Awesome Stainless Steel

Whether picking up tiny screws, plucking a random hair, or yanking out a splinter, you never know when you might need a pair of tweezers. These compact stainless steel tweezers hang out on your keychain until you need them, and offer a precision point. Also sold in a 3-pack.

This specialty tool from Jig Pro Shop is designed for working with rope, paracord, and leather. Its spike-shaped tip helps unlay and splice corded materials with ease. Its knurled body provides grip, plus it comes with a pocket clip and three sizes of lacing needles. Available in aluminum or stainless steel.

UK artists Two Brass Monkeys make wonderfully challenging sculptural puzzles from brass and stainless steel. Among their tricky designs are the spherical Gob Stopper, the hexagonal Joy of Hex, and log-shaped Pygmy and Marmoset. Each one will flex your brain as you attempt to separate and put together their geometry.

This unique metal fidget toy looks like a tiny rangefinder camera. Its front is packed with neodymium magnets so you can slide it back and forth. Plus, it has a clicky shutter button, a rotating lens, and a magnetic teeter-totter on its back. It’s available in stainless steel or titanium.

Never go digging around your utensil drawer for a specific bar tool again. This kit packs in five stainless steel tools, including a strainer, citrus zester, bottle opener, stirring stick, jigger, and bar knife, along with a plastic storage caddy. Makes a great gift for cocktail lovers.

One hazard that crosses over many professions and activities is getting a splinter stuck in your finger. These precise metal tweezers are purpose-built for removing splinters, thorns, glass, metal, and other tiny things embedded in your skin. They’re made from stainless steel and retract into a brass handle.

KeySmart’s inexpensive keychain multitool incorporates a bottle opener, wrench, ruler, cutter, spoke wrench, flat- and Phillips-head screwdrivers, and a wire cutter. Its built-in carabiner clip attaches easily to a belt loop or bag too. They sell versions in other animal-inspired shapes, but they include fewer tools.

We love the smooth looks of Craighill’s latest writing instrument. Its all-metal body features an undulating ripple pattern with gradually larger waves as you move from its tip to its tail. There’s a reassuring clicker mechanism and it takes off-the-shelf Schmidt 635 refills. Comes in brass, stainless steel, or PVD black stainless.

This teensy top from the makers of the Mezmocoin and Mezmoglobe is small enough to carry on your keychain or a zipper pull. It spins smoothly on its ball-shaped tip, and clicks into a quick-release ring so you can carry it everywhere. Available in stainless steel or brass with an optional glass or magnetic base.

The Science Channel’s How It’s Made takes us inside a factory that makes stainless steel forks, knives, and spoons. There’s much more to it than pouring molten metal into molds, which is what we had always assumed. We’re guessing the hollow handles cut down on raw materials cost.

Asobu’s double-walled stainless steel sleeve keeps your whiskey and other cocktails chilled, while protecting your hand from the cold. The sleeve’s rubber insert slides securely over a standard rocks glass, which is included in the package. Available in black, silver, white, or woodgrain finishes.

This high-quality hair and beard comb is laser-cut from T304 stainless steel. Each is finished with a smooth-gliding polyester coating to keep your grooming in check without snags. Choose from black, copper-speckled, silver-speckled, white, or grey finishes. Find more steel comb sizes and shapes in the Heircomb Etsy shop.

This stainless steel wallet card comes from the makers of the Tiny Survival Guide. It packs 17 emergency field tools including a combo knife/spear point, sewing needles, fishing hooks, mini harpoons, a spare button, a micro drill, saw blades, tweezers, and more. A combo kit with their wallet-sized survival guide is also available.

These stainless steel eating utensils from Caliber Gourmet open and close like a butterfly knife. Imagine doing all of those fancy balisong tricks with this thing and then whipping out the spoon to eat a bowl of ice cream. Now that’s eating with style! Don’t need both? The spoon and fork are also sold individually.

This keychain tool comes in handy for opening up electrical enclosures and industrial control cabinets. Patrick from Ophelion Mechatronic designed the tool to help perform the frequent task of opening cabinets while working his job as an automation/CNC technician. It’s available in stainless steel or titanium.

This multifunctional tool from Nomad combines a pry bar with four wrenches, a bottle opener, and a flint wheel firestarter at its back. Each one is handmade from powder-coated stainless steel and accented with carbon fiber. Available in gunmetal, black, stormtrooper, and green zombie finishes.

Gerber’s hyper-minimal wallet consists of a stainless steel frame and an elastic strap. It holds up to seven cards and/or paper currency, and has a built-in bottle opener. Its bottom edge has a built-in bumper to align cards and keep them from falling out.

DisagrEE makes these cool stainless steel keychains for car enthusiasts. Each one is cut in the shape of the head gasket from an engine. They have keychains based on sports cars from BMW, Subaru, VW, Audi, Mazda, and more, along with beefier designs inspired by big diesel engines from trucks.

This clever kitchen accessory from Thoriam Tactical combines a bag clip for your coffee, tea, or bagged herbs with a measuring tablespoon. It’s made from easy-to-clean stainless steel and has strong jaws to keep bags sealed. Save when buying three or more at a time.

This versatile stainless steel carabiner clip from Prepared4X hangs from your keychain, belt loop, or bag, and packs in 10 useful tools. Functions include Phillips and flat-head screwdrivers, a bottle opener, wrenches, a box cutter, a wire cutter, a hex wrench, and a short ruler.

This unique variant of Diesel’s hefty 44mm MS9 wristwatch features a stainless steel case and link band with a stamped reptile texture. That imprint carries over to the black watch face, which sits behind a durable mineral crystal lens. It’s powered by a quartz movement with a three-hand analog display and has a date display.

This palm-sized screwdriver from Gato Tools is great for getting into tight spaces. It has both flat and Phillips drivers set into a stainless steel holder with a knurled grip. It’s compact and inexpensive enough that you can keep one each in your backpack, toolbox, junk drawer, and glovebox.

This punch-out metal kit lets you assemble a 3D replica of a camera inspired by the Canon EOS 5D Mk. IV DSLR. Expect a challenging build that requires patience, a good set of needle-nose pliers, and the occasional Band-Aid. As it’s clearly not an official Canon product, it says “anon,” which we find kind of amusing.