Ben Branch
April 8, 2013
This pair of ring-ready professional boxing gloves by Everlast have that classic, timeless look that means they’ll fit in everywhere from a professional boxing gym to a basement with a heavy bag hanging from the ceiling beams.
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Ben Branch
April 7, 2013
The Day Tripper Bag by Teranishi is a hybrid weekender/day-trip bag made from top notch leather and sized to comfortably fit a standard 15″ laptop. Each Teranishi bag is bench-made to order in their Vashon Island, Washington workshop and features a roll-top, hand-set and peened copper rivets and a unique dual access pocket that allows access from both inside and outside.
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Ben Branch
April 6, 2013
This is the new for 2013 Enzo motorcycle jacket by the team at RSD, it’s constructed from a combination of 4mm to 1.2mm oiled…
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Ben Branch
April 6, 2013
This keychain knife sharpener designed by Tom Stokes is an order of magnitude more useful that that commemorative Boca Raton keychain you’ve been carrying around since 1996 – this one’ll sharpen any blade you slide through it and it also includes a flathead screwdriver, a small channel blade/cutter and a bottle opener.
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Ben Branch
April 5, 2013
I featured this glove by Icon 1000 in last week’s Silodrome Selection over on Bike EXIF, it occurred to me as I was writing…
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Ben Branch
April 3, 2013
The Crovel Extreme II is the follow-up to the now world famous Crovel Extreme I, a tactical survival shovel that packs over a dozen tools into a single, mid-sized utility shovel.
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Ben Branch
April 1, 2013
This credit card sized folding knife by Iain Sinclair is one of the cleverest bits of gear we’ve come across in recent memory.
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Ben Branch
March 30, 2013
The ARCHIMEDE Pilot Chronograph is a modern take on the classic pilot’s chronograph, it’s powered by a Swiss automatic movement (Eta 7750 Elaboré) and the 3 piece stainless steel case is rated to a depth of 50 metres. From a design perspective, the watch has that timeless look about it and will remain entirely unaffected by fads in watchmaking over the coming decades.
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Ben Branch
March 28, 2013
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.
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Ben Branch
March 28, 2013
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.
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Ben Branch
March 27, 2013
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.
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Ben Branch
March 25, 2013
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.
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