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Best4Men's Brett Thorson helps you clean your vintage double edged safety razor.  Links for the information included in the video are below.

Special thanks to Badger & Blade for the instructions on which this video is based. 

We had many items we just didn't get a chance to post in 2009 but just didn't have the time.  So here they are in summary form, all the stuff we thought you should know, because it is best for men!

School's back in session, and at the same time, walks to restaurants and outdoor lunches are becoming a summer memory. The Washington Post has some great ideas on making frugal, healthy, fun, and vegan lunches from what you've got handy.

Love spending time in the kitchen? The SmartMeasure Cup ought to be your cup of tea (no pun intended), where it is pretty much self-explanatory.

The first digital measuring cup and scale combination. The unit measures in weight and volume as the recipe dictates.The 3890 digitally weighs dry ingredients as well as liquid ingredients. Preprogrammed to convert weight to

One of the problems with solar power is the sun. Yeah, it’s got this thing, where it just isn’t out all day, you know?

Okay, that was a bad intro, but you know what I’m talking about. I’m sure that you have seen all those solar-powered chargers before, but they are a lot like those electric screwdrivers that take an hour to charger for only five minutes worth of use. Not only that, you have to put the charger in some place out in the sun.

If you want to flavor your next cup of hot chocolate without pre-made mixes, throw in a tea bag or two and infuse it with flavor.

Photo by Just SallyRye.

Over at cooking and dining centered blog TheKitchn, they've been experimenting with using flavored tea to add a twist to hot chocolate—similar to our experiment on doing the same thing with coffee.

The parade of downsized items continues with the category that reputedly created the concept of shrinking products — candy bars. An alert Mouse Print* reader  noticed that his favorite “king size” Snickers bar was now nearly half an ounce lighter. Souring the shelves of candy sellers, we were able to find both the old and the new products.

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Read on for even more changes from Mouse Print

Filed under: Gear, What's in Your Pack?

We all usually try to travel light, but when you succeed, do you feel a little nervous? I do. If I can lift my suitcase without grunting, I'm fairly certain I've forgotten something. Here's a list of the Top ten things not to forget on a trip -- hopefully both you and I can remember to check it next time we're about to head out of town!

1. Cell Phone Charger. They've started carrying universal chargers (with multiple heads) at places like Walgreens, but that's $15 to $20 you really shouldn't have to spend.

Insurance is an expensive but necessary financial burden—no insurance is more expensive than building a brand new house out of pocket, for instance. Minimize the costs of insurance by playing the field. Photo by Wonderlane.

When it comes to things like car and home insurance, most of us haven't put our time in when it comes to comparison shopping. Many people have the same home insurance company their parents had or the one the bank or Realtor recommended when they were getting ready to buy a home.

Photos by Rich Hein/Sun-Times

We're always looking for a great article and advice on what to tell first time kitchen owners to put in their kitchen. What knives do you really need? What pots and pans will give your friends kitchen envy? Well this article at the Chicago Sun Times does the trick and provides insights into these and other questions of kitchen stocking.

Some highlights include: