Do you happen to have and don't mind posting a photo of your 2005 tweed? I feel like the tweeds are quite durable (it sure is thick! and feel well made hands on!). It wouldn't have stopped me.. rephrase: I can't stop myself anyway regardless of durability, but would definitely love to see how tweed holds up over time and your thought on any special care - beside normal reasonable care like being aware of not snagging it or running into corners etc which may be damaging to all bags but probably more of an issue with tweed I guess maybe? But seriously the running into corners thing is probably unavoidable for clumsy people like me but i'm totally off topic here.
would be so nice to see how the bag holds up in 10 years.
I see a variety of conditions online generally but then again, regardless of tweed or leather, some people shock me with how little care they take with their bags (it's funny how we all here expect that we stuff our bags nicely for storage while most people generally would be shocked and surprised if i say I keep stuffing in my bags to ensure they maintain shape, but that tiny little effort alone makes such a huge difference!). I really trust our tpf lovers a lot more on "reasonable but realistic" aging photos