If you read Dwell or browse Tumblr then you’ve definitely seen The Bike Shelf by Knife & Saw.  The founder of Knife & Saw, Chris Brigham, has garnered plenty of attention and several awards for his work, and you can see why.  If you want your apartment to be Tumblr-worthy then you might want to pick up The Bike Shelf or any of the other pieces found on Knife & Saw.  For more information/inspiration, visit Chris’s site.  In his own words, “If you have any project that you’ve been thinking about but don’t know how to go about building it or don’t have the tools to do so, I would like to help”.  What an offer!

The fifth edition of Inventory Magazine features Saint James, The Flat Head, Eddie Bauer by Nigel Cabourn, Mike Harris, Stone Island, Adam Dix, and Hiromi Kiyama.  Another job very well done by our friends Ryan, Simon, and Owen.  Pick yours up here while supplies last!

Via The Armoury:

We are most pleased to announce the premier screening of O’Mast, a documentary by Gianluca Migliarotti, exploring the culture and tradition of tailors and tailoring in Naples. For lovers of Italian culture and craftsmanship, it is a gentle but engaging glimpse of life in the city. It focuses on a handful of tailors, tailoring aficionados and industry heavyweights speaking about their origins, views on style and the how the city of Naples makes it all possible.

The screening will be on the 30th of November at 6pm at NYU’s Casa Italiana, 24 W 12th Street. Entry is free and seating is on a first come first served basis. Gianluca Migliarotti will be in attendance to discuss the documentary further. I will also be around to mix and mingle and would love to say hello to any of our customers who can stop by. The Armoury will be the exclusive retailer of the DVD which will be released before Christmas.

(capsule) New York 2011 – Womens from Paul Tamayo.

Via LAS of Sartorially Inclined fame.

These pictures have been on my phone for a quite a while now.  I’m too talented a photographer even for a Canon EOS 5D Mark II.  My 100 kilopixel cell is just fine, thank you!

But seriously, my camera batteries died so I was left shooting the ‘droid.  Still captured a few shots of my faves – McNairy, Ovadia & Sons, Yuketen, and Monitaly.

“When they’re worn, well worn, well played, it’s great. That’s the best looking guitar there is out there. Is the one that has a patina…That’s a good looking guitar. That’s when they’re right.”

Founded in 1973 by Bill Collings, Collings Guitars is an Austin-based manufacturer of high-end custom guitars and mandolins. As an avid guitarist, I have a tremendous respect for the folks at Collings for crafting some of the best guitars ever to be played. We should all have a greater appreciation for those who make things with their hands. Like our friends from Red Wing…

If you haven’t already, be sure to check out The American List from Michael over at ACL.

Check out the rest of the collection here.

Over the past several months, two young gents, David and Logan, have been working very hard on the release of the first collection for their new footwear brand, D.C. Lewis.  I’ve been pining for a pair of single monkstraps ever since I first laid eyes on the Alfred Sargent Benson MTOs I blogged about a while back and I’m now very tempted to pull the trigger on these.  There is, however, a long lead time for some colors since these are basically MTO but the upside is that you can select the color of leather and even choose from nubuck and – get this – brown and black suede.  I’ll probably have to get a pair of suede double monks before I get sueded-out singles, but the option is certainly intriguing.  Also intriguing is that future models will have the much sought after fiddleback waist and will be priced only slightly higher than the base model, which is $425 + S/H.  Worth the marginal cost, I’m sure.  For more information on these, check out David’s and Logan’s thread on StyleForum here and be sure to check out their “Porter” model as well.  You can also email D.C. Lewis directly at dclewisfootwear@gmail.com.  So let me know what you guys think!  I think that I would like to see a less parallel strap (I like the downward angle of the Bensons, for example), but its a minor issue really and I’d have to see the shoes up close to be certain.  I am also very interested in learning more about sizing.  There wasn’t really anything conclusive in the StyleForum thread.  For those of you willing to pull the trigger right now though, head over to Austin-based designer Kent Wang’s online store here.  Cheers!

Hey gang!  It feels like forever since I last wrote.  Between studying for the Series 7, 63, and CFA I haven’t been able to spend much time on The Pursuit; however, I have been Tumblr‘ing and bookmarking like crazy for you, and here are just a few items of particular interest:

Ovadia & Sons

I had the pleasure of meeting Shimon and Ariel Ovadia whilst at capsule this last week and was absolutely blown away by their latest and greatest collection.  Lawrence from Sartorially Inclined has a fantastic write-up here that you should definitely check out.  LAS, by the way, did an incredible job (along with Nico and friends) for BPMW/capsule.  The show is getting better and better each season.

Mark McNairy

Also at capsule, not surprisingly, was the always impressive Mark McNairy.  And shooting his New Amsterdam Spring/Summer 2012 collection was my dear friend, Justin Chung – an incredible (and increasingly busy!) talent.

The Windmill Club gets set to release another exciting collection from my man, Kevin Burrows.  I’ve been waiting to get one of these popsicle club ties since I saw Kev at capsule last Fall!