If you live in SF and have some recommendations for places to go I will gladly accept. I Haven’t had the pleasure of visiting your fair city for a couple of years. Any shops of note I should be sure not to miss while I’m there?

-Elias

Lemolo Baggage Tool Roll was recently featured in the latest issue of Bicycling Magazine! See it here. Happy to be included alongside our friends up North (Swift Industries).

More Tool Roll details to come in a later post. They will, of course, be available from lemolobaggage.com when ready.

Stay tuned!
-Elias

This will be a show not to be missed

Opening reception on January 26th 6-9pm, show runs through February 21st

See flyer for details

Happy Holidays from Lemolo Baggage!

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A HUGE thanks goes out to the beautiful and talented Maryanna Hoggatt and Jake Holloman for making the website and LookBook adventures all come together with such style and grace. See their independent and collaborative work at the following addresses…

http://littlewolfblog.com/

http://micronhero.com/

http://www.eagleandwolf.net/

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The beautiful imagery captured in the Lemolo LookBook was brought to you by Dylan Long and contributing photographer Tim Roth. Two amazing people who have both been indispensable during this photographic project. All studio shots by Dylan. I will go into more depth regarding the LookBook, people involved and process in a later post. Find more work by Dylan and Tim at the following links…

http://dylanlongphoto.com/

http://pupilphoto.com/

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Thank you to Taylor Eke for the behind the scenes web development. Really happy with how it all came together.

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Designed by: Caleb Owen Everitt

The Lemolo Daypack is a bag ready for adventure, big and small. Whether it be out your back door or across the globe, get yours then go see the world!

-Elias

The process starts with a 6″x18″ sheet of brass shim. The first thing that needs to be done is to cut the brass down. I use a large metal cutter provided by one of my shop mates (thank you James). You have to carefully mark the brass, line up your piece and slowly, but forcefully, swing the arm down. It cuts at a very slight angle and takes a bit of getting used to. It’s not hard once you get the hang of it, but it can be rather tedious, especially when the pieces start to get down to their final size of 1/2″x2″.

Once the brass is cut down to the appropriate size the next step is to hammer “LEMOLO” into it. I had a custom stamp made for this specific purpose. A very hard, stable surface is required for this step. A heavy, purposeful swing is required when hammering the stamp to ensure a deep, even, well-cut final result. This can take a little practice to get the technique right. It is easy to get a accidental shadow image as the brass or stamp could make a virtually un-noticable hop when the stamp is struck. You only get one shot at this, so it has to count. At about 1/3 of the way through the process it is a real bummer to have to scrap a nameplate at this stage.

The next step is to round the corners on a grinder (thanks for the use of your grinder Jordan). Not much needs to be removed, so a steady hand and sharp eye is key here. The corners just need to be rounded a bit, that’s all. Once the corners are rounded you need to brush the  backside of the nameplate along the edges with the grinder to smooth out any burrs that may have formed.

Only one more step is required before you are ready to rivet the nameplate to a finished bag. For this I was previously using a handheld drill and getting acceptable, but not great results. My friend Blake stopped by the shop and offered the use of his heavy duty hold punch. You simply find where you want your hole to be and squeeze. It takes a short amount of time for each nameplate but your hand can get a bit fatigued if you have a relatively large quantity to punch. This has been a dream compared to using a drill (thank you Blake).

At this point the nameplate is finished and needs only to be riveted to a bag. I lay the nameplate where I want it then mark on the bag where to punch the holes. As every nameplate is made one by one and the holes are cut by hand there can be a slight variance in where the holes in the bag need to be. So, to be sure everything looks just right you need to be sure to mark the bag using the exact nameplate you intend to rivet to that specific bag. Once the holes are punched it is simply a matter of loading up the rivet press, lining everything up, and pressing it together.

This small run of backpacks and duffels were all sewn by real people, whom I have met, working at Portland Garment Factory in SE Portland. I am the founder of Lemolo, sole designer, and each and every nameplate was completely made from scratch and attached by me. Lemolo Baggage, all proudly made in USA.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, I hope you found it both interesting and informative!

-Elias Grey

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Hope to see you there!

-Elias