Laptop Business Bags

Leather laptop bags and business briefcases for men, made from full-grain vegetable-tanned Italian leather that ages into a patina instead of peeling. Sleeves sized for 14-inch to 17-inch laptops, across briefcases, messengers, a backpack and a convertible travel bag. Personalization available.

Plenty of people start looking for a leather bag like this after their last one let them down. A zipper that gave out under a full load, or a leather briefcase that peeled at the corners inside a year. Every Von Baer bag here is made to be the opposite of that. Browse the full leather laptop bag range.

Von Baer Laptop Business Bags. Designed for Professionals.

Every Von Baer laptop business bag in this range is built from the same full-grain leather and backed by the same 5-year warranty.

The leather looks better the longer you carry it. We use full-grain vegetable-tanned Italian leather, certified to the Cuoio Superiore standard and tanned slowly, over days, with natural plant tannins. That slow tan lets the surface deepen and soften as you handle it, instead of cracking. A full-grain bag carried for years looks like it has a history behind it. A coated or bonded one just looks tired.

A padded sleeve sized to your laptop, not a bag it rattles around in. There is a size cut for each common laptop, so you match the bag to the one you carry. A slim 14-inch bag at 2.6 lb (1.16 kg) suits a light daily load. The briefcases and messengers take a 15.6-inch or 16-inch MacBook Pro in a padded sleeve, and one larger bag is scaled for a 17-inch laptop. A sleeve cut to the right size holds the screen still when the train is packed and the bag gets knocked. If yours is a 15-inch machine, see the 15-inch models.

No logo on the outside, and your initials on it if you want them. You will not find a metal nameplate or a printed wordmark on any of these bags, just the leather, the stitching and a small discreet maker's mark. If you would like one to be unmistakably yours, we hand-emboss up to four initials on the included leather luggage tag, free of charge. It makes the bag yours, without a brand's name on the outside.

Backed for 5 years, and never marked down the week after you buy. Every bag carries a 5-Year Limited Warranty against faults in the materials or the making, so a serious purchase is not a gamble on whether it holds up. And we set the price once and hold it there all year, so the one you buy today will not cost less next month. As a gift, that means it never looks like you overpaid.

Von Baer bag specifications:

• Leather: Full-grain vegetable-tanned Italian leather, Cuoio Superiore certified
• Lining: Natural cotton canvas
• Laptop fit: 14-inch, 15.6-inch, 16-inch and 17-inch options
• Personalization: Complimentary hand-embossed initials on the included leather luggage tag
• Warranty: 5-Year Limited Warranty
• Travel: Carry-on or airline personal-item compliant

Von Baer Business Laptop Bags: Which To Choose?

The right bag depends on how you move through the day and what you carry between meetings. A daily commute, a formal room, a constant travel schedule and a hands-free routine each point to a different one.

If your day is back-to-back meetings and a laptop, and you want a clean structured bag without a flap or a lock to work around, the Essential Modern Briefcase is the straightforward pick. Two zipped compartments keep documents away from the padded 15.6-inch to 16-inch laptop sleeve, so you reach in for a file without shuffling everything else aside.

Carrying confidential files into a formal room is a different job. The No.1 briefcase, handcrafted in Northern Italy, runs a triple-gusset body behind a key-lock and keeps an A4 file and a 16-inch laptop in their own compartments. It stands upright on its own metal feet, so you pull out a document without the bag folding shut on you. For the same lock in a slimmer case built to outlast a career, the No.3 is its quieter sibling. See all our leather briefcases, or the laptop briefcases if a padded sleeve is essential.

Prefer to keep your hands free on the move? The No.2 messenger carries crossbody on an adjustable strap while holding the structure of a briefcase, with a padded 16-inch sleeve and twin key-locks under the flap. It sits flat against your back on a bike or a crowded platform, steady on your shoulder while your hands stay free.

If you carry a 14-inch laptop and little else and resent every extra pound, the Elegant Slim is the lightest bag in the range at 2.6 lb (1.16 kg), with a single padded compartment and a slim profile that keeps a clean line over a suit. Want the same slim shape with a slightly dressier finish? The Exquisite Slim is its close sibling.

A 17-inch laptop will not fit most laptop bags, which is the whole reason the City Large exists. It holds one that big in a dedicated padded center sleeve and adds two quick-access outer pockets plus a luggage strap for the airport. Scaled up as it is, it still holds the clean lines of a business bag you carry into a meeting.

For a schedule that runs airport to client to hotel, the 10X travel bag is the one that does three jobs. It converts between a backpack, a messenger and a grab-handle travel bag, expands from 21 to 28 liters when an overnight turns into two, and stays carry-on compliant with a padded sleeve for a 15.6-inch or 16-inch MacBook Pro. Four detachable padded organizers keep the cables and charger from pooling at the bottom.

If you would rather carry the weight on both shoulders but a nylon backpack looks wrong in your meetings, the Liberty backpack is a structured leather one that holds its shape and stands up on its own. It takes a 14-inch laptop and stays carry-on sized, and when you set it down beside the table it looks like a leather bag you chose, not gym gear you grabbed.

Looking for something a little different?

• Buying for a woman? Women's leather laptop bags use the same leather and construction, sized and cut for the women's range.
• Set on a crossbody shape? The messenger collection gathers those in one place.
• After an overnight bag that also holds a laptop? The travel range is the better place to start.

Still deciding?

If you want to see how full-grain leather develops its character with age, our guide to the leather grades explains what separates it from the ones that peel, and a companion piece covers how vegetable tanning builds that patina.

Worried a leather bag is high-maintenance? The upkeep is lighter than you might think. And if you are still weighing a briefcase against a messenger or a backpack, we have laid out the types and who each one suits.

Wherever it ships, the price you see includes duties and taxes, so nothing extra lands at your door. Real leather is not waterproof, so keep a bag out of a downpour and wipe off rain when it catches you; short of that, everyday use only deepens the patina. Browse the full range, or email the team if you would like a second opinion on which size suits your laptop.