The almanac
Notes from the workshop. Every one of them is written against the same 152 measured bags that fill the rest of the site, so the numbers in them can be checked on any card.
How to measure a bag before you buy it
Three numbers, and which of them actually decides whether your things go in.
Full-grain and top-layer cowhide, and what the difference does
Both come off the same hide. What changes is which part of it survives.
Crossbody or shoulder: where the bag ends up sitting
The strap length decides more about a day out than the shape does.
What a 13-inch laptop needs from a bag
Length and height get the machine in. Depth decides what else goes with it.
Looking after a leather bag that gets used
Rain, keys, a strap that has carried a week of shopping. What to do about each.
The small bag question: phone, cards, keys and nothing else
Under a certain size a bag stops being a smaller bag and becomes a different thing.
