Journal
issue #2 autumn/winter 2013
Jou r nal SANDQVIST
This is a bi-annual publication from Sandqvist, made by Sandqvist. We want you to get to know us, to grasp the feeling that we have for bags and accessories, to share our sources of inspiration. This publication will focus on what we like and what we enjoy doing, and indroduce some of the people who influence us. This is the second issue of Sandqvist Journal. Enjoy your reading.
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e d i t o r i n c h i e f S e b a s t i a n We s t i n editor Oskar Hammarkrantz a rt d i r e c t i o n B e at r i c e H e l l m a n p h oto g r a p h e r K n ota n , k n ota n . c o m t r a n s l a t o r C h a r l o t t e We s t p r i n t e r P r i n ta l l a s
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ON THE M O U N TA I N WITH EDMUND We put our new backpack to the test in S책nfj채llet National Park.
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kilometers from Sånfjället, so we consider it to be our home mountain and we often make trips there in both summer and winter. In spring 2013 we, Anton and Daniel Sandqvist, decided to take the opportunity to get out of the office and into nature. It was a chance to see how our newly developed backpack Edmund and our trusty photographer Knotan would hold up to early April in the mountains. On the valley floor during this time of year, the sun peeks out from a few scattered clouds and the temperature is in the single digits. We take the winding winter trail that leads us
sånfjället is a mountain range and a national park located in a secluded and remote region in northwestern Sweden. It is far removed from the small communities in the region and when you find yourself in the middle of the nature reserve, it is more than twenty kilometers to the nearest human habitation. However, there is plenty of wildlife; the area around Sånfjället is home to Sweden’s densest bear population. You’ll also find lynx, moose, wolves, wolverines, reindeer and alpine chickweed here. We have our own cabin in Härjedalen, which is several 4
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up through the low-growing forest of birch and gnarled pines. The only sounds you hear are our skis gliding on the snow and our ever-increasing respiration.
»THE ONLY SOUNDS YOU HEAR ARE OUR SKIS GLIDING ON THE SNOW AND OUR EVERINCREASING RESPIRATION.«
after an hour’s slow but draining upward journey, we reach flatter land. The distance between birch trunks becomes larger, the landscape is more open and the view starts to open up. We follow a marked trail, and after trekking for another arduous hour, we find the perfect place for a coffee break beneath a large pine tree. 5
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»IT’S AN ADRENALINE RUSH TO GIVE INTO THE SPEED THE MOUNTAIN GIVES AND LEAN INTO DEEP AND WOBBLY TELEMARK TURNS DOWN THE SLOPE.«
after half an hour of rest, a few cups of coffee and a smoke, we are on our way again. We can now see the marked trail sweep along the mountainside for several kilometers, slowly rising along the cliff. The trail disappears from sight when it crosses over a pass and continues down to Sododalen, where the hut we are to stay is located. To the west, we can see all the way to the Norwegian border and the peaks of Helags, Sylarna and Vålådalsfjällen rise up on the horizon. After a few more hours, we reach the pass where the trail turns right and begins to slope down towards Sododalen, 6
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We don’t have climbing skins and must therefore zigzag up the mountain, so it takes some time to get some height. We almost collapse in a panting heap after 200 meters. We pause, take a warming sip of schnapps with rum and look out over the spectacular Sododalen in the evening sun. I struggle upward to get perhaps another hundred meters of altitude and then point my ski tips down and enjoy a fantastic descent.
straight down. It’s an adrenaline rush to give into the speed the mountain gives and lean into deep and wobbly telemark turns down the slope. The sledge we’re pulling pushes from behind and gives us just enough extra speed that we never have proper control. The little hut where we will overnight has an iron stove that serves as a heat source, clothes drier and cooker. The only furniture consists of long benches along the sides and a sturdy table. We inhale an early dinner and set off again for a little ski tour of Sånfjället to get some nice telemark turns in the evening sun.
