Original Briefcase Otter Green

When FILSON introduced the Original Briefcase in 1994, the mission was clear: use the best materials available to manufacture a briefcase that would live up to the legacy of providing customers with gear that stands up to the rigors of hard use, year after year. More than a quarter-century later, it remains the best-selling bag–a testament to the old-fashioned idea that if a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing right.

Because it’s manufactured with the sturdiest materials and construction, FILSON had customers report logging over a million air-travel miles with their Original Briefcases. The industrial-strength Rugged Twill from British Millerain is a 2-ply by 3-ply twill with exceptional resistance to abrasion and wear. It’s lightly waxed, so your valuables stay dry. The leather handles and straps are cut, burnished and edge-dyed in the Seattle factory from Bridle Leather hides vegetable-tanned by Pennsylvania’s iconic Wickett & Craig. Each hide is slowly steeped in a special bark-tannin solution, with tallows and waxes “hot-stuffed” into it during the final stages. This eco-friendly tanning process transforms cowhide into durable, pliable leather suitable for horse tack, saddlery, as well as Filson briefcases. The heavy-gauge brass zipper is rustproof, virtually indestructible, and reinforced with Bridle Leather. All of this is stitched together with heavy-duty, cotton-wrapped polyester thread, to ensure a briefcase that will provide decades of unfailing durability.

- Style: Original Briefcase
- Color: Otter Green
- Material: 100% cotton
- Made of Rugged Twill cotton and bridle leather
- 2 external pockets, two internal dividers, slotted pockets for cards and pens
- Double-layer bottom
- Interior seams bound with Tin Cloth
- Adjustable, removable 46"-long Bridle Leather shoulder strap with pad
- Saddle-grade Bridle Leather sourced from North America and tanned in the USA
- Meets standard airline carry-on size requirements
- Size: 40 x 10 x 32 cm (13L)