November 24, 2025 • 28 mins
We've got gift ideas for the hard to buy for Mason on your Holiday Shopping List! For the third year, Bro. Matthew Brockbank returns with a wide vareity of out of the box Holiday Gift ideas for the hard to shop for Mason on your list. Here are the items, in order, on the 2025 Holiday Shopping List, enjoy!
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- 9) Council Scarf, Blue Embroidery Cashmere
- 8) Customized Book Safe
- 7) Personalized Desk Organizer
- 6) Masonic Sand Hourglass
- 5) We mentioned two... Bobblehead (from Bobbler) and Bobblehead (from Dolls Two You)
- 4) Lodge Dress Slippers
- 3) Masonic Money Clip
- 2) Masonic Passport
- 1) Masonic Mysteries: Secrets Unveiled Video Game
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 3 (00:29):
Hey, welcome back to the Craftsman Online Podcast, the only
Masonic podcast endorsed by the Grand Lodge of New York. Okay,
I'll give our production guys some time, because yeah, you
gotta do it.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
We gotta bust out a special holiday music.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
It's the Holiday Shopping Special.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
And you know what's cool about this year, we were
calling it the Black Friday Special for a long time.
This year's show, sponsored again by Bricksmasons dot Com, falls
on Cyber Monday, where there's still some sweet online shopping deals.
As we welcome back your favorite Masonic elf and mine too,
brother Matthew Brockbank.
Speaker 5 (01:01):
Yo.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Every year we say that we should work costumes.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
I was gonna run upstairs and put my Christmas pajamas
on just to be to catch you on camera to
see the reaction because this is and I told man,
I'm like, I'm not kidding when I say this. I
get excited for every episode and getting to talk to
every guest. But this is the most fun episode we do.
Speaker 5 (01:22):
This is my favorite episode too, really because we're not talking,
you know, the heavy stuff. It's fun.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
All right.
Speaker 5 (01:30):
I'm going to start off with our friends at bricks Masons,
and I'm starting off with the council scarf, which I
know is not a Blue Lodge item per se, but
it is a nice scarf. And I was kind of
digging through some of bricks Mason's you know items. I've
seen most of them, I've looked through most of their website,
but I didn't know they had a scarf. And I
(01:52):
like a nice comfy scarf, and I don't think that
a lot of people wear them anymore, but they're so useful.
You know, in today's day and age, a lot of people,
you know, they wear like you know, the neck gators
or you know, some kind of like balaklava, but a
scarf is just so timeless, and a scarf, really, honestly,
you could wear you could wear a scarf indoors, if
(02:14):
you know, if you're really really stylish, you could wear
a scarf indoors without your jacket and it keeps you
very warm because a lot of the heat as you
might know, escapes from your neck. And yeah, a scarf
just is cozy. It's the coziest thing to have around
Christmas time when there's a fire in the fireplace, you're
you know, you're having a couple of cocktails. You know,
(02:35):
you're warming up, and you got the scarf, and guess
what if it's too hot, just take off.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Here's what I like about this. It's a cashmerror scarf. Like,
this is a nice quality scarf in the price. Now, again,
this is before any holiday pricing specials that any of
these websites might look at. We were recording this episode
in mid October. We're not even handing out Halloween tri
or treat candy yet. But it's listed at twenty nine
nine ninety nine US dollars at bricksmasons dot com for
(03:03):
a blue embroidery council scarf that is made out of cashmere.
That's a pretty nice scarf.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Man.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
And again, this is something that I think a discrete
mason or you know, a mason who likes to show
off a little bit. I think both of those people
would enjoy this gift.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
The other person I thought of was your dad. He
probably has I know he's got a ton of Masonic ties.
I doubt that he has a Masonic scarf, and if
he does, I bet she doesn't have an embroidered one.
That's made it a cashmere that's super softer on your
neck and is perfect during the cold months ahead.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
So good, good, fine good.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Find it item number nine, our blue embroidery cashmere council
scarf from Bricksmasons dot Com.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
All right, let's move up to item eight.
Speaker 5 (03:44):
Okay, next on the list. This one is not necessarily
a Masonic gift, but I think it's one that Masons
would like. And this is on Etsy. It is a
custom book safe. The best way to describe it is,
I'm sure you've been to a store, maybe one of
those hobby stores, and you've seen those kind of like
(04:07):
either wood or cardboard, you know, fake books that you
open the cover and then inside is a you know,
cavity to put various objects. Well, that's all in good,
but if someone opens it and finds it, guess what, Well,
now they've got your stuff. This, however, is a literal
metal safe inside.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Of the book.
Speaker 5 (04:28):
And if you're asking, well, what would a Mason like
about this? Ha ha, it's customizable. Oh cool, Yes, it
could say you know, Dictionary, Holy Bible, whatever, so it
could you know, you could kind of model it after
maybe one of your favorite Masonic books, and maybe all
(04:50):
of your Masonic friends might notice it and say, oh, yeah,
I know that book. They'd pick it up and say, whoa,
you know exactly. It's got a bunch of five star ratings,
which is fantastic.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Yeah, it's only thirty five dollars on Etsy two. And
again this is before any holiday shopping sales or deductions.
It's just the listed price here. And here's how I'm
looking at this, as you described it perfectly, like, yeah,
I would take this and model it after like an
Albert Pike book or a Manly p Hall book, you know,
with the binding, so it kind of would blend in
with your library. Only the discerning criminal I would know
(05:26):
that those are actually worth at least one hundred or
two hundred dollars, depending on what edition of those original books.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
You know.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
But what I would use this for wasn't me necessarily
for money. It would be more of.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
A practical thing.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
I would put all of my Catechism notebooks in there,
any special Masonic memorabilia like challenge coins or cool lodge
pens that you've collected over time. This is a great
way to just kind of keep it in one place
with all your books and all your stuff.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
You could even.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Make the book title your name or your lodge's name,
like really really cool idea.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Man, I'm digging these all right.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
Item number seven that passes custom book safe that's number eight.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
What do we got for seven?
