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

By Lanny Fuller
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Learn Something New and Save Big With an Exclusive Discount at Skillwise

Year after year, we set the same New Year's resolutions. Write things down. Buy things made to last. Be healthy. Disconnect. We're pretty good at all of those things, but the one New Year's resolution we always seem to have trouble prioritizing is resolution to learn a new trade or…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Iris Circle Drawing Tool Is Based on a Camera Aperture Mechanism

The opening and closing of a camera aperture is one of the most functionally majestic things you can watch. There's just something about that circular motion that will always make us wonder how it was dreamt up in the first place. Turns out that, in addition to helping make your…

By Cooper Fleishman
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This Bayonet Also Has a Built-In Revolver in the Handle

All things considered, and often attached to the end of a perfectly functional rifle, the bayonet is a stabby weapon of last resort. Unless, of course, the bayonet you're packing is one of the G.R.A.D. variety because this particular bayonet is also a revolver. Yes, you read that correctly. In…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Sense Energy Monitor Tracks Power Usage in Real-Time

At some point, we've all gotten a bill from the electricity company that was significantly higher than we anticipated. Most of those bills come with monthly or year-to-year usage estimates, but those graphs are generally based on overall usage, not the specific items in your house that are costing you…

By Cooper Fleishman
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SPD Edition Titanium Tool Bit Driver

Tools are utilitarian by nature. For quite some time that meant manufacturers paid little attention to aesthetics, opting instead to craft devices that simply got the job done. Nothing wrong with that, per se. Call us picky, however, because we appreciate beautiful design, which is why we love this tool…

By Mike Newman
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