Sno-Jet Snowmobile Ashtray The vintage items are always the most interesting ones in any category. Updating Parts for Snowmobiles for the coming season, I have come across loads of carburetor reeds, clutches, bumpers and other necessary… Read more
Flow Snowboards Augmented with Booby Technology
Checking out what is new in the world of snowboards for the 2012-2013 season, the latest technological advance from Flow Snowboards came to my attention: Flow ABT – Augmented Based Technology That video was posted by Flow Snowboarding and… Read more
Automatic Robotic Lawn Mowers
Lawnbott Spyder Evo There is a certain peaceful isolation to be found in mowing the lawn. Nobody will bother you because no one dares approach the noisy, dangerous machine, so mowing can become a time for reflection. Mowing is also inherently… Read more
Vintage Ray Ban Sunglasses
My meanderings through eBay sales in search of interesting market niches to feature on our Boatwear site led to a side avenue: researching the sunglasses most preferred by fishermen, sailors and boaters in general. I am a bit perplexed by the alley… Read more
Antique Pond Yachts
Fairwind RC Sailboat Under Sail in the Bahamas A sailor’s attraction to boats leads many of us to play with models and toy boats when we can not spend time on our real ones. I have a remote controlled Fairwind model sailboat, currently in a… Read more
Geographic Surveying Instruments – Then and Now
Looking back at some of the fine antique survey instruments produced in years past to answer the seemingly simple questions of how far away and in what direction another point on the earth lies, it is amazing how far we have come. Innovations like… Read more
Model Airplane Memories
Today I was scanning my list of websites that need buildout trying to decide on the next task and my eyes fell upon Vintage Model Kits. A couple of days before, I had come across a folder containing a few personal relics and I figured researching… Read more
Wenger 16999 Giant Swiss Army Knife – Why Do I Love It?
There really is no reason for the Wenger 16999 Giant Swiss Army Knife to exist. There is hardly even any excuse for it to exist, yet I love it! I imagine the development of the knife as an idea from a crazy customer: “Build me a Swiss Army… Read more
Victorinox Oddities & Collectibles
Looking through eBay sales of Victorinox Swiss Army knives, I found a couple of strange ones: the Victorinox Golf Tool and the Victorinox Cybertool. I clicked through to find out what was special about those models. The Golf Tool has a retractable… Read more
Gold-Plated Leatherman Multi-Tool?
Looking into Leatherman sales for our Multi-Tool site, I found that they are also found in the same eBay categories as Victorinox Swiss Army Knives, but in different proportions. There were not as many in eBay > Collectibles >Knives, Swords… Read more
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