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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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The Bolt: Machined Bolt Action Pen

Yes, this is another Kickstarter project about a pen. Right now, it's only a project video, but eventually it will probably end up in the Approved: list. So, what makes The Bolt different? There's a sweet bolt action mechanism to release the ink. There's no cap to lose. The materials…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Typodarium 2013 Calendar

We can't explain why we love different fonts and certain typeface, but we do . . . a lot. We have a calendar this year that has each month written out in a new and interesting style, but the fact is, that far from satisfies our curiosity for checking out new design.…

By Mike Newman
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Moleskine Audio Cassette Notebooks

We've got a notebook for just about everything we want to keep track of. We've got a frayed stack of ones filled with old To-Do lists, we've got one or two for reviewing movies and we have plenty of suds-stained beer rating numbers that, at times, are illegible. Our next project…

By Mike Newman
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Best Made Famous Red Notebook

Best Made Company always presents us with a bit of a problem when they release something new. It's always something that's meant to be useful for the modern outdoorsman, but it ends up looking too nice to want to actually use. Their axes are basically works of art that you'd…

By Mike Newman
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Vintage Camera Pencil Sharpener

The occasion to use a pencil doesn't happen all that often for us anymore, but we still keep a few around for sketches, plans and back of an envelope math. Sharpening them can be a bit of a pain without a sharpener. We've tried knives and razors and other bladed…

By Cooper Fleishman
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