What’s The Point - Episode 5 “Slow Gear, Fast Pockets… (Buy once, Cry Twice… or Thrice)”

🎙️ What’s the Point — Maker Monday

Slow Gear, Sustainability, and Why Fixing Things Still Matters

In this episode of What’s the Point, Philip introduces Maker Monday — a new series focused on the people behind the gear we carry every day.

Starting with a coffee from the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Milan, this episode explores slow gear, sustainability without the finger-wagging, and why repair, longevity, and intention still matter in a world of fast consumption.

We talk about why some gear sticks around, why EDC isn’t a uniform (it’s a response), and how makers, engineers, cobblers, and independent shops all play a part in the ecosystem.

We cover:

• Sustainability, longevity, and repair culture

• EDC as a hobby (and why owning multiples is okay)

• Shoes, cobblers, and forgotten habits

• Designing and making in the UK — when possible

• Hebtroco, UK factories, and keeping skills alive

• Overseas manufacturing and real-world constraints

• Victorinox, leaked colours, and mass-produced joy

• Why there’s no right or wrong EDC

• Independent shops, sharpening, and buying once

Maker Monday is about stories, not sales — conversations with the people behind the tools, objects, and ideas we carry every day.

🎧 Listen, reflect, and tell us:

Who made something you carry and love?

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