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#47,716
houseof999 said:
Sheridan Strap:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/264683447704
Seller: linjoygoldie
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Hyacinth said:
I don't remember ever seeing a genuine Sheridan strap with the Coach name stamped on the buckle before, and I've owned at least 8 or 9 Sheridans and Dakotas. Whateve and BeenBurned, what about you? Coach didn't stamp their names on buckles until the mis-1990s and never in that position, but maybe someone ellse has seen bags I haven't. There's a very good possibility that it's from a Korean fake. It seems pretty dark for a Sheridan strap too.
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whateve said:
I don't believe it is authentic. The logo looks kind of sloppy, not really the right font. None of my Sheridans or Dakotas ever had a logo on the buckle. That type of attachment was only used on a very few bags and I don't recall seeing it on any Sheridan or Dakota. The shape of the ends is off.View attachment 4702626
Here is a picture from one of my Sheridans showing the attachment. They weren't removable.
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Hyacinth said:
I've had one or two Sheridans where that kind of strap was removeable, because I've swapped the strap around among other Sheridans to give a bag the extra crossbody length I needed. I couldn't tell you which style it was originally available on though, it's made a few trips through my collection since then. Right now it's on one of my Glenwoods but I don't think that's the bag it originally came with.

Sometimes if you just wriggle or move the end of the strap right by that round brass thingie around a little bit you might see a bit of the slit that allows the end to be opened up. There were some permantly fastened straps similar to it too so maybe yours is one of those, I think the removeable ones had smaller and rounder ball-thingies, that hardware bit on the strap now on my Glenwood looks smaller than yours. Sorry I don't have a camera or I'd take a photo for comparison. But I agree with you about the strap in the Ebay listing probably not being genuine.

ETA - damn, I just looked at the clock. Gotta get to bed, I'll look through a few of my other Sheridans tomorrow, if I survive my trip to the grocery store. And if I ever find the hoarding SOB who's buying up all the blasted toilet paper I'll rip his gonads off.
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I'm not comfortable with it though my reasons are based on some photos in my records as well as a previous history on the seller.

My picture records don't show the stamping (if it's there) on the buckle but the straps are similar, the buckle shape is what I've seen on Korean fakes and the seller does have a history. (I thought that in the past, the seller may have had a Korean fake that was removed so perhaps she was selling the strap separately. My history on the seller didn't have that but she did have a J8Y fake.)

These are some pictures from my records of Korean fakes that appear to have similar straps, buckles and attachment ends.
seller fashionista*800 fake coach sheridan korea front.jpg tempost fake coach korea 501-05 fake sheridan open.jpg joyfull_japan FAKE Coach back korea 4.jpg

And although this isn't a buckle from a Korean fake, the "coach" font looks the same as that on the buckle in question.
cooks015 fake coach C04U-7055 strap buckle.jpg
 
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Narnanz said:
Could i have this looked at please,
Item Coach Crossbody removable strap leather portfolio..Willis?
Link https://www.ebay.com/itm/cute-COACH...ather-Portfolio-Bag-brown-purse-/143058228099
Seller bebop_alula
Comments...the strap doesnt go with this one does it?...looks like a different colour as well
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The bag appears authentic. That strap doesn't go with it and I imagine it would be very uncomfortable. That skinny strap was designed to be used with smaller, lighter weight bags.
 
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Narnanz said:
Could i have this looked at please,
Item Coach Crossbody removable strap leather portfolio..Willis?
Link https://www.ebay.com/itm/cute-COACH...ather-Portfolio-Bag-brown-purse-/143058228099
Seller bebop_alula
Comments...the strap doesnt go with this one does it?...looks like a different colour as well
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The bag is an authentic Willis (1995) but you're correct that the strap isn't original to the bag. Whether it's a Coach strap or not is unknown. (If a Coach strap, it may have come from a Basic bag.)

ETA: FF (fast fingers) Whateve beat me!
 
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whateve said:
The bag appears authentic. That strap doesn't go with it and I imagine it would be very uncomfortable. That skinny strap was designed to be used with smaller, lighter weight bags.
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BeenBurned said:
The bag is an authentic Willis (1995) but you're correct that the strap isn't original to the bag. Whether it's a Coach strap or not is unknown. (If a Coach strap, it may have come from a Basic bag.)

ETA: FF (fast fingers) Whateve beat me!
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Thank you both...dont think its worth it to get without the proper strap, but I do have many novelty straps I can use.
Its just cheap I suppose....will think a bit.
 
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I hope everyone is keeping safe and well! When you have time, could you please give me your thoughts on the following daypack I picked up at Goodwill?
Measurements: 7.5 in. (length) x 5 in. (width) x 9.5 in. (height)

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