Official Thread: The Hero's Journey

[gochicken]

Maybe they do know each other after all!

[gochicken]

They ARE a perfect match with their Halcyon counterparts!

[Mausermama]

This photo is so cheery! Love those colored key straps! They help keep me organized so nicely!

[moriond]

Yes, I agree with @Mausermama. Unfortunately I can only 'like' @gochicken's picture of the new keystraps with their 200d Halcyon counterparts once.

moriond

[Pokilani]

Wow! Those new straps look amazing!


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[backpack]

Love, love, love the video: one of the nicest and most cosy, TB has produced.

Tom and the Crew are wonderful, as usual.

I think the Heros' Journey is an Aerosynapseguidepack with removable pockets including one which is a convertible to a carry on.

The contrast between this newest bag and earlier designs shows the evolution, growth, journey of Tom on design, in response to the changing need of users' need in EDC, specialty designs (accessories, shop/market bags, Swift) and luggage.

Love the peeking into the factory and showroom. I thought I was in the Holodeck and almost grabbed a Q-Kit.

The new Key Straps are as beautiful as they bright and useful.

Lately, I found myself in need of a couple of different bright Key Straps, to secure and retrieve, without worry, different but equally important items, in my EDC.
A maze of Black Key Straps and various lanyard is no longer cutting it.

[operator]

Those photos look great!


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[autolycus]

Someone do me a favor... Take a look at 1:58 in the video with Maestro Tom talking about designing a bag. Pause it. Look at the work bench that's in front of Tom, frame left. At the farthest end is a black and Nordic bag. I assume it's either the main Hero's Journey or the top pocket. One spot closer is what looks like a very large northwest gray Halycon stuff sack. I thought it might be the sleeping bag stuff sack, but I double-checked, and that's going to be made in Aether rather than Halcyon.

So... what am I looking at?

[moriond]

Someone do me a favor... Take a look at 1:58 in the video with Maestro Tom talking about designing a bag. Pause it. Look at the work bench that's in front of Tom, frame left. At the farthest end is a black and Nordic bag. I assume it's either the main Hero's Journey or the top pocket. One spot closer is what looks like a very large northwest gray Halycon stuff sack. I thought it might be the sleeping bag stuff sack, but I double-checked, and that's going to be made in Aether rather than Halcyon.

So... what am I looking at?

@autolycos, I'm not sure what you're looking at, but I think the picture you're referring to is at the left side of this (screen capture):


You're correct that the Hero's Journey Top Pocket for the Nordic/Black combination version of the HsJ is next to the White Lamp at the left. And that it looks like a Northwest Sky Halcyon prototype for the Sleeping Bag Stuff Sack next to it, although they used Aether for the release version.

I don't know any more about these details.

HTH

moriond

[autolycus]

Official Thread: The Hero's Journey

@autolycos, I'm not sure what you're looking at, but I think the picture you're referring to is at the left side of this (screen capture):

You're correct that the Hero's Journey Top Pocket for the Nordic/Black combination version of the HsJ is next to the White Lamp at the left. And that it looks like a Northwest Sky Halcyon prototype for the Sleeping Bag Stuff Sack next to it, although they used Aether for the release version.

I don't know any more about these details.

HTH

moriond

Yep, that's the shot I'm talking about. I guess you're right that the NWG bag is probably a prototype of the sleeping bag sack. I assumed those were round, but it would make more sense for them to be oval-ish to better fill out a square-ish pocket/compartment.

I'm definitely looking forward to seeing all the pockets, compartments, and features of this bag. If I were going to be backpacking around Europe, I think this would be the perfect choice. I'm too old for that now, though. I don't think it will work for my own purposes any better than my current bags, including a nice lightweight Loka UL backpack from fstop gear for when I'll be hiking on a trip--which will mean I have my camera and tripod too. If I didn't already have that bag, the HsJ would look GREAT!

[BWeaves]

NOW you come out with band woven keystraps, now that I've handwoven my own.

[Mausermama]

NOW you come out with band woven keystraps, now that I've handwoven my own.

Well, yes, and they are fabulous, but really... handwoven totally rocks! I would love to be able to do something like that. Did you use an inkle loom? I keep staring at those things. One of the days my finger will accidentally push "buy" on one, but I need to finish homeschooling the kiddos first before I take on another hobby. Knitting, spinning, and reading are about all I can manage at the moment!

[Quotidianlight]

https://forums.tombihn.com/attachmen...o-sahale-1-jpg

anyone notice this photo on the blog?

I have a digital nomad-y question. Will the top fit a vertical 13inch air cache? In some photos it looks only slightly smaller than the Daylight backpack but in others it looks a lot smaller.

[Badger]

I have a digital nomad-y question. Will the top fit a vertical 13inch air cache? In some photos it looks only slightly smaller than the Daylight backpack but in others it looks a lot smaller.

Unfortunately, the 13" Cache does not fit. The Top Pocket is, however, the perfect size for an 11" MBA Cache.


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[BWeaves]

Well, yes, and they are fabulous, but really... handwoven totally rocks! I would love to be able to do something like that. Did you use an inkle loom? I keep staring at those things. One of the days my finger will accidentally push "buy" on one, but I need to finish homeschooling the kiddos first before I take on another hobby. Knitting, spinning, and reading are about all I can manage at the moment!

Yes, I used an inkle loom. Some are inkle woven which is a warp faced plain weave like the new TB straps, only mine are more colorful with patterns. I've also woven some using tablet weaving, although I had the warp on my inkle loom I used tablets to make the patterns.