The Empire Builder Briefcase is now in stock in two color combinations: Black/Steel/Olive and Black/Black/Steel.
These two color combinations will ship immediately. We will let you know as soon as other color combinations are available.

The Empire Builder Briefcase is now in stock in two color combinations: Black/Steel/Olive and Black/Black/Steel.
These two color combinations will ship immediately. We will let you know as soon as other color combinations are available.

The Ego Messenger Bag is in stock and ready to ship! It is available in the following color combinations: Black/Crimson/Steel, Black/Hunter/Steel, Black/Steel/Deep Blue, Black/Steel/Wasabi, Black/Steel/Crimson, Black/Grape/Wasabi, and Black/Black/Olive with over 24 different strips/stripes to choose from.
See what people have been saying about the Ego in our forums…
We’ve added new pictures of the Archetype cork molded laptop case, and the Cork Organizer Pouch to the site. Both the Archetype and the Cork Organizer Pouch are in stock and ready to ship.

Note: The Cork Organizer Pouch isn’t really that big. It measures 7″ x 5″ while the Archetype in the above picture measures 15″ x 10 1/2″ x 2″.
Sadly, we are now out of our Plum (deep slightly redish purple, similar to Pantone® 2627C) 1000 Denier Cordura fabric. The last of the Plum fabric was used on the upcoming batches of Large and Medium Cafe Bags.
Replacing Plum will be a Grape (deep purple with blue undertones, similar to Pantone® 2685) 1000 Denier Cordura, pretty much the exact same color as our Grape fabric in Ballistic Nylon.
Depending on how you feel about purples, this could be good or bad news. The following products are still available in Plum until they sell out: The Large, Medium, and Small Cafe Bags, and the Utility Tote. The Buzz, which was initially available in Black/Navy/Plum, is now available in Black/Navy/Grape. If you’d like to see all colors used in our palette, click here.
The front flaps of the Super Ego and Ego messenger bags close with a 2″ wide heavy-duty plastic Duraflex Warrior buckle that attaches to the bag with an interchangeable strip of hook and loop material (like Velcro®). This strip is available in over 19 different colors and materials, and can be swapped as often as you want.
Part of why it’s so fun to have swappable strips on the Super Ego and the Ego is that it allows us to try out a wide variety of colors, fabrics, and materials, and it gives you the option of continually customizing the look of your bag.
Recently, we took a company field trip to a fabric store and came back with
four wildly different new fabrics for stripes/strips: Mod Italian, Yellow Vinyl, Gold Bamboo, and Crimson Bamboo. You can order these new strips with your Super Ego or Ego, or you can order them separately for $5.00 each ($15.00 with a seatbelt buckle) here. If you have any special requests for fabrics/colors/materials in a strip, let us know in our forums.
The Small Cafe Bag is now in-stock and ready to ship in all color combinations: Black/Steel, Black/Wasabi, Cocoa/Wasabi, Cocoa/Steel, Olive/Steel, Olive/Wasabi, Crimson/Steel, Steel/Deep Blue, Plum/Wasabi, Plum/Steel, and new colors Kelly/Steel and Navy/Crimson.
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