I have mentioned Kaufmann Mercantile before, and love the way their posts are so informative, elemental and sort of, unemotional... mean that as a compliment. Posts about stuff like Rope, Wooden Snowshoes, The Nearings, or Meyer Lemons. That doesn't even scratch the surface... get over there.
They started a shop a while back too. Again, simple, well designed and elemental products. I think the Chemex Coffeemaker was the first item?? They love provenance and they deliver value... $100 Adirondack packs? They got you covered.
They have wrangled in some writers for the blog and I have a piece up about Punching Bags. You can read it here.
For reference, a maize bag looks something like this. #recommend.
