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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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Gear
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
Gear
Neatsfoot Oil For Natural Leather Conditioning

Tanner Goods produces some of the best leather accessories around. Like everything else with a natural veg-tanned leather, they look great out of the box, but they look even better after they've built up some "patina" over time. As much as we hate that word, it's absolutely true. Lots of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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fireSLEEVE Waterproof Lighter Case

In the outdoors, fire is essential. You need to it create fire for warmth, cook food and smores and make coffee in the morning. Zippos are a great lighter for the outdoors, but they're not waterproof and run out of fluid. Bic lighters, while not windproof, last almost forever, are…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Accessories
DIY: Tool Roll

Doing It Yourself isn’t always the easiest or cheapest option, but odds are you won’t find anything more satisfying than finishing a DIY project with your own two hands. Each week, we’re going to showcase one cool DIY project tutorial from around the web. Whether we're talking about screw drivers…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Goods: Key Rings

With the combination of apps and smarthome technology you can control almost every aspect of your home right from the palm of your hand. But what happens when the battery in your fancy keypad lock dies, the power goes out or your phone is out of juice? Most of us…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Tools
The Six Mile Pencil Shows You How Far You’ve Drawn

For all our tablets, styluses, and computers, we still write out a lot by hand and enjoy doing so. The folks behind the Six Mile Pencil do as well, and they want to share that passion with others. This set of pencils shows you just how many miles of graphite…

By Mike Newman
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