Speaker 5 (06:06):
We have a desk organizer. However, with a lot of
people working from home, kind of like myself, I'm fifty percent,
and a lot of Masons who typically are either professionals
or maybe have retired or hey, maybe guess what, you're
in the lodge a lot and you have a desk
and you need a place to put your things. Well,
(06:27):
I thought that this particular one stood out to me
because not only is it customizable, but it looks very
high quality from someone who has, you know, been working
with wood in the past, working with their hands. Usually,
I have an eye for nice quality woodworking, and these
really stood out. I like these a lot because the
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laser engravings, in my opinion, were really nice.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Yeah, they're tight, yeah, And this.
Speaker 5 (06:56):
Product specifically, there's a lot of customizability so let me
scroll to the top and why I picked it. Here
you have this kind of like all in one desk
organizer for your keys and your watches, your sunglasses, maybe
your AirPods, and your phone. Then you've got a stand
there if you want the stand version for a pair
of headphones or hey, maybe you know you just have
(07:19):
a Mason in your family who I'm sure like everyone
else owns a cell phone and just needs a place
to put it. I mean, you can even just get
a nice wooden stand here for seventeen dollars and ninety
four cents. The most expensive combination here sixty bucks.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
All right, I got to say this, I'm so far
I'm with the reviews here. This is a four four
point seven out of five star gift.
Speaker 5 (07:40):
Eight hundred and thirty five reviews. By the way, on Nantcy,
that's a lot.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Well for all the things you said, and then on
top of that, it's practical, it's going to have a purpose.
But then it's also meaningful because the personalization that goes
into it. It's not just another something that has a
square encompass on it. You can put your first name,
your last name, a note, whatever you like on there.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
This man, these looks great.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Where are the funny sneakers in the lights for under
the car and all the gag?
Speaker 1 (08:07):
These are? These are three great banger gifts right out
of the rip. I like this.
Speaker 5 (08:11):
No, I feel bad like we're going to hit a
roadblode somewhere.
Speaker 6 (08:14):
But it would be another episode of Masonic, you know,
(08:44):
Black Friday sales if we didn't go for the favorite.
Speaker 5 (08:48):
The shoes are back, baby, the shoes are back. And
that's because the reason that they're back is because I
have been wearing these for a year every day and
I'm going to give my own review. They're really all awesome.
They're fantastic. They truly truly are great. I was not
sure at first because they're By the way, I should
(09:10):
preface these are not shoes that you wear outside. These
are indoor shoes only. So you wear your sneakers or
your boots or something to lodge right, Wear something rough
right that can take a beating. Right, walk through the
parking lot, kick some stones around, get in the lodge.
Once you walk in the door, you hang up your coat,
You bring the shoes in the shoe box with you,
(09:33):
take the shoes out, put the slippers on. Because there's
I would say that they're more slippers or slippers or shoes,
I guess, but they are indoor shoes. These are not
outdoor shoes. And someone even said that in the review
here that you know, they're very slippery on the bottom,
but that's because there's no tread. It's not meant for
being outdoors. So yeah, there is a heel, there's a
(09:54):
rubber heel, but the where the ball of your foot is,
you know, it's it's slick because these are meant to
be yeah, worn indoors, and they are really great. They're
very comfortable. I don't know if you can see in
this picture here, but you can almost kind of see
a little little glimpse, but it's almost like, yeah, it's
(10:14):
like red velvet. It's like a like a plush couch
inside of the shoe. They're nice. I'm not gonna lie.
I like these a lot and uh and I wore
them and every time I walked in and had them on,
people were like, WHOA, I got the best reactions for
having these on. So I have to bring them back
(10:36):
just because A I like them, you know, just as
a gift in general. B I wore them for a
year and this is my personal review of them. I
think they're great, and see this is the kind of
thing that I think would really really elevate a lodge.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
A couple of questions about this, because, as you mentioned,
this was something that we previewed last year. This is
from bricks Masons dot com. Now, the price on this,
some people will be like, whoa this is? This is
a little bit up there. It's an investment. It's about
one hundred and seventy dollars. For guys that have a
nice pair of dress hues that you do wear it
to lodge, you know that, you know, you usually get
what you pay for. So this is why I'm asking
(11:16):
you this question because to your point, yes, I know
a lot of brothers that you know, their lodge a
little bit more formal. They wear a tuxedo and they
wear those patent leather tuxedo shoes. I myself had a
pair of them. But you know, you put your heels
together at certain times during the lodge, maybe for a
step or something, and it scratches and it leaves marks.
(11:36):
How do these shoes hold up even if you're just
wearing them indoors in the lodge on the carpet.
Speaker 5 (11:42):
They look like the day I got them. But that's
because I've been very very I've been very intentional with them.
I have, you know, put shoe trees in them.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
When I'm not.
Speaker 5 (11:53):
Wearing them, you know, I put them back in the box,
I take them home, I put them on the show,
you know, I bring them to Lodge out of the box,
but moment feet walk around, put them back in the box.
So I'm I'm not wearing them outside.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
I am.
Speaker 5 (12:04):
I am very I guess I'm I'm thoughtful about it
because I'm wearing such nice shoes right at the same time, though,
to your point about the price, I believe the price
on these did go up since we last did this
episode because well maybe tariffs hads something to do with it,
but you know, neither here nor there.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
Well also for the quality of the shoe, that's the
other question, owns and ask, because we talked about the quality.
You actually, you know, we had them in hand last
time and I got a chance to like touch them
and feel them, like, wow, those yes are pretty nice.
I've seen other guys since that episode aired last year.
I've seen you know, brothers wear these and launch I'm
just curious, like as a shoe guy myself, like what's
the break in period for these? Like when did they
(12:43):
start feeling like your shoe if you know what I mean?
Speaker 5 (12:47):
Hard to say because you're not wearing them that often,
So I would say they always feel like, you know,
like the slippers or the shoes that they are. I
would say after a year probably, Yeah, they still feel
the same.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
As we said in as you can see the model
that for our YouTube streamers. You can see the model
that's wearing them. It doesn't work for every guy. I myself,
I would not wear these shoes. It just doesn't match
my personality. But when we talked last year, you're gonna
wear this with the dress sock, as Matt says, You're
only going to wear this Ian Lodge at Lodge, and
it's going to be like a little couch on your
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foot and when you're sitting there and you've had a
long day and you're like, okay, your feet are going
to feel literally lighter than air. And yes, they are
definitely a conversation starter or focal point of your outfit
because the blazing masonics, you know, square encompass and that
bright gold color just it's embroidered. It's not a sticker,
it's not something ironed on. It's going to pop right
(13:42):
off there. It's going to catch people's attention.
