Reconnaissance #32

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

> Breaking Ice on the Great Lakes - Gear Patrol
> The Suitcase Guide to New York - Suitcase
> Logging in British Columbia 1900-1930 - Retronaut
> The cult of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale - First We Feast
> How the iPhone is Changing Videography - Premium Beat

The Dutch Harbour Watch Collection by Filson

Filson has done it again. By partnering up with Detroit's own Shinola they have delivered a handsome new lineup of timepieces inspired by the groundbreaking dive watches of the 1950s. The Dutch Harbor Watch collection brings functionality and dependability to places where time is a matter of life and death. The new line of tool watches are water resistant up to 990 feet, feature a unidirectional bezel for precise timing, and are available with leather, nylon zulu and stainless steel bands, for a personal, comfortable feel.

Crary - Making the Ultimate American Boot

At the tender age of just 13, Bill Crary started working in his father’s boot factory. But this wasn't just any boot factory. It was the legendary Danner Boots factory. Over the next 18 years he learned everything there was to know about making quality boots. In 1978, Bill started his own custom boot making business and for the last 38 years he and his family have been hand-crafting bespoke footwear for disabled veterans, rock stars, professional athletes and anyone with a need for custom footwear.  Its always been Bill’s lifelong dream to bring this same quality directly to mainline consumers and now, with the help of his family, business partners and with support from the Kickstarter community, Bill’s dream is finally becoming a reality.

Morning Routines: Rob Evans from the With Love Project

As part of the regular Morning Routines feature, I've been talking to a different industry expert, adventurer, pioneer or influencer about how their morning sets them up for the day ahead. For our fifth instalment I spoke to Photographer and co-curator of the With Love Project, Rob Evans.

NASA's Visions of the Future Posters

NASA recently unveiled a new collection of retro style travel posters to coincide with a $19 billion budget request to fund a manned mission to Mars. The posters were designed at NASA's famous Jet Propulsion Laboratory and depict exotic and far-flung locations like Titan and Ceres, worlds who's conditions make manned exploration virtually impossible, for now.

Reconnaissance #31

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

> Inside Club Monaco's Covent Garden Store - Buckets & Spades
> Land Rover Series III Adventure Rig - Silodrome

> In conversation with A Continuous Lean's Michael Williams - Classfare

> Q&A: Sandqvist Bags Founder Anton Sandqvist - The Field

> Designing and Dressing The Revenant  - LA Times

Racing the Iditarod: The Last Great Race on Earth

This year on March 5th, around 100 sled dog teams will take part in the last great race on earth. A thousand miles of Alaskan wilderness lays between the start line in Anchorange and the end point on the frozen Bering Strait. The teams will face whiteout conditions, subzero temperatures, a windchill factor of up to -100°C and some of the roughest terrain in the world. This is the Iditarod.

A Lifelong Obsession With Good Things

Since the dawn of man, we have covetted and collected beautiful and useful objects to fill our pockets and our homes. We have made and we have bought, we've found and fought for these items. We carry them, in our pockets and in our hearts, they make us happy and they remind us that we have achieved something: we've got something to hold onto, we have something permanent that says 'we were here'. Proof of life.

Morning Routines: Megan Collins from Style Girlfriend

As part of my Morning Routines feature, I've been talking to a different industry expert, adventurer, pioneer or influencer about how their morning sets them up for the day ahead. For our fourth instalment I spoke to Megan Collins from Style Girlfriend.

Full Metal Jackets: Zippo Lighters of the Vietnam War

During the Vietnam war, just like WW2 and Korea before it, a vital piece of equipment issued to every GI was the ever hardy and faithful Zippo lighter. Originally manufactured in 1933 by the Zippo Manufacturing Company of Bradford, Pennsylvania, the lighter became famous for its ability to stay lit in inclement weather, its ‘windproof’ reputation made it a must have piece of kit for the American military. Used for lighting cigarettes, heating food, reading letters from home, or setting fire to huts of the enemy, Zippo lighters were used so frequently in Search & Destroy missions that GIs came to refer to them as "Zippo Missions". These lighters became a memento of their time in the Jungle, something they would carry with them always.

Reconnaissance #30

Every week, The Listening Post delivers a curated roundup of the past weeks best links. In honour of the thirtieth edition we've doubled the amount of links. Here's this week's Reconnaissance:

> Take a Look Inside the Oyster Catcher House - Small House Swoon

> Living with Russian Scientists at the Edge of the World - Calvert Journal

> A Concrete Cut in Israel - Daily Icon

> Photographs of Johnny Cash's Legendary Visit to Folsom Prison - Mashable
> Inside the House of Beretta - Garden and Gun

> The Un-seen Seven and a Half Hour Cut of the Godfather - Consequence of Sound

> How and Why 'Neutral' Switzerland is Primed to Blow - BLDGBLOG

> Inside Fuji's Japanese Factory - The Verge

> How New York Plans to Fight the Blizzard - Gear Patrol

> Tent Porn - Alastair Humphreys

Sheffield's Steam Yard Coffee Co

Sheffield is host to handful of really high quality independent coffee shops, each with their own unique atmosphere and decor. They all serve excellent coffee and they’re all on my hit list when I need a caffeine fix. My favourite though, for reasons that’ll be come clear as you read on, is the Steam Yard Coffee Co in Aberdeen Court. I've drunk the world's 'best' coffee in Rome, Naples and New York but, for me, nowhere comes close to Steam Yard.

Five People Worth Knowing Well

There are people who make your life easier and there are people who make it damn near impossible. There's also a handful of people who, when you build a great relationship with them, can make your life awesome. From getting the right hair cut to getting served first at a crowded bar, these guys can really make a difference. These are the connections that count.

Work, Rest & Play at Soho Works Shoreditch

Private member's club operator, Soho House's international locations have been networking hubs for creatives since they opened the doors to their first London venue in 1995. The group has gone one step further and launched a 24/7 shared office space dubbed Soho Works, a 16,000 sq ft workspace housed in the iconic Tea Building in London's ever trendy Shoreditch neighbourhood.

The exclusive Soho Works is the perfect hot-desk destination for those working in the rapidly expanding freelance economy. Soho House's signature style runs through the location and bespoke ergonomic furniture created for Soho Works by Humanscale makes your workspace as individual as you are.

Reconnaissance #29

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

> The Ultimate Adventure Mobile - Valet Magazine

> Officine Panerai and the Invention of the Diving Watch - A Continuous Lean

> Driving One of the World's Most Dangerous (and stunning) Roads - Cool Material

> How Ten Influential New Yorkers Take Their Morning Coffee - Gear Patrol

> Exploring Japan with Jan Vranovský - Parallel World