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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
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
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The Please Call Key Makes It Easy For People To Return It After It’s Lost

We've lost our fair share of keys on drunken nights throughout our lives. Most of these never found their way back to our pockets, not because people didn't care about returning them, but because there was too much work in finding out who owned them. If we used the Please…

By Mike Newman
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Gerber Apocalypse Kit

How many of you reading this have contingency plans prepared for the zombie apocalypse? Be honest. Even before The Walking Dead (one of the few reasons we'll actually get out of bed on Sunday), Romero gave us plenty of good things to think about. Are they walking zombies or running…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Key Tools

We understand that every man can't be MacGuyver all the time. Sometimes a situation that can’t be solved with an improvised explosive device presents itself and you have to think a little more inside the toolbox. Maybe it's an exposed screw or an electrical plate that needs adjusting, but sometimes…

By Cool Material Guest
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Reclaimed Tropical Walnut Tool Boxes

The Tropical Walnut, or Nogal, is often planted in Nicaragua to provide shade for coffee plants growing below. After around 60 years, these workhorse trees are cut down in lieu of younger ones. Instead of letting some of this prized wood go to waste, it’s been repurposed and turned into…

By Mike Newman
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The Troy-Bilt Jet Leaf Blower Makes Yard Work a Breeze

If you're still raking leaves, it's time to get a leaf blower. And if you're still using a standard leaf blower, it's time to get a Jet. The Troy-Bilt TB2MB Jet Gas Leaf Blower is about to chop a crazy amount of time off your yard work. The new mixed-flow…

By Mike Newman
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