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The Best Products of the Week: The James Brand × Timex Automatic GMT, Leica’s New Projector, and More
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The Best Products of the Week: The James Brand × Timex Automatic GMT, Leica’s New Projector, and More
By John A. Paradiso
The Best Products of the Week: Bertone Runabout, Hamilton PSR 74, and More
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The Best Products of the Week: Bertone Runabout, Hamilton PSR 74, and More

Including Old Grand-Dad 16-Year bourbon.

By John A. Paradiso
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Win $1,000 Worth of Gear From Iron & Resin

Iron & Resin is giving away $1,000 worth of menswear and gear, including their newly launched Overland Weekender Bag.

By John A. Paradiso
The Best Products of the Week: Buck Mason x J. Press, Apple M4 Mac Mini, and More
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The Best Products of the Week: Buck Mason x J. Press, Apple M4 Mac Mini, and More

Including Ratio's smallest, most efficient coffee brewer.

By John A. Paradiso
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Elon Musk’s Flamethrower Is Here

In December, Elon Musk's Boring Company, his outfit looking to solve traffic issues via a series of underground transportation tunnels, launched a fairly plain baseball cap. In what was one of the most hilarious throwaway lines ever, he also noted that if the company sold 50,000 of the plain dad…

By Mike Newman
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Japanese Katana Letter Openers

For almost fifty years, Nikken Cutlery has been making been making some of the best scissors, shears and general purpose tools on the market. Now, they're planting their flag deeper in the world of paper products with a line of letter openers inspired by Japanese swords. After successfully crushing a…

By Ben Dahl
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CRKT Freyr Axe

We're all for the attractive design of an axe from Best Made or a similar outfit, but one is so beautiful and pricey that you are almost afraid to use it. The new Freyr Axe from CRKT is a worthy alternative, as the aesthetically pleasing design is paired with an…

By Mike Newman
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Wemo Is a Slap Bracelet for Notes

If you're of a certain age, you remember slap bracelets as a fad that stuck around a tad longer than Pogs. Concealed in some funky fabric was a piece of steel that wrapped around your wrist after you slapped it on. Outside of being a questionable style choice, slap bracelets…

By Mike Newman
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Williams Tactical Key Self-Defense Tool

There's an Onion article that claims, the average guy is 4,000% less effective when fighting than they think they will be. Yes, it's The Onion. Yes, it's a joke. That said, like many posts on the satirical news site, there's truth in comedy. Should you need to defend yourself, don't go assuming you're…

By Mike Newman
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