Speaker 5 (13:44):
It's definitely a conversation starter. Everybody asked me about them,
every single person, and I'm you know, it's it's a
cool shoe. I mean, if you're a Mason, You're like, yep,
that's definitely a cool shoe, all right.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
It's also the list leader when it comes to prices.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
Is We're moving our way through through the third annual
Black Friday Holiday shopping Special with our friend brother Matthew Brockbank.
His assignment is to find the most interesting out of
the gift ideas for the most challenging Freemasons to buy for.
We are up to item number five.
Speaker 5 (14:16):
Next item from Wayfair believe it of all places. Now,
this is not specifically a Masonic item, but it's definitely
something that Masons would want because I'm a Mason and
I want it. So this is say for those of
you who can see this, it is an hour glass bookend.
(14:37):
And honestly, I mean, come on, who doesn't want an
hour glass in their house? Yeah, it's just a cool piece.
I would say that it's not kind of outwardly Masonic
like the other gifts are, and it's certainly well. I
don't know about you guys, but people don't make hour
glasses anymore. It's just not a thing, right because we
(14:59):
all have watch be off, bone clocks, ball hourglasses are.
They're not even old. They are literally ancient, like literally
they are literally the ancient timekeeper. Besides maybe the sun
dial for the person who has everything right, like really
has everything, or the kind of person in your life
(15:20):
that loves I don't know, those like weird gifts that
simply you know you wouldn't need otherwise. I think an
hourglass is pretty great.
Speaker 3 (15:31):
As is, and it's like under sixty dollars, which is
a very fair price. As you said, like who do
you get this for?
Speaker 5 (15:37):
It?
Speaker 3 (15:37):
Literally the guy that has everything except this, and the
Masonic symbolism that's in there. It's subtle, as you mentioned,
but to the trained eye when you first pulled it up,
I'm like, ooh, I can see the all CEI there's
the two pillars. Yep, oh what kind of pillars are those?
Let me go get my book and read the Middle
Chamber lecture again to see how they're tappered and how
they're decorated, and then you have the very familiar square
(15:58):
compass and a letter G on the side. Yeah, I
think it'd be great for a brother that's got a
nice office and is just looking for something to help
decorate it. You could practically also use this in a
practical way, I should say at the watch it would
be a great gift for your secretary, maybe a past master.
You know, just in this symbolism of time and the
(16:19):
sands passing through and you know, there's just so much
and it's changing over and yeah, it's just one of
those gifts that again, like it beats a forty dollars
gift card to Amazon that has no thought or you know,
it's also better than a fifty dollars gift certificate to
their favorite restaurant. Like this is something. It's definitely going
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to be a talking piece. Another good fine brother, You're
doing good so far.
Speaker 5 (16:45):
Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, I've got some I got some really
good ones coming up here we go. Have you ever
wanted your face on a bobblehead? I know that I have.
There's a Masonic bobblehead. Now this, now I have. I
got two different quotes here.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 5 (17:07):
Yeah, for seventy dollars. You can upload a photo, select
your colors. That is awesome at a small pet like
a dog or cat. At text on the base changes
to clothing or posture at a curlic display case. So
these are about six and a half inches tall, and
as far as I can see, the whole thing is
(17:30):
hand modeled.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
The name of the website you can order it from.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
That makes you laugh enough Bee Bobbler, that's pretty hilarious.
But when you pulled it up, I was like, no, way,
Like they make this, that's cool. It's seventy dollars at
least to get started. And as Matt said, there's a
lot of things you could have added to this. But
as you scroll down here it says get an identical
bobblehead for half off. I would totally do that so
that you have one to give to the person. And
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then if you have, like every lodge has that glass
display case where you always looking to it, Oh, catch people's eyes.
It'll be like, oh, did they do like a bobblehead
giveaway night at the local ballpark. You're like, no, we
got this for our past master because we like that
he just agrees with everything we say.
Speaker 5 (18:10):
Now like it's now, I've got another one here, also
seventy dollars. This one is from dollstou dot com and
this one is poly Resdin. So this one is at
least the body is cast and then the head is made.
Speaker 3 (18:24):
Forget like holidays. I'm just thinking like end of the
year for the outgoing master, Like what do you get him? Like, oh,
we got you the Master's jewel. Oh, we got you
another Masonic you know, fountain or inkpen. No, guess what, dude,
open this up and then he sees the little bobblehead
of him, Like what guy doesn't want that?
Speaker 1 (18:42):
That's awesome. I love it. I love this guy.
Speaker 5 (18:45):
Yeah right, and honestly, like sixty seventy bucks, Like I
would pay that just to see their reaction, Like I would.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
Pay that to just well, Matt, I know there's this
is worth it. This is sood.
Speaker 3 (18:56):
There's a brother on your holiday shopping list. He's got
the same last name is you, and that would be
that's who I thought that first example was. I thought
that was your dad.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
It kind of does look a little bit, yeah, yeah,
a little bit little.
Speaker 5 (19:12):
There's actually what there was one here.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
Yes, yes, yes.
Speaker 4 (19:16):
Yeah, you have not disappointed.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
We've talked.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
We've had the Kashmir Council scarf. We've had the custom
book safe which was cool, the personalized desk organizer that
was cool, the Masonic Lodge slippers.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Man liked them, They're cool, the.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
Hour glass which is very very antique, very classic, and
now the custom bobblehead. We are up to I the
number three on your Black Friday holiday shopping list.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
What do you have for us?
Speaker 5 (20:05):
Another Etsy item here? This is a really really nice
money clip sixty dollars. So we're we're staying kind of,
you know, on the low end of gifts. We're I'm
not going high up into the two hundreds or five
hundred dollars ranges because the reason I picked this one
is A. It looks very nice, and B not a
lot of people carry cash anymore because well, you know,
(20:29):
it's a very kind of credit card or digital world.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
We live in.
