Menace Backpack 2.0 / Full Horween Essex Rookery Leather x TexWax™ Buffalo Plaid Wax Canvas Bundle / Limited

Comes with matching Rookery Leather Mr Gripper with Gun Metal Snaps

• FIT: 16" MacBook Pro & Smaller
• DIMENSIONS: 11" Wide x 5.5" Deep x 17.5" High
• COMPUTER SECTION: 10.5" Wide x 16" High with a Large zippered pocket, Closed-Cell Foam padded
• EXTERIOR MATERIAL: Horween Essex Rookery Leather
• INTERIOR MATERIAL: TexWax™ 5.6 oz Buffalo Plaid waxed cotton canvas 
• BACK PANEL: MIL-SPEC Ballistic Nylon for no-slip on the body, allows for airflow, and ensures there’s zero chance of leather dye transfer onto clothing.
• CLOSURE: 2" AustriAlpin™ COBRA®
• HANDLE: 1" MIL-SPEC Webbing
• STRAPS: Closed-Cell Foam Technology padding wrapped in 2" MIL-SPEC Webbing
• ZIPPERS: Easy to access Water-Repellent YKK VISLON® AquaGuard® Zippers
• WEIGHT: 4.20 lb 
• EXTERIOR ADJUSTABLE POCKETS: Fit up to 32 oz. Nalgene bottle. (3.5" diameter) Hold most bottles small + large
• VOLUME: 18 Liter

Some bags are tools. Some are trophies. This one’s both, and more.

The Menace: Rookery Leather x Buffalo Plaid Wax Canvas is the rarest beast we’ve ever unleashed. Horween’s oil-tanned hide, dark and supple and built to scar beautifully, fused with Buffalo Plaid Wax Canvas that’s pure Americana rebellion. It’s the same combination that made the Rover and Bucktown sell out like lightning, now reborn in a form that’s pure menace.

This is a bucket-list bag. The kind of thing you’ll strap on your back and feel history humming through the leather. The kind of thing your kids will argue over in your will when you’re gone. It doesn’t ask to be worn. It demands it, with a primal scream that echoes every time you sling it over your shoulders. The kind of bag that turns heads and stirs envy from Williamsburg to Paris to Tokyo.

We obsessed over every detail until obsession broke into madness. The balance. The hand-skived edges. The padded comfort that makes 30 pounds feel like nothing. And according to our head leather craftsman, Mr. Lee, this bag has now officially surpassed the Leather Rover as the single most time-consuming build in DEFY’s entire catalogue. You’ll forget it’s there, until you remember it’s the most dangerous bag in the room.

This isn’t just a backpack. It’s a dare. To walk farther. To wander streets and country roads. To climb mountains you have no business climbing. To menace mediocrity every single day you’re alive.

Each Menace requires over 3.5 hours of expert craftsmanship to create. But you’ll have a lifetime to carry it.

We built the back panel from MIL-SPEC Ballistic Nylon. Not just for comfort, but for performance. It’s non-slip against the body, allows for airflow, and eliminates any chance of leather dye transfer onto clothing. Pair that with Horween’s oil-tanned Rookery Leather and Buffalo Plaid Wax Canvas, and you’ve got a backpack that’s pure heritage rebellion with zero compromise.

And yes, this is an $898 bag. But it’s one you’ll own for decades. It’s the sum of rare materials, endless prototyping, and human artistry. It’s our ode to leather, rebellion, and the kind of craftsmanship that refuses to take shortcuts.

Limited. Relentless. Menace.

Proudly Hand-Crafted in Chicago Since 2008. DEFY or DIE.