790,"date":"2024-09-09T11:30:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T02:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&p=154790"},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:32:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T09:32:25","slug":"shtak-2024-and-online-special-messenger-bags","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/shtak-2024-and-online-special-messenger-bags\/","title":{"rendered":"Shtak 2024 and Online Special Messenger Bags"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s that time if the year again.<\/p>\n

Allow me to give a short explanation on what Shtak is.<\/p>\n

Shtak is a handmade messenger bag sewn by me (Jugg).<\/p>\n

Shtak=Shutaku – “\u624b\u6ca2” is a Japanese word which means; The “wear” when using or owning something for a long period. In other words, something you have loved and kept near you.”<\/p>\n

I wanted to make a bag that makes you want to carry everyday. A bag that you can enjoy the aging process, like leather saddles on a bike.<\/p>\n

I have been taking orders of Shtak every year from 2017.<\/p>\n

Check out the details for Shtak 2024 HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"I will start taking in store orders from September 14th (Sat) to September 16th (Mon.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Online orders will start from September 16th (Mon.) 7:00p.m. (JST)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The lead time would be about 1-2 months after the orders.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This will be the 7th year of making these bags. I have made at least 300 of the Shtaks throughout the years…wow that is a lot.<\/p>\n

I am very appreciative that you guys enjoy the bags. This project is possible because of all of you. Thank you so much.<\/p>\n

For 2024 Shtak bags, I will be using a camo fabric, which will be something new to me.<\/p>\n

“500 Denier CORDURA\u00ae Nylon Coated Camouflage Fabric – Realtree\u00ae AP Black”<\/p>\n

That is a very long name for a color, so I will go with “Night Realtree Camo”<\/p>\n

I LOVE seeing waxed canvas get older as you use them, but I also love the way Cordura nylon ages. And the night tree camo caught my eyes and I could not stop thinking about it.<\/p>\n

Hope you dig the Shtak bags!<\/p>\n

And another fun project!<\/p>\n

The Messenger Bag Online Store Special is here.<\/a><\/p>\n

The bag was designed by Asahi, the system engineer of the Blue Lug Online shop, who is also an ex-bike messenger.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"Asahi and I had a conversation on what kind of messenger bags he currently wants.<\/p>\n

He said he wanted a messenger bag that is made of grey ballistic nylon, which is a fabric used on the Chouinard Equipment bag he owns. He wanted the looks of that bag on a messenger bag.<\/p>\n

Another feature he wanted was a green tarpaulin lining, so we picked this bright emerald green tarpaulin fabric, as you can see in the pics above. I love listening to my friends ideas and making the into an actual product. It’s always refreshing.<\/p>\n

The Online Special Messenger Bag is NOW AVAILABLE online!<\/p>\n

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See you at Hatagaya this weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":154773,"template":"","tags":[],"better_featured_image":{"id":154773,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1776,"height":1184,"file":"2024\/09\/090F79E1-E496-469F-93CF-69C2B77D638C-4879-0000027BAA11A475.jpg","filesize":613687,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"090F79E1-E496-469F-93CF-69C2B77D638C-4879-0000027BAA11A475-1280x853.jpg","width":1280,"height":853,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":94173,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/090F79E1-E496-469F-93CF-69C2B77D638C-4879-0000027BAA11A475-1280x853.jpg"},"large":{"file":"090F79E1-E496-469F-93CF-69C2B77D638C-4879-0000027BAA11A475-1720x1147.jpg","width":1720,"height":1147,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":152842,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/090F79E1-E496-469F-93CF-69C2B77D638C-4879-0000027BAA11A475-1720x1147.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"090F79E1-E496-469F-93CF-69C2B77D638C-4879-0000027BAA11A475-768x512.jpg","width":768,"height":512,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":42827,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/090F79E1-E496-469F-93CF-69C2B77D638C-4879-0000027BAA11A475-768x512.jpg"},"1536x1536":{"file":"090F79E1-E496-469F-93CF-69C2B77D638C-4879-0000027BAA11A475-1536x1024.jpg","width":1536,"height":1024,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":125999,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/090F79E1-E496-469F-93CF-69C2B77D638C-4879-0000027BAA11A475-1536x1024.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"090F79E1-E496-469F-93CF-69C2B77D638C-4879-0000027BAA11A475-800x600.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":50856,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/090F79E1-E496-469F-93CF-69C2B77D638C-4879-0000027BAA11A475-800x600.jpg"},"yarpp-thumbnail":{"file":"090F79E1-E496-469F-93CF-69C2B77D638C-4879-0000027BAA11A475-120x120.jpg","width":120,"height":120,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":4619,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/090F79E1-E496-469F-93CF-69C2B77D638C-4879-0000027BAA11A475-120x120.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"X-Pro2","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1725571874","copyright":"","focal_length":"23","iso":"2500","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1","keywords":[]}},"post":154771,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/090F79E1-E496-469F-93CF-69C2B77D638C-4879-0000027BAA11A475.jpg"},"acf":{"online-store-search-keywords":"shtak","search-result-sort-order":"price","search-result-sort-by":"desc","stockSortFlg":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global\/154790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/global"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}