Speaker 5 (20:33):
Four point nine out of five stars, nine hundred and
forty one reviews. By the way, and for those out
there who still carry some cash, right but maybe have
a minimalist wallet. And every time that I see something
that is Masonic in my life, It definitely reminds me
that I'm Amazon and how to act.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
You know, uprightly, I'm with you. When I looked at it,
I was like, man, where was this? Over the summer,
my wife and we went to Greece and I was
the first time in a long time, as you pointed out,
I had to carry cash. I have a money clip,
but it's all beat up. Something like this is awesome
because I'm also looking at the material. It's made out
of nickel, so you can clean this or you can
just let it kind of naturally patina and age, which
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is going to look really kind of like you know,
antique classic over time. It's not too big, and you
know they say the description it's like a western floral.
I'll be like, eh, it has more of a cigar
band feel to me. So it's got that style, very
classy and it's one of those things. It's a great
hand me. Dan, man, this this is going to go
for generations. It's really and it's only sixty dollars. Dude,
(21:38):
you're killing it this year. This is his primary job.
The week's leading up to Black Friday holiday shopping season,
and we are up to item number.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
Two on your list.
Speaker 5 (21:49):
Matt, This one's special feels intentional, it feels meaningful. I
feel that this should be in every brother's hand tomorrow.
And I'm not trying to talk this up and make
it sound like it's the best gift in the world.
But let me show you. Here we go nice the
Masonic passport. I was like, what do you mean a
(22:09):
Masonic passport? Like, I'm a United States citizen, I can't
have a Masonic branded passport, Like what the heck? And
then I read the description just to note this is
a novelty passport. Right right ownership or possession of this
product will not grant access to privileges of any kind.
Okay this The intended use of this product is to
(22:30):
allow the owner of the product to document and reflect
on his travels to other lodges and jurisdictions within freemasonry.
So this is sold by Brothers and Bonds dot com. Wow,
really fantastic website. This passport is meant for you to
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take to other lodges and to get signed by other
bodies other lodges where you go, oh, so that you
can remember, ah, I am a traveling man. This is
part of the tit. Every brother needs this, how have
we not thought of this before?
Speaker 4 (23:10):
Right?
Speaker 3 (23:11):
I have seen these in action. They're really cool. It's
kind of a special thing too. Usually it's at the
end of the meeting. The brother that's attending will come
up and he'll ask the secretary and the master if
they'll sign it. Our large secretary actually gets the seal
out here in DC and he'll hag and like put.
So it really does look like, you know, like the
regular US travel passports most of us have had. It
(23:31):
gives that feel. But to your point, yeah, I know
guys that have filled up tons of they just put
them on their bookshelf and they should actually get that
Masonic book safe and put their passports in there. But no,
I'm with you. I think something like this that encourages
guys to go out and travel. It helps you document it,
you can personalize it with your picture. And again it's
(23:52):
one of those things that not everybody has. To the
price point, if you could just scroll up a little bit, oh,
thirty two dollars, thirty two dollars, I mean.
Speaker 5 (24:02):
Right, No, I think they're fantastic. And like you said, Mike,
I think you hit the nail right in the head.
This is a product that encourages brothers to travel to
other lodges, which is something that we don't do enough.
Like it is. I hate to say it, but you know,
brothers need to travel more. They need to go see
other lodges, interact with other brothers, see how other lodges
do things. I mean, you know, traveling, I feel like
(24:26):
should be one of you know, the main thing that
Masons do kind of for fun, because it's exciting and
you get to go see other people. Like you know,
the camaraderie in your lodge is one thing, but the
camaraderie in your district or in your state, wow, right,
I mean that's really where it's at. So I think
this product just not only does it encourage true brotherhood,
(24:46):
but I think it's it's just a wonderful gift and
just again a wonderful thing to have. So regardless of
if you're buying this for someone for Christmas, you know,
get it for yourself. I mean, really, what a fantas
a mine.
Speaker 3 (25:01):
It's our third annual Black Friday holiday shopping special. If
you've made it all the way to hear we are
about to reveal item number one. But if you're sitting
here going oh man, What were they? Where do I
find these? What are the links? As Matt pointed out earlier,
we will have all of the links for all of
the products that are featured on this year's holiday shopping
list in the notes for this episode. Just open that up, Boo,
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You'll see all the links and you can get to
happy Friday shopping and make some brothers really happy this
holiday season. All right, what is the number one item
on your list this year?
Speaker 5 (25:34):
This one is the wild card? I mean when I
mean wildcard, emphasis on the wild Mike, there's a Masonic
video game.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
You had me and there's a Masonic video game.
Speaker 5 (25:49):
Yes, Masonic Mysteries Secrets Unbailed. This I don't know why exists,
but I found it. It's ten dollars, and I will
say the first screenshot here says Join the Freemasons.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
It's on Steam.
Speaker 3 (26:09):
Oh my god, oh boy. I'm kind of curious where
this game's gonna go, Mike.
Speaker 5 (26:15):
Mike, as soon as we're done with this conversation, I'm
gonna go download this. I promise you. If anyone out
there has ever played among us it says it's an MMO,
which stands for massively multiplayer online game. It says it's
online PvP or player versus player, online co op or cooperative.
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So I again, I imagine that this is the kind
of game where you're trying to, yeah, find out who
the impostor in your Masonic circle is. But either way,
the fact that a Masonic video game exists, it's on Steam,
it's ten dollars.
Speaker 3 (26:52):
Every year, every year you get me with one of
these gifts, and I'm like, where the hell did he
find this one? Like we talked about the earn earlier,
but an actual like Masonic video game, whether it's like
good or bad, it's only ten bucks, Like.
Speaker 5 (27:08):
I know, right, you can't not buy it for ten bucks.
Speaker 3 (27:11):
If I was to say honestly, the gift that I
thought was the coolest this year definitely the custom bobblehead
that got me, But the video game itself that's pretty
sweet too. And I don't think you could go wrong
with any of this, any of these gifts, because we
got to remember, you know the difference between a gift
and a present, And I think it's special this time
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of the year. You know you're giving something to someone
to get a reaction, to share the joy, make them
feel good about themselves. So whether it's a scar for
the fancy slippers, or the organizer or the books safe for,
any of these items would make fantastic gifts because they
came from you, and that's really what the whole season
is about. So thank you for.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
Being our giving guy again this year of the podcust.
