June 4, 2019

New! Super Mini Ghost Whale, Nik's Wallet #5, and new bags in 210d ballistic

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A person packing a Tri-Star with travel items, including a large Packing Cube, Spiff Kit, Stuff Sacks, a Book, a water bottle, a tablet, phone, and a wallet.


Packing Cube Backpack + Spiff Kit + Travel Stuff Sack + #5 Minimalist Wallet in 210d ballistic.

We've got a few new-ish items available for order today. Have questions or feedback? Post here in our Forums or emailus@tombihn.com

Super Mini Ghost Whale Organizer Pouch

We die-cut the fabric to make our various organizer pouches using a die press and that means we order a specific size of die for every organizer pouch. When we ordered the die for our Mini Ghost Whale Pouch, our die maker goofed and sent us a die that was smaller than the Mini -- lucky us (and perhaps you as well). This is probably the smallest size of Ghost Whale we can ever make.

Nik's Minimalist Wallet #5

Nik's Minimalist Wallet #5 | TOM BIHN

The top requested variation on Nik's original minimalist wallets was: make a #3 wallet but replace its urethane clear plastic pocket with a fabric pocket. Done. And here it is...

Bags now available in 210d ballistic nylon
Some of you have asked us to make more bags available in 210d ballistic nylon. As you wish:

Aeronaut 30 Packing Cube Backpack
Aeronaut 45 Packing Cube Backpack
Tri-Star/Western Flyer Packing Cube Backpack

TOM BIHN Packing Cube Backpacks in Dawn and Island 210d ballistic nylon

TOM BIHN Packing Cube Backpack Aeronaut 30 in Black 210d ballistic nylon

Black
Coyote
Dawn
Island
We will continue to offer the Packing Cube Backpacks in 200d Halcyon Northwest Sky only. Colors Iberian, Wasabi, Ultraviolet and Island will only be available in occasional production runs.

Travel Laundry Stuff Sack (both sizes)
Black
Coyote
Dawn
Island
Viridian
Grass
Cloud

Spiff Kit (Standard and Deluxe versions)

Spiff Kit Deluxe in Black 210d ballistic

Black
Coyote
Dawn
Island
Viridian
Grass
Cloud

Travel Stuff Sacks (all sizes)

Travel Stuff Sack in Cloud | TOM BIHN

Black
Coyote
Dawn
Island
Viridian
Grass
Cloud

Travel Tray (both sizes)

TOM BIHN Travel Tray in Black 210d ballistic

Black
Coyote
Dawn
Island
Viridian
Grass
Cloud

With the exception of the Packing Cube Backpacks, all other bags will continue to be available in all five 200d Halcyon colors: Northwest Sky, Island, Wasabi, Ultraviolet, and Iberian.

A note on the various hands of our 210d ballistic nylon
"Hand" in fabric refers to the feel of the fabric as you handle the item – most folks would relate to hand as a "soft vs. stiff" thing. Variances in weaving, and ever-progressing changes in treatments and coating due to evolving new, more environmentally friendly processes, can result in different colors or batches of fabric having slightly different hands. We've experienced a somewhat greater than usual variance in our 210 ballistic fabric, so here's a quick guide to the hand of each color of our current batches of 210d ballistic nylon:

Most structured hand: Black
Medium structure: Dawn, Viridian, Cloud, Grass, Island
Least structured/most similar to 200d Halcyon: Coyote

So many colors and options!
There's now even more colors from which to choose: makes color-coded organizational packing even easier.

1 comments

Rei - November 19, 2019

Thank you so much
ballistic looks to me as better looking outdoors fabric (and I want to bring them outdoors)

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