Man’s best friend is only a best friend until he walks over from your neighbor’s house and poops on your lawn. It’s a indignity that faces many homeowners, and an offense that bugs some more …
Written by: Marc Lyman
As part of Irwin’s ongoing effort to elevate tradesmen worldwide, Irwin fittingly created the Ultimate Tradesman Challenge. Through over 250 sanctioned events held throughout the world in 2010, with over 16,000 participants, six world finalists …
Written by: Marc Lyman
I have a bit of a reputation (well, actually several reputations, only one of which I’m discussing here). I have self-diagnosed myself as having mild OCD tendencies (OCD = Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). A more conventional …
Written by: Marc Lyman
We hate to gender stereotype, but let’s face it, men are totally into their decks. For some men, it’s a true obsession. Their lives literally revolve around their decks. I’m not sure what age it …
Written by: Marc Lyman
In the words of Tony Montana (Al Pacino) in Scarface, “Say hello to my little friend!” Somehow brandishing a neon green Grex 23 gauge pneumatic pin nailer doesn’t have the same effect as a rifle-grenade-launcher. …
Written by: Marc Lyman
It doesn’t matter if you’ve never seen America’s Funniest Home Videos or if you’re the only person on earth who has never wasted time on YouTube: You know something is going to happen anytime a …
Written by: Jen
At last year’s STAFDA trade show we spent some quality time talking with the reps at Knipex and Irwin about their respective lines of push-button style locking pliers. As Knipex prefers to say, they’re “selbstklemmend!” …
Written by: Marc Lyman
The Pulverizer and ClawBar are vital anti-zombie tools, oh, and they’re also ideal for concrete and demolition work. If there are two things I always like having on-hand it’s beefy demolition tools and zombie apocalypse …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Benchmade, Gear, Knives, Tools, Videos
One of our stops at the Specialty Tools and Fasteners Distributors Association (STAFDA) in Phoenix last year was the Benchmade knife booth. If you’re not familiar with Benchmade, they are an innovative knife company that …
Written by: Marc Lyman
With the Consumer Electronics Show wrapping up, we’re pretty burned out on gadget news. However, we’ve managed to find a gadget not at CES (yet) that will likely appeal to 95% of HomeFixated readers. Never …
Written by: Marc Lyman