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set out into the whiteness in search of tracks. On the way up to the hut the day before we met a couple, who had their dogs with them, who told us about the wolverine tracks they saw along the trail toward the neighboring mountain Korpflyet. At the foot of Korpflyets is a shelter that is completely filled with snowdrifts. There we find the traces of what must be the same wolverine the couple had told us about. The close distance between the footprints indicates that it had not been in a hurry when it wandered through here, and they are not blown over with snow, which means they are probably from
lovingly borne up the mountain in the pack and it goes nicely with the dried reindeer meat, salami and chocolate. We light a single candle as the sun starts to go down and sit in silence in our fatigue-induced comas listening to the fire crackle and pop. When darkness finally settles in, we go out and lie on the snow on our backs, taking in the endless sky. we wake up l ate. The sky is no longer blue but tinged with gray, and contours of the landscape have been erased. After a breakfast of oatmeal, coffee, nuts and dried fruit, we 9
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»THE SKY IS NO LONGER BLUE BUT TINGED WITH GRAY, AND CONTOURS OF THE LANDSCAPE HAVE BEEN ERASED.»
the night before. We ski after them, nervous about what we’ll find. After 30 minutes or so, we see more and more wolverine footprints, but the wind picks up and the visibility becomes poor. Daniel becomes invisible just 10 meters ahead so we reluctantly decide to reverse course. We have left most of the gear in the hut and don’t have the food or equipment for an emergency bivouac should anything go wrong. Here in the mountains the weather can turn at a moment’s notice. When it blows, you have to find shelter immediately. We don’t want to be left on the mountain if and when a real storm hits. 10
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»WE DON’T WANT TO BE LEFT ON THE MOUNTAIN IF AND WHEN A REAL STORM HITS.«
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incline. We go all out through a patch of mountain birches and now the sun is above us again. Still on a tired yet satisfying high, we collapse in the small shelter at the park. So how did the backpack we call Edmund fare on his rite of passage? Very well, we both concur. We need to tinker a bit with the prototype we used on our jaunt – wider, more curved shoulder straps for better ergonomics when you ski, a chest strap to keep the shoulder straps together, and an adjustable hip belt for greater comfort. But his resilience and accessibility are exemplary. Edmund gets the official stamp of approval.
When we finally make it back to the hut, we eat the remaining food for lunch and pack up to go home. the steep trail up the valley feels even more daunting with a heavy sledge behind you; the last fifty meters are so steep that we carry our skis on our shoulders and trudge through the snow. With a heart rate of 180, we reach the crest where the slope finally turns gentle and then enjoy the last few kilometers to the car park with an easy glide, until we reach the last bit, where the trail has once again has a steeper 12
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CABIN FEVER Gunnar Trout bag in blue canvas with leather details.
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INTO THE FRAME Ane Briefcase in cognac brown leather.
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SPORTS ILLUST R AT E D Buzz Lightweight Trainer bag in black ripstop.
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READER’S DIGEST Anna Shoulder bag in red and yellow leather.
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TEENAGE KICKS
Why take a normal, practical family car, chop off two of the seats and make it so it doesn’t run any faster than a moped? Because you can, of course, and because it’s fun. Welcome to the world of the EPA tractor. 22
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Victor’s quest for the right style soon takes its toll when his tractor gets stuck on a tiny speed bump in central Strängnäs that would be hardly noticeable in a regular car. We have to lift it off with a manifold that breaks off in the process. This is expected, for an EPA tractor should be neither comfortable nor fast.
the 80 km between Kungsängen and Strängnäs, near the Swedish capital of Stockholm, should only take about an hour. Three hours later, we haven’t even made it halfway. The reason we are crawling along at 30 km/h is because we are stuck behind two EPA tractors. We have 20-30 cars lined up behind us on these back roads. “We are used to people giving us the finger and driving up right behind us and trying to rush us. But I just laugh. I’m not in a hurry to go anywhere,” says Victor Berggren, 17. He and Andreas Andén, 16, drive in Victor’s rebuilt Volvo Duett from 1965, while their friend Charlie Sköld, 17, follows in a Nissan King Cab from 1999, converted to a tractor. Charlie points to Victor’s tractor with equal parts jealousy, amazement and contempt. “Victor only cares about having the right style and looking cool. That’s why he’s sitting there shaking in that old wreck. I like sound, it’s my thing. That’s why I installed a sweet stereo,” Charlie says as he turns Skrillex up ridiculously high. Lowering the car as much as possible comes at a price, and
during ww11 there was a shortage of real tractors in Sweden. The economy was weak and the vehicle manufacturers were occupied with making military transport. To keep the Swedish agricultural sector going, a law allowing regular cars to be converted to farm equipment was introduced. This produced a simpler and often poor quality tractor, which subsequently became known as the EPA tractor after a retail chain known for its low prices and low-quality products. In the early 1950s, the prices of real tractors began to fall as the supply began to grow after the war. EPA tractors were parked in barns around the country and mostly forgotten about. Since you have to be 18 to get a driver’s license in Sweden, 24
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there were a lot of 15-, 16-, and 17-year olds who spent a lot of time devising ways to get around the rule. In the middle of the 1960s, several of them discovered the old EPA tractors. One of their advantages is that you only have to be 16 to drive them because they are registered as farm equipment. Suddenly, Swedish barns were again filled with sawing, cutting and welding. An EPA tractor is required to have only two seats and cannot be driven more than 30 km/h. Volvo’s combi version of its PV 444 Duett engine quickly became a favorite, since it’s durable, cheap and easy to fix.
