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"i just love things, man. i just love shit. i love everything inside. i just love things. i love technique. i love specialty items. i love people who can do extraordinary things." — Action Bronson
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I Love Things 002: My Digital Watch (opens the original)
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One of the great privileges of having a watch is being able to ignore one's phone a bit more. Occasionally, it's important to know what time it is. Rather than fumble for one's phone, adopt the pocket-watch stance of the 19th Century bourgeoisie, and pretend to be annoyed at anyone who happens to look, I prefer to glance at my wrist. The clock went from the wall to the pocket, to the wrist, and now back to the pocket (and also the wrist?)<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https:/
I Love Things 001: My Grandma's Sewing Machine (opens the original)
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Autumn is approaching in full force, so I went looking for my favourite green duffle coat, which I picked up at some vintage store in Brick Lane a while ago . The stitching holding the toggles had fallen apart and I wore it hanging open all last winter like a medieval onion merchant.<div class="image2-inset
5 Vintage Fountain Pens for Beginners (opens the original)
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I once spent silly money on a Visconti fountain pen with a 23k palladium nib, the sort of pen that’s meant to feel like writing on air, and an old Parker that cost me about the price of a burger meal writes more beautifully than it does. I’m not telling you that to do the tired routine about how everything used to be made better, because plenty of modern pens are wonderful and I’ve no interest in pretending otherwise. What I’m talking about is narrower than that. With vintage pens specifically,
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