If I carried a satchel or purse it would be full of all sorts of stupid stuff, voltmeters, pliers, screwdrivers, wrenches, wire, electrical tape, survival blanket, lighter, magnesium fire starter, water purifier...

My wife carries a purse, and I am very reluctant to reach into it, due to injuries sustained in the past.

I didn't carry a purse for most of my life. Pockets jammed full of everything in the world. It's idiotic.

I've been carrying a purse for a couple of years now, and love it so much. I know where everything is, always. Keys, change, cash, credit cards, chap stick, powder, lip stick, pen, security badge, phone, lighter, gum, pills, mace, vaporizer. I know where in my purse everything is. I actually only buy one specific configuration of purse because of the organization it allows.

I say do it. Carry a purse. It's practical AF.

I have a friend, big, but muscled and 6'5" who carries a satchel containing stuff. I think he is very masculine and no one has ever said anything to him about carrying a purse. It's how you work it.

This dates all the way back to our hunter gatherer roots. Traditionally men would never have bags either carried or hanging from their shoulder. This would encumber running or combat.. It is ok to have items attached to a belt such as the purses you mentioned. Women on the other hand would have bags to gather nuts, berries and any other food stuffs they found.
This is not a denigration of women's role in the pre-agricultural society. On the contrary they provided between 60% and 80% of the diet.

It was n e v e r a 'purse'. it was called a 'satchel'. 'purses' are for women, while either sex can reliable carry a 'satchel'.

It may have gone out of fashion due to pickpockets and cutpurses.

In this modern time, many men carry backpacks, one strap sacks worn diagonally across the back, or briefcases depending on the circumstances. Or take it up a notch with a full suit and vest which have additional pockets, and you'll look amazing.

I think the reason is that in the olden days, the money that people carried was in the form of coinage, coins had a lot more value then, hence a bag or purse. Recent history saw the rise of 'paper' money, and so the wallet became more practical in day to day life.

I wear cargo pants every day. I don't need a purse. Women's pockets are only for decoration.

I carry a backpack to and from work. I have my laptop in it and the other stuff I need, like my keys, headphones, etc.

The day after trouser pockets appeared.

Maybe carry a messenger bag or wear a belt with pouches? The kind with, like, three or four--they look way better than fanny packs.

The 1600 hundreds.

I carry a man purse. It’s a Timbuk2 bag in military green duck canvas. Get the XS size, plenty big unless you need a laptop in it, in which case the next size up.

19th century wallets came into fashion.

When they had less things to carry?

seems like i have seen such things in New York -Messenger bags. I googled it and dropped my teeth Gucci cheapy was like $600

Alright guys there needs to be an intervention for buzz13. No purse.....ever!

It's society's view with masculinity and being feminine.

We're probably not responsable enough to remember our man purses. I know I'd be forgeting it.