Creating new designs as often as we do means it’s inevitable that some existing designs will be retired. Overall, we think this is very good and exciting: coming up with new designs is what we love best (and we get the sense you guys like it too!). Still, it’s tough to say goodbye to some designs, especially those that have been around for many years.
So, with mixed feelings, we present to you this list of recently retired or soon-to-be retired designs….
Recently Retired
Citizen Canine Side Pockets
The Stowaway
Smart Alec Lower Modular Pockets & Accessories
Night Flight Travel Duffel
Brain Cell
The Brain Cell was our hard-sided laptop case. It’s been replaced by the Cache, which is TSA checkpoint-friendly and offers rails system functionality.
Skookum Dog Stuffed Bat
We were sad to see the Skookum Dog Stuffed Bat go, but we’re happy there’s plenty of Bats out there making dogs and people happy. We chose to make a Bat for our original Skookum Dog stuffed toy because we appreciate the positive impacts bats have on our world; to celebrate the retirement of the Stuffed Bat, we have made a donation to the Organization For Bat Conservation.
Tall Yarn Stuff Sack
The Tall Yarn Stuff Sack has been retired. We do, of course, still offer two other sizes (and four varieties!) of Yarn Stuff Sacks; see here.
Large Cafe Bag
The Large Cafe Bag is now out of stock and completely retired.
Founder's Briefcase Wedge
The Founder's Briefcase wedge has been retired.
Founder's Briefcase
The Founder's Briefcase is now out of stock and fully retired. This was a tough call. Both Tom and Darcy carry Founder's Briefcases as their work EDCs. Tom's been working on a couple of new briefcase designs and, though there's no ETA on when those will be available, it's time for us to start making room for their arrival. Once the existing Founder's Briefcases sell out, they'll be gone for good.
The Skookum Dog Sheepskin Bed
The Sheepskin Bed has been retired. It's out of stock and no more will be made.
The Field Journal Notebook
The Field Journal Notebook has been retired.
See this blog post for the reasons behind the retirement of the FJN + paper ideas/solutions.
Smart Alec
The Smart Alec has been retired to make way for new designs.
Tool/Pen Wrap
The Tool/Pen Wrap has been retired to make way for new designs.
Large Road Duffel
The Large Road Duffel has been retired to make way for new designs.
Sprout
We’ve decided to retire the Sprout to make way for the many new designs that Tom and Nik are working on. The currently available Sprouts are the last of their kind; no more will be made.
Shop Bag, Small
We bid adieu to the Small Shop Bags; no more will be made.
Medium Road Duffel
The last of the Medium Road Duffels are on the site -- no more will be made.
Aeronaut 30 Halcyon Packing Cubes (All Sizes)
(2017 & Before) Aeronaut 30 Aether Packing Cubes (Small Wasabi & Carbon, All End Pockets, All Large)
Aeronaut 45 Halcyon Packing Cubes (All Sizes)
(2017 & Before) Aeronaut 45 Aether Packing Cubes (Small Wasabi & Violet, End Pocket Carbon)
Tri-Star Halcyon Packing Cubes (All Sizes)
(2017 & Before) Tri-Star Aether Packing Cubes (Small Wasabi & Carbon, All Medium, Large Violet & Wasabi)
Western Flyer Halcyon Packing Cubes (All Sizes)
Pilot Packing Cubes (All Sizes)
Night Flight Packing Cubes
Yeoman Packing Cubes (Mini Carbon, Small Wasabi & Carbon, Medium Wasabi & Carbon, All Large)
Stowaway Pacing Cubes (Wasabi & Carbon)
We now have a category page devoted to retired designs. Note that this page only lists more recently retired designs; designs such as the Ego, Super Ego, and others retired over the last several years were removed from our website before we created this category.
Soon-To-Be Retired
Original Large Shop Bag (Last run the 02/26 pre-order)
This is an announcement thread; this post will be updated as designs are slated for retirement. In addition to editing this first post with updated information, one of the TOM BIHN crew will post a response in this thread with a note on what was updated.
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So, with mixed feelings, we present to you this list of recently retired or soon-to-be retired designs….
