This Christmas, give your favorite geeks the gifts and stocking stuffers they've always wanted: tools!

Here are some of the neatest tools that we have on the NeatoShop:

The Credit Card Survival Tool ($3.95) has 11 functionalities in one easy to use, easy to carry package. Slip one in your wallet, and you'll always have the tool to help you survive the next Zombie apocalypse (or at least help you open a beer bottle to help you cope with one). Perfect for a stocking stuffer!

MAKO Bike Tool by PocketToolX ($47.95) - The only tool a serious bike lover needs! This lightweight (only 45 grams or 1.6 oz with the bits) and compact tool has 12 tools. Made in USA.

Piranha Pocket Tool by PocketToolX ($41.95) - Titanium pocket tool with 10 functionalities (including the most important: popping the tops of your favorite beverage!) This super-slim stainless steel pocket tool is tough and looks awesome in your hand.

Sometimes all you need is the essentials. The Brewzer ($7.95) by PocketToolX packs 5 functionalities (yes, including opening beer bottles) into an ultra light (0.5 oz) and super-compact stainless steel tool. Your beer buddies will drool over this one!

This neat little tool with a cool name shows that useful things don't have to come in big packages. The sturdy 4-in-1 Screwpop Keychain Tool never finds a bottle it can't open, or a screw it can't handle.

The EvriScissors ($ 4.95) is like the Swiss Army Knife of scissors! The stainless steel scissors double as a 12-in-1 multifunctional tool that's great for your home and kitchen.

Sometimes all you need is a hammer. And a bottle opener. So this ingenious and rugged Hammer Bottle Opener ($9.95) is ALL the tool you need!

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MAKO Bike Tool – $47.95

Have you been spinning your wheels trying to come up with the perfect gift for the bicycle enthusiast in your family? You need the MAKO Bike Tool from the NeatoShop. This great little gadget is 12+ tools in one and is made from Titanium. It includes:

• 1/4″ hex bit holder
• 8mm box wrench
• 9mm box wrench
• 10mm box wrench
• 15mm box wrench
• 16mm box wrench
• 14g spoke wrench
• 15g spoke wrench
• 6mm allen head
• 8mm allen head
• #2 phillips
• T25 torx
• and a bottle opener

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more fun Tools.

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The Crovel, short for Crowbar Shovel, is the must have tool for survival in most any situation. It’s a spade, machete, saw, crowbar, hammer, and can also be used as a grappling hook, basically an amazing wonder-tool for extreme conditions. Guaranteed to make surviving the zombie apocalypse a whole lot easier.

Link –via Joystiq

That's one smart fish! An orange-dotted turkfish was captured for the first time on video digging a clam out of the sand, then repeatedly throwing it against a rock to crush it.

"The animal excavates sand to get the shell out, then swims for a long time to find an appropriate area where it can crack the shell," videographer Giacomo Bernardi, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, said in a statement. "It requires a lot of forward thinking, because there are a number of steps involved. For a fish, it's a pretty big deal." [...]

The clam-cracking tuskfish isn't the first fish to be observed using tools. The tuskfish is a kind of reef fish known as wrasse, and these species have been seen using rocks as anvils to crush shellfish. But this is the first time the behavior has been caught on video.

LiveScience has the story and video clip [self-starting, with audio and pre-roll ads]

Hand Tool Pen – $3.95

Back to school is just around the corner. Have you equipped yourself with all the proper tools? No?  Well, you need to head on over to the NeatoShop and get yourself some Hand Tool Pens!  Don’t delay this project! Essential back to school planning is the key to having a constructive year.

Pens sold individually.  Pens come in hammer, screw, and screwdriver shapes.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Pens & Pencils!

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Handtrux Backhoe – $17.95

Can’t keep your kids out of the dirt?  If you can’t beat them join them. Get them the HandTrux Backhoe wearable digging tool from the NeatoShop.  Playing in the dirt or sand just got a whole lot more fun.

Handtrux Backhoe sold individually.  Remember to buy 2 for both hands.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Toys & Games.

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Is your Father a gadget freak?  You need to check out the BodyGard Survivor 12-1 self-powered emergency tool from the NeatoShop!  It is the perfect gift for any Dad who loves to push buttons.  This great little item includes lots and lots of buttons and other cool stuff:

1. Panic Button
2. LED Flashlight Control Button
3. Digital FM Radio On/Off Switch
4. Motion Alarm On/Off Switch
5. Emergency Flasher Button
6. Cell/MP3 Charger
7. A/C Input for Charging Adapter
8. Compass
9. Signaling Mirror (under hand crank)
10. Self-Charging Hand Crank
11. Storage Compartment
12. Lanyard

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Tools!

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Micro-Max 19-in-1 (with snazzy metal gift box) $16.95

Utili-Key XT 8-in-1 ($9.95) and Screwpop 4-in-1 Keychain Tool ($4.95)

Credit Card Survival Tool ($3.95)

More Geeky Tools, Gift for Geeks, and Stocking Stuffers over at the NeatoShop

If James Bond’s Q designed collar stays, I’m pretty sure they’ll look like these. The Exuvius Multi-Tool Titanium Collar Stay not only keeps your collar looking nice and crisp, it cut threads, screw both Phillips and flatheads, and even pop a brewski for you. Oh, did we mention it’s made from titanium?

Here’s a gift for the man who’s got everything. Link | More fun Apparel & Accessories from the NeatoShop

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This military all-purpose tool looks like something that should have been marketed by Ron Popeil.  And don’t laugh at the title of this post – the shovel does actually slice and dice.  And it could probably julienne.

Got an emergency repair job? Grab this hand(y) grenade and pull the pin on the problem. This grenade screwdriver set comes with 6 bits that is perfect for that weekend project. Is it practical? Nope, but guys will surely get a bang out of this clever tool. Whatever you do, don’t bring it on your next flight out, mmkay?

It’s new at the NeatoShop: Link | Check out more new and neat stuff there

Oops – I almost forgot! Today is the we all get to play the guessing game, courtesy of the always awesome What is it? Blog. Can you guess what this strange (and dangerous!) looking tool is for?

And today being the first game of the month, let’s have a prize. The first person who guessed right will win a Cool Jazz Ice Tray and Stirrers from the Neatorama Shop. If nobody got it right, then the funniest guess will win instead. Please post no links or URLs – let others play.

For more clues, check out the What is it? Blog. Click for more Cool and Unusual Ice Trays. Good luck!

Update 9/5/09 – the answer is: A sugar devil or fruit auger, used at the general store to loosen compacted sugar or dried fruit from a barrel.

Congratulations to avalchfan who got it right!

As a US Navy spine surgeon, I routinely deal with dozens of different types of screws, rods and bolts that have been implanted into the spine. Each manufacturer has their own unique tools to insert and remove their specific hardware. While deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, I did not have access to these specialized tools. I did however have some Vise-Grips that could be sterilized and used to emergently remove the screws and rods from this infected solider’s spine.

No doubt about it – vise-grips are useful. Almost as useful as duct tapes: Link – via Popular Mechanics and The Zeray Gazette

Place your guess in the comment section – no prize this week, so you’re playing for bragging rights only.

For more clues, check out the What is it? Blog! Good luck!

Update 1/24/09 – the answer is:

A tool used to remove carbon deposits from the gooves of a piston, patent number 1,768,692. Text on it reads: “Owatonna Tool Co. #840, Made in Owatonna, Minn. USA”.