Carry Guides
Guides, gear insights, and stories for carrying well.
Dogs
A guest post by our sister company, Skookum Dog, designer and maker (in the U.S.A. of course) of dog beds, leashes, and collars.
Community
In 1990, after 18 years of designing and making bags at night and on the weekends, Tom opened his first shop in Santa Cruz and founded TOM BIHN. Today there are almost...
Company
After we debuted our new Cord Zipper Pull options, some of you asked for a written tutorial on how to achieve the Robust Knot seen in our how-to video. Here you go!...
Company
A salute to Tom's Consew 206RB sewing machine: purchased in 1980 and still in continuous use at our Seattle factory. Excerpted from Tom's interview with The Setup: "One of my most obvious...
Bags
It’s the time of year when we count on family, friends, and cider to brighten up these darker days. And we wanted to share a bit of brightness with all of you. To...
Bags
The Parental Unit is the result of Tom's resolve to build a "diaper bag" that does more than just assist parents with changing diapers: it'll help organize and mobilize any parent or...
Design
A small variation on our classic Key Strap, which has snaphooks on both ends. The Key Strap, Snaphook/O-Ring has—you guessed it—a snaphook on one end and an O-ring on the other. It’s...
Design
Some of us love our signature gunmetal zipper pulls. Others prefer cord pulls. Some of us tie custom knots; some of us are like, uh, how does one even do that? And...
Photos
Jillian—photographer, metalsmith, and author of the Noisy Plume—took her Aeronaut 30 on a road trip to the Southwest this past summer. Below is her packing list and review. And for more about...
Sewn in Seattle
There are 13 dogs on staff here at TOM BIHN, though some of them work from home most days. One day, a few years back, we all looked at each other and...
Sewn in Seattle
From 5:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., one of the first things you'll notice walking into our factory and company headquarters is the sound of bags being made: sewing machines humming, bartack machines...
Community
Who doesn’t love the grand tour—the big road trip, the long hike, the epic climb, the extended cruise, the multi-day paddle? More and more however, my wife and I find ourselves going...
