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Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors
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Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors
By Beau Hayhoe
This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000 This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000
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This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000

The $800 Nodus Sector Deep Damascus combines 500-meter dive credentials with a one-of-a-kind Damascus steel bezel.

By Amos Kwon
It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
Tools
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
The Cool Shop The Cool Shop
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The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

By Lanny Fuller
Gear
Titan Talon Tool Co. Clavis Plex Key Clip Multi-Tool

When it comes to tools, we've always been of the opinion that they worked a lot like cameras in that the best option was the one you had closest to you at any given time. This sentiment makes keychain / carabiners / multi-tools all the more relevant because you generally…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Weber Workshops KEY Electric Coffee Grinder

If you're obsessed with coffee like we are, you won't find any brand more in-line with what you love than Weber Workshops. Founded on the common desire to build products that are intelligently designed and meticulously crafted to the utmost level of precision, Weber Workshops makes products for people just…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Re-SOHKO Transform Box Is a Mobile Manufacturing Space You Can Build DIY

Japan is a small island with limited space and a lot of people, so it should come as absolutely no surprise that they're masters of maximizing the space they have to work with. Design firm NOSIGNER teamed up with OPEN SOHKO DESIGN to create the Re-SOHKO Transform Box, a mobile…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
The Bit Bar Inline Is the Screwdriver That Tackles All Your Daily Tasks

We've been following the work of Chadwick Parker & Joe Huang--aka BigiDesign--since the very beginning. The brand has grown from just pens to an impressive catalog of EDC tools over the course of more than 30 different Kickstarter projects. Their latest--the Bit Bar Inline--checks all the boxes for what we've…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
ForeverPen Is the World’s Tiniest EDC Pen

We know, we know, everything these days is taken care of with digital pay, contactless payment, elbow bumps or other transaction types that don't involve handshakes, signatures or the passing of physical currency. We're cool with all of that, but we still like carrying a pen for those rare occasions…

By Cooper Fleishman
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