“None of us have had an EPA, but we were fascinated by those who did. They spit snus (chewing tobacco) and drank beer, so we were afraid of them but impressed. For us, it was something incredibly cool and lawless, they were only 15 or 16 but still drove a car. There were a lot of myths and rumors about these guys, how dangerous and wild they were, but when we reached the same age, our fascination was gone. We wanted to go into town and play in bands and the like, not drive around the square in a tractor,” Daniel Sandqvist says. There is a vibrant EPA culture that still lives on today, even
the epa had a second renaissance in the 1970s. The toughest guys in small towns around Sweden were those who could drive their tractors to the hotdog stand. Everyone else had to ride their cycle or moped. When Anton and Daniel Sandqvist and Sebastian Westin grew up in the small town of Glanshammar in central Sweden at the beginning of the 1980s, they were equally terrified and envious of the EPA guys they spied on from their bikes.
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»I’M SURE PEOPLE IN TOWN THINK WE’RE HICKS, BUT ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN RIDING A MOPED.« andreas andén
if it is mainly surrounding the A tractor. The Swedish public authorities thought that the EPA tractor was a little too much like a car, so in 1978 they prohibited new ones from being made. Instead, they introduced the A tractor, a slightly less interesting compromise, a slightly less interesting compromise, which is unable to go more than 30 km/hr. even though epa tractors can no longer be made, the existing ones can still be driven, made prices skyrocket. It’s not uncommon to pay SEK 30,000 for a Volvo Duett two-seater from the 1960s. But you won’t find any EPA or A tractors in Stockholm or Gothenburg. It’s a small town phenomenon, where teenagers still have to travel long distances to school or work. “I’m sure people in town think we’re hicks, but anything is better than riding a moped. You can drive all year round, even when it’s raining, you can seat two people, hold a conversation, and listen to music. Why wouldn’t you want to have a tractor?” Andreas Andén asks. But what happens then, when you turn 18 and can drive a “real” car? “Then you can’t have a tractor, or you’re a loser. Obviously.” Daniel Sandquist’s fascination with the EPA tractor remains despite the fact he left his teenage years long behind and he now lives in Stockholm. “It’s so simple and original. It’s tough, it’s low to the ground and it makes a lot of noise. It evokes an image of greasers in old cars, hanging around the local diner. In other words, the EPA tractor has a classic vibe.”
EPA and A-tractors The EPA tractor’s transmission is blocked so that it can only run in first and second gear. An EPA can theoretically go as fast as second gear will allow, but legally you can only drive 30 km/h. A-tractors are built so they are not able to go faster than 30, even if you want to. According to the Swedish Transport Agency, there are 15,629 registered EPA and A-tractors in Sweden. But 8,337 are inactive, either because they have been forgotten in some barn, or because some 16-year-old is busy rebuilding it in his garage.
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SANDQVIST X A M B I VA L E N T Sandqvist in design collaboration with German skate brand Ambivalent Berlin. Gonz alo Liz ama and Pawel Paczek, the two guys from Berlin, usually hung out at the rundown skate park known as Philharmonie. They started talking and soon realized they shared the same view on aesthetics, design and architecture. Years went by and the two guys started studying graphic design and architecture. But you could still find them at Philharmonie and other skate spots after school. They always chatted about doing something together. They felt that skate culture – everything from the decks and the typography to the overall aesthetics – was a little old fashioned and backwards looking. Instead of imitating California, they wanted to capture the contemporary skate scene
in Berlin right here and now. The result was the collective Ambivalent, run by Gonzalo and Pawel, but also bringing in other creatives. Today, ten years after the guys met for the first time, Ambivalent creates skate decks, t-shirts, and sunglasses. Ambivalent and Sandqvist launched their first collaboration – an entirely black backpack – at Berlin Fashion Week. “We are inspired by the Swedish design and craft tradition, so we’ve had our eyes on Sandqvist bags for awhile. Then we got to know Sebastian, Daniel and Anton and realized that we are all cut from the same cloth, with the same background in skate culture. It felt like an natural fit to do something together,” Gonzalo says.
