Cut heavy.
Dyed by hand.
Built to last.

Premium T-shirts built for the road, the trail, and everywhere between.
Heavyweight cotton, garment-dyed by hand, cut to outlast the trip that broke it in.

Small-batch, Minnesota-cut Free shipping over $75 Lifetime repair guarantee Garment-dyed by hand

Built for the way there.

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We didn't set out to make the perfect travel tee. We set out to make the one we'd actually reach for on the next trip.
The Founder, Mercantile Outfitters Meet the Founder

Minnesota born. Built to outlast.

Every Mercantile tee starts the same way it did on day one: in Minnesota, cut heavier than it needs to be, dyed by hand, and checked twice before it ships.

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From bolt to batch.

1 Raw cotton

Raw cotton

Every tee starts as raw greige cotton, before it's cut or dyed.

2 Cut heavy

Cut heavy

Cut heavier than it needs to be, on purpose, so it lasts.

3 Dyed by hand

Dyed by hand

Dyed in small batches, so no two runs land exactly the same.

6.5–7.2oz Heavier combed cotton that drapes instead of clings
3 Fits Classic, Relaxed, Heavyweight Pocket, cut for movement
Lifetime Repair guarantee on every seam we sew
Small-batch Badges pulled from real topo lines, not clip art

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