The Heritage Collection · Bags
The Madras Tote
A carryall that ages into an heirloom
₹24,500
The Madras Tote began as a single commission for a bookseller who wanted a bag that would outlive his shop. Twelve years later, his original still carries. Every tote is cut from a single hide so the grain flows unbroken around the body.
- Cut from a single hide for continuous grain
- Saddle-stitched by hand with waxed linen thread
- Burnished edges, sealed with beeswax
- Interior slip pocket sized for an A5 notebook
- Leather
- Full-grain, vegetable-tanned cowhide from Tamil Nadu tanneries
- Hardware
- Solid brass, hand-polished
- Lining
- Unlined interior — leather against leather
- Dimensions
- 40 × 32 × 14 cm
Care
Wipe with a dry cloth. Condition with our balm twice a year. Let rain dry naturally — never near heat.
In the box
Dust bag, leather care balm, and a hand-signed card from the maker. A lifetime repair promise — our bench sees every bag back, eventually.
Why it deserves its price
Cost per year,not cost per bag.
Divide the price by twenty years of daily carry and this becomes the least expensive bag you will own. Everything about its construction — the stitch, the hide, the brass — exists to make that arithmetic honest.
Kept in the same company
