40 Cool, Unique Tools That Come In Handy At The Perfect Time
I love a hyper-specific tool. The kind you don’t think about for years and then suddenly it’s exactly what you needed five minutes ago. There’s something oddly satisfying about seeing a problem solved so precisely it almost feels unnecessary… until it isn’t.
These are the kinds of tools that make you think, “Who made this?” followed immediately by, “Okay, yeah, I need one.”
1. This Woodworking Tool Uses Pins To Trace The Contour Of A Shape
2. This Tool Designed To Hold Down Box Flaps While Packing A Chewy Order
3. A Japanese Butter Cube Cutter
4. This Tool Measures Distances On Maps—Just Roll It Along The Streets You Plan To Take And It Shows The Length
5. This Takeout Included A Hybrid Chopstick And Fork Utensil
6. A Small Hook Tool Used To Thread Those Tiny Straps That Come With Many Devices
7. This Tool Designed To Clean A Kitchen Hand Whisk
8. This Small Tool Used To Remove Orange Peels
9. A Constrained Ball, This Tool Helps Draw Straight Lines Without A Ruler
10. A Japanese Company Made High-Quality “1 Inch” Mini Tools
11. Cardboard Perforation Tool For Creating New Folds And Custom Boxes
12. Thread Cutting Scissors You Can Keep On Your Hand Without Removing Them After Each Snip — A Major Time Saver And Very Ergonomic
13. This Tool That Holds Books Open
14. This Tool Is Designed To Slice Open An Avocado, Remove The Pit, And Separate The Flesh From The Skin
15. A New Tool Designed For Screws And Nuts
16. He Asked His Dad For A Cordless Drill And This Is What He Got
17. This Titanium-Coated Butter Knife With Internal Copper Alloy Heat Tubes Warms Up In Your Hand, Making It Easier To Spread Butter
18. People Dislike Popcorn Ceilings So Much They Even Made A Tool To Remove Them
19. Hand Webbing Designed For Swimming
20. His Hairdresser Uses A Spirit Level Comb
21. Before Strict Regulations, There Was PowerMite—Actual Power Tools For Kids From 1969
22. My Multi-Tool Hair Clip
23. Custom Perforating Rollers That Can Form Letters Or Words
24. Spotted This Carrot Sharpener During A Visit To Norway
25. He Met A Truffle Hunter In The Peloponnese Mountains And Snapped A Photo Of His Truffle Shovels—The Flat One Is Used For White Truffles That Grow In Softer Soil, While The Spear-Shaped One Is For Black Truffles Found Deeper In Rocky Ground
26. This Tool Works As A Hammer, Hatchet, Screwdriver, Nail Puller, And Pliers
27. Found Among His Grandfather’s Tools, A Heavy Metal Object Wrapped In Rope—A Plumb Bob Used To Determine A Vertical Line
28. A Shoe Stretcher That Can Make Shoes Wider And Longer
29. This Pickle Jar Has A Tool To Lift The Pickles To The Top
30. The Ultimate Tool Everyone Should Have…Right?
31. My Late-1800s Organ Has A Hidden Maintenance Tool
32. The Collection Of Tools Used By A Master Of Thai Massage In Thailand
33. Designed For Handling Really Large Wires
34. This Tool Has One Job—Holding The Cassette In Place While You Loosen The Lock Ring With A Specialized Key
35. A Dart Repointing Tool
36. A Wall-Mounted Tool Designed To Track Crack Growth
37. A Brick Grabber
38. This Tiny Mustache Comb
39. This Llama-Shaped Multi-Tool
40. A Keyboard With Shortcuts For The Main Tools In Adobe Photoshop