Speaker 5 (27:55):
Have the fun is just looking for random products and
finding the most obscure things that I didn't even know existed.
Speaker 3 (28:04):
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Podcast and you want to find the links for all
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shopping list this season, you can get them in the
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You'll see everything that's clickable. I know, I'm with you.
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Speaker 2 (00:01):
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Speaker 3 (00:29):
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I'll give our production guys some time, because yeah, you
gotta do it.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
We gotta bust out a special holiday music.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
It's the Holiday Shopping Special.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
And you know what's cool about this year, we were
calling it the Black Friday Special for a long time.
This year's show, sponsored again by Bricksmasons dot Com, falls
on Cyber Monday, where there's still some sweet online shopping deals.
As we welcome back your favorite Masonic elf and mine too,
brother Matthew Brockbank.
Speaker 5 (01:01):
Yo.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Every year we say that we should work costumes.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
I was gonna run upstairs and put my Christmas pajamas
on just to be to catch you on camera to
see the reaction because this is and I told man,
I'm like, I'm not kidding when I say this. I
get excited for every episode and getting to talk to
every guest. But this is the most fun episode we do.
Speaker 5 (01:22):
This is my favorite episode too, really because we're not talking,
you know, the heavy stuff. It's fun.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
All right.
Speaker 5 (01:30):
I'm going to start off with our friends at bricks Masons,
and I'm starting off with the council scarf, which I
know is not a Blue Lodge item per se, but
it is a nice scarf. And I was kind of
digging through some of bricks Mason's you know items. I've
seen most of them, I've looked through most of their website,
but I didn't know they had a scarf. And I
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like a nice comfy scarf, and I don't think that
a lot of people wear them anymore, but they're so useful.
You know, in today's day and age, a lot of people,
you know, they wear like you know, the neck gators
or you know, some kind of like balaklava, but a
scarf is just so timeless, and a scarf, really, honestly,
you could wear you could wear a scarf indoors, if
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you know, if you're really really stylish, you could wear
a scarf indoors without your jacket and it keeps you
very warm because a lot of the heat as you
might know, escapes from your neck. And yeah, a scarf
just is cozy. It's the coziest thing to have around
Christmas time when there's a fire in the fireplace, you're
you know, you're having a couple of cocktails. You know,
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you're warming up, and you got the scarf, and guess
what if it's too hot, just take off.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Here's what I like about this. It's a cashmerror scarf. Like,
this is a nice quality scarf in the price. Now, again,
this is before any holiday pricing specials that any of
these websites might look at. We were recording this episode
in mid October. We're not even handing out Halloween tri
or treat candy yet. But it's listed at twenty nine
nine ninety nine US dollars at bricksmasons dot com for
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a blue embroidery council scarf that is made out of cashmere.
That's a pretty nice scarf.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Man.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
And again, this is something that I think a discrete
mason or you know, a mason who likes to show
off a little bit. I think both of those people
would enjoy this gift.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
The other person I thought of was your dad. He
probably has I know he's got a ton of Masonic ties.
I doubt that he has a Masonic scarf, and if
he does, I bet she doesn't have an embroidered one.
That's made it a cashmere that's super softer on your
neck and is perfect during the cold months ahead.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
So good, good, fine good.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Find it item number nine, our blue embroidery cashmere council
scarf from Bricksmasons dot Com.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
All right, let's move up to item eight.
Speaker 5 (03:44):
Okay, next on the list. This one is not necessarily
a Masonic gift, but I think it's one that Masons
would like. And this is on Etsy. It is a
custom book safe. The best way to describe it is,
I'm sure you've been to a store, maybe one of
those hobby stores, and you've seen those kind of like
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either wood or cardboard, you know, fake books that you
open the cover and then inside is a you know,
cavity to put various objects. Well, that's all in good,
but if someone opens it and finds it, guess what, Well,
now they've got your stuff. This, however, is a literal
metal safe inside.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Of the book.
Speaker 5 (04:28):
And if you're asking, well, what would a Mason like
about this? Ha ha, it's customizable. Oh cool, Yes, it
could say you know, Dictionary, Holy Bible, whatever, so it
could you know, you could kind of model it after
maybe one of your favorite Masonic books, and maybe all
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of your Masonic friends might notice it and say, oh, yeah,
I know that book. They'd pick it up and say, whoa,
you know exactly. It's got a bunch of five star ratings,
which is fantastic.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Yeah, it's only thirty five dollars on Etsy two. And
again this is before any holiday shopping sales or deductions.
It's just the listed price here. And here's how I'm
looking at this, as you described it perfectly, like, yeah,
I would take this and model it after like an
Albert Pike book or a Manly p Hall book, you know,
with the binding, so it kind of would blend in
with your library. Only the discerning criminal I would know
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that those are actually worth at least one hundred or
two hundred dollars, depending on what edition of those original books.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
You know.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
But what I would use this for wasn't me necessarily
for money. It would be more of.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
A practical thing.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
I would put all of my Catechism notebooks in there,
any special Masonic memorabilia like challenge coins or cool lodge
pens that you've collected over time. This is a great
way to just kind of keep it in one place
with all your books and all your stuff.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
You could even.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Make the book title your name or your lodge's name,
like really really cool idea.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Man, I'm digging these all right.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
Item number seven that passes custom book safe that's number eight.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
What do we got for seven?
Speaker 5 (06:06):
We have a desk organizer. However, with a lot of
people working from home, kind of like myself, I'm fifty percent,
and a lot of Masons who typically are either professionals
or maybe have retired or hey, maybe guess what, you're
in the lodge a lot and you have a desk
and you need a place to put your things. Well,
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I thought that this particular one stood out to me
because not only is it customizable, but it looks very
high quality from someone who has, you know, been working
with wood in the past, working with their hands. Usually,
I have an eye for nice quality woodworking, and these
really stood out. I like these a lot because the
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laser engravings, in my opinion, were really nice.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Yeah, they're tight, yeah, And this.
