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9 Great Websites Every Guy Should Know
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9 Great Websites Every Guy Should Know

The Cool Material team spends a lot of time working to be the best resource for stuff guys want. A lot goes into curating the best of the internet, the best whiskeys every guy needs to know, the top watches in every price range, the coolest vintage rides, and the…

Web’s Best: Steak Sandwiches
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Web’s Best: Steak Sandwiches

You don't need to take sides in the Pat's vs. Geno's war or know what "wiz wit" means to appreciate a good steak sandwich. In fact, you don't even have to make anything remotely similar to what you'd get on the streets of Philly. A great steak sandwich is easy…

12 Bad-Ass Chess Sets
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12 Bad-Ass Chess Sets

The game of chess is a timeless classic, challenging players from 6th century India all the way up to today. We can’t tell you how much it’s changed in those 1500 years, but we can tell you modern people are putting their own spin on it. They’re changing up pieces,…

Viktor Hertz Pictogram Rock Posters

In our never-ending quest to cover every square inch of wall space in our home with some sort of cool print or piece of art, we often have to stop and think about what we're missing. Movies? Check. Awesome photography from 20x200? Check. Inspirational messages in cool fonts that we…

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10 Comedians Who Deserve Their Own TV Show

With Louie returning for its third season tomorrow on FX, we thought it was a good time to show some respect to those comedians who haven’t yet reached Louie C.K. level. While these guys might not get away with insulting their Twitter followers and actually gaining fans from it, they…

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Baseball Art Prints by Brian Lindstrom

Baseball is one of the most integral pieces of the canvas that this great nation is built on... but that doesn't mean it's not without its issues. From the unwritten rules to the greats (Hammerin' Hank, Jackie Robinson, Colossus of Clout), Brian Lindstrom captures all the important aspects of baseball…

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Ron Ulicny Viscurrealistic Fabrications

At first glance, Ron Ulicny's term Viscurrealistic Fabrications might seem made up, and that’s because it is. The combination of the visceral, the surreal and the realistic is really the only way to describe Ulicny’s fabrications, though, so it’s actually quite fitting. By combining everything from common hardware to Scrabble pieces to…

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DIY: Pallets

Few things are more satisfying than building something with your own two hands. Of course, that satisfaction can quickly turn to Hulk-like rage when said thing doesn’t work or flat out sucks. So instead of tackling a huge project, find a few pallets, crack open a beer and craft something…

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