Charlie Lewis: Homemade Fr...
Charlie Lewis is a furniture restorer by trade, living and working in Burkburnett, Texas. He is however, also an avid straight razor enthusiast, with a great eye for design. Mr. Lewis says he has “always built things from an early age, from boats to telescopes,” and this amazingly well crafted frameback straight razor is a testament to his love for making things. A ‘frameback’...
Samsung x360 laptop, not s...
In the wake of Apple’s ultra-thin, somewhat feature lacking MacBook Air, Samsung have released their .66″ thin X360. The 13.3″ laptop weighs only 2.8 pounds, has three USB ports (compared to Macbook Air’s single port), HDMI and Ethernet ports, VGA input, Wi-Fi and a 1.3 megapixel camera. The laptop is quite handsome too, for a PC laptop, with a luxury exterior construction, available...
Flensted Mobiles: the old ...
Small Danish company Flensted Mobiles create, well you guessed it, Mobiles - but not just any mobiles.. Theirs are more works of art than mere childrens’ room ornaments. With handcrafted and hand-balanced Mobiles covering a range of themes, they’ve got to be some of the most beautiful ’simple’ things I’ve seen in a while. This is the purity of product that arises when...
Cyberoptix - Cutthroat Tie...
Cyberoptix Tie Lab - the “Hand silkscreened Neckwear + Accessories” online store, have these rather quirky looking straight razor (Cutthroat razor) silkscreened ties up for sale. I’m not much of a tie attire kinda guy, though I do love straight razors, this is more novel than necessary in my books. At $40.00 for the 100% standard width - you’ve really got to love razors and...
Adrian Pallarols’ Lu...
Leatherman multitools have released their “Argentum Collection” of quintessential leathermans. Renound scultptor and silversmith, Adrian Pallarols has taken the Leatherman Charge and Squirt as his canvas and created something quite special indeed. Using 18k gold and sterling silver for the scales, and painstakingly hand carved the detailing on them, these commemorative tools (the 25th...
Les Ateliers Ruby ‘P...
Well these have got to be the most beautiful helmets of all time - simply incredible. Les Ateliers Ruby present the Pavillon series of designer motorcycle helmets. I don’t have a motorcycle, but man if I did, these would be the helmets to ride out in - they are so handsome, you might just want to wear them for no reason at all - OK, that might be pushing it.. These carbon fibre ‘jet...
So you want to get into St...
Straight razors or ‘Cutthroat Razors’ are, well, not “safety” razors - and as such, have become thought of as archaic and barbaric by many ‘modern’ men. However, it appears more and more guys are returning to this lost art, be it the allure of reconnecting with an historical practice or simply the beauty of maintaining and using an effective tool for one’s...