NEW STUFF

Call it the collapse-a-seat, a portable place to park your carcass without having to tote a folding chair around. Measures 10” dia x 2-1/2” thick when collapsed, like a canister of film on its way to a movie theater. But give it a twist and pull it out like an accordion, and it opens and locks at 18” tall, or anywhere in between for tots. Great for camping, back yarding, fishing, gardening, museum-ing and cow-milking. Manufacturer says it holds big lads up to 330 pounds, but weighs in at a totable 2.5 lbs. Also has a little fabric carrying handle.

OK, chicken plucking and how to build an igloo, but you could combine them if you needed to. How To is a book of wilderness skills with instructions on over (75) things you might need to know someday, including the two above, plus opening coconuts with a rock, sheep-shearing, crossing deserts (with the associated treating a snakebite), surviving bear attacks, starting fires in the rain, cleaning fish, tanning hides, and shoeing horses. Takes a nice, fun look at desperation in the woods. We've already used a bunch in the office.

These 10" Tolsen Tools chrome-moly beauties are aviation snips, right-cutters with a compound action and 1-1/2” long fine saw-tooth cutting blades. Will cut up to 1.5mm cold-rolled steel, 1.8mm aluminum, or 1.0mm stainless steel. Coated handles and a blade lock. Our Whs manager John, uses them around the shop to cut steel banding cable on pallets. If they’re Tolsen, you know they’re tough.

Brand new 2' x 2' x 5/16" aluminum frame LED panel lights. 5000k (Bright Daylight) and operates on 120vac with the included driver. These panels fit into standard drop ceiling tiles and draw under 40watts of power making them ideal as replacements for larger fixtures. 30,000 hour life span. Did we mention they are dimmable. Super Eco friendly and make an incredible light table. These will require some wiring as the driver just has wire leads and no plug on the end. Approx. 3800 Lumens

Please Note: Item is not available for expedited shipping. Retail store customers: available by special order only.

But you’re free to use this piece of natural cork, straight from the cork tree and in natural cork color, for anything you like, including a very small, round bulletin board. Measures 10-7/8" dia x 3/16" thick. Nice mouse pad, too, or dart board for the really accurate player who doesn’t keep score. (For some, it’s about the journey, not the numbers.)

Who’s got the button? You do if you’re a playful sort and click on the buttons below. You pick: the 1-1/4” dia white button with our AS&S flying leader Jarvis in black (identifying you as a Surpie); or the 1-1/2" dia white button with a pair of classic drinking birds (the real thing is available you-know-where), which identifies you as classically silly, which we consider a high compliment.

It's a threefer from Farpoint® so you can see what you're doing, where you're going and fix what you were going there for. Includes a 5” long, 350-lumen tactical flashlight with a slide focus, and (3) power levels, plus a strobe and SOS flash. Also includes a 200-lumen weatherproof utility worklight with a folding hanger and a magnetic base. And the coup de grace an 8-in-1 screwdriver/flashlight combo with slotted drivers at 1/8", 3/16", 1/4", Phillips #0, #1, #2, and mini-slotted and Phillips, all on hinges at the bottom of the light. Oh, and there’s a 6-LED light in the handle, just as a bonus.

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.

Nice, new 6-volt lantern batteries from Ultralast®, labeled for the international market. Standard 2-5/8" square x 3-3/16" high, standard spring tabs on top. Advanced Heavy-Duty the label says. We'll price it to save you a world of dollars, pesos and francs, Pat says.

Yet another version of Fluxx®, the card game that changes faster than a Taco Bell menu. This one's the astronomy version, and you’ll get the standard (100) cards and basic rules. For two to six players and ages 8+, because you can't start too early with the old lesson that nothing ever stays the same.

Sometimes there’s nothing for it but having your own plasma ball. This is the travel- or office-size, a manageable 3-1/8" dia acrylic ball standing on concentric blue disks, 5-1/4” tall altogether. Power it up with the included USB cord or (4) "AA" batteries and lay hands upon it and watch the soothing red and blue streamers wave and undulate your troubles away. Great for disco or psychedelic raves in your car or cubicle; you supply the soundtrack. Also great for just strapping to your head to make sure people look at you at music festivals. Get creative with it--take it everywhere you go

It's lonely there in the home office, isn't it? We know, and we feel your isolation, which is why we're going to send someone to keep you company. It will be a surprise, which is even better. We'll pick (2) from the following: a dancing, funky monkey complete with banana; or a bow-tied pug that waves at you when nobody else will; or a starry-eyed, hip-shaking disco gnome, because every day should have a little boogying in it. Find a sunny spot on or near your desk and you'll never work alone again. We will pick 2 different for your order. 

Yes, sports fans and people with small hands, now you can own those very special short pencils favored by professional golfers and primary grade teachers the world over. You get (250) pencils, at less than (7) cents each. Not much less, but less. They may come in assorted colors but we would bet on red (All our samples were red) and they are blanks so feel free to have your name imprinted on them for your next company golf outing. Definitely not available from your local pro shop.

The Fly Widow Game, a lovely way for the kids to while away a rainy afternoon. Comes with (55) illustrated cards in a matching embossed tin. You match each fly-headed husband with the method of their particular gruesome murder. For 2-4 players, and more fun than a barrel of old maids.

Brand new 2' x 2' x 5/16" aluminum frame LED panel lights. 4000k (Cool white or neutral) and operates on 120vac with the included driver. These panels fit into standard drop ceiling tiles and draw under 40watts of power making them ideal as replacements for larger fixtures. 30,000 hour life span. Did we mention they are dimmable. Super Eco friendly and make an incredible light table. These will require some wiring as the driver just has wire leads and no plug on the end. Approx. 3800 Lumens

Please Note: Item is not available for expedited shipping. Retail store customers: available by special order only.

Don't jump out of an Air France flight without your surplus French paratrooper helmet. Like military steel pots everywhere, but with a more complicated leather chin and head strap system, and some foam padding because of parabouncing around. Adjustable for tete size with a hook-n-loop band. In gloss black with a front section that's had a badge or unit emblem scraped off, so you might want to do a touch-up, or hit the internet for French insignia. Circa 1980s, we think.

Our buy of the millennium is this rich, dark-brown leatherette military map/attache case from the Czech army. Measures 11" x 14" in portrait orientation and will expand to approx 3" with an 11" pocket in the flap, (3) interior sections, (2) of them a full 14" deep, plus card, pen and miscellaneous slots and pockets on the inside, plus-plus it has a slide catch with a lock and a teeny key. Best of all, it could have been made for carrying tablets and i-Devices of all sorts, or even books (which are sort of like thick iPads). Has a leatherette handle on top, plus a detachable and adjustable 48" long strap. Hardware is deco-ish bright chrome. Most are lightly used surplus.

We don’t know who invented this hat, but we're sure whoever did would want you to wear it with attitude. In black or brown polyester faux-felt, it’s a tall top hat adorned with decoratives gears. Measures 5” tall and fits a wooden mannequin head perfectly.