13 Style Essentials for Surviving Your 9-to-5

We all spend a lot of time dialing in our outdoor kits, and the same goes for our everyday carry. We want quality products if we’re using them daily for years at a time. What follows are some our favorite carry items from around the Outside office.

Many of us suffer from fat wallets that don’t fit in our pockets. The Journeyman is designed to combat that problem with slots for just four cards, plus some cash. Made from 100 percent leather, each wallet is designed to wear well and develop character over time.

With a plush leatherette cover and 96 sheets of high-quality, acid-free, 90-gram ivory vellum paper, this is your go-to book for notes, ideas, doodles, and anything else you’d prefer to put on paper instead of in a phone.

Match your high-quality notebook with a high-quality pen. This one features the smooth and well-loved Pilot G2 ink cartridge (refillable) with a beautiful machined-aluminum body made by Karas Kustoms. The pen takes some getting used to—it’s much heavier than typical writing tools—but you’ll quickly adapt.

Take off those old plastic discount cards, throw away the keys you don’t use, and use this clip to keep the remaining essentials organized. Made from solid brass, the clip adds a touch of style to an otherwise forgotten part of your everyday carry. Bonus: it’ll develop a custom patina over time.

We’re big fans of Montana’s burgeoning outdoor industry, and Goertzen’s Scout Bag, handmade in Missoula, is just one more example of the high-quality products the state’s pumping out. With a contrasting leather outer, this bag will gobble up most laptops and notebooks while still maintaining its slim shape. And like the Tanner wallet, the Scout will only get better with age.

After half a day in the office, the smell of Ursa Major’s Essential Face Wipes is as good a wake-up as a cup of coffee. The individually sealed towelettes—scented with orange, fir, and lavender—clean, exfoliate, hydrate, and, according to the company, help accelerate the healing process of your work-battered visage.

Gramps had sense enough to have a handkerchief with him at all times. They’re handy for more than a runny nose: wipe your hands, stanch a cut, or fan a swooning colleague. We’re digging the OG2 for its anchor pattern.

Sure, it’s impressive when you open a post-work beer bottle on a table edge—or with your teeth. But for safety’s sake, we recommend the Keychain Beer Tool, which always does the job. It also has a flathead screwdriver.

Classic watches are more style pieces than tools these days, so why not indulge? That’s the thinking behind the Limited Issue Field Watch, made entirely in the United States and assembled at the Weiss factory in Los Angeles. This specific model, limited to only 100, has a Horween leather strap, stainless-steel case, and sapphire crystals front and back, the latter of which reveals the watch’s mechanical, hand-wound movement.