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Menswear Staples You Didn’t Know Had Golf History
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Menswear Staples You Didn’t Know Had Golf History
By Cool Material
It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter

These 5 lighters turn a disposable necessity into a piece of EDC you’ll actually want to carry.

By Beau Hayhoe
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
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This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington

A three-day ride along former railways takes you through the Cascades and all the way into Seattle.

By Brandon Withrow
12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game 12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game
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12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game

From Tiger Woods’ surprisingly beatable low round to the golf course sitting 15,000+ feet above sea level.

By Cool Material
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Spyderco Genzow HatchetHawk

Martin Genzow is a German outdoor enthusiast and historian that has a thing for high-quality bladed weapons. He teamed up with our friends at Spyderco, one of the best knife makers out there, to create the Genzow HatchetHawk you see here. In order to create the HatchetHawk that bears his…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Maxwell Infinitum Acoustic Guitar

You don’t exactly see significant and tasteful revolutions in musical instrument design and construction trying to upend centuries of tradition, and that especially applies to the venerable acoustic guitar. Well, New Zealand’s Maxwell Custom Guitars created the visually arresting and acoustically radical Infinitum guitar. It’s pretty much like no guitar…

By Amos Kwon
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The ManualPen Is Made From a Single Piece of Metal

It's rare that a pen design is truly new. Most pens we come across are some alteration of someone else's design. That's why the ManualPen is so intriguing. It's a design we've never seen before. The body is machined from a solid piece of metal, meaning there are no mechanical…

By Mike Newman
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Accessories
Dango’s M1 Maverick Wallets Are Built for Your EDC

Dango M1 Maverick wallets will completely change the way you think about your EDC. CNC-machined aluminum is anodized or Ceratoke-coated before being paired with top grain leather or the DTEX material Dango developed. This made in the USA wallet blends industrial hardware with plush elegance and a range of capacities…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Penato Knife

The Penato Knife draws its name from a pennant, as the body is similar in shape to the sports flags that adorned your walls as a child. But that body shape is not just for show or for garnering a moniker. The slim blade isn't cumbersome or tricky to store;…

By Mike Newman
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