Wayward in Hayward

Wayward in Hayward

The man who taught me grouse and woodcock lives with his wife in a Vermont hamlet just this side of Canada. He has some gray in his beard these days but only enough to make him look as wise as his years, and he smells like pipe smoke and cherry-wood shavings. He heats...
American Rifles vs. the British Product

American Rifles vs. the British Product

British gunmakers have long had an enviable reputation for turning out superior sporting guns and rifles. This has been mainly because from the very start they have always catered to the well-to-do class of discriminating sportsmen who have demanded the very best and,...
The Day I Went to Audley House

The Day I Went to Audley House

We were young, starry-eyed thirty somethings who found ourselves playing explorer in the Mayfair District of London some 35 years ago.  We were there on a work-related trip, but we had some free time, so my wife and I and a friend decided to see some sights. We were...
Papa’s Cuba: Hemingway’s Home Away from Home

Papa’s Cuba: Hemingway’s Home Away from Home

Cuba offers a party atmosphere: sunshine, sparkling seas and miles of white sand. It also offers some of the best cocktails and cigars on Earth. But as anyone knows who visits here, when it comes to attractions, its people are its greatest stock in trade. Cubans are...
Winchester Lofts

Winchester Lofts

In my late teens, the Connecticut drinking age was a youthful 18 years of age. As a result, my buddies and I spent time knocking around in the closest city, which was New Haven. Sometimes we hit a place called the Brewery that sold 130-something different types of...
Oneida Moccasin

Oneida Moccasin

Famous for its use between WWI and WWI with the U.S. Army to build dirigibles for early warning against German subs, the Russell Moccasin Oneida continues to have a strong fan base today. The smooth but tough molded leather outsoles were essential to prevent any tears...