Among the many duties of a gentleman is being able to fix it.  A gentleman who is unable to wield the basic tools of the trade brings disrepute to g-men everywhere.  In addition to being proficiently handy, a gentleman is clean (though not too clean) and practical, which brings us to this device.  A 10-in-one apparatus that features all the pounding, screwing, tugging and cutting tools necessary to Get It Done.  Aside from its compelling practicality, the Delk Hammer's design is flat out fetching.  It even looks like a gentlemen (albeit one with a rather protrusive sniffer and a few other extremities).  Delk Hammer. $26.  Acquire it at Amazon.com.

Socks Fit for a Gentleman

This is not just a sock.  It is the end of an era - a lamentable era of toes crammed into shapeless cotton boxes.  For some reason that escapes Gent Stuff, socks have always neglected those crucial pedal elements known as "toes."   Finally however, we can let our floor fingers fly inside our penny loafers (or topsiders, depending on the season). Of course, a gentleman can appreciate this coup de'-toe more than anyone, as exuding comfort is the hallmark of a true gentleman.  With the dawn of the toe-sock era therefore, Gent Stuff can proudly proclaim that there are some advantages in being a gentlemen in today's otherwise less than gentlemanly world.  Shown:  Injini Performance Quarter Sock.  $14/pair.  Acquire it Injinji.com.

Carry Currency Like a Gentleman

Every gentleman should have a leather wallet.  Every gentleman should also appreciate the manly nature of well, nature - particularly forests (as the consummate gentleman Hal Borland wrote: "Trees are like dancing tongues of fire to warm man's heart").  This wallet therefore is a hefty symbol of gentlemanliness, and one that is a fitting fit in pockets of g-men everywhere (plus, it makes you look like a park ranger, among the most noble professions). Acquire it at http://www.forestservicegear.com/fg2.html.

Shave Like a Gentleman

There's a reason gentlemen lathered their leather with fancy brushes for centuries before the dawn of the Gillette Era - it works.  The science is very simple:  shaving brushes allow your shaving product to better penetrate the beard stubble by getting underneath the stubble, while also making stubborn gristle stand up at the same time.  The result is a supremely comfortable and dapper close shave.  And despite widespread misconception, brushes are supposed to be used even with the modern, manual/electronic, multi-bladed behemoth slicers.  In all truth, once you lather with a badger, using your hands to apply it  will feel decidedly brutish.  (Shown: Edwin Jagger Badger Shaver Brush, Metal Case).

Welcome Sirs,

In this, the first post of Gent Stuff, I would like to welcome everyone to the web's first and finest sanctuary of all things gentlemen related.  It is not easy being a gentleman in today's decidedly ungentlemanly world, so allow me to give my sincerest respects, and a robust "bravo" to the modern g-men.  Here's to you.


Your's ever truly,


Sir English