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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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Crate and Barrel Hendrix Desk

A desk. It's the foundation upon which you write your novel, finish your manifesto, design your masterpiece, or, on a more mundane, daily level, watch  internet videos of cats doing retarded things. Regardless, a desk is where your ideas spring forth, and you shouldn't give short shrift when buying one.…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Stanley Lunch Box Cooler Set

Likely the last time you used a lunch box was when your shoes fastened with Velcro. Turns out lunch boxes have grown up in the time you have; they're no longer tiny boxes adorned with well-muscled heros. Take Stanley's Lunch Box Cooler set for instance. No matter what situation you…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Accessories
Kaweco Aluminum Pen

There are pens, and then there are Pens.  And while the German-made Kaweco is still a humble ballpoint, it's a cut above any other we've seen.  Made from a solid piece of aluminum billet, the Kaweco is a solid, thick implement that feels good in your hand.  That's what she…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Düller & Dietrich Lubs’ Notebook

Leave it to the Japanese and Germans to make sweet cars a new notebook concept.  If you're like us, you're always losing the damn pen or searching around for one, but with Düller & Dietrich Lub's notebook design, it stays put inside.  It's also somehow cool that it's concealed within…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Modern Wood Waste Bin

You've already got a new dining room table, a new clock, and an iWhatever dock in wood - what's next? The garbage can of course. Just because you throw trash in it doesn't mean it doesn't have to look as good as everything else. Is it going to make champagne…

By Cooper Fleishman
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