Scholar Leather Backpack

The original schoolbag shape, cut in crazy horse cowhide and scaled up for a laptop and a week's worth of books.

There is a reason the satchel-backed rucksack never went away: the flat back sits against you properly, the square base means the bag stands up when you put it down, and nothing inside slides into a heap at the bottom.

Made in canvas it is a student bag. Made in crazy horse leather, with the weight and the smell that come with it, it becomes something you keep for twenty years.

Features

• Padded interior section for a 15-inch machine
• Deep main compartment with a squared base that stands up unaided
• Front zip pocket, exterior side pockets and a rear slip pocket
• Stitched leather grab handle
• Crazy horse cowhide, waxed and lightly distressed
• Flat back panel that sits properly against the spine

Specifications

• Material — crazy horse cowhide
• Laptop Size — up to 15 inches, padded section
• Compartments — main compartment, padded laptop section, front zip pocket, side pockets, rear slip pocket
• Closure — zip closure
• Hardware Finish — antique brass tone
• Comfort — padded adjustable shoulder straps, stitched grab handle
• Colours — Brown, Dark Coffee

Perfect For

• University, postgraduate study and teaching
• Daily commuting with a laptop and paper
• The office, where a canvas bag would read as too casual
• Travel and overnight trips

Why You'll Love It

Crazy horse leather is finished with a heavy wax that sits in the hide rather than on it. Run a fingernail across it and the scratch lightens; rub it with your thumb and it largely settles back. Every bag arrives with its own surface and none of them stay identical. Three years in, the corners, the straps and the handle will be darker and warmer than the panels — which is the whole argument for buying leather once instead of nylon four times.