After separating from long term love LV in 2016, I had a brief and furious affair with Goyard. The union yielded an Artois and a Sac Hardy. I shared my thoughts on the Artois a year or so ago. Here are some quick thoughts and visuals for those of you considering the Sac Hardy. Please keep in mind this is the older version with the cat perforation.
On my frame, it looks rather humongous but the aesthetics don’t concern me that much. It’s supposed to function as a small pet carrier or a tote that holds a least a day’s worth of essentials and non-essentials. And yes, sometimes it gets mistakenly identified as a reusable shopping bag.
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As previously mentioned, the bag holds a lot! You can choose to use the base insert (shown in yellow) for more structure or forgo the base insert for that smooshy look when carried against the body.
Be warned - if you load up the bag, the weight can cause the handles to bite into your shoulder. And since the handle drop is approximately 7 inches this doesn’t leave too much room for a comfortable carry.
The lack of an interior pocket doesn’t bother me. The bag did come with a pouch that I don’t use. You can use an organizer. Or you can use fabric/Velcro tape on one of those many pouches accumulated over the years as gifts with cosmetics purchase to stick to the side of the bag.
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Looks to me like a good and hardy kind of bag.
*Wear & Tear*
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The bag has held up over the years, through travel, humid summer heat, spring showers, and winter snow. In fact, the canvas has softened more and molds to the body. The leather straps have become very pliable with only minor cracking. And the double zippers run as smoothly as they had in 2016.
These days I don’t use the Sac Hardy as much since it is a larger sized bag and I’m carrying less, and carrying it on with H. It’s in hibernation. But I recommend this bag and wouldn’t dream of rehoming it.
