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Color Updates
New Color Alert! Meet Saffron 630 HT Ballistic
It’s finally here. Warm, golden, and just a little bit earthy, Saffron is our newest 630 HT Ballistic color. Like the spice that inspired it, Saffron brings a little warmth to our Ballistic lineup without feeling overly bright. It’s the kind...
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The BIHN Bulletin
Guides, gear insights, and stories for carrying well.
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Looking Forward to 2014
We don't really believe in resolutions, but we're all for reflections, and as we wrote this list of things we'd like to accomplish in 2014, we realized it was something we could...
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Happy Holidays from the TB crew!
Whether it snows for six days and six nights or twelve days and twelve nights, here's to you and yours having a good holiday. Merry Christmas from the TOM BIHN crew!
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The Fur Test
1000d Cordura® after test We made mittens out of 420 HT ParaPack, 400d Dyneema®/420d nylon, 1050d Ballistic, 1000d Cordura® and 500d Cordura®. We then rubbed each one on a volunteer office canine...
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Gift Ideas
Illustration by Mason Drumm Just a few of the things we're planning on giving this year. If you plan on giving something TOM BIHN and want help choosing the right thing, emailus@tombihn.com...
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Introducing The Guide's Pack and Founder's Briefcase
"A couple of years ago, I set out to revisit some of the designs from my extensive youth: I wanted to see what features and materials were still useful, and which were...
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On Internal Frames and Frame Sheets
I've always tended to keep my designs as simple as possible and eschew adding features just for the sake of, well, just because we could. So, it should be no surprise that...
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The Story behind 420 Denier High Tenacity “Parapack” Pack Fabric
Our 420d HT nylon Classic Parapack in Olive. 420 denier, high tenacity, type 6.6 nylon fabric was originally developed for the military for use in parachute backpacks — the thing on the...
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Accessory Strap Holders: Return of an Icon
Accessory strap holders were originally designed as a means to allow the user to add lash straps to a backpack to secure either items that were oddly shaped (such as ice axes...
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On Shoulder Straps
In the über-cush world we find ourselves in, we may sometimes like to imagine that a heavy backpack can be worn over many hours and many trail miles with no discomfort. As...
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Ballistic vs. Leather Pack Bottoms
For several decades, it seemed that any serious backpack for day hiking or climbing always had a leather bottom. The image of a hiker or climber scrambling over rough terrain, occasionally (or...
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