Recently Retired
Citizen Canine Side Pockets
The Stowaway
Smart Alec Lower Modular Pockets & Accessories
Night Flight Travel Duffel
Brain Cell
The Brain Cell was our hard-sided laptop case. It’s been replaced by the Cache, which is TSA checkpoint-friendly and offers rails system functionality.
Skookum Dog Stuffed Bat
We were sad to see the Skookum Dog Stuffed Bat go, but we’re happy there’s plenty of Bats out there making dogs and people happy. We chose to make a Bat for our original Skookum Dog stuffed toy because we appreciate the positive impacts bats have on our world; to celebrate the retirement of the Stuffed Bat, we have made a donation to the Organization For Bat Conservation.
Tall Yarn Stuff Sack
The Tall Yarn Stuff Sack has been retired. We do, of course, still offer two other sizes (and four varieties!) of Yarn Stuff Sacks; see here.
Large Cafe Bag
The Large Cafe Bag is now out of stock and completely retired.
Founder's Briefcase Wedge
The Founder's Briefcase wedge has been retired.
Founder's Briefcase
The Founder's Briefcase is now out of stock and fully retired. This was a tough call. Both Tom and Darcy carry Founder's Briefcases as their work EDCs. Tom's been working on a couple of new briefcase designs and, though there's no ETA on when those will be available, it's time for us to start making room for their arrival. Once the existing Founder's Briefcases sell out, they'll be gone for good.
The Skookum Dog Sheepskin Bed
The Sheepskin Bed has been retired. It's out of stock and no more will be made.
The Field Journal Notebook
The Field Journal Notebook has been retired.
See this blog post for the reasons behind the retirement of the FJN + paper ideas/solutions.
Smart Alec
The Smart Alec has been retired to make way for new designs.
Tool/Pen Wrap
The Tool/Pen Wrap has been retired to make way for new designs.
Large Road Duffel
The Large Road Duffel has been retired to make way for new designs.
Sprout
We’ve decided to retire the Sprout to make way for the many new designs that Tom and Nik are working on. The currently available Sprouts are the last of their kind; no more will be made.
Shop Bag, Small
We bid adieu to the Small Shop Bags; no more will be made.
Medium Road Duffel
The last of the Medium Road Duffels are on the site -- no more will be made.
Aeronaut 30 Halcyon Packing Cubes (All Sizes)
(2017 & Before) Aeronaut 30 Aether Packing Cubes (Small Wasabi & Carbon, All End Pockets, All Large)
Aeronaut 45 Halcyon Packing Cubes (All Sizes)
(2017 & Before) Aeronaut 45 Aether Packing Cubes (Small Wasabi & Violet, End Pocket Carbon)
Tri-Star Halcyon Packing Cubes (All Sizes)
(2017 & Before) Tri-Star Aether Packing Cubes (Small Wasabi & Carbon, All Medium, Large Violet & Wasabi)
Western Flyer Halcyon Packing Cubes (All Sizes)
Pilot Packing Cubes (All Sizes)
Night Flight Packing Cubes
Yeoman Packing Cubes (Mini Carbon, Small Wasabi & Carbon, Medium Wasabi & Carbon, All Large)
Stowaway Pacing Cubes (Wasabi & Carbon)
We now have a category page devoted to retired designs. Note that this page only lists more recently retired designs; designs such as the Ego, Super Ego, and others retired over the last several years were removed from our website before we created this category.
Soon-To-Be Retired
Original Large Shop Bag (Last run the 02/26 pre-order)
This is an announcement thread; this post will be updated as designs are slated for retirement. In addition to editing this first post with updated information, one of the TOM BIHN crew will post a response in this thread with a note on what was updated.
You're welcome to subscribe to this thread to receive alerts within the Forums or in your email inbox whenever we post an update. Once you're logged in to your Forum account (if you don't yet have a Forum account, you'll need to sign up), you can subscribe to this thread by going to "Thread Tools" and clicking "Subscribe to this thread." You'll be taken to your account control panel, where you can select the notification type "Instant notification by e-mail."
If you would like to discuss the news items in this thread, you’re welcome to start a new thread or post in an an existing one.
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