(One of the infamous “hotel rooms”?)

Nick Fisher read our post from a few months ago about getting a free tour of The Armory and sprang into action. Last Friday his tour came up and he was kind enough to take Julie, Dottie and me with him.

Julie posted about it on Caliber, along with a link to the full set.

Check out the sights after the jump. (some NSFW stuff linked)

(by me)
Empty crate/coffin in a rubber room with a one-way mirror. Left out from their prop room.

(by Nick)
The asshole of Mission Creek, which runs through their basement. You may want to use a chainsaw tongue on this.

(by Julie)
They threw some lights in the creek so it shimmers over the side wall. It was about 8 feet deep in this room when they first came in. Now if their pump breaks the room floods again, which it apparently does sometimes anyway.

(by me)
You lock your head beneath the floor (where a camera records you) and leave your body above for everyone else. Maybe that’s what you get when you’re one of “the slaves“.

Once again, the rest on Flickr.

In summary, the bag is expensive, at $200+ it’s more than I would think to spend on a bag. Then again it’s made and, apparently, sourced in the US. Plus, as was pointed out on the previous thread, if you only have to buy it once and it lasts, maybe it’s a solid investment.

In any case, this does seem like a great bag to take camping or on an urban hike or whatever. It’s huge and fits a ton of crap. It’s also obviously made with care and attention to detail. So if this is the kind of thing that’s important to you, this is a good buy.

I’m still uneasy with all these hip new things being named after the neighborhood . . . but I’m writing this on a blog that did it twice, so what can I really say.