Awesome Black

Japan’s Satake Cutlery creates these modern kitchen knives that stand out thanks to their quality construction and matte black finish. The blades are crafted from stainless steel and come in four sizes: large, medium, petty, and paring. Sold individually.

Here’s a different take on Disney’s Steamboat Willie now that it’s in the public domain. d o g took Ub Iwerks’ 1928 classic cartoon and converted it into retro pixel art animation. You can play the video now, or, of you’re feeling more ambitions, load up the DOSbox emulator and load this XDV file into XDC Play.

This bold wristwatch from Dufrane Watches features a black case with electric blue details. Its Swiss Sellita SW330 automatic movement has a 42-hour reserve and includes a GMT hand. Blue C3 SuperLumiNova on the hands makes it easy to read in the dark. We love how the rippled blue face looks beneath its double-domed sapphire crystal.

A limited edition of Ford’s electric truck, the F-150 Lightning Platinum Black comes factory-wrapped in matte black. It rolls on matte black 22″ wheels, with black badging, power running boards, a black tonneau cover, a smoked light bar, a gloss black roof, and a black leather interior. The fully-loaded truck has dual motors and a 300-mile driving range.

Dip My Car already painted a car in the world’s blackest paint. Now, there’s something even blacker than that – Musou Black Fabric Kiwami. This unique textile is made with special dyes and an arrangement of fibers that absorb 99.9% of visible light. James from The Action Lab got a spool of the fabric and turned his black car into a really black car.

Enjoy a straight whiskey or your favorite cocktail in these smooth and sleek ceramic tumblers from Viski. They feature a matte black finish with a glossy bottom band and hold 8.5 oz. of liquid each. Dishwasher safe. Sold in sets of two. Add a black cocktail shaker and make it a gift.

Gerber’s excellent Dual-Force multitool now comes in a matte black finish. Like its silver brother, it packs a dozen tools, with highlights including strong butterfly-jaw pliers, a center-axis bit driver, and firmly-locking tool blades. Functions include a wire cutter, wire stripper, saw, files, knife, chisel edge, and ruler edge.

Inspired by the traditional red, black, and white outfits worn by UK judges, Isotope’s The Judge is a limited-edition watch with an easy-to-read dial, a thick diver’s bezel, and chunky hands. Its numbers are filled with Super-LumiNova glow-in-the-dark pigments, and its stainless steel case provides water-resistance to 300 meters.

Murdered out in matte black, this titanium pocket tool from Hamans looks like something from Batman’s utility belt. Its main function is prying objects apart, but it can also open boxes, pull thumbtacks, and pop bottle caps. It has an integrated pocket clip and lanyard holes and also comes in grey or multicolor finishes.

Award-winning artist Tuesday Bassen is a creative powerhouse, known for her sassy ‘zines, prints, accessories, and ethically made, size-inclusive clothing. She brings twice the attitude to her Two-Faced Pencils set of 10 pencils with graphite lead on one end and red on the other. The foil-stamped barrels come in five designs.

This special edition instant film from Polaroid produces unique duochrome images in tones of black and green. The experimental mix of yellow and cyan chemical paste results in a distressed, mottled look for added effect. The film is compatible with Polaroid 600 and i-Type cameras, and the Polaroid Lab printer.

This full-metal watch is based on the classic G-SHOCK design. It has a matte-black case and link band with a stainless steel bezel exposed beneath its black ion plating. Features include solar power, LED backlighting, stopwatch, countdown, alarms, world time, and wireless time calibration. Pre-orders start on 3.30.2022.

This unique watch has a dial made with Titania Vanta Superblack, an arrangement of nanotubes that absorb 99.9% of visible light. It features a Swiss-made automatic movement, a 42mm stainless steel case in black or steel finishes, an anti-reflective sapphire glass crystal, and brightly glowing Superluminova markers.

We absolutely love this black and red colorway for Nike’s Air Max Plus sneakers. Unlike the typical neoprene and TPU design, this style has a mesh base with a reflective black wave pattern. Keep an eye out at retailers for style code DN7997-001 for the release.

Artist Ekow Nimako celebrates African culture through his incredible LEGO brick constructions. His most recent works are constructed entirely from black bricks, revealing their details through light and shadow. His epic Kumbi Saleh 3020 CE, pays tribute to West Africa’s medieval kingdoms through the lens of Afrofuturism.

Designed by Jirs Huygen for Copag, these premium playing cards are great for magic, cardistry, or just playing a game of poker. They feature a black background with inverse fine line art in white or red ink, along with a skull motif throughout. The True Linen B9 finish is designed for smooth handling and longevity.

We recently took a tour of a room painted in the world’s blackest paint. DipYourCar applied the same Musou Black paint to a car. The paint absorbs 99.4% of visible light, resulting in a strikingly dark background for a shimmering starfield effect they created with by spraying it with thinner and their HyperShift pearl coat.

Musou Black is said the be the blackest paint you can buy at the moment, absorbing almost all visible light. After painting some small objects with the super-dark stuff, The Action Lab created a room just so he could paint it entirely black. The Rolling Stones would be proud.

Dalstrong’s kitchen knives come in a midnight black that covers its blades, handles, and knife block. Their full-tang blades are made from high-carbon steel with a titanium nitride coating, while their handles are G10 and fiber resin for long life. Price shown is for the 5-piece set, but pieces are also sold individually.

Humble Bundle offers great deals on games, software, and ebooks, while doing good for the world around us. Now, they’ve kicked off a $1 million annual fund to help black game developers produce, market, and distribute their titles via Humble Games. Developers interested in the program can apply here.

It’s like, how much more black could this be… and the answer is none. None more black. This conversation piece incorporates a superblack nanotube surface to absorb virtually all light, resulting in an extremely flat, matte-finish object that looks like a gateway to nothingness, no matter what angle you view it from.

Are you over your job? Remind yourself of your general state of corporate ennui with these all-black pencils, each embossed with a phrase that echoes your true feelings about having to work when you could be outside having fun. Sold in a set of five nihilistic designs.

A gorgeous custom bike inspired by the Iron Gorilla, Shaw Speed’s satin black beauty started as a Harley XL1200X, upgraded with Rough Crafts’ risers, bars, and grille, and fuel tank.