It was a watershed moment for Paul Parker in 2011; he was just back from another business trip - 33 hours of travel each way for two days of meetings in India - when he looked over the Christmas decor in his South Carolina home and considered the wrapped presents for his two sons and realized, ‘I don’t know anything that’s here that I gave the boys.’ Worse, he worried his own … [Read more...] about Home for Christmas For Good!
Fisher Space Pen 50th Anniversary Pen
The Fisher Space Pen (the AG-7) and its pressurized ink cartridge were developed by Paul Fisher in 1966 his quest for a leak-proof pen. The unique pen’s ability to write in zero gravity made it the choice of NASA, and they enlisted it into their space program. After passing NASA’s testing, the pen first left earth fifty years ago aboard Apollo 7, which went into space on … [Read more...] about Fisher Space Pen 50th Anniversary Pen
Lawn Chair USA Classic Chair
Lawn Chair USA’s main product is a classic, and so is its main customer - most are middle aged or older, but the next generation is catching on. According to Andrew Pokrandt of Lawn Chair USA, “That’s our biggest market right now is up in that [older] generation because they still remember it and they can’t find it anywhere. But what’s happening now is we’re actually shifting … [Read more...] about Lawn Chair USA Classic Chair
Leatherman Crunch Multi-Tool
The early prototypes for the first Leatherman Pocket Survival Tool incorporated vice grips rather than pliers. Leatherman today has only one model that functions as vice grips, the Crunch, which is named after Tim Leatherman’s first product, dubbed “Mr. Crunch” (which had done away with the vice grips function, as well as retractable needle-nose plier jaws, for simplification … [Read more...] about Leatherman Crunch Multi-Tool