Bottle Opener With Wings

Look at this great promotional item from Nord-Lock - it's a bottle opener!

Do you know about Nord-Lock?

From their website:

Wedge-locking Solutions

Nord-Lock wedge-locking products are recognized around the world for their ability to secure bolted joints exposed to severe vibration and dynamic loads. The system cannot loosen unintentionally as it creates a wedge underneath the bolt head/nut. An ideal solution for bolted joints where failure is not an option. 

In addition to Nord-Lock wedge lock washers, the range also includes wheel nuts, combi bolts and custom solutions.

We got 'em if you need 'em! 

Making Music

Because this is the week the NAMM Show happens in Anaheim, Calif. (see our past post on NAMM here) and because we love music (see our music posts here) and we're proud of showing off how integral fasteners are to many instruments, like the classic Fender Electric Guitar (see our post on the Fender here), we're introducing you to a great website called:

Vulpestruments.com

"An assortment of hand crafted instruments, made from recycled, reused and readily available parts"

There is a guy named Tom who just loves trying to recreate sounds he hears acoustically, or he finds something and thinks to himself how can I make a sound of this...and then he does. 

The site is wonderful for us because we love seeing nuts and bolts helping to facilitate such cleverness; we simply love seeing fasteners being used. Then, when they are used for something as cool as these instruments, we're just over the moon!

Here are some photos of his homemade instruments - he's made many more but we only picked a few. Click on each photo and it will take you to his website where he includes a video of him playing the specific instrument...he's just awesome.

And if you want to learn more about Tom, here's a short documentary about him. 

Tom is the best.

They're Huge

We started this year BIG!

A New Screw Year!

Here we go - let's make it a good one!

Holiday Time

We wish you all a happy holiday and a merry new year!

See you in 2015.

Bags of Fun with Fasteners

One of our office buddies has a birthday today so this is her birthday gift...not a Christmas present (although it could be that too for someone else next week!)

Birthday Gift

(or Christmas Present)

They are reusable sandwich bags! 

Thanks to robots being so popular, nuts and bolt show up all over things now, which is awesome for us. There are 4 really sturdy ziploc bags basically, with the cutest design all over them.

Here is a close up of the two different bags. I really dig the bottom one.

Screwy Shoes

Gifts for Women!

YES! Those heels are nuts (and bolts!)

Mui Mui's Fall 2014 line of shoes are called The Nut & Bolt Shoes.

The photos are all from a fabulous & opinionated website called Tom and Lorenzo.com

They go over all the details of the shoes and more.

I'm not sure if they are in the stores yet but I imagine they are pricey...her shoes usually are.

I love nuts and bolts but I don't love high heels so this is one gift I don't actually want. But I bet my sisters would wear them.

Ok, this pair I'd wear.

Rainboots!!!! Those better be stainless steel.

Wallet Wrench

Gift for Cyclists!

This is a handy wrench for your wallet! 

This would be super for people who ride their bikes a lot, right?!

Buy it over at ScoutMob.com.

Pre-HEX-storic Beasts

Gifts for Kids!

These look like fantastic gifts for a clever kid who likes to make things.

From LTD Commodities, you can make a dinosaur, reptile or insect using nuts and bolts, and the price is really reasonable. 

Click HERE to buy one.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

One more year with this Turkey...thanks everyone for working hard and working with us, whether you enjoy the blog or you're buying fasteners, we're thankful.