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The Best Bags, Suitcases, and Duffels for Holiday Travel
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The Best Bags, Suitcases, and Duffels for Holiday Travel
By John A. Paradiso
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

Including a Red Wing x Steve McQueen boot collaboration.

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
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Wax & Jackson Record Bags

Most record bags make us think of DJs from the club scene in the early aughts. Any time we see one of those jet black bags with a record label's name splashed across the front, we expect the guy carrying it to whip out 12" copies of the Percolator, Zombie…

By Mike Newman
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The Many Uses of Hudsalve, the Swedish Military’s Answer to a Million Problems

In the mid-1900s, soldiers in the Swedish military were in need of something to help soothe and heal blisters on their feet along with various nicks and cuts. In response, the military contracted their pharmacy to come up with a product to meet the soldiers' needs. The pharmacy created Hudsalve ("Skin Ointment"), an anhydrous…

By Mike Newman
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The Ti Pocket Pro Expands to Accept Over 80 Different Refills

Big Idea Design continues their trend of innovation in the EDC pen game with the new Ti Pocket Pro pen. They've released quite a few fantastic pens over the years—many of which we still use on a regular basis—but nothing quite like this, because the Ti Pocket Pro pen expands…

By Ben Dahl
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Wear the Kapten & Son Midnight Mesh Watch with Any Outfit

There aren't many outfits an all black watch wouldn't go well with. Suits of any color, at tux, shorts and a t-shirt, the ragged scraps of an international vagabond. They all get classed up with a bit of matte black. It's why the Midnight Mesh watch from Kapten & Son…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Rule/One Is a Ruler, Pen, and Bookmark in One

It’s not often we get excited about a ruler. In fact, we can safely say the Rule/One is the first ruler we’ve ever been excited about, and if you’re a designer, we think you’ll be excited too. That’s because the Rule/One is not just a ruler; it’s a ruler that…

By Mike Newman
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