Under the reign of King George III the Swaine Adeney Brigg company received a Royal Warrant as supplier of goods to the British monarchy. Now, over 250 years later, the company continues its tradition of making quality leather goods — their latest being the Westminster 2 Bridle Leather Briefcase. The Westminster 2 is crafted from […]

A nice & simple mid-top sneaker from Dries Van Noten. Handmade in Italy of vegetable tanned leather, nylon and an all cow hide leather lining, the burgundy and steel blue luxury sneakers also feature metal eyelets, flat laces and a sewn on rubber sole. Find them at the Très Bien shop for an even $600. […]

The latest from Japanese footwear masters visvim are chukka-style shoes based off their Newell silhouette. Part of their Fall/Winter 2011 collection, the boots are made from Italian vegetable-tanned cowhide leather with a natural horsehide leather lining. The hand-sewn Newell shoes also feature a bamboo shank for shock absorption, a replaceable Vibram outsole and a cork footbed. […]

Though it may seem unlikely, a partnership between a handcrafted leather goods artisan and a quality bicycle manufacturer goes hand-in-hand — such as can be seen in the collaboration between Charge Bikes and Bill Amberg. The UK bike company Charge produces mountain bikes, road bikes and single speed bikes; Bill Amberg is known for their […]

WIRED has an excellent collection of Cold War Era Spy Gear posted, all originating from espionage works between the USSR and USA. A bunch of really cool pieces, such as a Turd Transmitter (a crap-shaped homing beacon spies would drop to transmit bombing targets to pilots) and a C.I.A. Rectal Escape Kit (both in gallery […]

Smathers & Branson are the needlepoint guys when it comes to belts, wallets, and what really matters here, and that’s flasks. It’s a 6 oz. flask made in stainless steel. Its needlepoint casing comes in a variety of patterns, be it the South Carolina flag as shown, or the one perhaps far more appropriate to […]

What do you get the plane hijacking terrorist that has it all? A boxcutter necklace? Gunpowder Nikes? An “I’m With Obama!” tshirt? Not bad ideas, but a bit too obvious in these post-TSA groping days. A good place to start would be the CardSharp credit card-sized folding knife, a handy blade that you can fold […]

Imagine yourself walking down a dark alley, late at night. Suddenly, some menacing hoodied figure approaches asking you for some nylon cording cause his shoelace broke. You’d be helpless — no nylon cord to offer him ad hoc shoelaces, and no weapon to defend yourself if he was up to any funny business. Security Wizard […]