Not investing in a set of cufflinks is like not investing in smoke detectors for your home - one day you’re going to need them and if you don’t have any you could die. Okay, that’ll never happen, but as a guy you should have at least one pair, and the ones that come with a rented tux don’t count. Wurkin Stiffs ... continue reading
A wedding band has long been the only ring that actually accomplishes multiple things. It both signifies that you’re a married man but it also, by some weird law of nature, attracts more women. (Single guys, give it a shot.) Now, you can buy a ring that also serves two purposes, it looks cool and also opens ... continue reading
It might be a rare occasion, but if you have ever dropped your pocket knife in a pond while out camping, you know the annoyance involved in retrieving that sucker. The Cork Knife eliminates any fear of cutting rope on the side of a lake or whittling wood over a creek while you're on your next trip. The cork handle ... continue reading
Wearing concrete used to mean going for a nice, eternal swim with the fishes. Under those conditions, there probably aren't any women in bikinis around either and since those are the only circumstances we swim under, we're not interested. Beat Poet is reclaiming concrete from strictly utilitarian purposes (offing narcs, ... continue reading
Lance Armstrong isn't very high on many people's Christmas card lists, but when you beat ball cancer and win the Tour de France as regularly as he does, you get cut a little slack. Which is probably why people don't hate those little yellow Livestrong bracelets as much as a certain ribbon that arbitrarily gets plastered ... continue reading
Along with aspirin and condoms, bandaids are one of modern medicine's most important gifts to men everywhere. There isn't much that can't be fixed with a bandaid and Toby Jones appreciates the fact that, at any given time, a man is probably wearing a bandaid. We understand that the functionality of the bandaid itself ... continue reading
On a man, a ring can say a lot about you as a person - even if it's confusing. Yeah, you might have "already ordered," but that doesn't mean you can't look at the menu. She might even find you desirable enough to make you the happy hour special. Getting your name tattooed like rings on your fingers makes you a badass ... continue reading
Jewelry is a slippery slope for most men. Either you end up looking like Joan Rivers Steven Tyler or you look like you dressed yourself with the lights off. If Miansai was responsible for all men's jewelry this would never be an issue. Each Miansai Bracelet is crafted with leather or cord and comes in just about every ... continue reading
Sure, jewelry and hot rods don't exactly go hand in hand in the minds of many. They're sort of antithetical actually, and putting them together is a bit like setting up a lunch date between Zac Efron and Sylvester Stallone: it'd just be... weird. Take a gander at Etsy merchant hioctanejewelry and you'll see that ... continue reading
We're going to take a break from the witty banter to focus on a really cool product with a serious message behind it. Bands for Arms makes bracelets from worn military uniforms (all branches are represented) and then donates 70% of the sale price to The USO so that service men and women can enjoy what we sometimes ... continue reading
Every man in the history of time has, at one point, wanted to be James Bond. Even before Ian Fleming actually invented his character, like hundreds of years ago in the Victorian age, guys stole his lines: "Good day, sirs. I be-eth Dodenbury. James... Dodenbury, forsooth.". Long story short, none of us will ever ... continue reading
When it comes to shirts, the French never surrender. Sure, French cuff shirts involve an extra fold, but it gives men what they've always wanted - one more socially acceptable place to put some jewelry. All the better when said jewelry happens to bear the Varvatos name and be crafted in the shape of a skull with inlaid ... continue reading
It's a well documented fact on Cool Material that - much like boobs - adding a bottle opener to anything instantly makes it better. Rings and weapons are no different. A ring that happens to double as brass knuckles and a beer opener is the closest thing to perfection that man has created since cheese and breast augmentation. ... continue reading
The CXXVI Anchor Necklace is the epitome of old world quality. Each steel necklace is heated in a coal forge and hand hammered on a 130 year old anvil the same way someones grandfathers grandfathers grandfather did it over a century ago. Then its lightly coated with beeswax to preserve its appearance. Quality and looks ... continue reading
2x4s are the most versatile cut of wood known to man - framing walls, building TV stands (we all got creative in college), and in dire circumstance, zombie bludgeon. The 2x4 Ring from Digby & Iona isn't something your going to find at Home Depot, but it's not going to give you splinters either. Yeah, you're only ... continue reading
This just in, wooden necklaces aren't just for Catholics anymore - at least not when they're from Good Wood. Combining classically manly stuff with military and pop culture influence never looked so good. At less than $50 a pop, you can keep the wood on your body and some dollar bills in your pants, and still have ... continue reading
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