The Marlow — Chocolate Leather Tote Bag

Chocolate is the safest brown we make. It is dark enough to take a scuff without announcing it, warm enough that it never reads as black, and even across the whole hide, so the bag looks deliberate rather than rustic. This is the Marlow we recommend to anyone buying their first expensive bag and worrying about marking it.

It comes in two sizes. The medium is 14.5″ (37 cm) wide, 11″ (28 cm) high and 5″ (13 cm) deep, with a 10.25″ (26 cm) handle drop, and takes up to a 13-inch laptop. The large is 17.25″ (44 cm) wide, 12.25″ (31 cm) high and 6″ (15 cm) deep, with a 10.75″ (27 cm) handle drop, and takes up to a 15-inch laptop. Pick the size in the menu above; the price changes with it.

Buy it if your daily load is a laptop plus something else and you are in and out of the bag constantly.

The leather

Chocolate is a through dyed full grain hide with a very even take up. Scuffs and water marks both disappear into it, which makes it the most forgiving color we make.

How it is made

Every cut edge is sanded and burnished in four passes rather than painted, so it cannot flake off in a strip. No edge paint anywhere on the bag, and no glued handle tabs, which are the two places a cheap tote gives way. Lined in heavy cotton twill with a zip pocket on the back wall and two open pockets facing it. Nothing is pre made, so allow 3 to 5 working days before it ships.