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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter

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.

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The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway
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Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture
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We Found the Good Stuff

Our latest favorites for your closet, home, wrist, and everywhere else.

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Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in July 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in July 2026.

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What We're Buying
7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop
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Lifestyle
The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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We Found the Good Stuff

Our latest favorites for your closet, home, wrist, and everywhere else.

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Watches
Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in July 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in July 2026.

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What We're Buying
7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop

For the beach, the lake, the trail, and wherever you like disappearing to on summer weekends.

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Lifestyle
The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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A curated selection of our favorite gear

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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

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Sports
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

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The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

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The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

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Lifestyle
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Wild Turkey’s New ‘Cheesy Gold Foil’ Release Is a Tribute To a Collector’s Classic

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Entertainment
FlipBooKit – Mechanical Flipbook Art and Kit

We always enjoyed flip books. They improved reading by making it more like our first true love: Television. For an artistic way to put some flip book fun on display in your home, there's FlipBookKit. The kits come with a vintage-looking box that houses the paper of a short flip…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
Marvel Comics The Untold Story

You might not think a desk jockey consuming cups of coffee and ranting about deadlines could be as entertaining as the Avengers, but you'd be dead wrong. Marvel Comics The Untold Story is about the men behind some of the greatest comics ever produced. Surprisingly, they happen to be as…

By Mike Newman
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Clothing
To A Tee: Iron & Resin

When done right, jeans and a plain white tee can easily qualify as rugged or badass. The same can't always be said about today's selection of graphic tees. Iron & Resin offers several exceptions. Their small, hand built collection of goods appeals to men who aren't afraid to roll up their…

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Videos
The Birth of a Barrel

Jack Daniels is the only major distiller in the world that still makes their own barrels. Travis Robertson went behind the scenes at Brown Forman Cooperage in Louisville, Kentucky to document the entire birthing cycle start to finish. We'd tell you more, but then we wouldn't be able to pay…

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Contests & Give-Aways
LAST CHANCE – GIVEAWAY: Vestal Watch by Watchismo [CLOSED]

If you've subscribed to Jay-Z's wisdom of rocking all black everything, here's your watch. The Vestal ZR3008 Minimalist Chronograph sports a sleek, bare bones style clad in all black. It's a chronograph that doesn't get bogged down in messy details like numbers and over-the-top styling. The guys over at Watchismo - the…

By Mike Newman
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