"Everyone has their YouTube rabbit hole. My buddy watches an old ship being rebuilt. He's never sailed a day in his 35 years on this planet, but there's a good chance he was a salt-scrubbed sea captain in a previous life. I like to watch people shake out their pockets and show what they carry on a day-to-day basis. It reveals a little bit of their soul."
"Sure, it's a little grand and a little elder-millennial-capitalist to assume that everything we own reveals some deep facet of our beings. Sometimes a pen is just a pen. But it is true that everything in our pockets represents a choice, conscious or unconscious, about how we will live that day. Esquire is all about eulogizing the products we buy, be they Montblanc pens or cheap ballpoint pens."
Everyone has their YouTube rabbit hole. Watching what people carry reveals aspects of personality and daily choices, though possessions are not always deeply meaningful. The James Brand launched in 2012 with a focus on design for the everyday carry world. A skeptical buyer tried the Carter in Coyote Tan + Black after seeing the brand gain popularity. The buyer expected a middling result at a roughly $150 price point but found the Carter to be very good. The knife includes a VG-10 stainless steel blade and met expectations for quality and design despite prior skepticism.
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