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A closer look at our salvaged Seiko ship clocks: green, teal, cream, white and coffee-faced clocks from working ships, including single-sided, double-sided and triangular JTC-42 styles.Read now -
High Phenolic Olive Oil: Why This Bottle Costs More Than Supermarket Oil
Why does high phenolic extra virgin olive oil cost more than supermarket oil? Because it is made differently, tested differently and bought for more than just cooking. Here is the plain-English version.Read now -
Marine Salvage: Real Working Objects With a Life Before Your Wall
Real marine salvage has a quality reproduction interiors can never quite manage. Explore our current stock of salvaged ship clocks, strip lights, bulkheads, pendants and cargo lights — proper working objects with history, weight and character.Read now -
Olive Oil. The Proper Stuff.
Read nowWe sell bike parts, clothes, lights, wood, weird bargains and the odd thing that probably shouldn’t exist. So why olive oil? Because this isn’t olive oil olive oil.This is the good stuff. The fresh-ground-coffee equivalent. The opposite of the dusty...
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Japan’s Finest: Nitto & Ostrich at Banana
Read nowYou don’t see much Japanese bike kit in the UK. A few odd imports, the occasional part tucked away in a boutique shop, and that’s about it. But at Banana we’ve done something daft (in a good way): we’ve pulled...
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High Phenolic Olive Oil Explained: Episode 2 - The Champions League
Read nowRegulations, Producers and Calories Previously I wrote about the evolving market for the “liquid gold” that is High Phenolic olive oil. I finished by mentioning a category that I think of as “The Champions League”, these are the oils that...
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High Phenolic Olive Oil Explained: Episode 1 - Beware the Man in the White Pants
Read nowBryan Johnson is the high profile “Blueprint” billionaire who has created a brand based around his attempts to reverse ageing. As part of his process and research he “discovered” the amazing health benefits of high phenolic olive oil, where he...
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Skoutari Organic High Phenolic EVOO Product Release
Read nowBe the first to experience our brand new high phenolic extra virgin olive oil, produced by the Vardas family in Crete. Containing total phenol levels of 1,323 mg/kg, this oil (as featured on World Cook) isn't something that you'll want...