Amelia
This is the greatest picture of Earhart I’ve ever seen, it’s a snapshot of what was and what almost came to pass.
Art
The Douk-Douk Knife
First created in 1929 by Gaspard Cognet the Douk-Douk knife is still made by M.C. Cognet in France using the same, time tested methods. Each blade is handmade from high-carbon steel and both handle and blade features a beautiful series of engravings that are a story unto themselves.
Lady Grease Monkey
So an old friend of mine had a Mrs who treated him like her personal mechanic, this was more work than you might expect as she was the kind of lady who only changed up a gear when the engine was revving so high it was on the verge of creating a tear in space/time, she also liked to smush the brake pedal at the last possible moment, often creating so many forward-Gs that items in the back seat would end up embedded in the glove compartment.
No. 109 Belt by Billykirk
Billykirk creates some of the finest handmade leather gear you’ll find anywhere, this is their No. 109 belt and it features a nickel-silver buckle with hand-oiled and edged 3/4.” leather. All Billykirk products are handmade in the USA and are famous for looking better as they get older, if only that were true for all of us.
Shelby Factory
So 2 things. 1, I want to work here and 2, after staring at this photograph for a few minutes I’ve decided that I think it’s a shot of the Shelby factory in the mid-1960s.
Flat Track Heaven
One of the only regrets of my life so far is that I haven’t spent enough time going sideways in the dirt on a motorcycle. This is something I am working towards rectifying.
2SRD by Analog Motorcycles
The 2SRD is a unique take on the classic Yamaha RD350 although with the amount of work and the sheer number of major changes,…
Porsche 550 Spyder Cutaway
The level of spatial awareness needed to hand draw a cutaway like this, a work by Shin Yoshikawa, blows my mind.
Cut Brooklyn
Joel Bukiewicz is a man who, in some respects, fell into the knife making trade and in doing so, found a dormant talent that now has him creating some of the most highly prized kitchen knives in the US.
Strawberry Blonde Triumph
If this picture tells me anything, it’s that we all need to take more pictures of lady-folk on motorcycles.
On Any Sunday – Flat Track Racing
On Any Sunday is one of those films that you just have to have seen, and seen more than once, if you’re a motorcyclist. This is the 7:20 segment of the film that deals with AMA Flat-Track racers, some of the ballsiest humans this side of the NASA Gemini program…
Eiffel Tower Blueprints
After the popularity of the article last week about the Star Wars All Terrain Scout Transport Blueprints I thought maybe it was time I featured these blueprints to the infamous Eiffel Tower.