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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Inside FRET12, the Chicago shop turning rock ’n’ roll culture into clothes, art, live sessions, beer, and more.

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The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway
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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy
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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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

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7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop
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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

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

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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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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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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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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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

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A Beer A Day

A beer a day keeps the doctor away (no really, just one is good for your heart) so why not plan ahead? A Beer A Day: 366 Beers to Help You Through the Year by Jeff Evans replaces your hokey daily meditations with a diary entry about a new brew,…

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Kikkerland Portable Folding Speakers

Great for guys who are tight on backpack real estate but can't stand their laptop's built in speakers for games and movies (aka anyone with a laptop). The Kikkerland Portable Folding Speakers aren't just accordion shaped to save space, although it's a nice bonus. The shape creates a larger resonances…

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Accessories
Hardgraft Phone Card Wallet

Remember the "clever wallet" hack we showed up back in the day? Basically it's elastic covers and cardboard that create horizontal straps, or an "X" depending on how you open it. The Phone Card Wallet from Hardgraft is equally as clever and improves upon the design tenfold. Made of full…

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Fashion
Titanium Collar Stays

Collar stays used to be the most boring part of a man's wardrobe. Before Exuvius, they never did much but prevent the dreaded floppy collar. After Exuvius, they're a little more multi-tool and a little less architectural support. We could simply tell you that they'll open bottles, cut threads and…

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Stuff Every Man Should Know

Previously we gave you a list of 20 books to teach you manly skills but this time we figured we'd try to condense the message into one really great book just in case that was too much reading. Everything you need is in this one book, Stuff Every Man Should…

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