TOM BIHN Maker's Bag

The Small Café Bag is our timeless crossbody bag with a distinctive asymmetrical flap that is designed to help you carry and organize your everyday gear. Like the name says, this bag is perfect for any trips to the café, whether for work or just to chill with a cup of coffee, and this bag is also ideal for daily use and travel.

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A medium, yet versatile everyday crossbody shoulder bag that can also be used as a sling bag, waist pack, or organizer pouch. Main compartment with lots of organization: 7 open-top interior pockets of varying sizes 4 O-rings inside to tether extra organizer pouches and/or Key Straps Two exterior pockets, front and back, one zippered and one open-top Wear it crossbody with our 1.5” Shoulder Strap (included) or as a sling bag / waistpack with a 1" Waist Strap (optional) Filled Dimension: 12.6” (w) x 7.5” (h) x 4.7” (d) / 320mm (w) x 190mm (h) x 120mm (d) Want a smaller version of the…

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The Marathon Messenger balances form and function for wherever your day takes you. Smart design, durable build, easy carry — everything you need for a quick sprint or an even-paced march. Flap closure with dual buckles keeps your gear in place and within arm’s reach. Capacious main compartment with a padded bottom and three banded open-top pockets for journals, packing cubes, or small accessories, and two elasticized pockets on either side for a water bottle or umbrella. Horizontal zippered pocket beneath the flap closure for holding small notebooks, cords, and accessories.

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Double Organizer Pouches add two extra pockets of organization to any bag. Front pocket is clear, and the back pocket is concealed. Using a small-but-tough plastic snaphook, Double Organizer Pouches attach to any of the O-rings inside our messenger bags, backpacks, briefcases, travel bags, laptop bags, and knitting bags. If you have another bag, that's ok — just don't use the little plastic snaphook on the pouch or break it off. Double Organizer Pouches zip with a #5 YKK coil zipper with a plastic slider, which is less likely to damage sensitive electronic gizmos.

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A small, yet versatile everyday crossbody shoulder bag that can also be used as a sling bag, waist pack, or organizer pouch. Main compartment with 2 open-top organizer pockets and 4 O-rings Zippered pocket on the exterior with an O-ring and a clipped 8” Key Strap Wear it as a crossbody bag with our 5/8" Shoulder Strap (included) or as a sling bag / waistpack with a 1” Waist Strap (optional) Dimensions: 9.0" (w) x 5.5" (h) x 3.1" (d) / 230 (w) x 140 (h) x 80 (d) mm Want a bigger version of the Side Effect? Check out the Side Kick . Want an even bigger version? Check out the Side Hustle .

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The ultimate on-your-back student or business organizer, the Brain Bag is our Slant-6 of backpacks: it will surprise you with its utility, versatility, and longevity. Long after lesser bags have frayed their seams, blown their zippers, and popped their straps, the Brain Bag will continue to be your faithful companion. The Brain Bag consists of two main compartments plus four external pockets. The small top pocket on the front is perfect for a wallet and cell phone and has an inside snaphook for keys.

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A tote for knitters and crafty types. Open-top tote, spacious main compartment, secured with button closure 2 flat clear urethane interior pockets Flat bottom that allows bag to stand on its own Includes one Medium Yarn Stuff Sack that matches interior of the bag, clipped into O-ring Handles with PORON® foam padding for extra comfort Dimensions: 12.6" (w) x 13.4" (h) x 7.5" (d) / 320 (w) x 340 (h) x 190 (d) mm Handle Length: 22" / 560…

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Meet the Mystery Grab Bag : a versatile organizer that fits easily inside a larger bag or transforms into a mini shoulder bag with the addition of an optional strap attached to its D-rings. It’s even spacious enough for a large burrito! With sewn-on grab handles, it’s designed to grab and go. Why the Mystery? Each Grab Bag comes with a surprise colorway, only revealed when you unbox it! Crafted from a unique mix of materials, every bag tells its own story.

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A compact, go-anywhere crossbody that keeps your essentials organized on the move. The main compartment of the Everyday Cubelet zips open and shut with a #5 YKK zipper with a plastic slider. One side of the Everyday Cubelet is clean without any exterior pockets. The other side features a zippered pocket: the zipper sits at a slight angle, which allows it to open a tad more than if it sat horizontally—plus, it adds a bit of style (in our humble opinion). That extra zipper length makes it a little easier to see inside of the pocket, or wiggle objects (like a phablet) in there.

