Carry Guides
Guides, gear insights, and stories for carrying well.
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This is the kind of freedom you'll feel with the Most Minimalist Minimal Wallet ever made. Nik’s original Minimalist Wallets debuted in late 2018. Though many appreciated the original wallets, some asked...
All about Bags
Photo of the Ghost Whale Pouch, Size Small, posted by Dom in the Forums. Our new Ghost Whale Organizer Pouches have proved to be a very popular design. And it just so...
Community
Hollie is a longtime user of TOM BIHN bags, she's a former employee, and she was the main tester of the Luminary 15 (L15) design. Tom would like to thank Hollie for...
Bags
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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...
