A refined waxed canvas tote with elegant organisation for effortless travel. Designed for both work and weekends, it offers a sleek yet practical design with smart pockets to keep essentials safe, and always within reach. Cut from our signature waxed cotton canvas, it remains weather-resistant with a clean, sophisticated finish.
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– Weather resistant waxed canvas tote bag
– Wax treated genuine leather detailing
– Magnetic button close point top entry
– Interior zip close pockets & pouches for safe valuables
– Ergonomic cotton lined straps for every day comfort
Each element is made with durable materials that are built to last with functionality at the core.
– High density waxed cotton canvas outer
– Wax treated cowhide leather straps and detailing
– Soft touch cotton lined double carry handles
– Rust resistant alloy rivets and hardware
UK Delivery
Standard
FREE Delivery on orders over £60 £3 on smaller orders (3-5 working days)
Express
£6 (1-2 working days)
International Delivery
European Union
£15
USA, Canada & Australia
£30
Rest of World
£35
International express options are available. Import duties & taxes not included. Further delivery info here.
Just perfect. Had so many compliments and only been using for three weeks. Genuinely wouldn’t be without it and about to order another!
★★★★★ Richard, Buckinghamshire, England
From Liverpool to Ohio in less than a week, great quality bag.
★★★★★ William, Massillon, USA
Excellent product from people that care.
★★★★★ Paul, Halifax, England
Ordered as a present to a friend. She described the quality as "even my grandchildren will still use the bag"
★★★★★ Maria, Bremerhaven, Germany
The 2nd one i’ve bought cause they are just GREAT. Incredible quality and style. Cannot recommend enough.
★★★★★ Jason, Palma De Mallorca, Spain
I'm so happy with this bag. It is well made and incredibly stylish. I have had people on the street ask me where i got it!
★★★★★ Don, Glasgow, Scotland
Great bag. Thick canvas, useful pockets, nice design. Seller is very dedicated to his customers.
★★★★★ Kohei, Edogawa City, Japan
The Halstead
Waxed Canvas Tote
WAXED COTTON & GENUINE LEATHER
The Halstead is a tote for both elegance and functionality completed by an understated design. An oversized tote can often swamp smaller frames, so we built this more compact tote and added all the organisation you would need to keep things simple. While being organised, we made sure to keep the exterior of the bag wax treated to ensure a resistance to the elements and harsh weather we are all too often exposed to on the daily.
BUILT TO LAST
Travel with confidence with a backpack built to take on the unpredictability of daily travel through town, city & country.
The Halstead is crafted with a densely woven waxed cotton. A time tested material developed to be strong, durable, and weather resistant.
DETAILED COMFORT
A tote bag designed to compliment your lifestyle, with carefully organised options, and soft handle cotton lined leather handles, sized to easily fit underneath jackets prepared for those colder days.
ELEVATED SAFETY
A group of low profile pockets and pouches have been raised to the top of the bag, keeping your phone, car keys, snacks and other essentials safe.
The separation keeps everything at hand for quick access, while also away from getting squashed underneath anything else you might choose to carry.
ORGANISATION REFINED
The Halstead is fitted with pockets and pouches for all your valuables, devices, and bottle pockets at either side.
Organise your day with simplicity, inside a wide open access at the top of the bag to let you see and reach everything inside without the hassle of rummaging.
WAXED COTTON CANVAS
The Halstead has been built with our signature cotton canvas, that has been densely woven and wax treated, along with genuine cowhide leather detailing. A process designed to enhance, strengthen and stylise the pack, but crucially bring the bag a resistance to moisture.
First appropriated by Scottish Mariners in the 1500s, waxed canvas has been a historically fundamental fabric for life in the outdoors, so it became a natural fit for our bags.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
– Weather resistant waxed canvas tote bag – Wax treated genuine leather detailing – Magnetic button close point top entry – Interior zip close pockets & pouches for safe valuables – Ergonomic cotton lined straps for every day comfort
Each element is made with durable materials that are built to last with functionality at the core.
– High density waxed cotton canvas outer – Wax treated cowhide leather straps and detailing – Soft touch cotton lined double carry handles – Rust resistant alloy rivets and hardware
Colour: Sandstone Brown Capacity: 12.5 litres Dimensions: 35 x 30 x 12 cm Shoulder Strap Drop: 25 cm Weight: 0.65kg
The Halstead has been constructed using our signature densely woven cotton canvas and genuine cowhide leather detailing, which have both been given a wax treatment. A process designed to enhance, strengthen and stylise the pack, but crucially bring the bag a resistance to moisture. First appropriated by Scottish Mariners in the 1500s, waxed canvas has been a historically fundamental fabric for life in the outdoors, so it became a natural fit for our bags.
We look for materials that are rugged and durable, but it’s also crucial that they age well. Over time, the waxed cotton will soften and conform to the way in which you use it and a patina will develop. The combination of exposure to the hot sun, driving rain, and the movements of your body, will lighten the color in the creases of the waxed fabric to create your own unique wear patterns. It truly is a thing of beauty.
The cowhide leather detailing is again treated with a wax coating, which enhances the fibres of the leather for a soft touch and an increased durability and moisture resistance. Like the waxed canvas, with use a natural patina will form onto the leather, unique to your piece and the journey in which you travel.
The beauty achieved when combining waxed treated canvas & leather naturally commands a need for a specialist workshop with the experience needed to shape something special. However marrying up the rugged durability of waxed cotton & leather, with the design for comfort and flexibility needed from an everyday carry option, complicates the production process profoundly.
So the task of finding a production partner grew increasingly hard for us. After some time trying to figure out the impossible, we were introduced to a boutique workshop located in mainland China who have the experience required to specialise in crafting high quality bags using these difficult materials, who are able to produce unusually small production runs to support our early days business, and importantly have a full understanding of the value created from maintaining excellent conditions of work. As soon as the mail arrived delivering our first test sample we knew we made the best decision. In fact, with our first sample we had so much confidence in what we had, that later that day we officially launched Oldfield onto the web, and have since never looked back.
“Great quality and very fast delivery. Oldfield is a very friendly and helpful seller of this great shop full of tasteful handcrafted goods. The size of the backpack is perfect and I am very happy that I found it. I searched for a touch of smaller backpack for dog-walks into the forest. But I also wanted an outdoor-look with tough and artless materials. So this is why that backpack is a perfect match. Thanx. That was not my last purchase at your shop.”
Matz
For Work & Weekend
“This is a really nice well made duffle bag. The zippers are nice too. I needed a bag that would fit my work stuff, plus my purse. It also needed to look decent enough to be seen in an office setting. I also needed one that is tough incase the crap hit the fan and I had to go. This bag was perfect for all of that!”
Alice
Backpack Built To Last
“This backpack is beautifully made, the leather details works so well and shouts quality. I bought this backpack for me after a very very long search for somethings a little different and fortunately I came across your site on Etsy. I will have great pleasure in using this for many many years to come and it should get better with age.”
Lorraine
A Weekender With Compliments
“I’m so happy with this bag. It is well made and incredibly stylish. I have had people on the street ask me where i got it! So glad to have found OIdfield.”
Don
Built To Handle Wear & Tear
“Ian was easy and personable to contact and the product was delivered quickly. I have been using this bag daily and the quality and details are outstanding. I am rough with my backpack and there are no signs of any wear and tear. Well worth the price! I would defiantly buy more products from this seller in the future!”
