Awesome Gifts

Japan Crate hand picks the trendiest treats from Japan and boxes up a different variety of tasty goodies each month for mailings. Filled with colorfully-wrapped individual servings, it’s a party in a box, often including brands like Lotte, Calbee, Kit-Kat, and Crunchyroll in unusual flavors not found stateside. Sold in 1-, 3-, 6- and 12-month subscriptions.

While business cards aren’t as popular as they once were, they’re still a nice professional touch for in-person meetings. This metal card case protects your business cards and looks like a tiny aluminum briefcase. It holds about 30 business cards and comes in a 2-pack with one each in silver and black.

Love the grainy look of real 35mm film? It turns out you can still get compact film cameras from Ilford. The reusable Sprite 35-II Film Camera has a fixed-focus 31mm f/9 wide-angle lens and fixed 1/120s shutter speed, providing boundaries to challenge your creativity. It comes in silver/black, black/black, and silver/red versions and has a built-in flash.

This 14-piece bartending set includes all the tools you need to make great cocktails. It includes a stainless steel shaker, a double jigger, two strainers, ice tongs, three pourers, a corkscrew, a muddler, 35 recipe cards, and a mixing spoon, all set into a modern bamboo organizer. Available in five color combinations.

This unique modular stamp from Japan’ Shachihata makes it easy to make perfectly aligned calendars for any month. Its individual numbers and days of the week can be snapped together to stamp custom calendars onto paper. Arrange its digits vertically to make numbered lists. Available with English or Japanese day headers.

Want to fix a drink but don’t know what to make? Shane Carley’s book The Home Bartender offers recipes for more than 200 cocktails, all of which can be made with four ingredients or less. In addition to classics like Cosmos and Old Fashioneds, you’ll get lots of new and creative cocktail ideas.

Tame your mane on the go with this folding metal comb from Stinger Tools. It has a balisong-style mechanism, so it flips open with the flick of your wrist. The comb is made from stainless steel, while its body is aircraft-grade aluminum. It’s also got a built-in emergency glass breaker.

Officially approved by Mattel’s Ken, Dragon Glassware’s whiskey glasses are practically required equipment to toast the superstar’s 60th anniversary. The unique design makes it look like your drink is suspended in air, and the smoked metallic finish will give everyone’s mojo dojo house some of that stylish Kenergy. Sold in a set of two, 8 oz. each.

Does somebody in your life need a blessing or a curse? Grab a sheet of Knock Knock’s Paper Voodoo! Simply fill in your desired outcome and rationale, how you’d like your spell delivered, and draw black or white pins in the recommended regions on your subject’s avatar.

Enjoy every sip of your whiskey in style with this beautiful drinking glass, featuring a design inspired by a comet orbiting the Sun. Each is handcrafted using traditional Japanese techniques, creating a textured surface with an irregular but polished edge. Holds 380 ml. or 12.8 oz., and comes packaged in a wooden container.

Gearheads who are also beerheads need this spark plug bottle opener. 4PhaseFabrication makes each piece by hand, welding a heavy-duty steel opener of their own design to a recycled spark plug. They’re only accepting Xmas 2023 orders through 12.9, so don’t hesitate!

Electronic geeks will get a kick out of these coasters from MODelivery. They’re made from real colored circuit boards with a thin layer of gold on the conductive circuit traces. The circuit design is based on a microcontroller board layout with “Place Cup Here” text printed on its edge. They’re sold in sets of two or six.

Imagine a showdown between Team Meat and Team Cheese on this charcuterie board that looks like a tiny football field. Made by DIYDUOstore, the 18″ x 11″ wood board is laser-engraved with yard markers and comes with a pair of 3D-printed goalposts. Add your favorite team’s logo for a few extra bucks.

Tools: A Visual Exploration of Implements and Devices in the Workshop is a wondrous guidebook filled with stories and explanations of 118 different kinds of tools. Author Theodore Gray and photographer Nick Mann teamed up to create the 256-page hardcover edition, which includes a pull-out Periodic Table of Tools poster.

Out of space in your suitcase? This lightweight carry-on is perfect for toiletries, gadgets, power cords, and other small gear. Airportag made it look like a flight data recorder, so you might get some strange looks going through the TSA checkpoint. The bag measures 12.4″ x 7.2″ x 3.1″ and is made from waterproof polyester with a waterproof zipper.

For the 12 days of Xmas — or any 12 days TBH — Shiner Beer’s Home For The Holidays pack offers a dozen festive faves, including Holiday Cheer (an old-world Dunkelweizen brewed with Texas peaches), Candied Pecan (a robust Porter) and Kosmos Reserve (a dry-hopped lager). Move quick. This super-limited supply won’t last.

This pocket-size tool from Tisur is much more than just a pry bar. It can also turn flat-blade screws, pull nails, open bottles, and cut rope. It’s made from high-strength titanium and comes in natural, black, and multicolor finishes. A removable belt clip and keychain hole provide carrying options.

Paperweights serve one basic function, but these Eye Paperweights by New York artist John Derian do double duty by keeping an eye on you, too. Derian’s 3.5” round glass domes start with reproduced images from his extensive collection of vintage ephemera. Right/left eyes are then hand-cut and decoupaged onto glass.

Keep on truckin’ even when you’re stuck at your desk with Troika’s Trucker Desk Caddy. The 8″ long miniature metal truck has a chrome-plated finish and space in its trailer for pens, pencils, paper clips, business cards, and more. Its axles and wheels turn so you can roll it around when you’re bored at work.

This glass and wood decanter set from Viski adds a touch of class to your drink service. Its globe-shaped 32 oz. decanter and tumblers are each etched with a world map design. The tumblers hold 12 oz. and are curved to concentrate aromas of whiskeys and other spirits.

Toast your seasonal reunions with Cocktail Courier’s limited-edition “Home for the Holidays” cocktail kit featuring St-Rémy Signature, the only French brandy that features a double aging process: first in charred new oak casks, then seasoned in brandy oak casks. The kit has everything needed for a brandy twist on a classic Old Fashioned.

This set of five dram-size bitters from Woodford Reserve adds a big punch of flavor to whiskey drinks and other cocktails. The box includes 10 ml bottles of chocolate, orange, aromatic, sassafras and sorghum, and spiced cherry bitters so you can sample each and decide which flavors to keep stocked in your bar.

Do you believe in fortune and luck? Baronfig’s Oracle Squire Pen offers its predictions when you roll it across your desk. Its six-sided shape works kind of like those Magic 8 Ball toys, displaying fortunes like “chances are slim” and “without question” when it comes to a stop. The pen made from aluminum and is refillable with ballpoint cartridges.