This year, like last year, I decided to focus on a specific niche in the bag community: waxed canvas. Last year I reviewed a handful of bags from Ona, Filson and other purveyors of fine waxed goods.

Filson has been a Seattle standby for a century and more, with its signature waxed-canvas jackets covering the bodies of the hip, the outdoorsy and the tourists alike. Their most practical bag is ...

A. Canvas all by itself relies heavily on a tight plain weave in the fabric to protect contents from the elements, but if you want a waterproof bag, you’ll want to consider waxed canvas.

A little less than two months later, the brand returned to the drawing board again with that very same bag. Only this time, it was to give it a vintage-inspired material swap. With the GoRuck Bullet ...

Makers start with a sturdy canvas—that hefty, often tan material typically featured in duffel bags, sails, or workwear—and add a layer of wax as weatherproofing. The canvas is typically made ...