Beyond the usual gifts

WIRED moves past standard neckties and tool sets to curate gifts for manly men, embracing hypermasculinized objects from classic man totems to ridiculously exaggerated versions.

Grinding pepper like a cannon

Männkitchen's Pepper Cannon costs two hundred dollars. Its stainless steel burrs grind peppercorns across fifty settings. The all-metal construction lasts decades and grinds pepper fast.

“Grinding so dominantly that your pepper grinder can plausibly be called a cannon is manly.”

Bourdain's kitchen knife

Global's eight-inch chef's knife costs one hundred sixteen dollars, on sale for one hundred five dollars. Anthony Bourdain recommended it to starting chefs. It is Japanese-made stainless steel, ice-hardened, lightweight.

Lasers beat tape measures

The Mileseey S50 Green-Laser Distance Measure costs one hundred thirty dollars. Point it at anything, press the button, and it tells you how far away it is, measuring to one thirty-second of an inch.

“The solution to everything is always lasers.”

Mission-ready toiletry bag

SPC/LST's System Kit costs ninety-five dollars. Made of water-resistant six hundred D Cordura Re/Cor, it features two sections that snap together with multiple pockets and a twenty-millimetre side strap with clip.

Gloves rated for hell

Big Green Egg's Hell Hands grill gloves cost one hundred dollars. Rated up to nine hundred degrees Fahrenheit, they are made with thick cowhide and Armortex fabric stitched with Kevlar.

The most tactical pants

Ten Thousand's Tactical Pant costs one hundred twenty-eight dollars. Made of stretch canvas, they are svelte and sturdy with pockets inside other pockets, according to WIRED reviewer Scott Gilbertson.

An ultra-tough cooler

RTIC's forty-five quart Ultra-Tough Cooler costs two hundred thirty-nine dollars. Roto-molded and filled with two point eight inches of foam, it weighs almost thirty pounds empty.

Fresh beef delivered

Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors delivers steaks from a New York butcher whose family has butchered meat for generations. NY Strip costs thirty-eight dollars, Ribeye forty-eight dollars, T-Bone forty-two dollars.

The manliest jacket

Flint and Tinder's Lined Waxed Trucker Jacket costs three hundred twenty-eight dollars. Made of waxed canvas, it sheds water and builds character over time, worn by Pedro Pascal in The Last of Us.

A shirt for the stout

True Classic's Crew Neck T-Shirt costs thirty-five dollars. It hugs the biceps and chest without blousing out like a nineteen-fifties nightshirt, made for men who are a lot of man.

Beard oil with attitude

Duke Cannon Supply Co.'s Best Damn Beard Oil costs twenty-three dollars. It prevents ingrown hairs and softens facial hair. The bottle explicitly states it is not for clowns.

“not for clowns”

Powerful coffee precision

The Technivorm Moccamaster costs three hundred sixty-nine dollars, on sale for three hundred forty-nine dollars. Handmade since nineteen sixty-eight in the Netherlands, it keeps coffee within a four-degree range for optimum brewing.

Pressure washer power

Kärcher's K two thousand six hundred E Electric Pressure Washer costs three hundred eighty dollars.

Foam cannon included

The Kärcher set includes a foam cannon for cleaning vehicles, boats, or side-by-sides. The foam produced plays fast and loose with the definition, but the cannon itself delivers the hypermasculinized appeal.

Man-powered espresso

Flair's Espresso Maker Classic costs one hundred fifty-nine dollars. It is man-powered, using a large lever to self-generate the nine bars of pressure needed to make good espresso without electricity.

Updated October twenty twenty-six

WIRED added a toiletry bag, pressure washer, head shaver, and giant flashlight. The guide removed sold-out options and ensured up-to-date links and prices across all products.