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"Although the folks at Tom Bihn offered — via Twitter, no less — to rush it to me in South Africa, I saved the shipping expense and had them send it to Virginia Beach. It was waiting for me when I got home. And let me tell you, this strap is awesome. It’s wide and comfortable and stretchy. It places much less of a burden on my tired, aging shoulder than the [other manufacturers] strap ever did. All travel bags should come with the Absolute Shoulder Strap. Or something like it." Read the entire post. See also: the Absolute Shoulder...

Our Seattle retail store/factory showroom will be open tomorrow, Saturday January 8th, from 12:00pm - 4:00pm. This will be the last opening of our store until late February or early March. For directions to our store and its address, visit our Contact page.

See larger versions of the above photos -- and more -- by maverick in the TOM BIHN Forums. See also: the Aeronaut, Ristretto for 11" MacBook Air.

Thanks to Tony for posting the above photo of his Synapse in Navy/Solar at the 2011 Tournament of Roses Parade to our Facebook Wall.

"I’m so excited. I’ve wanted one of these forever. I actually bought this for myself with a little Christmas bonus I had." Read the full post -- with more photos -- at The Knitting Doctor. See also: The Swift in Cork.

"I was glad my Smart Alec was so comfortable since I spent most of the time carrying one of my two girls while hiking." "Tom Bihn Smart Alec at Tasman Glacier Lake, my daughter decided it was time to take a nap on the hike." Thanks to Kris W. Jones for the great photos. See more photos -- and larger versions of the above photos -- on our Facebook page.

Posted at: James' Europe Travel Blog By James Martin, About.com Guide to Europe "I'm not a "cheap stuff" sorta guy. When I buy a bag or travel accessory, I want to make sure the design and manufacturing folks have thought things out. I don't want the sort of industrial garbage in which innovation is measured by how much the company can save by removing features or using inferior material while maintaining the same price. Sometimes they even have the unmitigated gall to claim that the (new and improved!) hobbled product is better or safer because of it (think about that...

From the {position: relative;} blog: "I’ve had an Olive/Wasabi Small Cafe Bag from Tom Bihn for almost 8 years. I love this bag - it’s the perfect size, it looks cool, and it’s very clean-lined. One of the buckles broke yesterday. I emailed customer service about 15 minutes ago and have already gotten a response - they offered to fix it for free. But I decided to order a new one, because my old one is getting a bit frayed (and I can try a new color). This is a company and a product I highly recommend."

Many of you -- the readers of this blog -- are also readers of One Bag, One World (for those of you who don't: OBOW is a blog featuring news, reviews, tips and tricks for light travelers.) Our Aeronaut and Western Flyer bags have been reviewed at One Bag, One World, in addition to being widely discussed in the OBOW forums. TravelSmith recently interviewed Brad Isbell, founder of OBOW. In the interview, Isbell tells of learning how to travel light and gives advice to fellow travelers. It's a good interview and will definitely be of interest to those of you...

"But quickly, from what I gather, the bag [The Super Ego] has impressive build quality, lots of room, and is not as intimidatingly huge as I feared it would be. It is noticeably bigger than the ID, much like you'd put a side-by-side comparison between a MBP 17 against a MBP 15, that type of ratio. But from an aesthetic point of view, the bag's size shouldn't be feared at all, I am only 5' 9" (albeit on the heavy build side), and the bag doesn't look disproportionate." Read lpotr4's entire review (with more pictures!) in the TOM BIHN Forums....