Mahjong Cocktail Tote Bag - Cotton

A light printed canvas tote with mahjong and cocktail motifs, aimed at the evenings where both usually turn up together.

A print players read instantly and everyone else reads as graphic
Canvas washes, so a tote used everywhere gets cleaned not replaced
Very light, adding nothing to what it carries
Roomy for a compact set or everything else on a game night

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A print that knows its audience

Mahjong and a drink turn up together often enough that the pairing is its own genre of joke inside playing groups. A print that references both is understood immediately by the people it is aimed at.

Outside that context it reads as a graphic tote, which is the right balance for a bag that also goes to a supermarket.

Canvas, washed rather than replaced

A tote that goes everywhere gets marked. Canvas can be machine washed and comes back; coated fabric cannot, and a marked coated tote is simply a marked tote for the rest of its life.

Wash it inside out, which protects the print, and it will outlast several coated equivalents.

What it carries

A compact tile set, or a mat, or everything that is not the set. It is a soft bag, so it protects against loss rather than impact, and a full sized set with racks is beyond what a tote should be carrying comfortably.

Weight

100 grams. Light enough to be folded into another bag and kept for the trip home, which is the practical use of a good tote.

Care

Machine wash cold, inside out, and air dry. Avoid tumble drying, which shrinks canvas unevenly and distorts the print.

1 printed canvas tote bag

Set weight: 0.2 lb (0.11 kg)

Material	Canvas
Decoration	Letter and cartoon printing
Colour	White
Weight	0.1 kg (0.2 lb)

A bag is bought for one of two jobs: carrying a whole set to a game, or keeping tiles together at home.

Check the load. A full set with racks weighs 2 to 3 kg. That is more than it sounds once the strap is on your shoulder and you are walking to the car. A wide strap and a firm base last better than they look.

Match the dimensions. Measure your case, or your tiles, before you order. A bag cut for a 144 tile set will not close over a 166 tile one with racks in it.

Closure and lining. A zip keeps tiles in when the bag tips. A lining you can wipe matters more than it seems once the bag has travelled a few times.

If you only need to hold loose tiles, a drawstring pouch does that job for a fraction of the price.

Orders are processed within 1 to 2 business days, with tracking on every parcel. Delivery across the United States takes 10 to 25 days and costs $9.95, one flat rate charged once per order whatever the number of items.

Changed your mind? You have 30 days from delivery to request a return, unused and in its original packaging. Approved refunds go back to your original payment method within 3 business days.

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Nobody knows what's inside

Cowhide, suede, straw. Carry it to your friend’s place, then carry it to lunch.

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Big enough to matter

Sizes that take a compact tile set, which handbags almost never do. Capacity is on the page, so it's a choice and not a gamble.

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Take mahj with you

The reason your set leaves the house instead of living in a closet.

Frequently asked questions

For a tote that goes to the game rather than carrying it, roomy beats fitted. This one takes a compact set or everything else an evening needs, which is a different job from housing a full sized set with racks. If the tote is meant to carry the tiles as well, measure the closed case first: canvas gives, but it gives sideways, and a heavy load will find the bottom seam.

Something that acknowledges the evening rather than just the game. Mahjong nights rarely consist only of mahjong, which is the joke this print is making, and a gift that gets that tends to land better than a fourth set of tiles. Canvas washes, so it can be used rather than kept, and it is light enough to be taken along without a decision.

It carries a subscription that the Chinese game does not. The hands change each year and the card that lists them has to be replaced, so there is no version of playing the current game for free. Racks, pushers and the larger tile format do the rest. None of it is expensive individually; the total is what surprises people who expected to buy one box.

There is no single figure, and anyone quoting one is describing a tier rather than a market. What moves the price is the tile: how big it is, what it is made from, and how many are in the box. Beyond a certain point the increase buys weight and finish rather than playability. The accessories around it, totes and mats included, sit well below the set itself.

Play in Style with The Mahjong Section

A mahjong set is handled more than almost anything else in the house: every tile passes through four pairs of hands, several times a game.

That is what we select for. Tiles that read clearly from the far side of the table, edges that stay clean, and a case that still closes after a few seasons of being carried around.

A Set Worth Collecting

Sets differ in ways that only show at the table: the weight of a tile in the hand, how a crak reads from three seats away, whether the case survives the trip to a friend’s house.

When we have the figures, we publish them: tile count, tile size, weight and material. When we do not have one, we leave it out rather than guess.