The Filson Tin Cloth Zipper Tote Bag is cut and sewn in Filson’s Seattle facility from heritage Tin Cloth — paraffin-waxed cotton that sheds water, resists thorns, and develops a personal patina across years of use. Tin Cloth was developed for Yukon prospectors in 1897 and refined through Pacific Northwest logging camps where modern technical fabrics would shred.
Built for hunting, ranching, hard outdoor work, and the kind of weather that destroys synthetic alternatives within a season. Filson Tin Cloth gets re-waxable over time — Filson sells Oil Finish Wax to renew the water resistance every few years. Backed by Filson’s long-standing guarantee against materials and workmanship defects.
Filson has been outfitting outdoor work since 1897 from their Seattle, Washington headquarters. The Tin Cloth and Mackinaw wool lines are still cut and sewn in Seattle from heritage materials — waxed cotton tin cloth, virgin wool Mackinaw — that resist water, wear, and weather in ways modern technical fabrics can’t replicate over decades.
