OT: Christmas Gift Suggestion

[alancw3]

if he does not have one i would suggest a DREMEL TOOL. absolutely great item for a tool guy.

[Neves]

There needs to be a sticky about what to get the old man who has everything. This year I picked up a really nice cooking knife and some other small stuff. At this point it's a roll of the dice. I hope he likes it.

[FlashUNC]

I've been stuck in the same situation. Dad with few hobbies, very active and wants for nothing really.

Answer has usually been a nice cashmere sweater.

[josephr]

my dad was hard to buy for --- some of the more memorable gifts-

-a $100 bag of Susan B. Anthony dollars.
-found old pics of him and his brother hunting back on the farm -- had the negatives restored and new prints framed. was shocked as he hadn't seen those pictures since the late '40s.
-brother took all the old 8mm movies and transferred to video at Costco. turnaround is a few weeks, so might be a little late this year.

my dad wasn't a drinker, but I know I always appreciate a nice bottle of whiskey.

[eddief]

click on the personalize tab to see how you can make it more special:

http://www.opinel-usa.com/collection...bubinga-handle

Ordered one last week billed to me and shipped to bro in law. They got it out in 2 days.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by eddief

click on the personalize tab to see how you can make it more special:

http://www.opinel-usa.com/collection...bubinga-handle

Ordered one last week billed to me and shipped to bro in law. They got it out in 2 days.

My son gave me one last Xmas. Not the ooo-ahh fancy of modern knives but very, very nice.

[Nooch]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

My son gave me one last Xmas. Not the ooo-ahh fancy of modern knives but very, very nice.

Just grabbed one of those as well -- it'll be from my girls the their 'Pop Pop,' engraved on the handle

Thanks guys!

[p nut]

Originally Posted by Louis

Assuming there's some charity around that gives out bikes to low-income kids, how about a starter set of bike tools?

You could hook him up with the charity and he can get a bunch of donated bikes needing repair from them, fix them up and give them back to the charity who then distributes them to the kids.

Could turn into a nice long-term volunteer effort for him.

I've done that myself for some of the neighborhood kids. Most CL bikes just need a couple of tweaks, regreasing, air in tubes and they're ready to go. If he likes tinkering, I'd think this would be right up his alley. Nashbar or Performance tool kits are pretty inexpensive.

[rugbysecondrow]

I bet he doesn't have a ZERO G Bottle Belt.

They make great stocking stuffers.

Shameless plug, courtesy of Paul Peterson.