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Lodge Cast Iron 8-Inch Skillet

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Want to make a great meal using a US-made cast iron pan? You get the food, Lodge is ready to get it cooked! They’ve been making cast iron products in the US since 1896 so if the meal comes out bad you can bet its probably your fault, not theirs. Here’s a cool video of Bob Kellermann talking not about carrying the torch for US manufacturing but instead about carrying the Olympic … [Read more...] about Lodge Cast Iron 8-Inch Skillet

Buck Knives 110 Folding Hunter Knife

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Hoyt Buck was born in Kansas about ten years before the turn of the century… the last century. As a young man Hoyt worked various jobs on a ranch and was a blacksmith apprentice. One of his tasks was to sharpen the hoes of workers, which dulled quickly. So Hoyt developed a tempering process that allowed the hoes to hold their sharp edges longer. Discovering this, he started … [Read more...] about Buck Knives 110 Folding Hunter Knife

Magnet America Bright Flowers Car Magnet 4-Pack

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VW might not make the Beetle anymore, but Magnet America still makes the 60s-inspired art that Bug lovers are drawn to like moths to a flame. “They’re a good seller! We sell magnet flowers, butterflies, and colored dots, the pastel type stuff,” says company co-owner Paul Parker.   As an Amazon Associate this website earns from qualifying purchases made though links … [Read more...] about Magnet America Bright Flowers Car Magnet 4-Pack

Stetson Bozeman Wool Felt Crushable Cowboy Hat

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Who invented the Cowboy Hat? Most agree it was John B. Stetson who, in his mid 20’s, was diagnosed with tuberculosis and - not expected to have long to live - left New Jersey in the mid 1850s to see the wild west (and hopefully recover). Out in the west he settled in St. Joseph, Missouri. There he invented a hat specifically for the men of the American frontier, who at that … [Read more...] about Stetson Bozeman Wool Felt Crushable Cowboy Hat