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“I like the life that comes with an axe, nature and summer.” There’s no doubt that Julia Kalthoff really has a thing for axes.
but she couldn’t afford to pay for it. She earned her keep by raking leaves, making coffee, and running errands. When she was accepted to the course, the head of the factory asked what she could do. She said numbers and finance, since she had studied economics in high school. The man laughed and said she should become the CEO of an axe factory instead. But there was more truth to his words than Julia knew. Just six months later, she was offered a management position at Wetterlings. Julia had just turned 20 and was to run a 130 year-old factory. “I was originally just supposed to fill in for the former manager when he went on holiday. But when he realized that there was someone who could take over, he didn’t come back from vacation.” One of the first things Julia did was clean up the worndown factory. In one unused room, she found boxes and trash that had been collecting for over 100 years. After several hours of rooting around, Julia found something that looked like an old turbine, and which turned out to be the remains of the factory’s hydroelectric power station that had been forgotten for several decades. Julia renovated and upgraded the equipment, and today the factory is self-sufficient, providing all of its own electricity. “It feels only right when we are working in a traditional craft industry. I did a rain dance so we could get it all started. It worked so well we had the rainiest summer in 103 years. But this year I didn’t dare do a dance. I didn’t have the heart to destroy vacation for all of Sweden.” Inside the warm, dark forge just behind Julia’s office, the blacksmiths work to the sound of the machines. “I think I’m drawn to fire. There is nothing like lying in front of an open fireplace and looking into the flames. Here I can work with steel, wood and fire every day,” Julia Kalthoff says.
“It is such an awesome feeling when you hold the right axe. It just blasts the tree apart.” When Julia Kalthoff starts talking about axes, she gets a misty look in her eyes and she starts gesturing excitedly. She’s not the least bit ashamed to be called an axe nerd. “I think an axe is something people actually use. Every line is there for a reason, every part has a function.” Wetterlings Swedish Axe Works in Storvik, a town in the historical province of Gästrikland on the Swedish east coast, will soon have been making axes for 130 years. Axes themselves are tools that have existed for at least 1.6 million years: it’s a craft tradition that is based on myth, tradition, and science. The axes at Wetterlings are handmade of hickory from Alabama in the United States and steel from Smedjebacken in central Sweden. This is how they’ve “always” been made, using materials that are far from high tech. “We obviously have to do product development. But an axe doesn’t become better just because it’s been laser cut. Instead we look back and bring out old models to see if we can find something we can use.” The fact that Julia ended up working with axes is a combination of coincidence and focus. After high school, she traveled extensively, including to France and the Sahara. When she returned home, she found herself in her room at her childhood home in Brösarp, in Skåne in the south of Sweden, thinking about what she wanted to do next. She liked sewing and working with her hands. She also liked watching the fire in the fireplace, and getting dirty. “So I decided to become a blacksmith. Smithing is a mystery, how it works is totally incomprehensible. That’s what attracted me.” Julia signed up for a blacksmithing course with an axe forger in Hälsingland, a historical province in central Sweden,
Julia Kalthoff Age: 24 Profession: CEO of Wetterling Favorite axe: Bushman Axe
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ICON: EDDY MERCKX it was those thighs that made him unstoppable and a little inhuman: those fleshy, muscly Belgian thighs made him the best cyclist of the century. Because when Eddy Merckx got his thighs going full speed, no one could stop him. Five victories in the Tour de France and just as many in the Giro d’Italia spoke volumes. Between 1969 and 1973 he won around one out of every three races he competed in. So it is perhaps not surprising that tales were told about Eddy Merckx and those thighs. It was rumored that he earned extra cash in his youth by crushing ice blocks using his legs. Of course, this isn’t true, but it’s the kind of tale that makes an athlete the stuff of legends. That he also managed to look impeccably dressed in the most unflattering of garments, bicycle shorts, of course, makes it even better.
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ICON: S A L LY RIDE when Sigourney Weaver donned a spacesuit and became Ripley in the first Alien movie, she set the standard for female space travelers. Four years later, reality surpassed science fiction. When Sally Ride boarded the Challenger space shuttle in 1983, she became the first American woman and youngest American ever in space. But above all, she was the real Ripley. Her appearance was not only reminiscent of her fictional predecessor, she had precisely the same straightforwardness and coolness.
