The kind that you hammer into the ground for to hold up your tent. Make that shelter-half, because these are from Uncle. Measure 12" long x 1-3/4" wide in a V-shape, in olive drab steel with a 1/4” bore for your rope, and shoulders to wrap the rope around. Marked 97403-132227 E0136 MFR 92398, which is a lotta numbers for a tent stake, but that’s the gummint for you.

Not a mystery, but an actual way to scratch your skull. Looks like a $29.95 neo-whisk from Grate & Borrow, but it’s really our all-time favorite stainless steel scalp massager. (Also a mid-century modern metal sculpture if you stand it up on the coffee table, where it’s handy for cranio-itchy moments anyway.) Rocket-shaped handle leads to a dozen spring tines with little bubble ends for your scratching and massaging pleasure. Measures 9-1/2” long overall.

Or gear down-for the science fair or for any number of hobby projects. This hard-to-find set of (3) combination spur/beveled gears-for when you want gears set either straight or at 90° to one another-also has one small spur gear, plus three bushings. All in red, green, or blue plastic (we'll pick). The combo-beveled gears are 1-5/8", 1-1/4" and 27/32" dia with 3/16" bores to accept the bushings, which are 3/16" OD, 3/32" ID. The straight gear is 17/32" dia with a 1/16" half-bore. All are 24 pitch.

Beader Tweezer sounds like the leader of a boy band, but it’s really an indispensible tool for stringing beads, as you beaders out there know. Ours is steel and measures 7" long, tapers to 1/16” at the business end and has a 3/4” wide bead scoop at the other.

We believe this is a replacement switch activated by closing the door of a microwave. It’s a N/O (normally open) microswitch from Dongnan Electronics, rated for 5A at 125V and 2A at 250V. Comes with a bent 1-3/4” lever and is prewired with 19” leads and a 2-pin 5.5mm Molex connector. UL.

Organize those loose magazines and brochures. Elegantly designed (slightly assorted styles) with a glossy finish, these cardboard file/holders are sure to please. 11-3/4” high x 3-1/2” wide x approx. 9-1/8” deep, open at the top and 3/4” of the front (or back, depending on how you file them.) They come flat, have easy pop-up assembly and we will pick two for you. 

Graduated and made of heat resistant glass, these beakers are perfect for the lab or science project, for parties, as flower vases or a toothbrush holder for your science-minded sweetie. Select from the listing above. 

Magnificent magnifier lamp! Great for hobby work, stamp or coin collecting, needlepoint, sewing and crafts, even reading if your eyes are "mature". The plastic "head" assembly has a 3.5" dia, 2 diopter magnifying lens and a socket with switch for an incandescent lamp (60 Watt max.) This is mounted on the end of an arm the other end of which clamps to the table top. The arm has (2) roughly 15" long sections and swivels at the clamp to allow precise positioning over your work. Plugs into any wall socket. Basic black or white, it is a brand new good quality item that you will find so useful you will wonder how you got along without it!

And slice tomatoes, not your fingers. From Best® gloves, these D-Flex cut-resistant kitchen gloves are white with a rubber-coated palm. You pick the right hand glove in medium (ignore the surplus-driver “Extra Small” markings), or the left hand version in size L/XL. Both are approx 4-1/4” across while the right glove is 9-1/2” long fingertip to wrist, and the left glove is 9-3/4” long.

From Zimpli kids we bring you SnoBall Battle Pack. A packet of Sodium Polyacrylate that turns Science into an all-out snowball fight. Just add water to create your own snow. Packet contains 2.82oz to create up to 60 snowballs. The rest is up to you and your kid's friends. Winter not included.

Flip up the 2-1/2” brim on this soft, camo battle cap from the Italian military, and you’ll achieve something like a Beetle Bailey insouciance, with an Italian flavor. Call it sprezzatura. (Just go look it up, Sparky.) Sized M, but ours was a touch tight on a 7-3/8 capo, so think S/M. Has an elastic band in back, and little vents on the sides for you hotheads.

Might be the brightest nightlight in sight. From iZOOM, it’s a faux light switch, 4” x 3” x 3/4” thick, with two blindingly bright COB LED strips flanking a toggle switch. Comes with (4) “AAA”s, and mounts with included self-adhesive hook and loop fasteners, a pair of embedded disc magnets or the (2) keyed mounting slots.

Taking your flower show on the road? Got an out-of-town flower emergency? You’ll need this florist’s tool kit. Includes a pair of really nice cutters, (20) floral pins, (15) feet of 1/2” floral tape, (15) 4-1/2” floral picks and (25) feet of 24-gauge green wire, all in a roll-up pouch so people know you’re a professional flower arranger. Kit itself is black with a white flower motif.

Our each is (1) snap-lid clear plastic storage box with (6) compartments holding (28) 1-1/4” threaded stacking canisters to keep those hard-to-manage beads in. You’ll get (26) containers at 11/16” deep; and (2) containers at 1-3/4” deep. Not a beader? Use them for insects, glitter, colored sand, tacks, fishing flies, diamonds or your collection of homemade flavored lip glosses. Storage box measures 10-3/4” x 5-1/4” x 1-3/4, and the compartment dividers are removable.

Dandy set of (36) artists’ pencils, all 7” long. You’ll get (24) colored pencils across the spectrum, (12) regular and (12) water soluble, plus (8) graphite pencils between 2H and 6B, and (4) woodless graphite at 2B, 4B, 6B and 8B. From Thornton Art Supply.

It’s summer and there’s gonna be some grillin’. This year, you don't have to man the grate with the usual, flimsy, short-handled tiny bladed flipper. Give them this extra-wide, extra-sturdy stainless steel spatula that can flip entire chickens without even breaking a sweat. It's giant 9-1/2" x 12” blade is perfect for pizzas! (4) burgers at a time, no problem! Rack of ribs? Easy, peasy! Has a rubberized handle and folds for easy storage. This indispensable tool might make you want to grill out every night. Grill, apron and cold beverage not included.

This is our second Bulgarian army medic’s kit, but this time it’s full of Bulgarian medical supplies. The 12-5/8" x 10" x 5" hard-shell case has a fold-out tray with assorted glass serum bottles with caps (sans sera), cotton batting, gauze, a tourniquet strap, scissors, tweezers and bandages. Cold-war era, but in impressive condition. In dark green, with a leather red cross cut-out on the front, slide closures and adjustable shoulder and waist straps. A great collectible item!

You don’t have to be a medic to appreciate this rubberized medic’s bag from, we suspect but aren’t posilutely sure, Uncle Sam. In deep olive drab, 8" x 5" x 4-3/4", with a hook-and-loop closure on top, an adjustable 64” shoulder strap and 1-3/8” belt loops on two sides. We like it for toting lunch or anything else you need to keep dry (your powder?) in the woods.