V3N5 Aug/Sept 15
Filed In: Culture, Handmade, History, Tweed
The story of tweed dates back about 200 years to a Scottish Border weaver, a London cloth merchant, and a fortuitous mistake. ...
Filed In: Bourbon, Culture, History, Toasting the Hunt
Hundreds of years ago, long before iron rails and interstate highways, navigating the American frontier involved following the buffalo. ...
Filed In: Destination, Dog, Gun, On the Hunt, The Sporting Life, Travel
On the ground next to my spent 20-gauge hull was a shard of coal. It wasn’t a large piece, but its depth of blackness stood out so prominently amongst the......
Filed In: Cigar, Culture, Handmade, History
Recently we’ve seen a slight warming in our Cold War–era diplomatic relations with Cuba. As these dramatic events continue to play out, many are wondering how the new relationship will......
Filed In: Bird, Experience, Gun, Hunt, On the Hunt, Sage Grouse
The dirt road took us 30 miles from the highway, around a mountain, through a large basin, and then up to a long, treeless plateau. A cloud of dust billowed......
Filed In: Culture, History, Toasting the Hunt
When it comes to single malt Scotch whisky, there’s one region offering the most distinctive style in the category—Scotland’s Islay. Islay is the southern island of the Inner Hebrides of......
Filed In: Culture, Gun, Handmade, History, The Sporting Life
AYA is the most famous name in Spanish guns. Like Holland & Holland in England, it is the quality standard against which others are measured. The problem for any writer......
Filed In: Culture, Dog, History, The Sporting Life
Outside the First Presbyterian Church in Spartanburg, South Carolina, sometime around 1905, a small spaniel-type dog was noticed by banker Alexander L. White after Sunday services. White adopted the d...
