There’s something reassuring about the fact that there are still companies like Hard Graft out there, designing and hand-making gear that just wouldn’t exist otherwise.
Whilst it’s easy to buy a cheap nylon laptop bag from Wallmart, there’s a significant and saddening disconnect from the days when you’d buy goods directly from the artisan who made them.
This bag, dubbed the 2UnFold Laptop Bag, is hand-made in Italy and can function as either a messenger bag, briefcase or backpack depending on how you set it up. They’re made by hand, one at a time from top grain leather and look as though they’d outlive the average Galapagos Island Tortoise.
Ben Branch has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, the official Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, and many more.
Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with millions of readers around the world and hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
This was Steve McQueen’s Nimbus Model C motorcycle – an unusual and quite advanced bike from Denmark characterized by its inline-4 cylinder engine with a single overhead cam and the distinction of being one of the first motorcycles to be fitted with telescopic front forks. The Nimbus Model C The Nimbus Model C is one of the…
The John Doe Ironhead jeans are specifically designed for motorcyclists, with a proprietary XTM® fiber liner, made from abrasion resistant DuPont Kevlar® fibers and inner Coolmax® fibers for temperature regulation. The key design goal of the Ironhead motorcycle jeans was to ensure that they looked like regular streetwear, while still offering protection for motorcyclists. The…
The Roland Sands Design Fresno Riding Shoe is a motorcycle boot designed for everyday use – both on and off your bike. While it’s not recommended to ride a motorcycle in regular shoes, the Fresno is no ordinary shoe. It was designed from a blank slate specifically for motorcyclists, with a reinforced heel cup, ankle…
The Savage Hip Flask is a classically-designed 6oz flask with a refreshingly low MSRP of just $14.99 USD, making it an ideal addition to your whiskey arsenal, or as a gift to those who don’t mind the occasional nip of grandpa’s trusty cough medicine. Each Savage is made entirely from food-grade 18-8 stainless steel, the…
The team at Bike EXIF have just released their first ever print addition in collaboration with the high-respected European publication Craftrad. Bike EXIF is a moto website that you’re almost certainly already familiar with, they’ve been running for 10 years, and in that time they’ve become a critical cornerstone of the global custom motorcycle world….
The Simpson Mod Bandit Helmet is the first modular helmet with a retro design – it’s based on the legendary full-face Simpson Ghost Bandit helmet but it features a flip-up front allowing wearers to leave the front up when riding at lower speeds in urban areas. Modular helmets have become a popular choice with many…
