This particular Road Test has been a long one, covering some serious miles. Nearly six months in the making. The Billykirk No. 166 Carryall (“weekender” if you want to be fancy) has been my travel companion with me along several journeys… Continue reading
Author: Taylor Welden 
Road Test :: Billykirk No. 166 Large Carryall
Category: Bags, Carry On, General, Luggage, Road Tests, Weekender
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Furoshiki: hands-on with Made on the Moon
Furoshiki, the extremely minimal method of carry, using a single piece of fabric. Continue reading
Category: Culture, Reflections
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HERZ shop visit :: Japan
Herz is a small Japanese (Shibuya district of Tokyo) based leather craftsman workshop, which started in 1973. Continue reading
Category: Backpacks, Bags, Brands, General, Messengers
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Classic Backpacks under $50
We’re here asking you this time… What are some other super classic backpacks that you love? Continue reading
Category: Backpacks, Bags, Brands, Question Time
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Antique Swiss WWII Pony Fur Rucksack
Our buddy Chris Bray (co-owner over at Billykirk) sent us an email of a unique antique pack he picked up recently. Continue reading
Category: Backpacks, Bags, Liking
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Dopp Kit Dump
A great Dopp Kit is kind of an art form… Continue reading
Category: Cases, EDC, Travel, Utility
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Mega Dangler Group Buy Closed! (100 units hit)
We just hit 100! We wanted to treat this as a giant “thank you” from us for reading Carryology! Thank you! (and thank you Jana and Deryk!) Continue reading
Category: EDC
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Mega Dangler Carryology Group Buy!
Well, you all demanded it, and we listened. After we posted up the our EDC Keys posts, we received an overwhelming amount of reader messages and comments regarding how to order the Mega Dangler from Munroe Knives. Continue reading
Category: EDC
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Carry Trainspotting at SXSW ’13
We covered this in 2012, so we thought it would be fun to do a Carry Trainspotting SXSW 2013 edition as well. Continue reading
Category: Backpacks, Bags, Culture, Gear Bags, General, Luggage, Messengers, Totes
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5 Minutes w/Chris Bray
Another great carry brand, another awesome round of responses in our 5 Minutes with series. This one focuses on Chris Bray, who makes up 1/2 of the leather and canvas carry brand Billykirk. Continue reading
Category: Backpacks, Bags, Brands, Cases, Females, Gear Bags, General, Interviews, Luggage, Messengers, Question Time, Totes, Travel, Wallets
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5 Minutes w/ Silas Grant
Silas Grant is the visionary behind one of our favorite brands here at Carryology, Bedouin and we got to get 5 mins of his time… Continue reading
Category: Backpacks, Bags, Brands, Interviews, Messengers
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Road Test :: BEXAR Goods Land Carry
I’ve been road testing this BEXAR Goods Land Carry for a few months, since back in October when I picked it while visiting the BEXAR Goods shop in San Antonio, TX. Continue reading
Category: Bags, Females, Road Tests, Totes
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EDC Keys: Reader-Submitted Pocket Dump Photos
Here they are… all 97 98 Carryology-reader-submitted pocket dump photos via the #carryology tag for the EDC Keys: Product Giveaway. Continue reading
Category: Cases, EDC, Females, Wallets
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Winners of the EDC Keys: Product Giveaway
Wow. You guys are awesome. We had 97 photo entries for our EDC Keys: Product Giveaway, and each pocket dump entry is more interesting than the next. Some really creative and curious stuff we spotted. Continue reading
Category: Carry Giveaway, Cases, EDC, Females, Wallets
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EDC Keys: Product Giveaway (3 of 3)
The third and final EDC Keys post. We figured there was no better way to end it than with a Carryology EDC Giveaway filled with some of the best EDC items we covered in the previous two posts. Continue reading
Category: Carry Giveaway, EDC
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EDC Keys: Additional Key Carry/Gadgets (2 of 3)
Part two of the EDC saga with more indepth reading, knowledge, etc. It continues on Friday as well… Continue reading
Category: EDC, Misc, Wallets
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EDC Keys: Pocket Dump/Key Carry/Road Tests (1 of 3)
Grab a cup of coffee and settle in for a good read…. Continue reading
Category: EDC, Road Tests, Utility, Wallets
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5 Minutes w/ Barrett Alley
Another one from our 5 Minutes/5 Questions series, this one comes from Barrett Alley. Continue reading
Category: Brands, Cases, Females, Question Time, Travel, Wallets
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Barrett Alley shop visit :: Dallas, TX
Carryology visits Barrett Alley’s shop in Dallas, TX. We get to see his incredible products and the handmade processes used to create them. Continue reading
Category: Brands, Females, Industry, Wallets
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BEXAR Goods shop visit :: Constructing a Land Carry
This is the second of two of posts on the BEXAR Goods Co. shop visit, this one which is all about the handmade process(es) that they perform daily on their incredible carry products. Continue reading
Carryology x DEFY BAGS Halloween Giveaway
Carryology has teamed up with our friends over at Defy Bags to bring you a Halloween product giveaway. Continue reading
Category: Bags, Carry Giveaway, Messengers
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BEXAR Goods shop visit :: San Antonio, TX
BEXAR Goods Co. (pronounced “Bare”) is a carry and lifestyle accessory brand, who focuses on making high quality handmade products, located in San Antonio, which is within Bexar County. Continue reading
Category: Backpacks, Bags, Brands, Industry, Messengers, Totes, Travel
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Carry Classifieds?
Need to sell a bag? Want to find and buy a used one? Continue reading
Category: Backpacks, Bags, Gear Bags, General, Luggage, Messengers, Totes
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The Waterproof / Water-Resistant Everyday Reference Guide
Part two of the ‘water proof vs water resistant’ write up. Enjoying it? Continue reading
Category: Insights, Reflections
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Waterproof vs Water-Resistant, explained
I used to think that I needed a waterproof bag… Continue reading
Category: Bags, Insights, Reflections
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5 Minutes w/Black Rainbow Project
Here’s one from one of our favorite secret brands, Black Rainbow Project, based out of the UK. Continue reading
Category: Backpacks, Bags, Interviews, Messengers, Question Time
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Carryology readers get 10% off Defy Bags + Announcing the Recon Small
You want 10% off a defy bag? Sweet, come on in and check this little deal we worked on with Defy for you… Continue reading
Category: Bags, Brands, Messengers
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Mission Workshop shop visit :: San Francisco, CA
At Carryology, we’re fans of many different brands who specialize in the art and utility of carry. Doesn’t matter what type of carry, or what its purpose is, we recognize a great product or system when we see it. We’re … Continue reading
Category: Backpacks, Bags, Culture, Industry, Messengers, Retailers
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Triple Aught Design shop visit :: San Francisco, CA
As you know, we previously tested Triple Aught Design’s FAST Pack Litespeed Backpack, and gave it some seriously high marks (“…my favorite backpack in my vast personal collection…”). Well since then, Mike (who heads up the Marketing duties over at … Continue reading
Category: Bags, Culture, Industry, Retailers
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VISVIM headquarters visit :: Tokyo, Japan
Carryology visits Visvim’s headquarters (Free International Laboratory or F.I.L.) in the Harajuku shopping district of Tokyo, Japan… …they didn’t allow us to take any photos of their carry products and did not want to speak about their backpacks with us … Continue reading
Category: Backpacks, Bags, Culture
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