Awesome Living

Tactica’s compact camping tool is small enough to put in your pocket or hang from your bag strap. The stainless steel multitool was engineered for everyday outdoor tasks and has a ferro rod firestarter, a rope cutter with straight and serrated edges, a tent peg puller, and a bottle opener. Available in orange, silver, or black finishes.

An updated version of a classic CRKT knife, the new Walker Blade Lock still has its pivot point and sheepsfoot steel blade. The thumb stud on its spring-loaded locking mechanism now seamlessly blends into its design, and its stainless steel handle now has black-and-brown textured G10 scales.

Keep your desktop tidy with these modular organizers from Things Design Studio. They come in sets of small and medium-sized trays for storing pens, pencils, paperclips, SD cards, sticky notes, and other office supplies. The trays connect with neodymium magnets and are made from sustainable materials, including bioplastic, vegetable fibers, and cork.

A good lighter can come in handy even if you don’t smoke. Matthew’s Tools shows how he created a beautiful lighter from stainless steel and brass. To create his functional Art Deco masterpiece, he used precision machining tools, including a mill, lathe, and EDM. Nearly every component of the lighter was made from scratch. We love the flame cutouts.

While a smile isn’t going to fix the world’s problems, it could cheer you up a little bit. This collab between SuckUK and Smiley maps the friendly face onto a desktop globe. The 8″ yellow globe is made from plastic and spins and smiles on a steel base. You’ll be all smiles with their Smiley mug and a Smiley lightbulb.

This versatile utility bag from CountyComm is made from super-strong, water-resistant, and UV-resistant Dyneema. It’s got a large main compartment and two deep exterior pockets, each with YKK double zippers. The handles are made from narrow seatbelt webbing, stitched all the way around for durability. It measures appx. 12″ W x 9″ D x 7.5″ H.

Make one wrong move on your bicycle, and you could end up with a nasty case of road rash. Always be prepared with CureIT’s bike-mounted first aid kit. The compact kit packs emergency essentials like bandages, gauze, a cold compress, tweezers, antiseptic wipes, and more. It’s waterproof and attaches securely to your bike’s frame with adjustable straps.

This compact shoulder from Official is just the right size for your phone, wallet, keys, and other small essentials. It’s made from 3M silver reflective material to help with nighttime visibility and has inner and outer mesh pockets. Its makers are so confident in its build quality that it includes a lifetime guarantee.

The “extreme edition” of Joseph D. Connelly’s comprehensive survival guide covers 13 topical areas, from prepping your pantry to creating a sustainable garden to building a bomb shelter. It’s packed with practical techniques for urban and wilderness survival. Available as a 263-page paperback or a Kindle digital edition.

Fancy furniture can cost thousands of dollars. Connor Creates thought it would be a fun challenge to make an artful chair mostly out of popsicle sticks and hot glue. He assembled the chair from more than 3100 sticks, which is surprisingly sturdy thanks to lots of layering. Not bad for about $100 in supplies.

Alpaka’s Metro Cross Body bag is right-sized for your everyday essentials. The asymmetric bag comes in left- or right-shoulder versions, offering easy access to its main compartment and mesh accessory pouch for lefties or righties. The bag has a padded sleeve for an 11″ tablet or laptop, a side phone pocket, and an expandable water bottle pocket.

Designed by Brian Tighe, CRKT’s first out-the-front knife has a spear-point blade honed from MagnaCut steel. Flick its lever to deploy and retract the blade in an instant. One handle scale is made from a twisted carbon fiber pattern, while its flip side is beautifully sculpted aluminum. The Twist Tighe comes in black, green, or rose quartz color schemes.

These unique pens from Apogee 3D are produced using an additive manufacturing process that fuses together titanium particles with a laser. They come in three subtly different lattice designs and provide a satisfying click-to-retract mechanism. Available in natural titanium or colorful anodized finishes. Refill with standard Pilot G2 cartridges.

Here’s another good-looking item from the MiiR and Carryology team-up. Like their water bottles, this wedge-shaped Aero flask is decorated with their grippy Auxikko pattern. The flask holds up to 8 ounces of your favorite spirit and has a hinged hatchback cap that won’t get separated and lost.

You’ll never forget where you put your phone, wallet, and keys if you drop them inside a human skull. Suck UK’s polyresin skull has lost its mind, so there’s plenty of space for holding your everyday accessories. It doubles as a sunglass and headphone holder and comes in bone white, goth black, or flashy gold.

This beautiful lighter from Zippo’s Japanese product line features a deeply-embossed titanium coating that looks like rippling waves. It comes in a black or blue finish with Zippo’s famously reliable lighter mechanism inside. They also make versions with swirl and abstract geometric patterns.