Beacon Leather Flap Backpack

Traditional flap backpacks look wonderful and are quietly infuriating, because getting into one means undoing a buckle every single time.

This one solves it. The buckle is decorative and stays fastened; underneath it, a magnetic catch releases with one hand and closes itself when you push the flap down.

You get the silhouette of a heritage rucksack and the access of a modern bag, which is a combination most makers have simply never bothered to engineer.

Features

• Magnetic catch concealed beneath a permanently fastened buckle strap
• Opens and closes with one hand
• Padded interior section for a 15-inch laptop
• Front pocket, interior slip pockets and a rear slip pocket
• Padded, fully adjustable shoulder straps with a stitched grab handle
• Heritage silhouette without the heritage inconvenience

Specifications

• Material — cowhide, waxed crazy horse finish
• Laptop — padded interior section for a 15-inch machine
• Compartments — main compartment, padded laptop section, front pocket, interior slip pockets, rear slip pocket
• Closure — magnetic catch beneath a fastened leather buckle strap
• Hardware Finish — antique brass tone
• Comfort — padded adjustable shoulder straps, stitched grab handle
• Colours — Coffee, Tan

Perfect For

• Daily commuting, where you open the bag ten times a day
• Office and work travel
• University and study
• Weekends and short trips

Why You'll Love It

It is a small piece of engineering that changes the bag entirely. A flap rucksack you can open one-handed on a train platform is a bag you will use; one that needs both hands and ten seconds is a bag that sits in a wardrobe looking handsome. The leather does what good leather does — darkens, softens, holds its creases — and the flap develops a fold line exactly where you push it down.