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ICON:SIR EDMUND HILL ARY there’s something to the saying that you have to be in the right place at the right time. In the 1920s a series of British expeditions almost reached the top of the world’s highest mountain. In 1952, a Swiss expedition managed to reach 8,595 meters, just 253 short of the top. The next year, 1953, it was Britain’s turn to try again. The first pair of climbers, Charles Evans and Tom Bourdillon, had to turn back at 8,770 meters when their oxygen cylinders ran out. Two days later, the expedition’s second pair, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and sherpa Tenzing Norgay, tried their hand at becoming the first to ascend Mt. Everest. Finally successful, they remained at the top for fifteen minutes, looking down on the Earth beneath them as they ate mint cookies and then started their descent. But Edmund Hillary was not satisfied with being the first to the top. In the rest of his career as an adventurer, he continued making expeditions to the South Pole and along the Ganges. He also built schools in Nepal and went off in search of the mythical Yeti. This year is the 60th anniversary of Hillary and Tenzing’s summit of Mount Everest. A feat that is still remembered today.
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Averell Messenger Bag in cognac brown leather.
BRAND NEW BAG A love affair.
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Hans hiking backpack in orange cordura.
John weekend bag in cognac brown leather.
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Helmer backpack in black leather.
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Stig backpack in red canvas.
K책re bum bag in black cordura.
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Erik messenger bag in red cordura.
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The Sandqvist house in Glanshammar, 1981.
THE SANDQVIST STORY Why aren’t there any laptop bags that are smart, durable and laid back and don’t make you look like an office drone? That question was the impetus for The Sandqvist Story. Anton Sandqvist tells the tale of the journey he took from sitting in a basement sewing by himself to becoming part of a company that sells bags and accessories to 300 stores in 25 countries.
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How did you get started? “In 2004, I was working as a civil engineer at a multinational tech company. I made a good living, got to travel a lot and generally enjoyed what I was doing. But there was nowhere for me to go in the company and I didn’t have any control over my situation. I wanted to start something of my own.” How did you get into bags, of all things? “I always carry my laptop with me, but I never found a computer bag that I liked. I was already a bit vain, so I wanted something that would be attractive and durable but still reasonably priced. I decided to make a bag myself. The first version was in gray tarpaulin and the handle was made from a seat belt. The inside was lined with awning fabric. People seemed to like it. At work and when I was walking down the street, people would come up to me and ask me where I got it.” So you just started sewing and made a bag? Did you know how? “I found an industrial sewing machine online and bought it mainly just for fun. I’ve always been handy and took sewing lessons at school. When I was a teenager in Glanshammar in the 1980s, there were a lot of patchwork jeans to be had. I tried my hand at piecing together my own clothes. The first week took me about 30 hours to put them together.” How did you get out of the basement and into a successful company? “In 2006, I decided this needed to be more than just a hobby. My brother Daniel Sandqvist and our mutual childhood friend
Sebastian Westin joined the company. They had published a lifestyle magazine and had the experience and contacts in the fashion world than I lacked completely. We wanted to do fashion, but our backgrounds were in nature, in the Swedish craft tradition and outdoors.” Where do you get your inspiration? “We are all outdoor enthusiasts that are happiest when out in the wild. We have done a lot of skiing, climbing and camping. Daniel has been fishing a lot and has taken up fly fishing. So we bought a cabin in Härjedalen to be able to get out more often. Our trusty photographer Knotan also enjoys the open air. We wanted to make everyday products inspired by nature that work just as well in
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»WE WANTED TO MAKE EVERYDAY PRODUCTS INSPIRED BY NATURE« the city as they do in the mountains or by the stream. They should be durable and reliable with a focus on functionality. At the same time, we don’t want to drown in technical features. Our Swedish heritage, quite simply.” Where do things stand now? “Now we have around 200 different products, 10 employees, two of our own stores, and 300 retailers in 25 countries around the world. We plan to continue in the same direction. We want to be the top choice and the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a quality bag with feeling and attitude. We’re not quite there yet, but we’re on our way.”
