{"id":92815,"date":"2017-12-18T19:04:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T10:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&#038;p=92815"},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:32:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T09:32:41","slug":"blue-lug-original-messenger-bag-shtak","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/blue-lug-original-messenger-bag-shtak\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Lug Original Messenger Bag &#8220;Shtak&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHTAK (\u624b\u6ca2) means something like long-time use gives an additional charm to the tool in Japanese.<br \/>\nBased on the SHTAK concept, I made an original messenger bag.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=shtak+messenger\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-92732 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1IMG_9942-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=shtak+messenger\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-92733 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1IMG_9918-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=shtak+messenger\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-92734 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_9895-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=shtak+messenger\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-92735 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_9910-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I lived in New York in 1996, I&#8217;ve seen a messenger. He (with\u00a0huge dreadlocks) was riding past traffic jams really fast (probably Houston Street and\u00a0Broadway). He was like &#8220;ha-ha&#8221; and flipping a bird.\u00a0 I was like &#8220;look at that dude. This is the coolest thing right here.&#8221; That was unforgettable. Then I got a job as a messenger bag maker in a carrier company based in Tokyo. Therefore, making a messenger bag is very special to me. This is kind of my roots.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=shtak+messenger\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-92736 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1IMG_9987-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The outer material of the bag is waxed canvas. Unlike modern materials, waxed canvas is capable of gradually developing water-washed fading effect. The lining tarpaulin fabric\u00a0is yellow like an old school Manhattan portage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=shtak+messenger\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-92737 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1IMG_9994-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis one is a bit smaller size than a normal messenger bag.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=shtak+messenger\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-92738 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1IMG_0007-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=shtak+messenger\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-92739 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1IMG_0040-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1IMG_0040-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1IMG_0040-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1IMG_0040-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1IMG_0040.jpg 1621w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=shtak+messenger\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-92740 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1IMG_9999-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On a tag, you can write a first day of using this bag, so in the future, you will recall how long you&#8217;ve been using. This is part of a SHTAK (\u624b\u6ca2) concept.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please visit our\u00a0stop and check the Shtak messenger bag!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":92731,"template":"","tags":[],"better_featured_image":{"id":92731,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":580,"height":386,"file":"2017\/12\/1IMG_9974-e1513327749320.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"1IMG_9974-640x426.jpg","width":640,"height":426,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1IMG_9974-640x426.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"1IMG_9974-900x599.jpg","width":900,"height":599,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1IMG_9974-900x599.jpg"},"large":{"file":"1IMG_9974-1180x786.jpg","width":1180,"height":786,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1IMG_9974-1180x786.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"1IMG_9974-800x600.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1IMG_9974-800x600.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1513143019","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":92729,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1IMG_9974-e1513327749320.jpg"},"acf":{"online-store-load-items":"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=shtak+messenger","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\/92815"}],"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\/92731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}