Tis the season and I gathered a few of my favorite things as stocking stuffers for my staff. In case you have any Alaskans on your shopping list, or perhaps other outdoors people, in the $1, $4, and $6 categories:
On the right, those multiple colored cylinders clip around the wire bail of your basic 5-gallon bucket – the one in your boat, for gardening or that holds sand for the driveway.  It’s far less painful to carry with a decent handle on it
Upper left are the BEST ice scraper, not for thick ice, but for getting ALL the thin ice off your windshield. Brass is softer than glass but much harder than ice so press hard and it takes the ice COMPLETELY away right down to the glass so you can drive away before the defrost has kicked in.
And my favorite knife, the Little Vicky paring knife by Victorinox. Hack in next post.
