Some bags are made to hold your things. A few are made to hold up over years of hard use and still look better with every trip. The Winslow Weekender belongs to that second category, and once you understand what actually goes into it, it's easy to see why.
This isn't a bag designed for a single...
Buying a leather backpack sounds simple until you actually start looking. Scroll through any store and you'll see a dozen bags that all look "premium," a handful of prices that don't seem to match the quality, and terms like full grain, top grain, and genuine leather thrown around like they mean...
Most people judge a leather bag the day they buy it. It looks sharp in the store, the zippers glide, the color matches everything in the closet. But that first impression says almost nothing about how the leather bag will hold up once it becomes part of a daily routine. The real test starts...