Just found out about 360°, a little company (of one person, it looks like) that makes bags (most interestingly for me, messenger bags) out of retired sails. What’s really cool is apparently they sew a little label on the side of the bag that tells you the name of the boat the sail came from and where the sail has been around the globe. The site is completely in German, so for those ill-equipped for the Teutonic Challenge but still want to check out what the bags look like, head to “Taschen” (Bags), watch the cool little sailboat-on-conveyor-belt-being-dropped-into-the-drink “loading…” animation and navigate through “Taschen Aus Segeltuch” to see the different models.

According to my rusty German, they are available in the US somewhere, but doesn’t say where. I’ll fire off an email to inquire (and hopefully not offend by inadvertently insulting the guy’s mother’s dog) and report back.