Manly Skills

How to Make a Cribbage Board

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Ethan Hagan from One Project Closer. I love a good card game, and some of my favorites include Spades, Hearts, Hand and Foot, and Euchre. Poker, however, never quite goes my way. Believe it or not, I’ve never played cribbage before. However, when Brett challenged me to make a [...]

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The Manly History of Cribbage and How to Play the Game

by Brett & Kate McKay

“While I was sitting there thinking of how Bill was a major artist and how even the knots he tied were artistic, he had somehow got ahead of me in the cribbage game, at which he was a chump. At least, I was a lot better than he was at cribbage, once the favorite indoor [...]

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How to Use a Flashlight in a Tactical Situation

by Brett & Kate McKay

It’s late Friday night and you’re walking to your car after a fun evening with your friends downtown. As you turn the corner down an unlit side street, you see a shadow dart across the wall and hear footsteps. The hairs on your neck stand straight up. You quicken your pace, but the other footsteps [...]

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Drinks Are on Me! How to Buy a Round at the Bar

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Brought to you by Henry Weinhard’s: Good Beer Made Easy. Find Henry’s in your neighborhood. The ins and outs of buying a round of drinks for your friends, co-workers, or the whole bar.

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How to Bug-In: What You Need to Know to Survive a Grid-Down Disaster

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Creek Stewart of Willow Haven Outdoor. As the East Coast of the United States recovers from Hurricane Sandy, aka “Frankenstorm,” the rest of us watch the unfolding aftermath from a distance – thankful Mother Nature hasn’t unleashed her fury on our doorstep today. Hurricane Sandy is yet another [...]

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Tab Payers: 12 Classic Ways to Get a Friend to Buy You a Drink

by Brett & Kate McKay

Brought to you by Henry Weinhard’s: Good Beer Made Easy. Find Henry’s in your neighborhood.

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Every Man Should Know How to Drive Stick

by Brett & Kate McKay

I can still remember the day I learned how to drive a stick shift. My dad and I were looking for a car for my sixteenth birthday. I had my eye on a red Isuzu Hombre (that’s right, the make of my first car was the Spanish word for “Man”). Only problem? It had a manual transmission, [...]

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How to Remove a Fish Hook from Your Finger: An Illustrated Guide

by Brett & Kate McKay

Note: The String Yank Technique can’t be performed on parts of the body that aren’t attached (e.g., earlobe, nostril). If the hook is stuck in your eye, don’t even try to remove it yourself! Go to the emergency room immediately. Illustration by Ted Slampyak

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How to Make a Handsome and Handy Wooden Bottle Opener

by A Manly Guest Contributor

This is a guest post by Ethan Hagan from One Project Closer. You can make a bottle opener out of just about anything. I’ve seen lighters, rings, shell casings, hats, sandals, and I’m sure you can add to the list. All those openers probably work just fine. However, making your own bottle opener is a [...]

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Troubleshooting Your Windshield Wipers: How to Fix 5 Common Problems

by Brett & Kate McKay

This post is brought to you by NEW Armor All Extreme Shield Wax. Help keep your car looking as good as the day you bought it with Armor All. Go to Facebook.com/ArmorAll for a $10 rebate.What’s this?Here’s how to carry out a professional car detailing job at home.

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Strong, Durable, Collapsible, and Versatile: How to Build a Better Sawhorse

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editors Note: This is a guest post by Ethan Hagan from One Project Closer. Check out some of his other manly contributions to AoM like repairing drywall and building a workbench. As I continue to expand my workshop, I quickly discovered the need for some good sawhorses. Sawhorses are great for setting up a temporary [...]

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Saddle Up! How to Bridle and Saddle a Horse

by Brett & Kate McKay

One of my fondest memories growing up was going to my grandpa’s ranch in Bosque Farms, New Mexico and riding horses. The “grandkids’ horse” was named Sugar. I loved that horse. Because I was just knee high to a grasshopper, Grandpa usually did all the saddling himself. And because Grandpa sold the old ranch while [...]

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Take the Navy SEAL Underwater Knot Tying Test

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s note: This post is based on a series that was written by the ITS Crew and originally ran on ITS Tactical. Potential Navy SEALs face many challenges during BUD/s (Basic Underwater Demolition/Navy Seal Training) as they become schooled in swimming, diving, parachuting, and enduring grueling physical exercise. Another challenge every candidate must complete is [...]

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An Illustrated Guide to Detailing Your Car

by Brett & Kate McKay

This post is brought to you by NEW Armor All Extreme Shield Wax. Help keep your car looking as good as the day you bought it with Armor All. Go to Facebook.com/ArmorAll for a $10 rebate. What’s this?Here’s how to carry out a professional car detailing job at home.

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How to Restore an Heirloom Axe

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Josh Tucker. “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” –Abraham Lincoln Whether Honest Abe used his axe as a potent metaphor to illustrate the primacy of preparation or as his trusted weapon in a covert [...]

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How to Shuffle a Deck of Cards: An Illustrated Guide

by Brett & Kate McKay

Illustration by Ted Slampyak I’m surprised by the number of men who don’t know how to shuffle a deck of cards. But you shouldn’t have to hand the deck to your grandpa for shuffling next time you’re playing gin rummy. Learn how to thoroughly shuffle a deck of cards just like Gramps, with a bit of flair to [...]

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How to Fold the American Flag

by Brett & Kate McKay

In honor of next week’s Fourth of July. Illustration by Ted Slampyak

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How to Read a Topographic Map

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s note: This post was written by Jason Robert and originally ran on ITS Tactical. Today we’re going to discuss how to read terrain off of a map. Reading terrain is more about artistic visualization than it is science. There are three major factors that aid in the visualization of terrain from a 2d map: Contour [...]

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How to Turn an Old WWII Field Phone Into a Bluetooth Handset

by Brett

Command your forces with the same field phone used by WWII soldiers by following this Bluetooth mod.

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