I just acquired another benlee bag, This one came in today and the leather is in fantastic shape, as for time-line of when this particular benlee bag was made and going by the construction and lettering of the bag, This one is a newer version of the other bags. One tell tale sign is not also the lettering but also the lining they used, my other bags have the cotton weave lining, this one has the nylon weave lining, i'll probably shorten the loop for it is very long and as you can see and with all my benlee bags, they have or had the bottle neck, i modified the neck on the other bags and will see how this bag hits after I shorten the loop, hopefully i won't have to modify the neck.