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The best gardening tools for beginners on a tomato background

The Best Spring Gardening Tools for Aspiring Home Gardeners

Everything you need to get started

A drill from Black & Decker being used on a table. Tools from B&D are currently on sale at Woot.

Black & Decker Tool Kits Are Up to 35% Off at Woot

Save on modular kits that utilize the same battery but offer easy-to-swap attachments for drilling, sanding and cutting

A sampling of the tools every first-time homeowner should have on hand

The Tools Every First-Time Homeowner Should Have on Hand
The Leatherman x Topo Designs Skeletool sticking into a log with the knife down. The multitool may be the best-looking Leatherman ever made.

This May Be the Best-Looking Multitool Leatherman’s Ever Made
The Ready Kit from VSSL, part of the new Essentials Collection.

VSSL Adds the Small-But-Mighty Essentials Collection to Its Roster
DEWALT DCK278C2 2-Tool Combo Kit, part of eBay's big sale on power tools

You Know the Drill: Take Up to 60% Off Power Tools at eBay

It's a good day for fans of words like "torque" and "reciprocating saw"

Step inside the Leatherman Garage in 2022

Inside the Leatherman Garage, Where They're Making Innovative, Limited-Edition Multitools

The leading multitool maker isn't resting on its laurels

The Agdor 32 Yankee Felling Axe from Hults Bruk, available in the U.S. as of July 2021, lying on a wood table next to a leather sheath and other tools

The Best New Axe You Can Buy Has Been Around for a Century

Historic Swedish axe maker Hults Bruks has reintroduced its Agdor line to the U.S.

A steel mace against an artistic background.

How to Strength Train With a 10-Pound Steel Mace

Make like MMA fighters, 12th-century Persians and Bob Weir. Perfect the art of the gada.

The new automatic watch from The James Brand and Timex lying on a table next to a map, pocketknife, keychain and coffee cup

The Best Timex Collab in Recent Memory, Courtesy of a Portland Knifemaker

The James Brand makes exquisite, purposeful tools. This watch is no different.

The all-new Leatherman Curl Multi-Tool is inspired by the Leatherman Wave Plus and comes with 15 tools for everyday carry

Review: The Leatherman Curl Delivers Iconic Performance for Less

Inspired by the best-selling Wave Plus, Leatherman's latest multi-tool packs the essentials at a modest price

WorkPro 408-Piece Mechanics Tool Set with 3-Drawer Heavy Duty Metal Box, now on sale at Woot

This 408-Piece Tool Set Will Handle All Your Home-Repair Needs

An organizational wonder, this WorkPro kit is 41% off today only at Woot

All the tools and gear in the Leatherman Wave+ Repair Kit, including the multitool as well as paracord, matches, a sewing kit and more.

Leatherman's Do-It-All Repair Kit Is on Sale

This web-exclusive bundle, featuring the Wave+ multitool, is 25% off

Three different EDC knives from Gerber. All the blades are on sale at REI Co-op.

These Classic Gerber Blades Are Currently on Sale at REI

The time to expand your EDC collection is now

Best Made Co. founder Peter Buchanan-Smith in black and white on a wood grain background

The Man Who Wrote the Book on Axes Shows Us His Collection

Peter Buchanan-Smith's "Axe Handbook" is equal parts guide, inspiration and epilogue for the founder of Best Made Co.

The Full Metal Jacket Axe from Rill Simple Tools on a grey background

The Full Metal Jacket Axe Is a Stunner, Somehow 30% Off

The hatchet from Rill Simple Tools comes with a handsome leather sheath

A black and white photo of an axe sticking in a wood stump with a wood-grain background

How to Buy a Vintage Axe, According to the Founder of Best Made Co.

Peter Buchanan-Smith built a cult around his handsome axes, now he preaches seeking out and restoring them yourself

Lash Fary holding a little hammer designed to smash car windows from PETA

Why Was There a Hammer for Smashing Car Windows in the Oscars Gift Bags?

The weirdest party favor for the weirdest Academy Awards

SOG Baton Q3 multitool when it's closed and when it's open

Pick Up SOG's Powerful Baton Q3 Multitool for 20% Off

A must-have multitool for everyday carry

A robovac, now on sale at eBay

Clean Up Your Home and Garden Via This eBay Sale, Ending Today

Plus, deals today on flannels, Taylor Stitch and more

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A black and white photo of an axe sticking in a wood stump with a wood-grain background

How to Buy a Vintage Axe, According to the Founder of Best Made Co.

Peter Buchanan-Smith built a cult around his handsome axes, now he preaches seeking out and restoring them yourself

Lash Fary holding a little hammer designed to smash car windows from PETA

Why Was There a Hammer for Smashing Car Windows in the Oscars Gift Bags?

The weirdest party favor for the weirdest Academy Awards

SOG Baton Q3 multitool when it's closed and when it's open

Pick Up SOG's Powerful Baton Q3 Multitool for 20% Off

A must-have multitool for everyday carry

A robovac, now on sale at eBay

Clean Up Your Home and Garden Via This eBay Sale, Ending Today

Plus, deals today on flannels, Taylor Stitch and more

Leatherman Style CS

Leatherman's Compact Keychain Multitool Is Only $22

It's like a toolbox in your pocket

Craftsman tools on sale at Woot

Woot Is Selling Craftsman Tools at Up to 60% Off

All the screwdrivers, wrenches, sockets and ratchets you'll ever need are under $25

The Leatherman Signal multitool closed and open

Every Leatherman Multitool Is on Sale

Whether you need a couple tools or the whole gamut

Three Gerber knives, the Jukebox, StrongArm and FlatIron

Gerber's Rare Sale Includes Knives, Tools and Everything Else

It’s for Father’s Day, but you don't have to be a dad to get a deal

Leatherman Surge multitool

This Rare Leatherman Sale Features All the Best Multitools

That includes the new Free collection and the founder’s favorite tool

Doer Toolshed

You Have Two Days to Buy This Insanely Portable Tool Shed

A Kickstarter sensation, this 12-in-1 power tool set is 38% off

Leatherman Juice CS4 Multitool

Leatherman's Sale Section Is Stocked. Time to Grab a Multitool.

Discounts include pliers-based tools, pocketknives and more

Nordic Pocket Saw

This Badass Saw Fits in Your Pocket

Plus: Deals today on 4K TVs, hoodies and multitools

Victorinox Outdoor Master Fixed Blade Knives

The Company Behind the Swiss Army Knife Released Its First Ever Fixed Blade

Five of our favorite fixed blades, including the new Outdoor Master from Victorinox

Chicago Tool Library

Chicago’s New Tool Library Is Awesome, Exactly What It Sounds Like

That DIY project you’ve been putting off for months just got a whole lot easier

Instead of Carrying a Multitool, Buy a Wallet That Doubles as One

Instead of Carrying a Multitool, Buy a Wallet That Doubles as One

Dango combines tactical functionality with top-grain leather

Tools of the Trade: Mark Ruddy

Tools of the Trade: Mark Ruddy

What a California "sledgemaker" needs to get the job done