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These $228 Vintage NFL Hoodies Aren’t for Fair-Weather Fans
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These $228 Vintage NFL Hoodies Aren’t for Fair-Weather Fans
By Lanny Fuller
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We Did a Little Sole Searching for Pickup Season

Your basketball shoes might be ready for the court. But are your feet?

By Cool Material
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A Better Way to Bring the Shade

Shibumi Reinvented Beach Shade. Now It’s Coming for the Pop-Up Tent.

By Cool Material
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VESSEL Solved One of the Most Annoying Things About Your Golf Bag

The new Player VI Series gives every club its own space and rethinks the golf bag from top to bottom.

By Cool Material
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Folding Steak Knife

Okay, so you probably won’t encountered too many impromptu steak dinners in your life, but you will run into some delicious seared meat at a campsite, tailgate, or other occasion where your utensil options are subpar. A good steak deserves better—needs better—than plastic cutlery. It’s time to say hello to…

By Mike Newman
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BULLET 02 Is the World’s Smallest LED Flashlight

When the BULLET Flashlight was originally released, it was the world's smallest LED flashlight. Slughaus is back, and now BULLET 02 is the new world's smallest LED flashlight. At only 10mm x 26mm, the list of things BULLET 02 is smaller than is too long to get into, but suffice…

By Cooper Fleishman
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This Opinel and L.L.Bean Knife Is Made from Wood Found at the Bottom of a Lake

The Opinel No.8 knife is one of the most iconic knives ever created, so it should come as no surprise that their collaboration with L.L.Bean is equally iconic. The Opinel No.8 L.L.Bean Moosehead Knife takes the popular size, shape, functionality and heritage of the classic and combines it with a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Wander Workshop Leverage Bottle Openers and Keyhook

Launching soon on Kickstarter, the Wander Workshop Leverage Collection focuses on minimalist, geometric design and features two bottle openers and a keyhook all cast in solid brass and made in the USA. The wall-mounted bottle opener functions just like any other wall-mounted bottle opener, but it looks a helluva lot better thanks to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Backup Batteries That Will Give Your Phone Lots of Extra Juice

Let’s face it, sometimes we rely on our phones a little more than we should. Ever since the inception of the “smart phone” we’ve used our phones for everything. They are our camera, journal, social media machine and sometimes we even use them to make phone calls. We use them…

By Christopher Osburn
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