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Flipping through The Manual: Shirts for trail to town, build-your-own sunglasses

Burned out on apps, keys and screens? Improve your analog life this weekend! Digital Trends’ brother site The Manual exists to give men straight-up advice, from unspoken suit rules you need to know, to the latest in fashion, food, drink, travel, grooming and culture. Here are a few of our favorite stories to appear on The Manual lately.

Trekking: Go from the trail to town with these 5 shirts

Trekking: Go from the trail to town with these 5 shirts
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You don’t always have to sacrifice style for function. Plenty of outdoor apparel companies — Patagonia, Icebreaker, etc. — offer hiking-centric shirts that take a fashionable approach to practicality. Here are our current favorites.

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SUM Sunglasses: Create your own style

SUM Sunglasses: Create your own style
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Why have just one pair of sunglasses, when you can change parts to make thousands of color combinations?

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Filet mignon beef jerky is the best kind of beef jerky

Filet mignon beef jerky is the best kind of beef jerky
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Rather than haphazardly stuffing some mechanically processed meat into a dehydrator, these guys start with one of the best cuts you can find on a cow: the lean, tender, and supremely succulent filet mignon.

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The Manual’s guide to shaping a beard

The Manual’s guide to shaping a beard
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Shaping a beard is an art that requires discipline and plenty of experimentation. For help learning how to shape a beard, we turned to Karen Lynn Accattato.

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4 barrel-aged gins to blow your barrel-aged mind

4 barrel-aged gins to blow your barrel-aged mind
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While you may think of certain things when gin is mentioned, craft distilleries are working hard to change that conception by producing barrel-aged gins. These spirits retain the wonderful botanical flavors of gin while adding a complexity and smoothness that comes from the aging process.

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Escape the city with a great day hike

Escape the city with a great day hike
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Nature awaits even near most big cities: get out there and hit the trails!

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