Bags

Two Minor Updates to the Packing Cube Shoulder Bag

The Packing Cube Shoulder Bag is a dual-purpose packing cube: in preparation for and during your journey, use it to organize and pack your clothing inside your larger travel bag (maybe you...

Company

Luminary Pre-Production Batch (PPB) Notes

Note: for details on the Luminary 12, 15, and 210 ballistic bags pre-order, see this post. Pre-order opens 02/26 and closes 03/05. Tom, Nik, Mike and Velia (not pictured) at the final...

Company

2018 Recap

This is us at our holiday party! Note the guest of honor in the photo: June Johnson, TOM BIHN Production Manager Emeritus. Pre-Orders How we used to accept backorders and pre-orders, why...

Guides & How To

2018 Not Just Bags Gift Guide

A gift guide published on December 13th? Yeah, this year is feeling pretty last-minute to us. This is basically a list of what we’re giving this year so either click a link...

Bags

Top-Loader Backpacks: a Blast From the Past

Any sort of bag or backpack that needs to get closed up tight requires, well . . . a closure. It’s likely that the very earliest closure used was a draw cord...

All about Bags

New: Nik's Minimalist Wallets, Road Buddy Duffels, Shadow Guide + Tom's Firewood Carrier

A true test of patience: the dogs wait for green beans as patiently as we've been waiting to share these new designs with you. In this photo: the Road Buddy 36 (along...

Bags

Update on the New Luminary Backpacks

Victor, Fong, Lisa, and Nik discuss the shoulder straps on the Luminary 14. As we shared back in May, Tom has been working on new versions of the original Luminary 10 and...

Community

TOM BIHN Bags Create Community

"Community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but for one another. The question, therefore, is not 'How...

Community

An Interview with Chef Simoni

Last year, Chef Simoni Kigweba made his TOM BIHN debut in photos of the Moveable Feast shopping bag, and he kindly shared a recipe with us (the now-famous Tomatoes and Bread).  Now...

News Briefs

Hero's Journey and Moveable Feast Retired (Maybe)

We don't have any current plans to make future production runs of The Hero's Journey or Moveable Feast. You can sign up on their pages to be notified if/when we make more....

Tote Bags: Frequently Asked Questions

Road trip snacks in The Truck. Below is a list of questions (and answers) that we’re asked -- or anticipate we will be asked -- about our various tote bag designs. If...

Design

On The Design Process: Inspiration, Timeline, Testing

Both Tom and Nik are designing various new bags and smaller items—everything from new backpacks to new travel bags to new organizer pouches. And that, of course, prompts questions: When will they...