Collections
Functional luxuries.
A collection of things that bring me joy or occupy my attention: objects, hobbies, and obsessions, documented for my own reference and anyone else who might share these interests. I can talk for hours on any of these.
Knives, EDC & Wallets
Swiss knives were my first obsession. Multi-functional, well-designed, built to last.
Swiss knives were my first obsession - multi-functional, well-designed, built to last. Led me down into a deeper EDC rabbithole.
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Tinker, Spartan, Evolution 14 Wood — Went a little overboard hoarding them for different places
Victorinox
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Tenacious — First one after actually exploring EDC knives
Spyderco
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No.8 Carbon — One of the modern classics.
Opinel
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i3T 2 — EDC flashlight
Olight
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Dime — Lost at BLR airport security
Gerber
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Miniwallet Original — Highly recommend some version of this
Secrid
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Altitude Billfold — My first kickstarter purchase
Pioneer
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Classic Wallet (Ikat Blue) — Gifted. Perfect blend of Indian aesthetic and good functionality
Nappadori
Watches
Graduated slowly from a kid G-Shock to an Omega. The Aqua Terra made me feel done.
Graduated slowly from kid G-Shock (with the rooster alarm) in school to an Omega now. At one point my wishlist had about 30 watches on it and worth about $2Mn. But the Aqua Terra made me feel 'done' - a true GADA watch.
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Seamaster Aqua Terra — The GADA watch
Omega
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Prospex Alpinist — Gifted, true strap monster
Seiko
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Seamaster ST 166-0209 (Vintage) — Don't know the story behind this one unfortunately
Omega
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6M13 Age of Discovery — Lying out of commission. Need to find someone I trust enough to repair it
Seiko
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Couturier Chronograph — Gifted. First expensive watch that kicked off the rest of the collection
Tissot
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Brew
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A Perfectly Useless Afternoon, Paper Crane — Fun and quirky.
Mr Jones
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INOX — Built like a tank, mine's on a paracord strap
Victorinox
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Raketa 24hr watch — Such a cool looking watch! For some reason I always forget it has manual winding
Raketa
Fountain Pens
Recovering addict. From a Lamy Safari in school to 25+ pens at one point.
Recovering fountain pen addict. From a Lamy Safari in school to 25+ pens at one point. Ran the gauntlet on different filling systems, grinds, nibs, custom pens, inks, leather holders. Diderot effect in full glory.
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Lamy
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Platinum
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Waterman
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Sailor
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Pilot
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Lamy
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Montblanc
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Beatles LE
Montblanc
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Several vintage pens
Various
Coffee
French press most mornings. Thogarihunkal Estate beans, Blue Tokai's birthday blends.
Brew a french press most days in the morning. My favorite beans: anything from Thogarihunkal Estate (any roaster), and Blue Tokai's annual birthday blends.
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Baratza
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Hario
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Timemore
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Steel French Press — After breaking 3 glass ones
Generic
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Rambler 20oz — Gift from the wife
Yeti