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

By Lanny Fuller
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Grill Cube

When it comes to grilling, we try to be purists. We're guilty of the occasional gas cook out of sheer convenience, but we always feel bad about it when we take the first bite out of whatever meaty concoction we just charred. Charcoal with a chimney is the best way…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gerber Multi-Plier 600 DET

Multi-tools are great. You can have pliers, scissors, screwdrivers, a few blades and even a ruler all in one hand whenever you need it. But what happens, MacGuyver, when you run across a bomb that needs diffusing or you need to create one to deal with some baddies. How are…

By Cooper Fleishman
Gerber Multi-Plier 600 DET
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Quirky Strike Match Case

The invention of the modern lighter might have made matches less prevalent, but it didn't eliminate their usefulness. They're still quite useful for lighting candles, fires and cigars, and they're really good at dealing with people conducting business in the bathroom. The Quirky Strike simplifies the process of storing and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Escort Carbon Fiber Daggers

Knowing you absolutely don't need something does not make it any easier to rationalize not buying it. The fifteenth pair of sneakers, a nuke proof phone case and these Escort Carbon Fiber Daggers all fit into that category. No man has a serious need for a carbon fiber dagger (unless…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Dead On Annihilator Superhammer

We don't often turn to Think Geek when we're looking to purchase a serious product. Yeah, they're first on our list for bacon-flavored gumballs and new ways to inject ourselves with caffeine, but for a tool that may come in more handy than anything else in our toolbox, they're not usually…

By Mike Newman
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