The LGD in Burnt Orange/Royal/Cloud. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Burnt Orange/Royal/Cloud. Front view, front buckle pocket lifted up to show the Cloud lining. The LGD in Burnt Orange. Back view, showing the hide-away padded hip belt. The LGD in Logic/Coyote/Viridian. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Logic/Coyote/Viridian. Front view, front buckle pocket lifted up to show the Viridian lining. The LGD in Logic. Back view, showing the hide-away padded hip belt. The LGD in Seapine/Red/Dawn. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Seapine/Red/Dawn. Front view, front buckle pocket lifted up to show the Dawn lining. The LGD in Seapine. Back view, showing the hide-away padded hip belt. The LGD in Aubergine/Red/Viridian. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Aubergine/Red/Viridian. Front view of the bag, buckle pocket lifted up showing the Viridian lining. The LGD in Aubergine/Hunter/Island. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Aubergine/Hunter/Island. Front view of the bag, buckle pocket lifted up showing the Island lining. The LGD in Aubergine. Back view of the bag, showing the hideaway hip belt. The LGD in Black/Black/Cloud. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Black/Black/Cloud. Front view, front buckle pocket lifted up to show the Cloud lining. The LGD in Black/Red/Island. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Black/Red/Island. Front view, front buckle pocket lifted up to show the Island lining. The LGD in Black. Back view, showing the hide-away padded hip belt. The LGD in Nebulous Grey/Coyote/Island. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Nebulous Grey/Coyote/Island. Front view, front buckle pocket lifted up to show the Island lining. The LGD in Nebulous. Back view, showing the hide-away padded hip belt. The LGD in Ursa/Hunter/Coyote. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Ursa/Hunter/Coyote. Front view, front buckle pocket lifted up to show the Coyote lining. The LGD in Ursa. Back view, showing the hide-away padded hip belt. The LGD in Wilderness/Coyote/Coyote. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Wilderness/Coyote/Coyote. Front view, front buckle pocket lifted up to show the Coyote lining. The LGD in Wilderness. Back view, showing the hide-away padded hip belt. The LGD in Deep Blue/Coyote/Coyote. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Deep Blue/Coyote/Coyote. Front view, front buckle pocket lifted up to show the Coyote lining. The LGD in Deep Blue. Back view, showing the hide-away padded hip belt. The LGD in Mars Red/Coyote/Coyote. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Mars Red/Coyote/Coyote. Front view, front buckle pocket lifted up to show the Coyote lining. The LGD in Mars Red. Back view, showing the hide-away padded hip belt. The LGD in Orange-152/Royal/Coyote. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Orange-152/Royal/Coyote. Front view, front buckle pocket lifted up to show the Coyote lining. The LGD in Orange-152. Back view, showing the hide-away padded hip belt. The LGD in Canary/Royal/Dawn. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Canary/Royal/Dawn. Front view, front buckle pocket lifted up to show the Dawn lining. The LGD in Canary. Back view, showing the hide-away padded hip belt. The LGD in Mayura/Red/Dawn. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Mayura/Red/Dawn. Front view, front buckle pocket lifted up to show the Dawn lining. The LGD in Mayura. Back view, showing the hide-away padded hip belt. The LGD in Beaver Camo/Coyote/Coyote. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Beaver Camo/Coyote/Coyote. Front view, front buckle pocket lifted up to show the Coyote lining. The LGD in Beaver Camo. Back view, showing the hide-away padded hip belt. The LGD in Nightwalk/Black/Northwest Sky. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Night Walk/Black/Northwest Sky. Front view, front buckle pocket lifted up to show the Northwest Sky lining. The LGD in Night Walk. Back view, showing the hide-away padded hip belt. The LGD in Beaver Original Halcyon/Royal/Island. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Original Halcyon/Royal/Island. Front view, front buckle pocket lifted up to show the Island lining. The LGD in Original Halcyon. Back view, showing the hide-away padded hip belt. The LGD in Taiga/Coyote/Northwest Sky. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Taiga/Coyote/Northwest Sky. Front view, front buckle pocket lifted up to show the Northwest Sky lining. The LGD in Taiga. Back view, showing the hide-away padded hip belt. The LGD in Black Halcyon/Royal/Northwest Sky. Front view of the bag. The LGD in Black Halcyon/Royal/Island. Front view, front buckle pocket lifted up to show the Island lining. The LGD in Black Halcyon. Back view, showing the hide-away padded hip belt.
Add to wishlist

$150.00


Color: Logic Blue 630 Recycled/Coyote/Viridian 210 Ballistic

Vintage TOM BIHN waist/sling/shoulder pack design from the 90's.

8 liters / 490 cu. in.

We've retired the Le Grand Derriere so we can focus our efforts on other projects. You can sign up for our newsletter at the bottom of the page to receive updates on what we're working on next!

