Gifts for the Unrepentant Luddite

You know that special person in your lifetime , the one who thinks engineering science is all around us . Who can taste the stink of it , as it were , and concern they ’ll be infected by it ? The result ? Their wrath at modernness creates a sense of absolute revulsion at what the earth has become , and , worse , makes them really hard to give away for .

The Luddites hat manufacturers who used machine to elude the rise of mediocre travail practices . The terminus , as we use it today , also describes someone who eschews tech for hand-crafted hooey . And so we present a lean of handmade detail that , fortunately , wo n’t ship until after Christmas anyway . In other words , you may give the endowment of a promise and then have the point delivered when it ’s been hand - create by the makers in question .

A Handkerchief ($35)

Because virtually everything uses some sort of mechanization , we ’ll start with something little : a handkerchief .

There are a number of examples of delicately - wrought , hand - meander linen onEtsyand while many are fairly old , it ’s nice to know your anti - tech friend or family member can spread their germs more effusively by using a classical piece of material versus , say , a machine - made tissue .

RGM Model 222-RR Watch ($5,950)

Next , we move higher up the hand to the carpus . While anyone can lather on a machine - made Timex or , worse , and Apple Watch , it ’s astonishingly operose to find a picket that is truly hired hand made . That ’s why your Luddite loved one will have to settle for something called “ New Old Stock , ” a condition that describes a lookout or watch out movement that was made in the day before mechanisation but is still in pristine condition .

The$5950 Model 222 - RR watch by RGMis handmade in Lancaster , Pennsylvania in a repurposed bank construction nestled in Amish res publica . The fount , face , and band are made by hand using machines of which the Luddites would approve simply because they expect one worker to operate one machine to produce one item . The movement is a bit dicey — there are no genuinely handmade effort in the world these days leave out a few scout that might be too expensive for your Luddite protagonist — so you ’re going to have to make do with a refurbish Hamilton movement from the era of pocket watch .

Litchy Guitars Sinker Redwood and Cocobolo Single Ought Guitar ($8,350)

Lichty Guitars is one of the few guitar makers that produces instruments wholly by handwriting and their interesting designs and slightly organic curve attest to that fact . The $ 8,350 Sinker Redwood and Cocobolo Single Ought Guitar features the thinner physical structure of an older Martin with the decadence of high - end woods .

ShaveSmith Straight Razor ($265+)

Once it ’s time to leave the house , however , you want to expect presentable . Why not touch up that shave with a hand-crafted square razor ?

ShaveSmithis a troupe run by Christopher Schall in Fort Collins , Colorado . Schall makes and customizes straight razor by hand , creating razor out of little more than steel and carved wood . For about $ 300 you could get a razor that looks like something out of a Japanese Samurai film or an old - timey westerly barbershop .

Custom Leather-Bound Book

Bound by manus by Lindsey Julow of Lake Champlain Islands , Vermont , these books would bet at home in the depository library of an eccentric attorney . Julow also make beautiful handbound diary and can turn nearly any record into a custom piece of work of art .

Her“Tree of Life”model is particularly beautiful and features a tree right out of the Mines of Moria .

Custom Bust ($3,990)

Finally , we offer a bit of classical carving for your favorite Luddite . A company in New Jersey calledAncient Sculpture Galleryoffers custom busts of your loved ace for cost that might make you blush . They can carve the fizzle in two to three month for the cool price of $ 3,990 and they can also cheer classic sculpture if you want your own marble copy of Michelangelo ’s David . Whether you ’re a police captain of industriousness or want to literally procreate bronze copies of your header and cash in one’s chips them out — a service the party offers — you ’ll stay headland and shoulder above the technical fray .

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