Carry Guides
Guides, gear insights, and stories for carrying well.
Fong, Lisa, and Tom trying to make sure Darcy doesn't reveal the new design that's being developed. These three collaborate on the manufacturing and production engineering of all new designs.
The first year that the generous TOM BIHN Ravelry group surprised us with wearable gifts for the entire crew.
We moved to our current headquarters at 4750A Ohio Ave S. in Seattle, more than doubling our square footage which allowed us to hire more crew. Lisa (Production Manager) working with Mei...
We moved to Seattle to grow and expand. Almost overnight, we became a company of over 20 people! Tom, June, Lisa, and Fong at our second (current) factory space in Seattle.
An early sketch of the bag that became the Aeronaut 45.
Line drawing of the Super Musette messenger-style shoulder bag, circa 1998.
Tom and friends on a snowless but chilly winter hike in Yosemite, 1997.
Christmas at the Santa Cruz shop, circa 1996.
In the mid-1990s, Tom briefly manufactured under the label Black Bag: this turned out to be a bad idea. Live and learn.
A photo taken by Tom's friend Dave Giannini, in Tom's original Santa Cruz shop.
Back in Tom's original Santa Cruz shop, he didn't have an "Open" and "Closed" sign but rather a "Here" and "Gone" sign. He modified this one on his way out the door...
Cake! For a party celebrating Tom's first five years in his retail store in Santa Cruz, California. Cake courtesy Tom's mother Barbara Bihn.
