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The Luggage Combo for Trips That Mix Business With Leisure
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The Luggage Combo for Trips That Mix Business With Leisure
By Travis Haley
The Back to School Guide for Guys Who Aren’t Going Back to School The Back to School Guide for Guys Who Aren’t Going Back to School
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The Back to School Guide for Guys Who Aren’t Going Back to School

Your syllabus for an adult-life reset in September.

By Lanny Fuller
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Black Book: 13 Products Our Editors Loved in June 2026

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

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The Most Famous Pen in History Turns 100 This Year
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The Most Famous Pen in History Turns 100 This Year

The pen of royals, writers, and Wolf of Wall Street types alike.

By Brett Braley
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WYN Just Revealed the World’s Most Minimalist Pen

Portland-based design studio WYN Labs has produced more than a few influential products--like the WYN Bullet Emergency Window Breaker Tool--over the years, but despite the fact all their products have been influential, few hold a candle to the WYN Pen 1.0. Billed as the world's most minimalist pen, the WYN Pen…

By Cooper Fleishman
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22STUDIO MERGE Desk Pen

The pen can certainly be mightier than the sword if you throw it, and it happens to be made out of concrete. This unique pen and stand set is handmade from high-density concrete. It's big, hefty, and ready to take on authoritative note-taking jobs while doubling as a desk sculpture…

By Amos Kwon
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J.L. Lawson & Co. EDC | Mark Pen

A great everyday carry pen shouldn't be too big, too small, or too light. The point is to know you have it in your possession without it being cumbersome, but it must also have some element of desirability, otherwise it's just a pen about which you won't give a damn.…

By Amos Kwon
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At Home: Take Better Notes with Word. Notebooks

Since many of us are still home, we decided to do some digging to find useful products to help stay productive, occupied, entertained and fit while you’re At Home. If the current times have taught us anything, it's that we need to be more organized about everything we're doing. We…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The 30° Ruler 4.0 Makes Measuring, Cutting and Marking Easier Than Ever

When we first set eyes on the 30° Ruler 2.0, we knew this easy-to-use, incredibly built and far superior option to other rulers on the market would become a tool we used every day. That held true after years, but that didn't stop their team from making an even better version…

By Cooper Fleishman
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