Brass is often an overlooked metal, being not as shiny as gold and not as widely utilized as sterling silver. It’s technically an alloy made between copper and zinc, but that doesn’t really matter. What…

Brass is often an overlooked metal, being not as shiny as gold and not as widely utilized as sterling silver. It’s technically an alloy made between copper and zinc, but that doesn’t really matter. What…
Spending a significant amount of money on a piece of jewelry is a dicey situation for most guys. Rings and bracelets and necklaces are cool, but is it really worth more than $50? We’re in…
It should come as no surprise to any of you that we’re pretty big fans of jewelry here at Cool Material. But we’re also not interested in the average, or run-of-the-mill when it comes to…
Using hardware materials for things other than their intended purpose is nothing new–Galvanized gas pipe shelves, rope lamps made with mason jars, the list goes on and on. Now, rather than just furniture and light…
Some the biggest decisions in our lives were made with the flip of a coin or the roll of a die. Why do you think we got married? Problem is, sometimes you don’t have a…
Men’s jewelry is all the rage these days. From celebrities to average joes, men are strapping on bracelets, sliding on rings and clasping necklaces like never before. It’s not that there isn’t something cool about…
Jewelry, specifically rings, doesn’t make sense all the time. You have to find something unique, something different and something classy. You also can’t over do the rings because then you’ll end up looking like a…
If we could, we’d pay to have an extra finger surgically added to one of our hands just so we could rock another ring from Dog State Design. Every single one of Toshi/T-Dog Junior’s rings…
Nothing says “Even though I’m in a serious relationship and have a real job, I still think about my bad boy days” quite like a titanium ring shaped like a tire tread. Just because you…
A wedding band has long been the only ring that actually accomplishes multiple things. It both signifies that you’re a married man but it also, by some weird law of nature, attracts more women. (Single…
Wearing concrete used to mean going for a nice, eternal swim with the fishes. Under those conditions, there probably aren’t any women in bikinis around either and since those are the only circumstances we swim…
Along with aspirin and condoms, bandaids are one of modern medicine’s most important gifts to men everywhere. There isn’t much that can’t be fixed with a bandaid and Toby Jones appreciates the fact that, at…
On a man, a ring can say a lot about you as a person – even if it’s confusing. Yeah, you might have “already ordered,” but that doesn’t mean you can’t look at the menu.…
Sure, jewelry and hot rods don’t exactly go hand in hand in the minds of many. They’re sort of antithetical actually, and putting them together is a bit like setting up a lunch date between Zac Efron…
It’s a well documented fact on Cool Material that – much like boobs – adding a bottle opener to anything instantly makes it better. Rings and weapons are no different. A ring that happens to…