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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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Bomber & Company B-2 Blitz Pocket Knife

Bomber & Company continues to crush Kickstarter funding goals left and right. The latest creation, the B-2 Blitz pocket knife, is another in a long line of crowdfunding success stories. The company started with queues from their B-2 Nano Blade, which they described as "the world's smallest tactical pocket knife,"…

By Cooper Fleishman
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This Panasonic Flashlight Uses Any Battery You Have

It's a fact of life that you always have random batteries on hand but never the kind you need. Remote requires AAs? Cool, here are two AAAs and a D. Happens all the time. That's why the Panasonic Any-Battery LED Flashlight is so cool. As the name suggests, it accepts…

By Mike Newman
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Inside: Biltsharp – The Studio Whose Knives Sell Out in Minutes

It's a mad dash to the checkout when Biltsharp releases a new knife. The Philadelphia-based workshop run by Adam Balkovic puts out a very limited number of knives each month, and, despite price tags that can reach $2,000, they sell fast. We visited the studio and talked to Balkovic about the…

By Mike Newman
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Comau Mate Exoskeleton

Comau is a manufacturing company founded in the late '60s by a group of engineers who helped build the Volga Automobile Plant in Russia. Since then the company has expanded to laser robots, an aerospace division, collaborative robots, smart automation solutions and now, the wearable Mate Exoskeleton. Developed in collaboration…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Vuz Made a Tent for You and Your Motorcycle

If your camping companion is your prized two-wheeler, consider a tent that shields both of you from the elements. The Vuz Motorcycle Tent is a 12-foot structure that offers enough space for three people and one bike. Built from 190T polyester and B3 mesh, the 13.7 lbs tent assembles with…

By Mike Newman
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