The Wishlist: 13 Best Gifts For the Handyman in 2025 

Repay the handyman in your life this holiday season with some quality gifts to help them pursue their crafty endeavors. From multi-tools to utility vest, we’ve scoured the web to provide a slew of products for this guide to the best handyman gifts this year.

Leatherman Wave Alpha 

No multi-tool brand is as legendary as Leatherman, helping redefine the category over 40 years ago with its original PST. Now, the Oregon-based company is as ubiquitous as ever, with units for every type of person and scenario. Recently giving a premium update to the flagship Wave, the Wave Alpha still houses 16 tools inside its 4.04-inch stainless steel frame, but the multi-tool swaps in ultra-premium MagnaCut steel for its reverse tanto-style blade. Likewise, a new thumb stud got added as well to make one-handed deployment much smoother. Other functions include wire cutters, bit drivers, and a pair of pliers, among others. However, this time around, Leatherman also added a pair of spring loaded scissors featuring the largest cutting surface ever featured on a pliers-based multi-tool.

Duke Cannon Bloody Knuckles Hand Repair Balm

Working with your hands can lead to a lot of dryness and cracking. That’s why Duke Cannon created this hand repair balm specifically for handymen and fighters. The lanolin-based formula is unscented and non-greasy. You can also sign up your loved one with a subscription so they never run out.

Tools: The Ultimate Guide by Jeff Waldman

Tools don’t get the kind of literary love that other product categories may get. That’s why Jeff Waldman wrote this tome, to shed light on over 500 different tools you may come across. Throughout the nearly-300-page book, he covers things such as how to care for your tools, the history behind them, and more.

Tec Accessories Hi-MARKR Titanium

EDC pens may seem pretty commonplace but Tec Accessories decided to make a permanent felt-tip marker instead. Encased in titanium, the pocket-sized Hi-MARKR can write in black, yellow, or both, thanks to its swappable tip module.

Toyo Steel Cantilever Toolbox

When it comes to cantilever toolboxes, no name is as legendary as Toyo, a Japanese brand known for its eye-catching designs commonly sporting a tiled pattern pressed into the steel housing. Its cantilevered model features two doors on top that open up and out. And the smaller storage compartments within each lid increase your storage while adjustable trays come equipped with 8 dividers.

MetMo Driver

Combining form and function, MetMo’s Driver is inspired by Conrad Baumann’s ratchet driver from the ‘50s. Having not been in production for decades, the folks at MetMo decided to build their own from scratch using aerospace-grade materials.

Best Made Kevlar Shears

We all know the struggles from working with cheap shears, which is why Best Made created its Kevlar Shears, which is literally tough enough to cut through the namesake fabric. Made of high-carbon steel, this heavy-duty tool is exactly what you’ll need on your belt to get the job done.

Flint and Tinder Classic Chore Coat

Flint and Tinder quickly shot to legendary status due to its hardwearing garments inspired by heritage silhouettes. Inspired by what French rail workers wore in the 19th century, the brand put its know-how to the category of chore coats with this piece here is versatile enough to wear everyday but also incredibly tough with super soft peached cotton twill fabric blended with Spandex for stretch.

1620 Double Knee Utility Pant 2.0

When performing rough and dirty work, you’re going to need a pair of trousers that can stand up to the task. Meet 1620’s Double Knee Utility Pant 2.0, billed as the most durable of its kind on the market. Built with Cordura Stretch NYCO nylon, these pants aren’t just incredibly resilient but also so comfortable you’ll forget how tough they are.

Exceed Designs TiRant ULTRA Utility Knife

Aiming to create the ultimate utility knife, Exceed Designs spent two years perfecting the TiRant ULTRA, a framelock knife with a HotSwap blade system with over 28 blade options.

Diamondback 701 Tool Vest

If you’re anything like us, you love accumulating tools and have a hard time picking your favorite. Thanks to Diamondback’s 701 Vest, you can keep it all at the ready without killing your back. Made with lightweight military-grade nylon, the vest is also very modular for arranging how you like it.

Huckberry x Danner Bull Run Lux Moc Toe 6″ Boot

The folks at Huckberry recently collaborated with Danner on a heritage-inspired version of its Bull Run work boots, inspired by the ones worn by frontiersmen during the Old American West.

MiLESEEY XTAPE1 Digital Tape Measure with Laser

Laser tape measures have been around for decades, which is why many handymen balk at the idea of upgrading the one they’ve had for years. If you’re looking for a gift-worthy option made for this century, check out Mileseey’s XTAPE1, which can get you ±1/32″ accuracy for distance and angles, and even has data transfer to your smartphone app.