Description

The Le Grand Derriere (LGD) is a vintage reissue of a TOM BIHN design from the early 1990’. It’s, make no mistake, a large pack. Inside the main compartment, there’s an open-top pocket along the back panel that’ll fit an 11" iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kindle, or similarly-sized smaller tablet — or a notebook or paperback, if you’re working to minimize screen time. The rest of the main compartment is spacious and ready to fit a jacket, water bottle, and bento box. There’s four — yes, four — O-rings in the main compartment: two against the back panel and two against the front panel. That main compartment zipper is protected from the elements by a flap; some folks love flapped zippers as-is, and others find that adding the included Cord Zipper Pulls to the metal zipper pulls will make the main compartment easier to open and close.

The front exterior of the LGD provides two organizational options. First up is the asymmetrical buckle pocket: underneath that buckle is an open-top pocket that fits the largest phones or the smallest notebooks. Seem familiar? You’ve got it right: that asymmetrical buckle pocket is a nod to the iconic design of the Cafe Shoulder Bags. You’ll find an O-ring in there, ready to tether and secure your keys or perhaps an Organizer Pouch; attached to that O-ring is an included 8” Key Strap. 

On the other side of the bag is a zippered pocket; it’ll fit a wallet (Nik’s Minimalist Wallet fits great), reusable utensils, snacks, keys, etc. That zippered pocket also has one O-ring.

The LGD can be carried or used in multiple ways. It's primarily designed to be worn as hip pack or carried cross-body as a shoulder bag, but we know some of you will choose to wear it sling-style. Sling-style, we think the LGD works best as back carry; some may choose to wear it front carry — YMMV. It can also be packed inside of a larger bag such as the Aeronaut 45 / Aeronaut 30 travel bags or the Shadow Guide 23 / 33 backpacks — what’s cool about using it that way is that it can act like a beefier version of the Packing Cube Shoulder Bag. Use it to organize clothes or toiletries on the journey, and wear it as a waist pack/cross-body/sling pack at the destination. We also love to use our LGDs as road trip bags: packed with snacks and drinks in the front seat, and ready to go when we pull up to a trailhead to stretch our legs. Speaking of hitting the trail — as a hiking waist pack, the LGD is top-notch. It’ll fit a water bottle, water filter, first aid kit, dog and human treats — everything you might need for a quick walk. 

The exterior sides of the LGD have handy compression straps to help minimize the side profile of the bag when it’s packed full *or* lower its profile when it’s closer to empty. On the sides of the bag, you’ll also see D-ring attachment points to which you can clip an optional 1” Shoulder Strap, Simple Shoulder Strap, or Absolute Shoulder Strap. Which strap you choose depends on your priorities — one might choose the for the minimalist who occasionally needs a shoulder strap and doesn’t need a lot of padding, the 1” Shoulder Strap is a great option as it’ll neatly tuck inside the LGD when not in use. For the person who plans to pack a full water bottle or other heavy stuff and would like the load to be cush, the Absolute Shoulder Strap would be the way to go.

The waist/hip belt of the LGD neatly tucks away when not in use; it nestles behind a padded panel, which means you won’t feel the buckles against your hip when you’re wearing it as a shoulder bag. Per the original, vintage TOM BIHN LGD design, the waist belt is not removable. An optional 1-1/2" Waist Belt Extender can be ordered on our Parts page. And regardless of the exterior fabric option for the LGD — whether it’s 1000d Cordura or 525d ballistic — that back panel into which the waist belt tucks is made of smooth 525d ballistic.

 

Tom talks the history of the LGD: 

The LGD was originally designed for some friends / customers in Santa Cruz back in the mid-1990s. “Lumbar” packs were in vogue, but I never much appreciated the look or utility of that style, so this was my own variation on that general idea. It seemed like most folks were using their lumbar packs as everyday bags for around town, so I wanted to add some functionality and aesthetic that reflected that use: hence two different types of front pocket (flapped and zippered) and the option of a shoulder strap for cross-body carrying.


The people who had the original version loved them and used them constantly – it was fun to see LGDs around town. Our new LGD redux is mostly true to the original, but I’ve added an innocuous grab handle on the top/back, and made the waist/hip belt so you can tuck it away – both features I likely would have added had I continued making them back then. :)

 

Materials

Zippers

5 #8 YKK Racquet-Coil water-repellent zippers with metal sliders

Components

Specs

Dimensions

12.6" (w) x 8.2" (h) x 6.2" (d) / 320mm (w) x 210mm (h) x 160mm (d)

Weight

400d Halcyon: 13.1 ounces / 370 grams
630d Recycled: 13.9 ounces / 395 grams
1000d Cordura: 14.8 ounces / 420 grams
525d Ballistic: 15.3 ounces / 434 grams

Volume

8 Liters / 490 cu. in. 

Strap Circumference

48" / 122cm (click here to order an optional extender.)

4.8
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
Based on 49 reviews
94%would recommend this product
49 reviews
  • Maben I.
    Verified Buyer
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Thoughtful Design, Comfortable, Durable, Good Storage Size, Versatile
    1 year ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Thoughtful Design, Comfortable, Durable, Good Storage Size, Versatile
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Awesome Sling/hip pack

    I'm glad I was able to pick one up before being discontinued or out of stock. It's a perfect sling.

