Some of the most intriguing art is the art I have found by glass artist Daniel Castillo. Daniel created some custom glass art for some very unique handcrafted luxury humidors.
Have you ever stumbled across something that stopped you in your tracks? I mean, literally startled you – and made you take a second look.
Maybe it was that painting at the art show that pulled you in like an ocean whirlpool. Maybe it was that dress in the window that was unlike anything you have ever seen before.
It’s too bad that this doesn’t happen more often. I know as well as you that most products, regardless of what they are, are simply … boring and predictable.
As many of you know, I am a huge fan of anything made with genuine, natural materials, especially when it comes to cool manly stuff – like wood, leather and stone. We make a very beautiful and finely hand crafted travel humidor called the Adventurer 4 Executive Pocket Humidor. This humidor is a true work [...]
What are those sticky blotches on the inside of my humidor?
If you are an
occasional smoker, you may open up your humidor one day only to find you are not the only one enjoying your cigars! Here’s how to combat it…
How often do you see synthetic materials, or plasics trying to look like nature’s best…
It wasn’t much more than a hundred years ago that the automobile didn’t even exist. People rode to church in horse drawn buggies, and bundled up at night with wool blankets in front of a hardwood fire. When someone bought leather shoes, they were real leather, not an imitation mass-produced vinyl impostor with a fake [...]
If you live in a climate like myself (I live in Canada), and my winters are cold (usually an average temperature in January would be something like -5 to -10 degrees C, or 14 to 25 F. But in the summer, it is not uncommon to get temperatures around 25-30 C or 80-95 F. The [...]
Over 250 years ago, Edmund Burke, an Irish Philosopher once said that “Beauty in Distress is much the most affecting beauty.” Today, I am going to talk about a well known wood figure called Burl, and I am sure many of you have heard the word. Burl is formed from a completely different way than [...]