Hey guys, it's Adam from tested
And it's time to go over my favorite things this year. The five things (counts) that I have chosen
Are weird and they show a wide range, but that's also because the range of my interests is wide
And I thought I would choose some things that showed just how disparate and strange it can be
The first item up is this amazing
casting from a 3d print of downtown London made by a company called chisel and mouse and
They have a host of different
three-dimensional maps of cities on their website of different sizes and different scales
This is the first one I saw and what got me to their website, and it's actually my favorite thing that they offer
It's an incredibly reasonable price for what it is. This is a highly detailed
3d print and casting of downtown London, and it's in the case
retails for
279 dollars I believe which is really
Impressive to me that they can hit that price point for an object this gorgeous. I am actually a bit of a map
Fanatic, and I this won't be the last thing I think I purchased from these guys that is a magnificent piece
And I love that they've been able to manufacture it at such a reasonable price
Considering what other things of this ilk can cost the second item much much cheaper
This looks like a fancy pen, but in fact it is simply a fancy holder
for a sharpie
This is what's called a sharpie Sherpa and my friend Michael Weber the magician, magic designer and director of brain candy live
turned me onto this, Sharpie Sherpas make your Sharpies even fancier; or actually fancy to begin with I
Love this. I'm also a bit of a pen fanatic. I have a lot of them and this this is great
I love a pen that feels kind of heavy in your pocket, looks good
I know I got that pinstripe edition
but there are
Literally as far as I can tell hundreds of different color combinations that you can get in the Sharpie Sherpa Department
This makes me very happy
The third item is a birthday present I got from a dear friend of mine
this is a
beautiful folded steel
I guess Damascus blade Japanese made
Knife blade with an american-made walnut handle
And it was bought for me
From the incredible craftspeople at Bernal cutlery here in the mission. If you don't know about Bernal cutlery go by their store
Because you will go buy things in their store. They have gorgeous and amazing stuff. They are all
Fanatics about what they sell and the staff really understands their merchandise and it's delightful to talk to them. This knife is so
Freaking sharp the very first time I used it I went right through a quarter of one of my fingernails not
realizing what I was dealing with.
The friend who gave me this is a chef, and they use these professionally. I feel delighted to be
brought into that company at least with the tool
The third item is from the Star Wars universe and it comes from my friend Tom Spina at Regal Robot
This is a Mandalorian skull
And this is a licensed, Lucasfilm product that Tom
sculpted
cast and
makes and sells on his website; again for not an incredibly high price. The cost of entry for something like this on Tom's site is
relatively inexpensive considering what other people often charge for things of this quality and up close I'm gonna
tell you the quality of this thing is
gorgeous
Yep, now. You're looking at some deep close-ups
Yeah, that we got a second very coverage
but look even on the
underside the side nobody would ever see cuz it's hanging on the wall they decided to do finishing of the teeth of the
tusks every last bit the weathering is
Multi-layered this is an absolutely
gorgeous piece and I'm proud to have added it to my collection yep
Thanks Tom. You do beautiful work. The last piece on my favorite things comes from a
Local manufacturer and by local I mean United States. American giant makers of the famous hoodie that
Is hard to get when it first came out because everybody wanted the hoodie
It's my favorite hoodie. My whole family has them; we wear them constantly and they came out this year with a
magnificent jacket, and I just would love to call out how great this jacket is.
It's made of a heavy canvas, but not too heavy - so unlike a Carhartt, it's not quite too stiff
I love Carhartt jackets
But this solves one of my problems with them being at the beginning you have to really wear them in. American giant has released this
gorgeous jacket and really the moment I got it, it became my daily wear around jacket. It's got a great
cut it's a little bit boxy and yet I feel really great in it which is
surprising to me because I tend to like a more fitted cut, but American giant, whose stuff is all produced here in the United States
has hit this
absolutely perfectly. I love this coat. I love buying from local stores that keep manufacturing in the United States and
Especially stuff that looks this good, and is this rugged and hearty. Thanks American Giant.
Thanks for watching! These are my favorite things. I hope your guy's holidays are all exciting and awesome
I hope you go see Last Jedi as I did; it is fabulous
And I will see you guys and talk to you in the new year where we have some more 1-day builds in the pipeline