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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides

From style and home goods to EDC and food and drink, we rounded up the coolest gifts of the year.

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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides
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The Watch That Proves Toughness Has Always Been a Kind of Elegance
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Featured Stories

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Pack your bags...

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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)

You don’t need a rare hookup to gift a piece of bourbon history.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery
By Travis Haley
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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It
By Lola Méndez
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Pack your bags...

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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)

You don’t need a rare hookup to gift a piece of bourbon history.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery

Check out our CM product review of the hottest product in wellness right now: the Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot. Spoiler alert -- it’s a gamechanger!

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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It

They've explored 10,000 miles together. Here are their essentials.

Steals

The best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

Must-Reads

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Feeling the Burn

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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Watches
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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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The Best Charcoal Grills That’ll Make You Ditch Gas Forever

Here’s a hot take: Gas grills don't give your food the flavor it deserves. For that smoky, charbroiled, Bourdain-praise-worthy flavor that you expect when cooking outside, you need a charcoal grill. There is no shortage of options, and the right charcoal grill for you comes down to how frequently you…

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Black Book: The Cool Material Editors’ Favorite Things Right Now

In the ever-evolving landscape of men's style, finding the perfect gift or item for yourself can be a thrilling yet daunting task. One one hand, there are more options than ever regardless if interests lie in clothing, watches, shoes, high-quality audio, or anything else. On the other, too many options…

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Wednesday Link Roundup

The web is a vast place best explored with a little guidance. Every day we curate a small collection of links worthy of your time, meaning you can skip the wandering and get right to the good stuff.

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The Watches Nixon Can’t Keep in Stock

Nixon’s three best-selling watches feature a distinctive vibrant turquoise color. The 51-30 Chrono is a bold statement piece, combining fashion and function with its oversized face, printed indices, and custom-molded hands. The Sentry is an elegant timepiece with a rugged side, offering depth and detail on the face, stainless steel…

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Why Every Guy Should Own a Brown Suit

In more formal menswear circles--especially those across the pond--you may have heard the old adage “no brown in town.” This has since become construed as a fashion rule as strict as “no white after Labor Day” which has, in turn, limited men across the country to boring old navy and…

By Brett Braley
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