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b lu e c a n va s # s q a 0 4 4
r e d c a n va s # s q a 2 4 0
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 1 6 2
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 2 0 4
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 0 6 8
Bob Backpack
Ekstedt Apron
H e r r J u d i t h Wo r k e r s B a g
Roald Backpack
Stig Backpack
Anna Small Shoulderbag
L i s b e t h To t e b a g
Stina Handbag
b l u e c a n va s # s q a 2 2 9
b r o w n c a n va s # s q a 1 7 9
k h a k i c a n va s # s q a 0 5 1
k h a k i c a n va s # s q a 0 5 0
y e l l o w c a n va s # s q a 2 4 1
c o g n a c b r ow n l e at h e r #sqa163
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 2 0 6
ta n b r ow n l e at h e r
Bob Backpack
Ekstedt Apron
Izzy Reporter Bag
Stig Backpack
To r b j รถ r n T r u n k 4 0 L
k h a k i c a n va s # s q a 3 0 5
k h a k i c a n va s # s q a 1 3 3
b l a c k c a n va s # s q a 2 3 0
b l a c k c a n va s # s q a 1 8 1
b l a c k c a n va s # s q a 0 1 4
Anna Small Shoulderbag red #sqa283
C a r l G u s t a f We e k e n d b a g
Ekstedt Apron
Izzy Reporter Bag
Stig Backpack
b l u e c a n va s # s q a 0 5 7
r e d c a n va s # s q a 1 8 0
b lu e c a n va s # s q a 2 3 1
b lu e / g r e y c a n va s # s q a 1 8 2
To r b j รถ r n T r u n k 4 0 L k h a k i c a n va s # s q a 2 2 6
L i s b e t h To t e b a g
Stina Handbag
c o g n a c b r ow n l e at h e r #sqa207
c o g n a c b r ow n l e at h e r #sqa159
Anna Small Shoulderbag yellow #sqa284
C a r l G u s t a f We e k e n d b a g
G u d m u n d To t e b a g
Izzy Reporter Bag
Stig Backpack
k h a k i c a n va s # s q a 0 5 8
b l u e c a n va s # s q a 1 4 1
b r o w n c a n va s # s q a 2 3 2
b lu e c a n va s # s q a 2 2 8
L i g h t w e i g h t
S e r i e s
Charlie Messenger Bag
G u d m u n d To t e b a g
Izzy Reporter Bag
Stig Backpack
b l u e c a n va s # s q a 2 7 2
r e d c a n va s # s q a 1 4 2
k h a k i c a n va s # s q a 2 3 3
b r o w n c a n va s # s q a 2 3 8
Charlie Messenger Bag
G u n n a r Tr o u t b a g
Osborn Sailor Sack 30L
Stig Backpack
Buzz Lightweight Tr a i n e r B a g
S a l ly L i g h t w e i g h t To t e b a g
Yu r i L i g h t w e i g h t Bac k pac k
b l a c k c a n va s # s q a 2 7 3
b l u e c a n va s # s q a 2 7 5
b l u e c a n va s # s q a 1 7 4
k h a k i c a n va s # s q a 2 3 9
black #sqa281
black #sqa279
black #sqaA280
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U r b a n
c o l l e c t i o n
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O u t d o o r
Ane Briefcase
C h r i s t i a n To t e b a g
J o h n We e k e n d b a g
Otto Briefcase
Arne 17" Reporter Bag
Enzo Backpack
Hans Hiking Backpack
Kåre Bumbag
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 2 4 2
ta n b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 1 1 8
c o g n a c b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 1 9 4
c o g n a c b r o w n l e at h e r # s q a 2 2 1
black cordura #sqa227
black cordura #sqa294
black cordura #sqa150
black cordura #sqa234
Ane Briefcase
C h r i s t i a n To t e b a g
J o h n We e k e n d b a g
Robin 13" Laptop Bag
Arne 17" Reporter Bag
Enzo Backpack
Hans Hiking backpack
Kåre Bumbag
c o g n a c b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 2 4 3
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 1 7 7
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 2 2 3
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 1 6 9
blue cordura #sqa112
blue cordura #sqa295
blue cordura #sqa151
blue cordura #sqa235
Ane Briefcase
Dustin Laptop Bag
Joseph Reporter Bag
Robin 13" Laptop Bag
E d d y R o l lt o p
Enzo Backpack
Hans Hiking Backpack
L a r s - G ö r a n H i k i n g Ba c k pa c k
ta n b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 3 0 6
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 0 0 4
c o g n a c b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 1 9 5
c o g n a c b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 1 7 0
black cordura #sqa297
orange cordura #sqa296
green cordura #sqa152
black cordura #sqa147
A p l a c e To t e b a g
Dustin Laptop Bag
Lennart Briefcase
E d d y R o l lt o p
Erik Messenger Bag
Hans Hiking Backpack
L a r s - G ö r a n H i k i n g Ba c k pa c k
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 2 2 2
ta n b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 0 8 0
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 0 6 6
M u lt i c o l o u r # s q a 2 9 8
black cordura #sqa144
red cordura #sqa193
m u lt i c o l o u r c o r d u r a # s q a 1 4 9
Arvid 15" Laptop Bag
Dustin Laptop Bag
Lennart Briefcase
Edmund Hiking Backpack
Erik Messenger Bag
Hans Hiking backpack
M ats L a p to p Bag
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 1 0 4
