Awesome Handmade

Keep all your vinyl records organized and easily accessible with this hand-welded metal storage tower from Design Atelier Article. It comes in four sizes, holding from 180 to 360 records – in black, gold, blue, or raw metal finishes. They also make a squared-off storage unit with casters.

Given how beautiful this sledgehammer looks, we’re not sure we’d hit anything with it. The 10-pound steel hammer is handmade by Joseph’s Metal Works. Its bronze-accented head is filled with steel shot BBs, with a torched patina and a protective clear coat. Deerskin leather wraps around its metal handle.

Istanbul, Turkey artist Woodmess Design Studio creates these eye-catching modern cuckoo clocks. Each handcrafted clock is made from layers of birch plywood embellished with colorful paints and varnish. Each hour, a mechanical bird pops its head out, chirps, flaps its wings, and makes its cuckoo sounds. The bird is smart enough to stay quiet overnight.

This handsome leather laptop bag from Vavcraft is handmade from full-grain leather to last a lifetime. It has a storage slot for your computer, pockets for a phone and small notebooks, pouches for a mouse and charger, and a leather strap for pens and other accessories. Available in 14″ or 16″ laptop sizes in Dark Tobacco (shown) or Brown Heritage.

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.

An orrery is one of those mechanical models that simulate how planets move in the solar system. A tellurion is the same concept but only includes the Earth, its moon, and the sun. Chronova Engineering made an incredibly small tellurion and posted this video of the build process. The finished model has six gears, and is smaller than a fingernail.

Upgrade your desktop with this miniature video arcade from The Tree Rat Symposium. The mini-games include an illuminated upright cabinet that holds business cards and a cocktail-style cabinet for storing pens and pencils. Each is handmade from wood, painted, and detailed with vinyl decals. They also make mini arcade machine squirrel and bird feeders.

ND Woodworking Art is back with another amazing handcrafted wooden vehicle. But rather than starting with a real-world sports car or truck for inspiration, he built this one based on an AI-generated design. The curvy and fanciful ride looks like something Willy Wonka might drive around his chocolate factory.

Headphones are one of those rare products that can range in price from a few dollars to thousands. This video from Process X shows us why Final can charge more than $3000 for its high-end audiophile headphones. Every set is meticulously machined from solid aluminum and magnesium, then hand-built, including its planar magnetic audio drivers.

Israel Conder makes a number of pointy tools that can be used as marlinspikes, awls, or for self-defense. Our favorite is this one that looks like a No. 2 pencil. Each handmade pencil features a brass body, a titanium tip, an aluminum ferrule, and an eraser made from pink anodized titanium or red G-10. It’s available in three lengths and includes a Kydex sheath.

Flipside Hats has a fantastic collection of limited-edition ball caps handmade from upcycled materials. This six-panel hat features a one-of-a-kind crown and brim made from a brocade decorated with pool balls. Makes a great gift for any pool player. If you miss out on this one, check out their other limited-edition ball caps.

This premium leather duffel is the perfect antidote to cheap luggage. Loyal Stricklin makes each bag to order in the USA, using Horween English leather, with handles and a shoulder strap made from Italian leather. Its interior compartment will hold a 3-day-weekend’s worth of clothes, and it should have no problem fitting in the overhead bin of most airplanes.

This 5.5-foot-tall glass clock from Urwerk and Nixie expert Dalibor Farny contains eight large Nixie tubes and a total of 1445 parts. In addition to displaying the time and date, it can show how many kilometers the Earth has revolved around the Sun on a given day or year-to-date. Just 33 clocks will be produced, with a retail price of 55,000 CHF (~ USD 60,700).

Most saw blades are made by machine these days. But the Daedong Saw factory in Korea still makes them by hand. Mega Process takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of the facility to see how skilled craftspeople cut, punch, and sharpen every tooth of every blade with care and precision.

Etsy seller The Hrdwood makes these elegant wooden headphone stands that put your over-the-ear cans in a place of honor instead of lying on a tabletop or stuffed into a drawer. They come in two versions – a smooth arch or a stair-stepped tunnel design. Each stand is handmade from your choice of walnut or light ash wood.

Keep your pens, pencils, and other skinny pocket tools neat and organized with Ewittco’s nicely-structured full-grain leather cases. They come in a variety of colors, and can be personalized with an engraved name or logo graphic. Measures 7.7″ x 3.7″ closed, 7.7″ x 7.7″ open.