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Doug’s Last Minute Planned Trip To Indonesia and Malaysia
Doug sent us this email; it made our day and we thought everyone else might enjoy it as well. Hi! I’d like to share my story with you — for several months this year I had been planning to take a big...
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To Europe With Aeronauts
Max and his fiance took a month off to backpack around Europe: London to Amsterdam, France to Italy, and Germany to Budapest. They took Aeronaut 45s, Aeronaut Packing Cube Backpacks, and an Ego and...
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Synapse 19 and the Climbing Gym
I'm a climber, and I'm lucky enough to have a gym just a couple of blocks from my house. Portland has great public transportation, so I usually take one of her bio-diesel busses when it's time to...
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Your Photos Are Needed: Volume 3
We put the call out on our Forums for your photos of your bags—and you answered. I mean, you really did: 24 pages of awesome bag photos and counting. You guys rock. Here’s links to Volume 1 and Volume...
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Penny Shima Glanz: Lessons From a Kitten
There is a one word phrase in the English language that as a child I craved to earn but now gives me pause. That phrase? “Perfect!” I always strove to do work that was to the best of my ability. I...
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A Videographer’s Bags For A Trip to India
I’m a TB newbie, and an instant believer. It started as a search for new luggage — a bag I could take with me on any adventure. After pouring over the internet, blog reviews, customer reviews,...
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15 Years With the Brain Bag
C.L. emailed us this review of his (classic) Brain Bag and said it’d be cool if we posted it here for everyone to read. — TB Staff My Brain Bag is now well over 15 years old, has held 6 different...
View ArticlePacking Your (Conference) Bag
Packing for a conference should be easy: grab some clothes and a copy of your paper and you’re off to the races. But what if last-minute packing sends you into paroxysms of panic, or if you’re trying...
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Less Stuff, More Freedom: Traveling With One Bag
A week in New York, then a flight to Milan. A week to get to Prague. A 20 hour layover in Paris on the way to Bangkok. All that for $177 through a crazy deal I found on the internet. Add on two weeks...
View ArticleInterviews with Tom
Collected here are links to interviews with Tom Bihn. From The Setup: “One of the things I appreciate most about our company is that a lot of the design process is happening in the factory — there’s a...
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The Story of the Skookum Dog Bat
The Bat in these photos has been chewed on by Ichiro, Lily, Riley, and now Kasper for over a year now. It’s been snowed on, left out in the rain, dried in the sun, and otherwise not very well cared...
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Dogs Don’t Need Stuff
All your dog needs to have fun is you. Sometimes you need some basic stuff: a collar with an ID tag, a leash to keep you two together on the street or in the park. And of course, carrying poop bags is...
View ArticleSkookum Dog and TOM BIHN Team Up
One day, a few years back, we (the creative team at TOM BIHN) were hanging out with our dogs, as we do most of the time. It was at the beach, or on some mountain trail, as the story is now told. At...
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Meet Kasper
Some of you guys know that back in early 2014 my best friend Riley passed away. You even grouped together to write tributes to Riley, post your condolences, and share your stories of best friends lost;...
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Introducing the New Citizen Canine
Meet version two of the Citizen Canine: a treat bag designed to come along when you take your best friend for a walk, hike or training class. We introduced the Citizen Canine in its first incarnation...
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Summer Colors: Zest, Island, Northwest Sky
We’ve long discussed new 200d Dyneema/nylon color but we couldn’t wrap our heads around retiring any of our current 200d colors: Iberian, Ultraviolet, Steel, Wasabi. Adding a fifth or even sixth color...
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“Cabin OK” and The Aeronaut (It’s OK)
You may have read about the “Cabin OK” initiative launched by the IATA — and the confusion surrounding it. Note this clarification excerpted from a recent New York Times article about the campaign:...
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We Made Jerseys For The RoboPatriots
The RoboPatriots are a team of humanoid robots (robots whose frame and actuation are based on those of humans) at the Department of Computer Science at George Mason University. They’re ~2′ feet tall...
View ArticleTearing Down Walls: Changes, Growth, and the Seattle Showroom
Heraclitus said, “Everything changes and nothing stands still.” Whether in the life of a person or in the life of a business, change isn’t always extreme or sudden—it can be so ongoing and constant...
View ArticleTesting Fabrics: A Watercolor Camouflage Cafe Bag
When we first started developing the Guide’s Pack and Founder’s Briefcase, I became a bit obsessed with some of the old fabrics that I used to use way back in the day. The fabric I was most interested...
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