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The Pop Tote is a zip-top tote bag designed with distinctive snaps at the top. Whether you are packing for work, a picnic, potluck, road trip, flight, or just a workout session, the Pop Tote is the perfect everyday and travel bag for you. Zip-top main compartment with flat bottom 4 snaps that pop (see what we did there?) open or snap shut as needed to create large opening 2 open-top pockets, one on each side of the main compartment 2 zippered pockets, one on each side of the open-top pockets Handles with PORON® foam padding for extra…

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The Trinity is a three-way carry everyday travel bag: briefcase, shoulder bag, and backpack all-in-one, designed with the savvy business traveler in mind. Plenty of built-in organization: 2 clamshell compartments, 1 dedicated center laptop compartment, 3 large exterior pockets, and additional interior organization 10 O-rings to attach optional organizational bags and accessories Easy-access handles and pockets for pulling items out in-flight Multiple carry modes, including our all new fully removable, padded backpack straps for maximum versatility Built-in luggage handle pass through slot…

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Featuring an adjustable shoulder strap, front zippered pocket, interior top entry pocket, zippered pocket, and key hook. Certain colorways feature custom jacquard webbing.

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The Guide's Edition Synapse 25 takes all of the same clever features, bountiful organization, and top-shelf build of the original Synapse 25 and walks it all a bit further up into the mountains, a bit deeper into the woods. Rather than the all-too-common black zippers, hardware and webbing, the Guide's Edition Synapse 25 has gone terrestrial: it’s trimmed and lined in Coyote brown. The resulting aesthetic might be taken as an homage to another time; but to our sensibilities, bags trimmed in Coyote seem to be a little more at home in the great outdoors.

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The Paragon 2.0 is the second iteration of the Paragon, a modern take on Tom's minimalist bag from years past, the Simplex. Main compartment opens with #8 YKK Racquet-Coil zippers with DWR coating, now featuring pull-tabs for easier zipping by providing a better grip (rain flaps have been removed from the original design for a sleeker look) Interior pocket with dual zippers, redesigned for easier access and expanded for increased storage capacity Padded back with integrated open-top laptop pocket, now upgraded with spacer mesh for improved breathability and comfort Integrated…

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Meet the Mystery Grab Bag : a versatile organizer that fits easily inside a larger bag or transforms into a mini shoulder bag with the addition of an optional strap attached to its D-rings. It’s even spacious enough for a large burrito! With sewn-on grab handles, it’s designed to grab and go. Why the Mystery? Each Grab Bag comes with a surprise colorway, only revealed when you unbox it! Crafted from a unique mix of materials, every bag tells its own story.

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We offer several comfortable shoulder straps to choose from. The Absolute Shoulder Strap has a unique, patented, internal control-stretch system that's a lifesaver when carrying a heavy bag. It's the ideal strap for those who carry hefty loads or simply want the most comfortable strap available. The Absolute Shoulder Strap combines a nonslip, ergonomically curved pad — made of soft, durable neoprene — with comfortable stretch backing to make bags feel 50% lighter and 100% more comfortable. It's adjustable from 20" to 52".

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Our legendary maximum size carry-on travel bag. Carry it as a backpack, shoulder bag, or duffel. Travel with the Aeronaut isn't like travel with wheeled luggage: you won't ever hesitate to make your way through the crowd, down a cobblestone alley, across the grass, or up the trail. With the load on your back, you can navigate through not just airports, train stations, and bus depots, but through airplanes , trains , and buses . Hard to categorize, the Aeronaut is at once soft luggage, a duffel bag, and a backpack.

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We present for your use two new accessories for the Aeronaut 30 and Aeronaut 45 convertible travel bags. First, we designed optional, removable Internal Frames that specifically fit (and retrofit) into the Aeronaut 30 and Aeronaut 45. There's also a new optional, removable Padded Hip Belt, which you can use together or separately with the Internal Frame (the Aeronaut Padded Hip Belt is available for purchase separately over here).

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The name of our Swivel Double Carabiner says it all: it’s a double carabiner joined in the middle by a swivel point.

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Back in the mid 1970’s, I made a firewood carrier for my father and a couple extras for friends. The design was nothing new or revolutionary, but it did its job: schlepping 3-5 firewood logs from the woodshed to the hearth. When my father passed away in 2016, I inherited the original carrier I had made all those years before. Now, over 40 years later, I use the thing almost daily in the winter months.

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The strong, silent type of briefcase: straight-forward and handsome with lots of features inside. The Cadet is a minimalist briefcase designed to fit your laptop, a few files or magazines, power supplies, pens, notebooks, and other small accessories. The Cadet can be worn three ways: across-body (messenger style), on one shoulder, or carried in hand as a briefcase. Shoulder strap attachment points are on the left and right sides of the Cadet and feature our exclusive (designed by Tom), super-heavy-duty DuPont™ Delrin® eye-loops, tested to 260 pounds each.

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Optional frame sheet for Techonaut 30 and Techonaut 45

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Customize your zipper pulls with color or your own custom knot pulls. Most of our bags come with a packet (or two) of Cord Zipper Pulls (the Aeronaut 30 , Tri-Star , Brain Bag , and Synapse 25 among many others). There are three advantages a cord pull can offer over a metal pull: the cord pull can extend the range of a metal zipper, it can wrap around the zipper and mitigate the jingle of the metal pull (you won't get as much of that "I'm being followed by a golden retriever" sound with cord pulls) and it can make the zipper easier to grab and use.

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