  • Eric M.
    Verified Buyer
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Thoughtful Design, High Quality Craftsmanship, Durable, Good Storage Size, Versatile
    1 year ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Thoughtful Design, High Quality Craftsmanship, Durable, Good Storage Size, Versatile
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Great Carry All

    I was a little skeptical about how much I would use this bag when I ordered it but it has gone with me almost everywhere. I take it with me to the gym to hold all my essentials (water bottle, liquid IV, wallet, keys, phone, headphones, etc.), it is also great for short walks with my wife and the dogs.

    I mainly only wear this as a sling on my back and is plenty comfortable for the typical weight I put in it. It is going to be my airplane essentials bag that stays right by me while my main bag is in the overhead compartment. It is more versatile than I was expecting and am extremely pleased with the bag.

  • Christopher L.
    Verified Buyer
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Good Storage Size, Versatile, High Quality Craftsmanship
    1 year ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Good Storage Size, Versatile, High Quality Craftsmanship
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Perfect bag for what it is!

    I just got this as my first Tom Bihn bag. I was looking for a sling bag that could carry a light jacket/fleece and some odds and ends around town or for a short hike. Ended up being the perfect size for this! I JUST got off a night shift at the hospital where I used it for the first time and several people commented how cool it looked and how much it held! Seemed to have infinite space as I pulled a jacket, Bluetooth speaker, stethoscope, and more out of it throughout the night. It may have been my first TB bag but certainly won't be my last.

  • Michelle B.
    Verified Buyer
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Versatile, Thoughtful Design, High Quality Craftsmanship, Good Storage Size, Compact
    1 year ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Versatile, Thoughtful Design, High Quality Craftsmanship, Good Storage Size, Compact
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Perfect EDC bag.

    I like a larger EDC, and this absolutely delivers without feeling massive. I'm 5'1" and tend to wear this as a crossbody or shoulder bag using the hip strap, but on long days it's nice to have the option to wear it as a waistpack and evenly distribute the weight. It's super versatile and you can fit way more in here than you'd think--I loaded it to a degree I only rarely do and took a photo of the contents, and even then there was definitely room to tuck a few more small items in. I've even stuck a full 2L water bladder in it for a hike while leaving all my EDC pouches inside. That said, this bag excels when it's not completely packed, because the main section is one big pocket and the more you load it up the harder it is to access everything. I prefer to keep it more lightly loaded and then have space for random purchases or a light sweater.

    Design-wise, this is tremendously thoughtful. I love that I can swing the bag around to my front to grab a wallet or keys or something then move it back to my back, and the clip pocket keeps my phone from tumbling out when I do. Basically, I'm currently planning to use this bag until I die.

  • Jad H.
    Verified Buyer
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts High Quality Craftsmanship, Sewn in USA, Comfortable, Durable, High Quality Finishings
    1 year ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts High Quality Craftsmanship, Sewn in USA, Comfortable, Durable, High Quality Finishings
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Just got my first piece from Tom Bihn, already ordered a second

    I recently discovered the brand after deciding to ditch the roller bag and think about traveling differently. After perusing all of the various bags, I opted for a LGD in tiaga - I liked the look and felt like a thinner and lighter-weight fabric would be appropriate for this bag. I'm thinking this would be my personal item for travel, which I could also use as a day pack when I'm at my destination.

    The bag is flawless, definite pride of work from the team that assembled it. What I really want out of a bag is for it to work well and hold up, and I think this bag will do both very well. High quality fabric, and the YKK zippers are very nice. I haven't had a chance to wear it long-term yet but it's really comfortable, and it swallows a lot more stuff than I expected. Plenty of space to stow the items I'll need day-to-day when traveling. iPad, headphones, charging stuff, bottle of ibuprofen, passport, and still some room left over.

    While I was at it, I ordered the Absolute Shoulder Strap - less for this bag and more to get a feel for the brand before committing to buying more. Ooh la la, it's a nice one.

    I liked it so much that I bought a Techonaut a week or so after I received the LGD. Can't wait to hit the road!

Reviews LoadedReviews Added
Lifetime guarantee image

Sewn in Seattle

Our bags are designed and sewn right here in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

That allows us to be control freaks in the best way possible; we have direct control and oversight of the quality of our materials, our products, and the jobs and working environment that we help create. It also offers us a unique spontaneity: when we have an idea for a new product or accessory, we can design it, figure out how to build it, add it to our website and be ready to ship it out our front door all within just a few weeks. How cool is that?

Intrigued? You can find out more about the unusual way we do business on our Company Philosophy page.

THE BIHN Guarantee

Everything you buy from us here at TOM BIHN is satisfaction guaranteed. We’ve been in business since 1972 and we stand behind what we make.

If something goes wrong and it's our fault, we'll fix it for free. Repairs due to normal wear and tear or due to other things that are not our fault will be performed, when possible, at a reasonable charge right here in our Seattle factory where your bag was made. Defects in materials or workmanship are uncommon and almost always evident while the product is still new. Keep in mind that bags and packs are often subject to extreme wear in everyday use: do not expect them to last forever. Only true love lasts forever! You can expect a TOM BIHN product to give years and years of hard service.