c o g n a c b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 1 5 8
ta n b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 0 6 7
black cordura #sqa291
blue cordura #sqa145
orange cordura #sqa259
black cordura #sqa260
Ave re l l M e s s e n g e r Bag
Helmer Backpack
Otto Briefcase
Edmund Hiking Backpack
Erik Messenger Bag
Ingo Sportsbag
M ats L a p to p Bag
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a A 2 7 7
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 2 4 4
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 0 2 6
M u lt i c o l o u r # s q a 2 9 3
green cordura #sqa146
blue cordura #sqa157
blue cordura #sqa261
Ave re l l M e s s e n g e r Bag
Helmer Backpack
Otto Briefcase
Erik Messenger Bag
c o g n a c b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 2 7 8
c o g n a c b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 2 4 5
ta n b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 0 2 7
red cordura #sqa192
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I t e m s & C a s e s
A b r a h a m D o l l a r Wa l l e t
A s t r i d L a r g e Z i p Wa l l e t
Wa l t e r S l i m C a r d Wa l l e t
V e i r o n 6 - c a r d Wa l l e t
S ta n l e y B e lt
A d r i a n L a r g e Wa s h B a g
O rva r i P h o n e 5 - C a s e
Pascal iPad Case
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 2 5 4
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 1 6 7
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 3 0 3
c o g n a c b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 2 2 4
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 0 7 6
b l u e c a n va s # s q a 2 8 9
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 2 4 9
k h a k i c a n va s # s q a 2 6 4
S ta n l e y B e lt
A d r i a n L a r g e Wa s h B a g
O rva r i P h o n e 5 C a s e
Pascal iPad Case
b l a c k c a n va s # s q a 2 9 0
c o g n a c b r o w n l e at h e r # s q a 2 5 0
r e d c a n va s # s q a 2 6 5
A b r a h a m D o l l a r Wa l l e t
A s t r i d L a r g e Z i p Wa l l e t
Wa l t e r S l i m C a r d Wa l l e t
E r l i n g 2 - c o l o r b e lt
cognac brown #sqa255
c o g n a c b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 1 6 8
c o g n a c b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 3 0 4
b l a c k & b r o w n l e at h e r # s q a 2 5 8
A b r a h a m D o l l a r Wa l l e t
A s t r i d L a r g e Z i p Wa l l e t
Wa l t e r S l i m C a r d Wa l l e t
N o r b e rt B e lt
H a r d y Wi d e B e lt
M i c k e l Wa s h b a g
Steve iPhone Pocket
Vi v e k a i P a d C o v e r
ta n b r ow n # s q a
red #sqa287
ta n b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 3 0 7
b lu e c a n va s & c o g n a c b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 2 5 1
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 0 7 8
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 2 3 7
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 0 5 2
l e at h e r B l a c k # s q a 1 2 6
A i n a Z i p p e r Wa l l e t
A s t r i d L a r g e Z i p Wa l l e t
W i l m a Z i p P u r s e Wa l l e t
N o r b e rt B e lt
H a r d y Wi d e B e lt
M i c k e l Wa s h B a g
Steve iPhone Pocket
Vi v e k a i P a d C o v e r
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 2 0 0
yellow #sqa288
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 0 7 2
b r o w n c a n va s & c o g n a c b r o w n l e at h e r # s q a 2 5 2
ta n b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 0 7 9
b l u e c a n va s # s q a 2 1 2
ta n b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 0 5 3
ta n b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 1 2 7
A i n a Z i p p e r Wa l l e t
V i l g o t Z i p Wa l l e t
W i l m a Z i p P u r s e Wa l l e t
N o r b e rt B e lt
Fritis Key holder
M i c k e l Wa s h b a g
Pascal iPad Case
Ove 13" MacBook Cover
c o g n a c b r ow n l e at h e r #sqa201
b l a c k l e at h e r i n s i d e # s q a 2 1 5
ta n b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 0 7 3
k h a k i c a n va s & c o g n a c b r o w n l e at h e r # s q a 2 5 3
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 2 0 2
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b l a c k c a n va s # s q a 2 6 2
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 1 2 4
A i n a Z i p p e r Wa l l e t
V i l g o t Z i p Wa l l e t
V e i r o n 6 - c a r d Wa l l e t
S l i m B e lt
Fritis Key Holder
O rva r i P h o n e 4 C a s e
Pascal iPad case
Ove 13" MacBook Cover
red #sqa285
ta n b r ow n l e at h e r i n s i d e #sqa216
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 0 7 0
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 2 5 6
c o g n a c b r ow n l e at h e r #sqa203
b l a c k l e at h e r # s q a 1 6 5
