The Montague Paratrooper is a mountain bike developed as a joint venture between the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the US Marine Corps and Montague. The mountain bike itself is exceedingly tough and can handle loads of up to 500lbs (one marine plus weapons, gear and supplies), the frame is made of double butted 7005 series aluminium and all of the parts on the bike are serviceable by your local bike shop.
Persol sunglasses have been seeing a resurgence of late, the Italian eyewear maker was favoured by Steve McQueen and numerous other Hollywood A-listers during the ’60s and ’70s, in fact McQueen owned a pair of 714s just like the ones you see here.
This Bell & Howell TDC Stereo Vivid Camera is a fascinating piece of 1950s era photography trivia, long before the recent spate of “3D” cameras stereo-vision equipment like this was being used by enthusiasts in many countries across the western world.
The Runwell is one of the new watches by Shinola, it has a Swiss Argonite 1069 Movement, a stainless steel case and it’s all handmade in Detroit.
Portel is a european company based in Estonia run by the 2 person team of Port & Ermel, they’ve been creating some of the most eye-catching iPhone and iPad protective gear for the past couple of years and this is one of their new iPhone wallets.
When it comes to solid, good-looking leather motorcycle jackets, Roland Sands Design is fast making a name for themselves as a force to be reckoned with. They’ve developed a line of jackets that have shoulder, elbow and back armour pockets – allowing owners to kit the jacket out for serious riding, or remove the armour and wear it on a night out on the town.
US Army Field Manuals are well-known and highly respected by campers, soldiers, survivalists, hikers and “preppers” – there are over 600 different books in total so the team at Best Made collected the top 3 and created a set that can be bought via their website for $22 USD. That seems like a pretty good deal considering the fact that if you ever find yourself actually needing them, money will likely only be useful to you as kindling.
The BookBook MacBook Pro Case solves 2 dilemmas at once, firstly, the issue of laptop theft is muted because no one in their right mind steals old books. Well, except for Nicholas Cage in those dreadful, wanna-be-Indiana-Jones movies.
Schott is a NYC based clothing company with a habit of producing some of the most iconic jackets in the world, this is their Waxed Security Jacket and it’s one of the more handsome waxed cotton jackets you’ll find anywhere on the web.
The Anfibio Cafe Boot by Dainese is just about the perfect solution for people looking for that classic, retro motorcycle boot but not wanting to forgo anything in the way of safety.
Skate Guitars are one of those ingenious ideas that fall into the must-own category for me, they’re essentially repurposed skateboards that have been fashioned into fully functioning, live-performance quality electric guitars.
Perkin Knives is a UK based company that specialises in producing Damascus steel knives, hatchets and axes.
