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The Minimalist's Guide to Packing an Overnight Bag
How do some people fit everything in a single bag? Packing light: it sounds simple until you're actually standing in front of your closet. Suddenly, "just one night away" starts looking like three outfits, two pairs of shoes, your entire bathroom counter,...
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The BIHN Bulletin
Guides, gear insights, and stories for carrying well.
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Founder's Briefcase in Olive, Navy, Steel
Navy Steel Olive Note that one exterior side of the Founder's Briefcase has two zippered pockets, and the other side has naught: there's a TOM BIHN label on both sides, so there...
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The Fur Test
1000d Cordura® after test We made mittens out of 420 HT ParaPack, 400d Dyneema®/420d nylon, 1050d Ballistic, 1000d Cordura® and 500d Cordura®. We then rubbed each one on a volunteer office canine...
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Company Updates
Holiday 2013 Shipping Guide
Use this handy guide to help figure out which shipping method you need to choose to ensure your TOM BIHN order will arrive by or on December 24th. Note that our shipping...
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Gift Ideas
Illustration by Mason Drumm Just a few of the things we're planning on giving this year. If you plan on giving something TOM BIHN and want help choosing the right thing, emailus@tombihn.mom...
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Christmas at Thanksgiving with @tombihn
Christmas at Thanksgiving with @tombihn !!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/thKt6NvVlP — Jeremy (@mr_lohrman) November 29, 2013
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Reviews
ykang2375: Initial review of the Tri-Star
"I received my Tom Bihn Tri-Star bag about 3 weeks ago and wanted to share my initial impressions of it. What really surprised me was how substantial it was, when you pick...
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Recap of the new stuff
It's been a busy week (month? year?) around here... We introduced The Guide's Pack and Founder's Briefcase. We debuted a new fabric: 420d HT nylon Classic Parapack. Tom authored several posts about...
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Introducing The Guide's Pack and Founder's Briefcase
"A couple of years ago, I set out to revisit some of the designs from my extensive youth: I wanted to see what features and materials were still useful, and which were...
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On the design of The Guide's Pack
Like lots of good stuff, it all started in a garage. Better than leather: heavy-duty synthetic felt and nylon webbing combine in the Double Accessory Strap Holder. #00 spur grommets, made for...
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On the design of the Founder's Briefcase
Thick synthetic felt reinforces the handle attachment points. A pleated, 3D mesh pouch is divided in to three separate spaces . . . By moving the two zipper sliders to be over...
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On Internal Frames and Frame Sheets
I've always tended to keep my designs as simple as possible and eschew adding features just for the sake of, well, just because we could. So, it should be no surprise that...
