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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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The Trench Lighter

The trench lighter was a military innovation originally crafted from spent bullet casings and pieces of metal in the early 1900s. Soldiers in the First World War would carry the lighters wherever the fight took them. This Trench Lighter is modeled after those iconic pieces. Simply slide up the flame…

By Mike Newman
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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 Cooper Fleishman
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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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