Reconnaissance #21

Every week, The Listening Post delivers a curated roundup of the past weeks best links. Here's this week's Reconnaissance:

> How the Navy SEALs Prepare for Extreme Cold Weather - Indefinitely Wild
> Michael Williams Visits the New Tabor Store - A Continuous Lean
> Inside Bombay Gin's Laverstoke Distillery - Cool Hunting
> Salmon Fishing in Southern Alaska - Gear Patrol
> The Japanese Nasu Tee-Pee House - Design Boom

The Best Made Co Bonded Canvas Passport Case

I have a thing about keeping all my bits and pieces organised and the Bonded Canvas Passport Case from Best Made Co fits the bill perfectly. It's much more than just a passport case though, It goes with me in my bag every day and holds my essentials, letting me keep my valuables tight and my itinerary loose.

The Taylor Stitch Maritime Collection

The Maritime Collection is Taylor Stitch's effort to elevate and modernize the practicality of classic nautical gear. They have selected two classic garments and constructed them from the world’s finest materials. When the wind howls over the water, you’ll be thankful you selected layers so thick.

Ben Sherman x Pendleton Shirts

I'd say 60% of the shirts hanging in my wardrobe are by Ben Sherman. The other shirts in there are a mix of rugged outdoor flannels. So, when I heard Ben Sherman were teaming up with Pendleton I was desperate to get my hands on one.

Reconnaissance #20

Every week, The Listening Post delivers a curated roundup of the past weeks best links. Here's this week's Reconnaissance:

> The FIVE HOUR Workprint of Apocalypse now - Cinephilia
> Tudor releases the Black Bay Black - Selectism

> Inside the Brooklyn Brewery - Munchies

> Three Cold Weather Cocktails - Valet

> The Gentlemen's Accessory Auction - Paddle8

YStudio's New 'Brassing' Collection

In this a hasty era, where technology and commerce make a cold and convenient world, Japanese company YStudio are devoted to exploring a vanishing culture, reviving past memories and integrating them into modern life. YStudio's artefacts are designed to be used and to be appreciated. Their latest "Brassed" series is the most handsome collection of stationery I've ever seen.

The pens are coated with the same paint Leica uses on their cameras and as the paint wears through use, each pen is left with a unique patina. Each piece is crafted in a one thousand degree furnace, and is made by a master craftsman with decades of experience.

Purchase yours online through Kohezi.

www.ystudiostyle.com

Field Report: Wild Camping With The Gentry Store

I can't get on with organised campsites, I much prefer the freedom afforded by lightweight wild camping. To pitch head headlong into nature and throw up a camp wherever you please is an experience that feels liberatingly old school. I was recently joined by my friends The Gentry Store on a wild camping adventure. Join us for a night under canvas, tall tales round the campfire and some good livin' in the great outdoors.

Filson Down Cruiser

Filson just launched their new Down Cruiser and its everything I've been hoping for and more.  European goose down gives this Cruiser extra warmth without added weight. Soft, water-repellent fabric with abrasion-resistant reinforcement on the shoulders and sleeves protects against branches and rain, while remaining pliable and comfortable. Fitted cuffs and a snap-closure storm flap keep rain out and warmth in. The standing collar is lined with wool for comfort, and a nylon lining allows for easy on/off over layers. Coming in at a cool $635, its definitely an investment piece but given Filson's pedigree it's guaranteed to last you a lifetime.

FEATURES

• Zipper front with snap-closure storm flap
• 4 flap pockets, 1 slotted patch pocket, 2 handwarmer pockets, dual-entry rear map pocket, 1 interior zipper pocket
• Snap-adjustable outer cuffs; hidden rib-knit inner cuffs keep warmth in
• Made with 100% European goose down processed in the USA
• Fully lined with nylon for easy on/off over layers
• Lined handwarmer pockets for comfort
• Shell is abrasion resistant and rain repellent

Made in USA with imported material

www.filson.com

Chasing Light: Switzerland

Chasing Light: Switzerland from Austin Mann on Vimeo.

Photographer Austin Mann shot this incredible video on an iPhone 6s. Hard to believe I know, but this is a perfect example of how far the new iPhone can take you.


See the full iPhone 6s Camera review here:
austinmann.com/trek/iphone-6s-camera-review-switzerland
Music by Sleeping at Last (sleepingatlast.com.)
Created by Austin Mann & Jorby

Reconnaissance #19

Every week, The Listening Post delivers a curated roundup of the past weeks best links. Here's this week's Reconnaissance:

> A Year of Practiculture - Whole Larder Love
> The Most Instagrammed Locations in Every US State - Cool Material
> 150 Years of Faribault Woolen Mills - The Hand & Eye
> Great Moments in Tweed - Kempt
> Searching for the Ghost of Hemingway in Havana - Esquire

Into the Wild

To wander free in the pathless woods and on the shores of wide open lakes is one of life's great pleasures. The great outdoors gives rise to our spirit of adventure, that primal urge to explore which is ingrained in our DNA. The All Night Listening Post has partnered with The Gentry Store to bring you 'Into the Wild', an ongoing series exploring man's affinity with the outdoors through a collection of exclusive essays, images and films that will inspire you to break free of your daily grind, throw caution to wind and begin your own adventure.