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Document Briefcase

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Document Briefcase

Christin Fargo

Duluth, MN

Price

$295.00

About this piece

It’s built with tough leather and stain-resistant waxed canvas. We put in an internal zippered pocket big enough for several annual reports with addendums, another large pocket for overflow, and smaller pockets for writing implements, a phone, CDs and a special business card holder. Of course, we think you’d want this briefcase even if you rode the light rail to work.

About the artist

Christin Fargo started Frost River in Duluth in 2002 with a single sewing machine and a belief that gear should outlive the person carrying it. The company now employs 40 craftspeople in a century-old building overlooking Lake Superior. Every bag uses Martexin Original Wax canvas — milled in New Jersey since 1838 — and SB Foot Tannery leather from Red Wing, Minnesota. The lifetime guarantee isn't marketing; it's how they were raised.

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