Speaker 5 (06:56):
Product specifically, there's a lot of customizability so let me
scroll to the top and why I picked it. Here
you have this kind of like all in one desk
organizer for your keys and your watches, your sunglasses, maybe
your AirPods, and your phone. Then you've got a stand
there if you want the stand version for a pair
of headphones or hey, maybe you know you just have
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a Mason in your family who I'm sure like everyone
else owns a cell phone and just needs a place
to put it. I mean, you can even just get
a nice wooden stand here for seventeen dollars and ninety
four cents. The most expensive combination here sixty bucks.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
All right, I got to say this, I'm so far
I'm with the reviews here. This is a four four
point seven out of five star gift.
Speaker 5 (07:40):
Eight hundred and thirty five reviews. By the way, on Nantcy,
that's a lot.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Well for all the things you said, and then on
top of that, it's practical, it's going to have a purpose.
But then it's also meaningful because the personalization that goes
into it. It's not just another something that has a
square encompass on it. You can put your first name,
your last name, a note, whatever you like on there.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
This man, these looks great.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Where are the funny sneakers in the lights for under
the car and all the gag?
Speaker 1 (08:07):
These are? These are three great banger gifts right out
of the rip. I like this.
Speaker 5 (08:11):
No, I feel bad like we're going to hit a
roadblode somewhere.
Speaker 6 (08:14):
But it would be another episode of Masonic, you know,
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Black Friday sales if we didn't go for the favorite.
Speaker 5 (08:48):
The shoes are back, baby, the shoes are back. And
that's because the reason that they're back is because I
have been wearing these for a year every day and
I'm going to give my own review. They're really all awesome.
They're fantastic. They truly truly are great. I was not
sure at first because they're By the way, I should
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preface these are not shoes that you wear outside. These
are indoor shoes only. So you wear your sneakers or
your boots or something to lodge right, Wear something rough
right that can take a beating. Right, walk through the
parking lot, kick some stones around, get in the lodge.
Once you walk in the door, you hang up your coat,
You bring the shoes in the shoe box with you,
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take the shoes out, put the slippers on. Because there's
I would say that they're more slippers or slippers or shoes,
I guess, but they are indoor shoes. These are not
outdoor shoes. And someone even said that in the review
here that you know, they're very slippery on the bottom,
but that's because there's no tread. It's not meant for
being outdoors. So yeah, there is a heel, there's a
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rubber heel, but the where the ball of your foot is,
you know, it's it's slick because these are meant to
be yeah, worn indoors, and they are really great. They're
very comfortable. I don't know if you can see in
this picture here, but you can almost kind of see
a little little glimpse, but it's almost like, yeah, it's
(10:14):
like red velvet. It's like a like a plush couch
inside of the shoe. They're nice. I'm not gonna lie.
I like these a lot and uh and I wore
them and every time I walked in and had them on,
people were like, WHOA, I got the best reactions for
having these on. So I have to bring them back
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just because A I like them, you know, just as
a gift in general. B I wore them for a
year and this is my personal review of them. I
think they're great, and see this is the kind of
thing that I think would really really elevate a lodge.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
A couple of questions about this, because, as you mentioned,
this was something that we previewed last year. This is
from bricks Masons dot com. Now, the price on this,
some people will be like, whoa this is? This is
a little bit up there. It's an investment. It's about
one hundred and seventy dollars. For guys that have a
nice pair of dress hues that you do wear it
to lodge, you know that, you know, you usually get
what you pay for. So this is why I'm asking
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you this question because to your point, yes, I know
a lot of brothers that you know, their lodge a
little bit more formal. They wear a tuxedo and they
wear those patent leather tuxedo shoes. I myself had a
pair of them. But you know, you put your heels
together at certain times during the lodge, maybe for a
step or something, and it scratches and it leaves marks.
(11:36):
How do these shoes hold up even if you're just
wearing them indoors in the lodge on the carpet.
Speaker 5 (11:42):
They look like the day I got them. But that's
because I've been very very I've been very intentional with them.
I have, you know, put shoe trees in them.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
When I'm not.
Speaker 5 (11:53):
Wearing them, you know, I put them back in the box,
I take them home, I put them on the show,
you know, I bring them to Lodge out of the box,
but moment feet walk around, put them back in the box.
So I'm I'm not wearing them outside.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
I am.
Speaker 5 (12:04):
I am very I guess I'm I'm thoughtful about it
because I'm wearing such nice shoes right at the same time, though,
to your point about the price, I believe the price
on these did go up since we last did this
episode because well maybe tariffs hads something to do with it,
but you know, neither here nor there.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
Well also for the quality of the shoe, that's the
other question, owns and ask, because we talked about the quality.
You actually, you know, we had them in hand last
time and I got a chance to like touch them
and feel them, like, wow, those yes are pretty nice.
I've seen other guys since that episode aired last year.
I've seen you know, brothers wear these and launch I'm
just curious, like as a shoe guy myself, like what's
the break in period for these? Like when did they
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start feeling like your shoe if you know what I mean?
Speaker 5 (12:47):
Hard to say because you're not wearing them that often,
So I would say they always feel like, you know,
like the slippers or the shoes that they are. I
would say after a year probably, Yeah, they still feel
the same.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
As we said in as you can see the model
that for our YouTube streamers. You can see the model
that's wearing them. It doesn't work for every guy. I myself,
I would not wear these shoes. It just doesn't match
my personality. But when we talked last year, you're gonna
wear this with the dress sock, as Matt says, You're
only going to wear this Ian Lodge at Lodge, and
it's going to be like a little couch on your
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foot and when you're sitting there and you've had a
long day and you're like, okay, your feet are going
to feel literally lighter than air. And yes, they are
definitely a conversation starter or focal point of your outfit
because the blazing masonics, you know, square encompass and that
bright gold color just it's embroidered. It's not a sticker,
it's not something ironed on. It's going to pop right
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off there. It's going to catch people's attention.
Speaker 5 (13:44):
It's definitely a conversation starter. Everybody asked me about them,
every single person, and I'm you know, it's it's a
cool shoe. I mean, if you're a Mason, You're like, yep,
that's definitely a cool shoe, all right.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
It's also the list leader when it comes to prices.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
Is We're moving our way through through the third annual
Black Friday Holiday shopping Special with our friend brother Matthew Brockbank.
His assignment is to find the most interesting out of
the gift ideas for the most challenging Freemasons to buy for.
We are up to item number five.
