Unique Groomsmen Gifts: The Best Ideas For 2019

When it comes to finding unique groomsmen gifts, you can always opt for DIY groomsmen gifts if time allows. The extra personal effort on your part clearly shows your appreciation.

But if you’re running low on time, you can still find memorable personalized gifts from plenty of retailers [cough cough, us included] on short notice.

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“Silver Bullet” .50 Caliber Bottle Openers

These are our top of the line sets of groomsman .50 Caliber Bottle Openers. They’ve got a nickel-plated finish that’s scratch-proof, tarnish-proof, and damn near indestructible. These sets feature custom engraving on each bottle opener and your choice of four options for the packaging or boxes.

If you don’t know what to engrave on what your bottle openers, skip to this blog post for a read for some ideas.

Click here to shop from our Silver Bullet Groomsmen Gifts.

Leather Journal

If your groomsmen love to write or doodle a lot, a journal could be the perfect gift. But it shouldn’t be just any journal.

It should be built to last, and a style that you couldn’t just pluck off the shelf at Target.

Choose a design that symbolizes your common traits or interests, or one that may have a special meaning to your groomsmen.

Portland Leather Goods is another great option for high-quality and unique notebooks.

Monogrammed Poker Set

If you want to keep it classy, you can actually buy a complete poker set and have the chips engraved with your friend’s initials.

While this one can be a little pricey, you can be sure that you are getting the best bang for your buck. You can often find them with a wood or aluminum case to keep all the pieces in place.

A monogrammed poker set would be an excellent gift for groomsmen who enjoy gambling. This gift will make him feel appreciated and will definitely inspire him to host a lot more poker nights.

Six Shooter Whiskey Glass

These Six Shooters make the perfect whiskey glasses. Machined from a solid block of aluminum and weighing in at over a pound, you won’t find a manlier highball glass on the market.

Each glass holds 10oz of your favorite spirit or cocktail. This size makes them the perfect size for a few fingers of bourbon on the rocks or for a whiskey sour.

Up to two lines of custom engraving running bottom to top on each glass is available. You’ll have plenty of room to include name, wedding date, or anything along those lines.

Cocktails Mixologist Set

A good man should invest time and effort into learning how to make a refreshing cocktail. However, it can be a difficult task to accomplish, especially if you don’t have the right gear. Help your liquor-loving friend improve his bartending skills by gifting him a cocktail mixology kit.

If you plan on going through with this fun groomsman gift idea, choose a set that includes everything from the shot glass and stirrer to the shaker itself.

Look for something that is stainless steel to ensure that it will last for many cocktail parties to come.

Double-Edge Safety Razor

We covered why you should switch to a safety razor quite extensively in this blog post. Are you looking for a cool gift that your groomsmen will use several times a week?

How about one that will save them thousands of dollars over their lifetime compared to buying Gillette blades

You could do a lot worse than a set with a razor, shaving cream, and shaving brush.

Brass .50 Caliber Bottle Openers

Are you more of a traditionalist? Then our brass .50 Cal Bottle Openers may be a better fit for you than our powder-coated or nickel-plated versions.

Featuring custom engraving on each .50 BMG casing as well as several upgrade options for gift boxes if you want something a little more upscale than our normal packaging, these bottle openers will last a lifetime.

Click here to shop from our Brass Groomsman Bottle Openers.

Personalized Bobblehead

Yet another fun gift that you can give your groomsmen is a custom bobblehead doll. You can choose any theme you want from suits to sports jerseys. You can even have each of the bobbleheads wear the costume of a famous superhero.

Some Helpful Tips on Choosing Groomsmen Gifts

You want to be able to find something that shows your appreciation for everything that each of them has done for you.

With that much at stake, it can get quite stressful to find the perfect gift.

Add to that the fact that there are seemingly endless possibilities for unique groomsmen gifts. Consequently, this process can quickly become quite daunting.

Trust us when we say that we know your struggle. Because we got your back, we have compiled a list of tips for you to follow when choosing fun groomsman gifts.

Think Practical

It’s been said countless times that if you want your gift to be appreciated, choose something that is practical groomsmen gift or something that can be used every day.

Don’t purchase something that  you wouldn’t want to receive yourself.

Make It Personal

Every member of your entourage most likely has varying tastes and interests based on their unique personalities. So, it’s imperative that you make sure that your gifts are tailored to their specific interests. Giving them the same gift is probably not a good idea. Take the extra time to find gifts that symbolize how much they mean to you.

Set a Realistic Budget

Let’s face it: weddings can be a little expensive. And if you aren’t careful enough, you will go over the budget without you even realizing it until it’s too late. Talk with your spouse-to-be and come up with a price range that you are willing to spend on gifts for the entire wedding party.

Additionally, having a set budget will also help you narrow down your search. That’ll give you more time to attend to other wedding planning issues.

Need some help figuring out how much to spend on groomsmen gifts? We’ve got you covered right here.

Do Your Homework

A quick search on the internet will give you thousands of different gift ideas to choose from. This just means that you aren’t the first groom to enlist the help of the web to solve his problem of choosing groomsmen gifts.

This also means that you can take comfort in the knowledge that somewhere out there, you will find the right gifts just like the thousands of men before you.

Did we forget any? Add your suggestions to the comments.