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Quick snaps of the weekend holiday marketing at Ditch Projects in Springfield, Oregon. Tom showed a mix of furniture, lighting and spatula designs alongside our Handy waxed and natural canvas totes. The show was also a mini reunion of sorts with other Eugene makers like Nicholas Hollows, Eugene Printmakers and Twin Ravens Press. Surprise development: …
Our waxed Handy large totes are out for delivery with a few being kept back for the Ditch Projects Market on Dec 4 and 5 in Eugene, Oregon. Our next release will be the Handy Roll Top which should be available in early to mid December (details TBD). Stay tuned and connect with us by …
I started this blog back in 2006 as a way to track on garb found on Japanese websites. At the time, proxy services were expensive and many shops in Japan didn’t ship overseas. In most cases, the clothing items I actually wanted were only sized for men so there was really no point in doing …
Available starting today: small run of Handy large totes made from Scottish waxed cotton, hand hammered rivets and hand cut leather straps. Made in Eugene, Oregon! But now through our web shop or the Ditch Projects Market.
Thanks to Archival friend Ryan Schoeck for sending along these snaps of an original Archival Flap Musette on tour in Italy. I know many of our musettes are still in circulation traveling around the world by foot, bike, and motorcycle. If you have a photo of your Archival bag on tour, please send it my …
Here are some recents finds from my search for Filson Japan and Filson Black Label items on Yahoo! Japan auctions. Also, if you want to wax nostalgic about what you wish you had purchased from the Filson Italy, here’s a 2010 blog post from Mister Crew with more details. In trolling the Yahoo! Auctions, I …
Here are a few production snaps of our forthcoming release: the Handy Roll Top. The bag will feature our same sturdy yet stylish design features. For this production run, we’ll be using a very special, 18 ounce densely woven beeswaxed canvas from Halley Stevensons in Scotland. Just as an update: Handy Bag is a Lesli …
It’s November so naturally I’m shopping for a new down vest. In the past few years, I’ve gotten sidetracked by Rocky Mountain Featherbed and Western Mountaineering. But this fall, I’m checking back in on an old friend, Crescent Down Works. If you recall, Archival did a collaboration with CDW back in the day using Swiss …
I primarily supply my field bag needs from Brady but I’m tempted by one of these potentially unavailable waxed cotton field bags or totes from South 2 West 8 (likely made for them by Brady or Chapman or Hardy or some other venerable UK subcontractor from the usual ingredient list: canvas, leather, webbing and metal …
Browsing eBay for second hand Sandringhams, I spotted this fetching Nigel Cabourn x Fox Brothers pack. Since I typically only admire but don’t buy bags made from tweed, I don’t need to fret over the $1,249 asking price. What I love in this bag (and what I’d buy in an all canvas edition) is the …