Speaker 5 (14:16):
Next item from Wayfair believe it of all places. Now,
this is not specifically a Masonic item, but it's definitely
something that Masons would want because I'm a Mason and
I want it. So this is say for those of
you who can see this, it is an hour glass bookend.
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And honestly, I mean, come on, who doesn't want an
hour glass in their house? Yeah, it's just a cool piece.
I would say that it's not kind of outwardly Masonic
like the other gifts are, and it's certainly well. I
don't know about you guys, but people don't make hour
glasses anymore. It's just not a thing, right because we
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all have watch be off, bone clocks, ball hourglasses are.
They're not even old. They are literally ancient, like literally
they are literally the ancient timekeeper. Besides maybe the sun
dial for the person who has everything right, like really
has everything, or the kind of person in your life
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that loves I don't know, those like weird gifts that
simply you know you wouldn't need otherwise. I think an
hourglass is pretty great.
Speaker 3 (15:31):
As is, and it's like under sixty dollars, which is
a very fair price. As you said, like who do
you get this for?
Speaker 5 (15:37):
It?
Speaker 3 (15:37):
Literally the guy that has everything except this, and the
Masonic symbolism that's in there. It's subtle, as you mentioned,
but to the trained eye when you first pulled it up,
I'm like, ooh, I can see the all CEI there's
the two pillars. Yep, oh what kind of pillars are those?
Let me go get my book and read the Middle
Chamber lecture again to see how they're tappered and how
they're decorated, and then you have the very familiar square
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compass and a letter G on the side. Yeah, I
think it'd be great for a brother that's got a
nice office and is just looking for something to help
decorate it. You could practically also use this in a
practical way, I should say at the watch it would
be a great gift for your secretary, maybe a past master.
You know, just in this symbolism of time and the
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sands passing through and you know, there's just so much
and it's changing over and yeah, it's just one of
those gifts that again, like it beats a forty dollars
gift card to Amazon that has no thought or you know,
it's also better than a fifty dollars gift certificate to
their favorite restaurant. Like this is something. It's definitely going
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to be a talking piece. Another good fine brother, You're
doing good so far.
Speaker 5 (16:45):
Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, I've got some I got some really
good ones coming up here we go. Have you ever
wanted your face on a bobblehead? I know that I have.
There's a Masonic bobblehead. Now this, now I have. I
got two different quotes here.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 5 (17:07):
Yeah, for seventy dollars. You can upload a photo, select
your colors. That is awesome at a small pet like
a dog or cat. At text on the base changes
to clothing or posture at a curlic display case. So
these are about six and a half inches tall, and
as far as I can see, the whole thing is
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hand modeled.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
The name of the website you can order it from.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
That makes you laugh enough Bee Bobbler, that's pretty hilarious.
But when you pulled it up, I was like, no, way,
Like they make this, that's cool. It's seventy dollars at
least to get started. And as Matt said, there's a
lot of things you could have added to this. But
as you scroll down here it says get an identical
bobblehead for half off. I would totally do that so
that you have one to give to the person. And
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then if you have, like every lodge has that glass
display case where you always looking to it, Oh, catch people's eyes.
It'll be like, oh, did they do like a bobblehead
giveaway night at the local ballpark. You're like, no, we
got this for our past master because we like that
he just agrees with everything we say.
Speaker 5 (18:10):
Now like it's now, I've got another one here, also
seventy dollars. This one is from dollstou dot com and
this one is poly Resdin. So this one is at
least the body is cast and then the head is made.
Speaker 3 (18:24):
Forget like holidays. I'm just thinking like end of the
year for the outgoing master, Like what do you get him? Like, oh,
we got you the Master's jewel. Oh, we got you
another Masonic you know, fountain or inkpen. No, guess what, dude,
open this up and then he sees the little bobblehead
of him, Like what guy doesn't want that?
Speaker 1 (18:42):
That's awesome. I love it. I love this guy.
Speaker 5 (18:45):
Yeah right, and honestly, like sixty seventy bucks, Like I
would pay that just to see their reaction, Like I would.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
Pay that to just well, Matt, I know there's this
is worth it. This is sood.
Speaker 3 (18:56):
There's a brother on your holiday shopping list. He's got
the same last name is you, and that would be
that's who I thought that first example was. I thought
that was your dad.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
It kind of does look a little bit, yeah, yeah,
a little bit little.
Speaker 5 (19:12):
There's actually what there was one here.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
Yes, yes, yes.
Speaker 4 (19:16):
Yeah, you have not disappointed.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
We've talked.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
We've had the Kashmir Council scarf. We've had the custom
book safe which was cool, the personalized desk organizer that
was cool, the Masonic Lodge slippers.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Man liked them, They're cool, the.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
Hour glass which is very very antique, very classic, and
now the custom bobblehead. We are up to I the
number three on your Black Friday holiday shopping list.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
What do you have for us?
Speaker 5 (20:05):
Another Etsy item here? This is a really really nice
money clip sixty dollars. So we're we're staying kind of,
you know, on the low end of gifts. We're I'm
not going high up into the two hundreds or five
hundred dollars ranges because the reason I picked this one
is A. It looks very nice, and B not a
lot of people carry cash anymore because well, you know,
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it's a very kind of credit card or digital world.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
We live in.
Speaker 5 (20:33):
Four point nine out of five stars, nine hundred and
forty one reviews. By the way, and for those out
there who still carry some cash, right but maybe have
a minimalist wallet. And every time that I see something
that is Masonic in my life, It definitely reminds me
that I'm Amazon and how to act.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
You know, uprightly, I'm with you. When I looked at it,
I was like, man, where was this? Over the summer,
my wife and we went to Greece and I was
the first time in a long time, as you pointed out,
I had to carry cash. I have a money clip,
but it's all beat up. Something like this is awesome
because I'm also looking at the material. It's made out
of nickel, so you can clean this or you can
just let it kind of naturally patina and age, which
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is going to look really kind of like you know,
antique classic over time. It's not too big, and you
know they say the description it's like a western floral.
I'll be like, eh, it has more of a cigar
band feel to me. So it's got that style, very
classy and it's one of those things. It's a great
hand me. Dan, man, this this is going to go
for generations. It's really and it's only sixty dollars. Dude,
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you're killing it this year. This is his primary job.
