Details
- 100 year warranty
- 4-7 Days of Travel
Dimensions (W x H x D)
- 27" X 19" X 9"
- Weight: 18 lbs
MATERIALS
- Full Grain Leather
- Pigskin Lining
- Custom Stainless Steel Hardware
- Industrial Marine-Grade Polyester Thread
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Read MoreThis leather suitcase was built entirely with full-grain leather. Here's why that's so important. The leather's grain is on the top of the hide and is the most durable part. The grain helps it age handsomely and stay water resistant (cows are waterproof, right?). &&Most companies buy low quality, heavily scarred-up leather, shave off the scars and blemishes (along with all of the grain) to save as much money as they can by being able to use more of the hide. If they shave off some of the grain, that's top grain leather. If they shave all of it off or split the hide in half, that's called genuine or split leather. We WANT as much grain on our suitcases and other baggage as we can get. We want it all. Therefore, we must select three hides with almost no imperfections to make each leather suitcase. And then, completely unnecessarily, I lined the suitcase interior with tough, durable pigskin.
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One time, we were taking a two month trip around the world, filming a documentary on the making of our canvas line, Mountainback. We had my wife and I, our two little kids, and our filmmaker, Joe. There were eight full 50 lb. Leather Suitcases and Beast Duffle Bags are packed for cold weather (Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand) and hot weather (Kenya and Rwanda). We also had 2 large carry-ons per person. You can imagine the size of the vehicle we needed to rent to fit all of our things. Well, when we got to Australia, low and behold, they only had tiny little vehicles to rent. This would have stressed out any traveler with lesser luggage, but not us. So I took the two removable belts off our suitcases and strapped most of the luggage to the cute little roof rack.&&The suitcase is not lightweight, but it's not too heavy either. It is the right balance to make it challenging to fit 50 lbs. (23 kgs) into it. The interior is just one simple wide open space with two interior straps to hold clothes in place like they used to make them.
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On the first major trip with my first suitcase, I carried this leather suitcase and my leather briefcase throughout Eastern Europe and North Africa for about 6 weeks. And about 3 weeks into it, the suitcase handle broke. The added complexity and energy exerted made me swear that would never happen to anyone who carried one of my suitcases.&&The handle is now bolted onto the leather suitcase and hand-sewn with boot-cord to the body. It is scarce for leather luggage to have this sort of serious consideration, but I wanted you to have the best leather luggage set you can get. Good wasn't enough; great leather luggage takes time to be designed right, then it needs to be used and abused to discover any changes that can make it better. We did that.&&There are no breakable parts like zippers, snaps, buttons, etc. Using those is like putting a cardboard hatch on a billion-dollar submarine. Once the hatch breaks, the submarine is worthless. So instead of metal hinges, I designed them with a double layer of full grain leather along the back. And the body is mostly handsewn with heavy-duty waxed boot cord for added strength.
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I have Rimowa travel case titanium but lock and handle is easily broken. ( But good world wide repair service), today I got carbon Large travel luggage, I am sure this is more stronger than expensive Rimowa titanium luggage. I want to buy one more small size also.
Posted by Anonymous | Jul 23, 2014
My partner and i just had the opportunity to use our suitcases. Mine is the lg tobacco and hers is the sm black...perfect and yes, tons tons of compliments. I have developed an addition! Dave and Suzette..not fair! great prices, and fabulous quality... what are your thinking?! wink teasing. we love your stuff...but i have too much now...well, do i? yes...but but but...
Posted by Michele D. | Jul 23, 2014
I own the small tobacco brown suitcase and it is the most durable bag on the market not to mention I receive the best compliments. This suitcase will also fit just about all the clothes you will need for a week.
Posted by Macyortega | Jul 23, 2014
Received our large tobacco suitcase today, and we are thrilled! Dave, everything you've said about your products is absolutely true; they�re amazing, and compliment inspiring. At first I was apprehensive about all the five-star reviews, and it took me a few weeks to pull the trigger on the purchase, but boy am I glad I did. My oldest Jenni (after I sent her a link to the suitcase) said I was nuts to spend that kind of money on a suitcase sight unseen! Generally I would agree, but I believed you when you said you would back up the purchase, so I made the decision to take the plunge. I can no longer travel by boat or plane, but this nearly matches our 335IS leather and looks rather grand sitting in the back seat (wouldn't want to hide it in the trunk). We leave for a week trip from Santa Barbara to Napa Valley, staying at a different hotel each night, and can�t wait to put some �wear� on this beautiful heirloom. Something tells me Jenni will be the one who will �fight over it when you�re gone�. Bravo! Well done!
Posted by Anonymous | Jul 23, 2014
I recently received the small chestnut leather suitcase. It's beautiful to see an American company making truly heirloom quality products. The suitcase is gorgeous to look at. It smells rich, and lovely to touch. The family will fight over this luggage when I'm dead, but that will be awhile. I plan to live a long time. These suitcases will travel with me around the world.
Posted by Walnut B. | Jul 23, 2014