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This hobby knife has the kind of oversized soft grip that we think will be x-actly what you were looking for. Sometimes, those skinny metal handles can be tough on the fingers. This tool measures 5-1/4”" long before the included #11 blade; has a safety cap, that comfy contoured handle, 1/2” dia. near the blade and 15/16” x 7/8” at the base. Listed as a #1 handle, it also fits #16 and #17 blades and is labeled as being for light-duty cutting, scoring and trimming. From Techni-Edge, who claim it’s "The blade America buys." We certainly hope so—our warehouse is only so big.

Handy 3-pack of syringes, 10ml, 20ml and 60ml, perfect for squirting glues, greases, lubes, paint, whatever you need to squirt. And if you use them as squirt guns, you didn't get the idea from us. Small ones are graduated in 1ml increments; the big one in 2ml. All come with caps, so you don't dribble.

This 30W lightweight soldering pencil measures 10-1/4” long and heats up to 550 F in a hurry. Has a 1” long tip and a 5-foot cord, plus a clip to rest it on without setting fire to the dining room table. Nicely balanced for easy handling by jewelry makers and other precision hobbyists.

In translucent polypropylene, these measure 6” long with a bulbous top, 3mL capacity, dropper point and 0.5ml markings. The package calls these “Prospector’s Choice” and suggests using them to “collect fine gold particles with ease.” Feel free, but we like them for labs and crafts--anywhere that dropper dispensing occurs. Our each is a package of (50). Great for labs, crafts and hobbies.

We love soldering, always have. Circuit boards, models, repairs, our own artistic creations that will live forever! Sorry, we got carried away. To us, soldering is kind of like welding, without the commitment or expense. Interested? We’ve got a nice soldering iron for you here, 60 watts, drawing 110 volts and heating up to 550 degrees F. Cord is 45” to give you some freedom, and the iron comes with a stand/holder so you can set it down safely to answer your phone or return a text. This might the year you become a solderer like us—or return to that satisfying hobby you once loved so much. All for the price of two pumpkin-caramel spice frappalattes.

If Verdi Had Been A Jeweler... The Anvil Chorus would have been much quieter. Play your own chorus on this excellent forged jeweler's anvil, which is much smaller than the ones in cartoons. In heavy polished steel, it measures approx 4-1/4” x 1-3/4” x 1-1/8” with a 2-1/4” x 1-1/4” flat working surface for chasing, bending corners and flattening wire to harden it, plus (1) round horn and (1) flat horn with a hole for riveting and beading. Essential for making flattened hook-and-eye clasps with craft wires. Also, a must for teeny-tiny blacksmiths.

Precision metal saw of the type usually known as a razor saw. It has a 4-1/2" long x 1" deep blade with very fine teeth and reinforcing down the spine. Complete with plastic handle. Excellent for cutting small metal tubes and strips for hobby work.

When you need to drill itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny little-bitty small holes, break out this 20-piece set of wire-gauge drills in diameters from .012" to .037". No, they won't work in a standard collet, but we'll send a micro-chuck with a 1/8" shank along with the drill set. We think of everything!

These're pleasing tweezers, these are. They're clever cross-lock tweezers, 6" long with wood-grain grips and 1/2" long, serrated 90° jaws that grip tightly. The handy cross-locks will lay flat on their backs to hold stuff, like wires, while you solder.

This all-purpose scissors is the favorite of everyone at A.S.&S.: Pat uses his to cut and strip wire. C.J. uses his to slit the tape on packages. Mary Ann uses hers to open bags of pretzels. It's 6-1/4" long overall, with a very sharp 2" stainless steel blade and large, comfortable handles. It would sell for $9.95 retail if it was new, but it was used for one day to cut cloth in the assembly plant of a major car company, then discarded. Quality control is a wonderful thing.

Hey, there’s two words you don’t see next to each other that often: comfy hemostat. This one feels really nice in the fingers because of its black, rubber-coated handle. The whole stainless-steel tool is about 7-1/2" long with a 7/8” tip and big round finger holes. Locking the teeth keeps it clamped on its own. Also, as a bonus, just past the jaws lies a bladed suture scissor section, wow, that's convenient! This is a sturdy piece. Use it to hold something in place.

Picture yourself on a boat in a river: tangerine trees, marmalade skies, the whole deal. Sound good? Now give that view to a child with the Dabble Lab™ Rainbow Prism Kaleidoscope kit. Lucy wishes she had this STEAM kit with (3) markers, (1) cardboard scope, (3) paper mirrors, (25) acrylic gemstones, and instructions to build her very own kaleidoscope. So fun that kids won’t even realize the kit’s teaching them about physics, engineering and interactive play. Ages 6+. ! WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD–Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

The Clay People were all gray in Flash Gordon’s world, but this 24-piece set of modeling clay comes in (24) colors, including the non-rainbowish black, white and gray because a lot of stuff is, after all, those colors. Pieces are 2/3-oz and 3/8” x 1/2” x 3-3/8" long sticks. And they’re gluten-free--says so right on the box.

Sticker aficionado alert! 3/4" dia. NASA logo stickers. 15 high quality NASA "meatball" vinyl stickers to a sheet so plenty to go around. Teachers give them out during your space explroreation unit. Space lovers, just sticker away.

Three heads are better than one, at least when it comes to LaurDIY’s 3-in-1 tool, which looks a lot like pliers. There’s a cutter, a standard pliers vise and a needle-nose extension on the end. You pick: the 5-1/2” long tool with iridescent purple and aqua-blue handles, which reminds us of a tie-dye we wore to a Dead show in ’72; or the 5” long tool, which is maroon with a gold glitter finish

Diamond files never wear out, hardly, unless you file diamonds with them. This 10-piece set of diamond files has an assortment of wedges, flats, points and triangle files, all 6” long overall and up 5/16” wide. If you can’t find the one you need here, you probably shouldn’t file the thing in the first place.

With this nice hot laminating machine, and the included (50) thermal laminating sheets, you can protect your documents and still see them at a glance. Comes with a cutter, corner rounder and hole-punch, which works for single holes and (3)-ring binders. Unit measures approx 12” x 4” x 2-1/2” tall, which means it fits on pretty much any desktop, and has a 230mm inlet that’s 9” wide (A4 size). You’ll get (10) A4, (15) A5 and (25) A6 laminating sheets. Surely you have documents, cards and photos to preserve.

We’ll put a happy little Bob Ross right on this bicep. These (2) sets of (8) temporary tattoos feature memorable sayings from the PBS painter Bob Ross with his famous face and hairdo on each one. You’ll get “No Mistakes Just Happy Accidents,” “Happy Little Trees” and “Trees Are Friends,” among others, for a total of (16) tats, each with a photo or illustration of Bob himself. A few of them also include Bob’s signature. Tats measure approx 2” x 1-3/4” each, and they’re non-toxic. From Gamago®, which makes good stuff.