The week's leading up to Black Friday holiday shopping season,
and we are up to item number.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
Two on your list.
Speaker 5 (21:49):
Matt, This one's special feels intentional, it feels meaningful. I
feel that this should be in every brother's hand tomorrow.
And I'm not trying to talk this up and make
it sound like it's the best gift in the world.
But let me show you. Here we go nice the
Masonic passport. I was like, what do you mean a
(22:09):
Masonic passport? Like, I'm a United States citizen, I can't
have a Masonic branded passport, Like what the heck? And
then I read the description just to note this is
a novelty passport. Right right ownership or possession of this
product will not grant access to privileges of any kind.
Okay this The intended use of this product is to
(22:30):
allow the owner of the product to document and reflect
on his travels to other lodges and jurisdictions within freemasonry.
So this is sold by Brothers and Bonds dot com. Wow,
really fantastic website. This passport is meant for you to
(22:51):
take to other lodges and to get signed by other
bodies other lodges where you go, oh, so that you
can remember, ah, I am a traveling man. This is
part of the tit. Every brother needs this, how have
we not thought of this before?
Speaker 4 (23:10):
Right?
Speaker 3 (23:11):
I have seen these in action. They're really cool. It's
kind of a special thing too. Usually it's at the
end of the meeting. The brother that's attending will come
up and he'll ask the secretary and the master if
they'll sign it. Our large secretary actually gets the seal
out here in DC and he'll hag and like put.
So it really does look like, you know, like the
regular US travel passports most of us have had. It
(23:31):
gives that feel. But to your point, yeah, I know
guys that have filled up tons of they just put
them on their bookshelf and they should actually get that
Masonic book safe and put their passports in there. But no,
I'm with you. I think something like this that encourages
guys to go out and travel. It helps you document it,
you can personalize it with your picture. And again it's
(23:52):
one of those things that not everybody has. To the
price point, if you could just scroll up a little bit, oh,
thirty two dollars, thirty two dollars, I mean.
Speaker 5 (24:02):
Right, No, I think they're fantastic. And like you said, Mike,
I think you hit the nail right in the head.
This is a product that encourages brothers to travel to
other lodges, which is something that we don't do enough.
Like it is. I hate to say it, but you know,
brothers need to travel more. They need to go see
other lodges, interact with other brothers, see how other lodges
do things. I mean, you know, traveling, I feel like
(24:26):
should be one of you know, the main thing that
Masons do kind of for fun, because it's exciting and
you get to go see other people. Like you know,
the camaraderie in your lodge is one thing, but the
camaraderie in your district or in your state, wow, right,
I mean that's really where it's at. So I think
this product just not only does it encourage true brotherhood,
(24:46):
but I think it's it's just a wonderful gift and
just again a wonderful thing to have. So regardless of
if you're buying this for someone for Christmas, you know,
get it for yourself. I mean, really, what a fantas
a mine.
Speaker 3 (25:01):
It's our third annual Black Friday holiday shopping special. If
you've made it all the way to hear we are
about to reveal item number one. But if you're sitting
here going oh man, What were they? Where do I
find these? What are the links? As Matt pointed out earlier,
we will have all of the links for all of
the products that are featured on this year's holiday shopping
list in the notes for this episode. Just open that up, Boo,
(25:22):
You'll see all the links and you can get to
happy Friday shopping and make some brothers really happy this
holiday season. All right, what is the number one item
on your list this year?
Speaker 5 (25:34):
This one is the wild card? I mean when I
mean wildcard, emphasis on the wild Mike, there's a Masonic
video game.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
You had me and there's a Masonic video game.
Speaker 5 (25:49):
Yes, Masonic Mysteries Secrets Unbailed. This I don't know why exists,
but I found it. It's ten dollars, and I will
say the first screenshot here says Join the Freemasons.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
It's on Steam.
Speaker 3 (26:09):
Oh my god, oh boy. I'm kind of curious where
this game's gonna go, Mike.
Speaker 5 (26:15):
Mike, as soon as we're done with this conversation, I'm
gonna go download this. I promise you. If anyone out
there has ever played among us it says it's an MMO,
which stands for massively multiplayer online game. It says it's
online PvP or player versus player, online co op or cooperative.
(26:36):
So I again, I imagine that this is the kind
of game where you're trying to, yeah, find out who
the impostor in your Masonic circle is. But either way,
the fact that a Masonic video game exists, it's on Steam,
it's ten dollars.
Speaker 3 (26:52):
Every year, every year you get me with one of
these gifts, and I'm like, where the hell did he
find this one? Like we talked about the earn earlier,
but an actual like Masonic video game, whether it's like
good or bad, it's only ten bucks, Like.
Speaker 5 (27:08):
I know, right, you can't not buy it for ten bucks.
Speaker 3 (27:11):
If I was to say honestly, the gift that I
thought was the coolest this year definitely the custom bobblehead
that got me, But the video game itself that's pretty
sweet too. And I don't think you could go wrong
with any of this, any of these gifts, because we
got to remember, you know the difference between a gift
and a present, And I think it's special this time
(27:32):
of the year. You know you're giving something to someone
to get a reaction, to share the joy, make them
feel good about themselves. So whether it's a scar for
the fancy slippers, or the organizer or the books safe for,
any of these items would make fantastic gifts because they
came from you, and that's really what the whole season
is about. So thank you for.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
Being our giving guy again this year of the podcust.
Speaker 5 (27:55):
Have the fun is just looking for random products and
finding the most obscure things that I didn't even know existed.
Speaker 3 (28:04):
Hey, if you've enjoyed this episode of The Craftsman Online
Podcast and you want to find the links for all
of the items that Brother Matt had shared on his
shopping list this season, you can get them in the
notes for this episode. Just boom, open up right there.
You'll see everything that's clickable. I know, I'm with you.
The bobblehead that sounds really really cool, This is right workshvil,
Brother Michael Arse treats yourself this holiday season. Yeah, try
(28:25):
another gift. We have a free seven day trial of
The Craftsman Online Podcast on Patreon, no commercials, and access
to all of our catalog of back episodes with subscriber extras.
That is our holiday gift to you until next Monday.
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