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Forging a Golden Axe from Brass

Forging a Golden Axe from Brass

Most axe heads are made from steel because it’s a strong and inexpensive metal. Knives Project created this shiny golden axe from a brass ingot instead. He cut a piece of steel from an old wrench to give the axe a sharp and durable edge since a fully blade would deform.

Binepad Aluminum Dump Trays

Binepad Aluminum Dump Trays
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These stackable metal trays are great for holding small items like screws, coins, or paper clips. Each 2.9″ square tray is CNC milled from solid aluminum with a sandblasted and powder-coated finish. They’re available in black, silver, rose gold, or grey and are sold in sets of two or four.

The Largest Chord

The Largest Chord

Musicians will get a hoot out of this clip from Leon Waves, which in which he explains the largest chord possible in music theory. Even if you could use every finger and toe to play, you’d need extra limbs and digits to perform it.

Super Slide Brain Puzzle

Super Slide Brain Puzzle
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GiiKER’s interactive puzzle game combines the digital and tactile worlds by displaying a puzzle arrangement on its LED screen, then asking you to solve it by sliding the pieces into the proper positions. It comes loaded with more than 500 challenges. Great for kids and adults and an excellent alternative to playing on phones.

The Charles Faceted Titanium Ring

The Charles Faceted Titanium Ring
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Minnesota’s Støberi Metalworks makes this solid titanium ring with a calm, faceted exterior. The facets are hand-ground, so each ring has a unique, light-reflecting pattern. It makes a great modern wedding band or an everyday accessory for dressing up your look. Available in ring sizes from 5.5 to 13.5.

Playing a 27-Note Street Organ

Playing a 27-Note Street Organ

We’ve never heard of the song Bling Bang Bang Born, but it sounds pretty amazing played on this 27-note street organ. Like a player piano, this music-making machine reads notes from a roll of paper, but it plays them on pipes like a calliope. Yuki Kojima has filled his YouTube channel with covers, including Thunderstruck, The Entertainer, and the Nyan Cat theme.

Valtcan Carabiner Multitool

Valtcan Carabiner Multitool
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This carabiner looks substantial but weighs just 14 grams thanks to its titanium construction. It has two locations for hanging keychains, a sturdy and smooth spring belt clip, and packs in Phillips and flathead screwdrivers, wrenches, a 1/4″ hex driver, and a bottle opener.

Starscream OVA (Transformers Fan Film)

Starscream OVA (Transformers Fan Film)

“Your task is simply to… survive!” The two-faced Decepticon Starscream is assigned to a solo mission. Thinking that it’s another attempt by Megatron to foil the Autobots, he quickly reverts to his high and mighty rhetoric. But will he be brought back down to earth and eat his words? 87render and their friends got together to create this great homage to Transformers.

Troika Trucker Desk Caddy

Troika Trucker Desk Caddy
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Keep on truckin’ even when you’re stuck at your desk with Troika’s Trucker Desk Caddy. The 8″ long miniature metal truck has a chrome-plated finish and space in its trailer for pens, pencils, paper clips, business cards, and more. Its axles and wheels turn so you can roll it around when you’re bored at work.

If Black Sabbath Wrote Jolene

If Black Sabbath Wrote Jolene

Musician Otu Suurmunne of Moonic Productions took Dolly Parton’s trademark track, Jolene, and imagined what it might have sounded like if Ozzy Osbourne and his mates from Black Sabbath had created it instead. While Dolly’s softly-sung original will always be a classic, Otu’s angry take seems more appropriate for a tale of jealousy and desperation.

Klättermusen Urur Bag

Klättermusen Urur Bag
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This lightweight bag from Swedish outfitter Klättermusen goes from tote bag to backpack in an instant. It has a 23L capacity and a zipped opening for easy access to your gear inside. The bag is made from recycled materials and has a diagonal cord-loop webbing and mesh pocket on its front. Hatchet Outdoor Supply stocks them in Clay or Swamp Green.

Cutting Through Layers of Tape

Cutting Through Layers of Tape

At first we weren’t sure what we were watching, but we were immediately transfixed by this video. The footage shows someone taking a knife to a sphere made of countless layers of tape. As they cut deeper into the tape, a rainbow of colors emerges. Go figure that there are a bunch of tape-cutting videos on YouTube.

Coast Slayer Dual Beam Flashlight

Coast Slayer Dual Beam Flashlight
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This waterproof aluminum flashlight from Coast features independent spot and flood optics. Its fixed-focus flood light outputs up to 380 lumens, while the spot light hits 540 lumens. In turbo mode, it’ll produce 1150 lumens. It includes a removable pocket clip and recharges quickly via USB-C.

Scout Motors Traveler + Terra Concepts

Scout Motors Traveler + Terra Concepts

It’s been 45 years since International made its last Scout. The American-built off-roaders return in truck and SUV forms from a Volkswagen-owned startup. Like the classics, the Scout Traveler SUV and Terra truck are rugged body-on-frame 4x4s with all-terrain capabilities – only this time, they’re electric. Reservations open 10.24.24 at 6:30pm EDT.

Stanley Classic Legendary Food Jar

Stanley Classic Legendary Food Jar
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A reminder that Stanley doesn’t just make trendy tumblers for the Lululemon set. Their hammertone green food jar makes a great campsite companion, keeping food hot or cold in its 14 oz. insulated container. It has a wide mouth so you can eat out of it and comes with a stainless steel spork that attaches to its side. A screw-top lid prevents leaks.

Troubadour Apex Leather Backpack

Troubadour Apex Leather Backpack
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Super functional with a super aesthetic, Troubadour’s Apex backpack now comes in a waterproof leather. Buttery-smooth yet tough, it’s made more sustainably from high-quality Danish leather hides that are a farming byproduct. The hides are tanned using innovative DriTan technology to minimize water waste by using only the moisture in the hide.

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