b l u e c a n va s # s q a 1 2 2
ta n b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 1 2 5
ta n b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 0 7 7
A i n a Z i p p e r Wa l l e t
V i l g o t Z i p Wa l l e t
V e i r o n 6 - c a r d Wa l l e t
O rva r i P h o n e 4 C a s e
Pascal iPad Case
c o g n a c b r ow n l e at h e r i n s i d e #sqa225
S l i m B e lt
Stoffe Lighther Holder
yellow #sqa286
ta n b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 0 7 1
ta n b r ow n l e at h e r # s q a 2 5 7
c o g n a c b r ow n l e at h e r #sqa172
c o g n a c b r ow n l e at h e r #sqa166
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Care Instructions Sinclair 13" MacBook Case
Sinclair 13" MacBook Case
Sinclair 13" MacBook Case
Sinclair 15" MacBook Case
b l u e c a n va s # s q a 1 2 0
b r o w n c a n va s # s q a 2 6 7
r e d c a n va s # s q a 2 6 9
b l a c k c a n va s # s q a 2 7 0
Sinclair 13" MacBook Case
Sinclair 13" MacBook Case
Sinclair 15" MacBook Case
Sinclair 15" MacBook Case
b l a c k c a n va s # s q a 2 6 6
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b l u e c a n va s # s q a 2 0 9
k h a k i c a n va s # s q a 2 7 1
M a d e
I n
S w e d e n
S e r i e s
A n d e r s F l atc a s e
A n d e r s F l atc a s e
Magnus Briefcase
Magnus Briefcase
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c o g n a c l e at h e r # s q a 3 0 2
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Leather
Canvas
Sandqvist’s leather bags and wallets are made of vegetable-tanned full-grain leather with a natural feel to it, which ages beautifully. No pigment or dye is used to cover up natural defects in the leather, which means that there may be some scratches or marks as a result of the natural manufacturing process. This is completely normal and gives the product a personal touch. Vegetable-tanned leather is affected by sunlight, water and dirt. If you take good care of it, a beautiful patina will develop. . Sunlight makes light leather a little darker over time. . Warm and dry air can dry out the leather. Thus, if the leather gets wet, dry it at normal room temperature, instead of close to a radiator or some other heat source. . If the leather is dirty, wipe it with a slightly damp sponge and use some mild soap if needed. Wipe gently and do not rub too hard. In order to make the bag more resistant to water and dirt, you can use an
Our canvas bags are made of strong (18 oz) cotton canvas which is untreated. This means that the fabric is not water resistant and that the colour will be bleached by sunlight, giving your bag a beautiful patina over time. The fabric is dyed, but has not been washed since then. We do not recommend using a canvas backpack in combination with a white t-shirt in heavy rain, since there is a risk of the dye coming off the canvas similarly to raw denim, though to a lesser extent. If you want to make your bag more rain resistant, we recommend that you use an impregnation agent designed to protect cotton outerwear from water. Please always try the agent on a smaller area inside the bag before using it on the entire product. Another method is rubbing the canvas with wax, which is heated to melt into the fabric using an iron. Dirt can usually be removed with a damp cloth and some mild soap. We recommend that you use grease on the leather details.
impregnating agent on it or treat it with leather grease or a leather conditioner. When grease is used on light leather, it normally turns slightly darker. Before you go ahead with the entire bag, try using grease on a smaller surface inside the bag where you can see how the color is affected. Also, the leather becomes a little softer after greasing it, which may give a slightly different feel to the bag. If you are looking to keep its original appearance, it’s a good idea to impregnate or grease only the bottom of the bag, since this part is the most exposed when the bag is placed on a wet surface. If in doubt, ask your local shoe maker or in a shoe shop. Please only use products specifically made for leather. 63
Cordura Cordura is a textile material that has its origins in the military industry of the 60s. It is known for its high durability and tear resistance. Sandqvist uses a strong (1000 x 1000 denier) cordura fabric with nylon 6-6 at the base and a polyurethane coating on the inside—a material often used in climbing backpacks in the 70s and 80s, before high-tech materials started to dominate the market. Sandqvist’s cordura material is waterproof and extremely durable. You can wash your cordura bag with a damp sponge and some mild soap. You do not have to use any impregnating agent on your bag.
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