Metal Mechanical Pencil in Red StyleNumber_S000001

Metal Mechanical Pencil in Red StyleNumber_S000001Caran d'Ache has been making some of our favorite writing utensils in Switzerland for nearly a century. They're good. This pencil is incredibly lightweight, and one of our favorite gifts. It's coated with several layers of enamel so the color stays vibrant for well, if not forever, a very long time.

And if you can hold off on washing them for a few months

this is it

We love a tiny bucket bag

Figuier is the scent of Mediterranean fig trees

with a trim-but-not-tight leg that looks great with a cuff

If you can only have one belt buckle

almost architectural symmetry to it

It's got heavy-gauge

with notes of camellia

rent Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

but Diptyque advises against putting these in cars

Wax polish (and a little water) is crucial if you’re into a mirror finish