Before 2007, Tom Sega was a sales and marketing man in the paper, pulp, and paper manufacturing machinery business for over twenty years, and he traveled a lot. “For my complete career I've been a road warrior. I had traveled, some years, 30 weeks a year; and when you travel that much you get pretty particular about the gear you carry whether it's a briefcase, an overnight bag, … [Read more...] about Briefcase Malfunction
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Three Men in a Tub: A Fishing Story About the Weather
When you’re on a canoe fishing trip up in the Boundary Waters of northern Minnesota and several portages from home, a change in weather can really throw you for a loop. Grant Sega knows first hand. He’s now the Vice President at Spring Creek Manufacturing after his family purchased the company in July of 2017. But a few years before that he was a customer, and he’s glad he was. … [Read more...] about Three Men in a Tub: A Fishing Story About the Weather
Duluth Pack #60 Utility Pack (Canoe Pack)
A canoe pack is different from a backpack. Duluth Pack company President Tom Sega explains, “The canoe pack is what we were founded upon, they were the first products that were made at Duluth Pack by Camille Poirier…. When you’re canoeing you have to think about portaging, and when you portage a canoe you put it on your shoulders. So you can’t have a pack that’s above your … [Read more...] about Duluth Pack #60 Utility Pack (Canoe Pack)
Benchmade Grizzly Creek Knife
Les de Asis started out just by making a knife for himself; that butterfly knife took off after a local gun shop put in an order for 100 of them. The knives were a hit, and formed the basis of the company Les stated and named Bali-Song. That company grew into Pacific Cutlery Corp; but in the late 1980s, that corporation, which produced overseas, went into bankruptcy. But Les … [Read more...] about Benchmade Grizzly Creek Knife
LUNA Sandals MONO 2.0 Sandal
Luna Sandals make their footwear in Seattle, Washington. According to company founder and owner Barefoot Ted McDonald, there’s more to success than profits, “…and I think that’s partly by being made in America. You’re getting back to the realization that you’re growing not only product, but people and processes and you don’t want to have to avert your eyes. Part of the success … [Read more...] about LUNA Sandals MONO 2.0 Sandal