Leather Totes

A full-grain leather tote that carries the laptop, the lunch and whatever else the day throws in, with your monogram engraved free.

There are two totes here, and the choice between them is mostly about closure. The Aurora is open-top: you drop things in one-handed and keep walking. The Nova comes zipped or unzipped, so if your commute involves crowded trains, take the zip version.

Both are cut from full-grain leather, the top layer of the hide with its grain left intact. It is stiff on day one and softens along the lines you actually fold it, which is why a tote that has been carried for a year sits better than a new one on the shelf.

The handles are where a tote usually gives out first, so that is where the work goes: stitched and riveted rather than glued, on solid brass fittings. Your initials are engraved before it ships, at no extra cost.