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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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Marlowe Lunch Bag

The brown bag lunch calls to mind a time filled with surprises, delicious sandwiches and snacks lovingly packed by someone who loved you so much they just wanted to make you smile. Think of the waxed duck canvas, reusable Marlowe Lunchbag as the upgraded version of that brown bag from…

By Mike Newman
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Hinged Wedding Rings

Even if the only piece of jewelry you wear every day is a wedding ring, there are still going to be times you have to take it off. Whether you're talking about sports, training, showering, cleaning, heavy power tool usage or just the fact that it might slip off, sometimes…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Build Your Own Bug Out Bag

When disaster strikes and you need to haul ass, you don’t want to be running around gathering essentials. Your solution is a bug out bag—a kit that contains the essentials to help you survive for three days. Instead of buying a precomposed version, why not assemble your own with gear…

By Mike Newman
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5.11 Tactical VTAC Operator Axe

When Kyle Lamb of Viking Tactics was on mission in Iraq he discovered a small axe with hammer and pry-bar ends at one of the objectives. He found the tool so useful that he carried it the entire time he was there and even gave others to some of his…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Portable Plastic Bottle Cutter

The idea of using a blade to turn a plastic bottle into a long length of rope isn't anything new—there have even been products before that simplified the process—but this plastic bottle cutter might be our favorite way to do it. Using the adjustable wood and aluminum tool you can…

By Cooper Fleishman
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