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Nearly every laptop bag online says it fits a 15 inch machine and nearly none of them tell you the opening width, which is the number that decides it. Here is the rule we work to, and every product page on this site lists the measurement rather than a claim: a 13 inch laptop needs a 35cm opening, a 14 inch needs 36cm, a 16 inch needs 40cm and a base that does not taper.
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Black Leather Tote BagsThe Lorne has a padded sleeve stitched the full height of the back wall, so the laptop is held against your body and does not tip forward when you set the bag down. The Marlow does not; it takes the same machine lying flat against the back panel and suits people who carry their laptop in its own sleeve anyway. Neither approach is better, but they suit different habits and the price difference is real.
Weight concentrated along one wall is what pulls a tote out of shape. Both designs here counter it the same way: a base panel cut separately and reinforced, and handles stitched through the body panel and riveted rather than attached to a tab. If a laptop tote has handles held on by a glued tab, that is where it will fail.
The large sizes of the Marlow, Lorne and canvas Ellis all clear a 16 inch machine. The medium sizes take 13 to 14 inch. The small totes take none, and we list that plainly on each one.
| Your machine | Its width | Opening you need | Bags that clear it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 inch | about 30cm | 35cm | Marlow medium, Lorne medium, Wren regular, Ellis small, Marlow large, Lorne large, Ellis large |
| 14 inch | about 31cm | 36cm | Lorne medium, Wren regular, Marlow large, Lorne large, Ellis large |
| 15 inch | about 34cm | 39cm | Marlow large, Lorne large, Ellis large |
| 16 inch | about 35.5cm | 40cm | Marlow large, Lorne large, Ellis large |
| 17 inch | about 38cm | 42cm and a flat base | Ellis large only, and it is tight |
Those are the numbers we work to. A machine needs clearance either side and a base that does not taper, or the corners of the bag bow and the laptop sits proud of the opening. Every product page lists its opening and its base depth separately for this reason.
The Lorne has a padded sleeve stitched the full height of the back wall. The laptop is held against your body, it does not tip forward when you set the bag down, and it does not slide about against your keys. The Marlow and the Ellis have no sleeve: the machine lies flat against the back panel, which suits people who already carry their laptop in its own case and do not want to pay for a second layer of padding.
Neither is better. They suit different habits, and the price difference is real rather than a feature list.
Nearly every one says it fits a 15 inch machine and nearly none of them publish the opening width, which is the number that decides it. Some publish the widest point of a tapered bag, which is worse than publishing nothing. We list the opening, the height, the depth at the base and the handle drop on every product page, and where a bag will not take a laptop we say so in the first line rather than in a footnote.
Two years of making and using them, in Sialkot and on the road. The failure we design against is not the leather, it is the handle root on a bag that is loaded with a laptop and then hung on a hook. Stitched through the body panel and riveted at both ends in brass, it holds. Attached to a glued tab, which is how most bags at half our price are built, it does not, and no grade of leather saves it.
In the large sizes, yes. A 15 inch machine is about 34cm wide and needs a 39cm opening with a flat base. The large Marlow at 40cm, the large Lorne at 41cm and the large Ellis at 42cm all clear it. The medium sizes take 13 to 14 inch.
In the Lorne, yes, a padded sleeve running the full height of the back wall. In the Marlow and the Ellis there is no sleeve and the machine lies flat against the back panel, which suits you if your laptop already travels in its own case.
Only the large Ellis at 42cm, and it is tight enough that we would not recommend it. Past 16 inches a tote is the wrong shape and a briefcase or a messenger is the right one.
Not on these, because the load sits on a base cut as its own reinforced panel and the handles are stitched through the body and riveted. What damages a loaded tote is hanging it from a hook by the handles. Stand it up instead.
In the large sizes comfortably, with a bottle as well. In the medium Lorne it is a laptop, a charger and a slim notebook and that is the honest limit.
The waxed canvas Ellis, at 0.95kg against 1.1kg for the large Marlow and 1.3kg for the large Lorne, and it has the widest opening of the three. It has no padded sleeve, which is what you give up.
Yes. In the Lorne the sleeve holds the machine against the back wall so the weight is over the base rather than pulling forward. In the open top bags a laptop lying flat against the back does the same thing.
Inside, not outside. The Lorne has two open pockets and a zip pocket on the wall opposite the laptop, plus a key leash clipped into the seam. We do not put external pockets on these because an external pocket on a tote is where things fall out of.
For as long as you own the bag. We repair rather than replace, and there is no time limit on it.
How we make themUnused and unmonogrammed bags go back inside 60 days and we pay the return postage within the US.
Returns and exchangesEvery bag is cut, stitched and finished by the same small team in Sialkot. Nothing here is bought in and relabelled.
Our storyThe outer layer of the hide with nothing sanded off or sprayed on. About one hide in seven is rejected at the cutting table.
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