Size
50 x 27 x 16 cm — roughly 21 litres, the largest hand-carried bag in our travel range.
Full Grain Leather Duffle Bag – 50 cm Hand-Rubbed Vegetable-Tanned Travel Duffle | Verona
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A 50 cm full grain leather duffle bag that still weighs 1.3 kg empty.
This is the largest bag we make that you carry rather than wheel — 50 x 27 x 16 cm, about 21 litres, with room for a 16-inch laptop alongside a weekend's clothes. It weighs the same empty as our 45 cm model, which means the extra space costs nothing on the scale. Bigger than a one-night holdall, lighter than anything with wheels on it.
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At a glance
Why choose this full grain leather duffle bag?
A weekend-sized leather duffle for people who would rather carry a bag than drag one.
Weight
1.3 kg empty, the same as our 45 cm model. The extra capacity adds no weight.
Laptop
Takes a laptop up to 16 inches. Note there is no dedicated laptop sleeve on this model — the device travels in the main compartment.
Carry
Three ways: soft leather top handles, single shoulder, or crossbody on a detachable strap with a wide leather shoulder pad.
In the real world
Built for the weekend you carry on by hand
The widest bag in the range at the lightest weight per litre, in hand-rubbed vegetable-tanned hide.
01 / Fifty Centimetres, One-Point-Three Kilos
The Biggest Bag Here That You Carry Instead of Wheel
At 50 x 27 x 16 cm this holds roughly 21 litres — a weekend of clothes, or a weekend of clothes alongside a 16-inch laptop. What makes it worth carrying is the other number: 1.3 kg empty, exactly the same as our 45 cm model. The extra capacity costs nothing before you have packed a thing, because there are no wheels, no frame and no trolley handle adding weight you then have to lift.
Twenty percent more bag for zero extra kilos.
Space, considered
One deep main compartment with five pockets arranged around it.
At roughly 21 litres this holds a weekend rather than a night, and the pockets exist so the weekend does not end up as one heap at the bottom.
Main compartment on a full-length zip
The zip runs the full 50 cm, so the bag opens wide enough to pack flat rather than posting things through a slot. Deep enough for two or three days of clothes plus a 16-inch laptop.
Concealed interior pocket, divider pocket and slip pocket
A concealed zip pocket for a passport and cards, a divider pocket that keeps a laptop or documents off the base, and an open slip pocket for a phone and cables.
Exterior zip pockets at the ends
Zip pockets on the end panels take the things you reach for standing up — a ticket, keys, a charger — without opening the main compartment.
02 / Five Pockets Around One Deep Compartment
A Weekend That Does Not End Up as One Heap at the Bottom
The top zip runs the full fifty centimetres, so the bag opens flat for packing rather than making you post things through a slot. Around the main compartment sit an exterior zip pocket for what you reach for standing up, a concealed interior pocket for a passport and cards, a divider pocket that keeps a laptop or documents off the base, and an open slip pocket for a phone and cables.
Opening wide matters more than any single clever pocket.
Ways to carry
Three carries, a wide leather shoulder pad, and no wheels to add weight.
1.3 kg empty with no trolley handle and no wheels, so the bag is carried rather than towed.
Rolled leather top handles
Paired soft handles that sit together in the hand, long enough to clear a forearm when the bag is packed full.
Detachable strap with a leather shoulder pad
A clip-on strap carrying a wide leather pad, which is what makes 21 litres of packed weight bearable across a terminal. The strap comes off completely for a clean hand-carried silhouette.
Shoulder or crossbody
The same strap shortens to sit on one shoulder or lets out to run across the body, so the bag stays put on stairs and escalators.
Material, not an afterthought
Full grain vegetable-tanned hide, colour rubbed in by hand.
Top-layer vegetable-tanned leather finished with a hand-rubbing process, over a polyester-cotton lining.
Full grain, vegetable tanned
Top-layer hide tanned with plant tannins instead of chrome, with the natural grain left on rather than sanded flat and coated over. It keeps darkening and gaining depth with light and handling.
Hand-rubbed colour
The dark brown is worked into the leather by hand rather than sprayed, so tone runs deeper around the seams and hardware and lifts across the panels. No two bags are finished identically.
Natural marks are left visible
Grain variation, small scratches and surface irregularities are characteristics of full grain hide, not faults. Metal hardware carries light oxidation and small marks from hand assembly.
03 / Colour Rubbed In by Hand
Full Grain Hide That Keeps the Marks It Earns
Vegetable tanning uses plant tannins rather than chrome, and the grain surface is left on rather than sanded flat and coated over. The dark brown is then worked into the leather by hand, pooling around the seams and hardware and lifting across the panels. Full grain marks more readily than corrected leather — the difference is that the marks settle into the surface instead of stripping a finish off it.
Corrected leather hides a year of use. This one records it.
Travel duffle facts
Key details before you choose
Specs are based on the current product listing and product image set. Measurements are taken by hand and can vary slightly.
- Material
- Full grain vegetable-tanned cowhide, hand-rubbed finish; polyester-cotton lining
- Dimensions
- 50 W x 27 H x 16 D cm
- Capacity
- Roughly 21 litres, calculated from the external dimensions
- Weight
- 1.3 kg
- Device fit
- Takes a laptop up to 16 inches in the main compartment — no dedicated laptop sleeve on this model
- Closure
- Full-length top zip
- Carry
- Soft leather top handles and a detachable crossbody strap with a leather shoulder pad
- Pockets
- Exterior pocket, main compartment, concealed pocket, divider pocket and slip pocket
- Trolley sleeve
- None — no wheels and no trolley handle on this model
- Color options
- Dark Brown
How much does a 50 cm duffle actually hold?
Roughly 21 litres by the external measurements — two or three days of clothes, or a weekend's clothes alongside a 16-inch laptop. It is the largest hand-carried bag in our travel range.
Does it have a laptop compartment?
No. The listing specifies a main compartment with a concealed pocket, a divider pocket and a slip pocket, and states that a 16-inch laptop fits — but there is no dedicated laptop sleeve on this model. If you want a device in its own pocket, our smaller models are built that way.
Is 50 cm too heavy to carry by hand?
Empty it is 1.3 kg, the same as our 45 cm model, so the extra capacity costs nothing before you pack. The detachable strap carries a wide leather shoulder pad for when it is full.
What does full grain mean here?
The natural grain surface of the hide is left on rather than sanded flat and coated over. It marks more readily than corrected leather, and those marks settle into the surface instead of stripping a finish off it.
Will the colour change over time?
Yes. Vegetable-tanned hide darkens and deepens with light and handling. The hand-rubbed variation it starts with keeps developing rather than flattening out.
Does it have wheels or a trolley sleeve?
No. There are no wheels and no trolley handle on this model, which is part of why it stays at 1.3 kg. Our Ancona model is the wheeled one.
