The Filson extra large duffle is made from 22 oz. paraffin treated cotton twill with vegetable tanned bridal leather features. There are two leather carrying handles with shell supporting structure and sliding adjustment, a zip top featuring two way heavy brass YKK zippers and fold-over snapping flap closure and a removable shoulder strap with sliding pad and brass hardware. Also featured are inside pockets at each end, leather pulls, leather grip with two-snap closure, adjustable and removable leather shoulder strap with an extra wide shoulder strap (instead of a pad).
MEASURES: 34" W x 14.5" H x 13.5" D
C. C. Filson moved to the small city of Seattle, Washington in the 1890's and his timing couldn't have been better. By 1897, the Great Klondike Gold Rush was on, and thousands of fortune hunters were stampeding into Seattle, headed north. In 1897, Filson opened C.C. Filson's Pioneer Alaska Clothing and Blanket Manufacturers, specializing in goods to outfit the stampeders to the Klondike Gold Rush. Stories of harrowing experiences in the Yukon were widely reported and it was for these terrible conditions that Filson designed his goods. He owned his own mill and manufactured Mackinaw clothing, Mackinaw blankets and knit goods, as well as selling boots, shoes, moccasins and sleeping bags specially designed for the frigid North. Filson kept in close contact with his customers, improving his goods to meet their specific needs. The stampeders depended on Filson. In that era, clothing wasn't a matter of choice, but of survival. Today, Filson stands by these traditions and continues to outfit the world with indestructible and time honored goods. |
