Engraved flasks, cufflinks, money clips, high-quality pens, an autographed book or something like that by someone they'd like [sports or comics or lit or whatever, could be different for each guy, say one of them likes to cook, etc.]

I got an engraved swiss army knife at my sister's wedding

I was recently in a wedding where the groom got everyone a couple of framed sports illustrated magazines with their favorite teams on the cover. this was cool, but only works if the guys are big sports fans. I got the issues commemorating the Houston Rockets two NBA championships.

I am not a fan of this tradition.

I think Flask is a cool idea.

I got 4 of these for my buddies

http://www.etsy.com/listing/70447003...the-dark-tower

something old world is typically good : flask, cufflink, money clip, tie clip, wallet, pen, maybe watch for the best man if you are baller.

I've gotten an engraved flask, engraved silver, single cigar holder (which was cool but worthless bc it turned out to be too narrow to hold a cigar) and an engraved little journal which was pretty lame.

Of what I've read itt, engraved whiskey tumbler would get me the most excited, then cuff links, then a nice pen.

the thing with many "things" (ie flask, cufflinks, tie clips), particularly done en masse, is that it could just be something the guy doesn't use/becomes clutter or thrown in the back of a drawer. while it's cool to look down at your monogrammed keyring and remember it came from your buddies wedding...somebody else probably already has this sweet key ring they use already so they don't want or need this one. a flask strikes me as the ultimate "cool but in practice never gets used gift". and if one of your buddies doesnt wear suits he probably would just assume go without those cufflinks.

so ideally, you get them all something personalized. like an actual...gift.

I have 3 to buy...soon. I think for 2 of them I'm going with really nice bottles of bourbon b/c they like that. for my best man...not sure.

I should get something for my ushers too. probably booze for them as well.

this is a pretty good idea, but cufflinks should match the shirt studs

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I got married on New Year's Eve this past year. Since it was a wedding where 95% of the guests were staying over night at a hotel (including all the groomsmen) I went with this gift.

http://www.tumi.com/product/index.js...ndSrc=paramNav

I got this toiletry bag from TUMI and filled it with a bunch of various higher end men's grooming products. It was received very well. Every guy should have something like this but it's surprising how many don't.

I'm getting married in May and paid for my groomsmen's tuxes and am having a personalized bobblehead of each of them made. Hopefully it turns out as awesome as I think it is in my head.

http://headbobble.com/ - that's the website.

edit: my runner up gift idea was autographed/framed sports memorabilia of each guy's favorite sports team.

if someone gave me a bobblehead of myself, i'd wonder what i'm doing in their wedding.

Group cigar tasting. Decide on a cigar to smoke as a group at the reception. Foot the bill for the tasting and the cigars. May not last as long as a money clip etc but its a memory that you can go back to on any future group occasions and sneak out a few of that same cigar for fun.

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Just out of curiosity, is there a standard couple to groomsman gift sort of ratio? The last wedding I was in, the gifts I gave totaled in the $200-$250 range and recieved a watch that I would guess was $100-$150. I kind of felt like a cheap bastard.

Didn't even know that the bridegroom was supposed to give away presents, thought that the best-man was supposed to give something to the couple being married ?! Seems I was waay off.

buy each a cool pair of sunglasses ( matching ) maybe some retro ray bans wayfarers worst case they can always use a good pair and it may make for a nice fun pic

Engraved Ipod Touch:

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/hom...aving_giftwrap

I was given a Gold coin that was minted the same year as the wedding.This was like twenty years ago.I always remember how I got it and the fact that its worth 3x times as much then is pretty exciting!

Side note:The groom told me he was able to buy a set of coins that included 1 bigger coin and 4 smaller coins.Big coin=Best man..Smaller=groomsmen.

the **** i learn on this site...never heard of this either. i'm 31 and have never been a groomsman (guess i have marriage phobic friends lol?). first wedding of my close friends is happening in sept and they're having 4 groomsmen (his best friend from college, 2 best friends from high school and fiance's brother).

where did this tradition come from? the groomsmen/best man ALSO get gifts for the couple, right?

i'm def getting my friend a sweet gift. not sure what yet but won't be off their registry... but i feel ok doing that b/c i know him super well. i'm not committing some sort of faux pas am i?

sorry of OT questions but seemed liek the thread for it.

no, definitely not a faux pas to give the groom a separate gift imo.

Typically it depends on the wedding whether the groomsmen/best man needs to get gifts for the couple.

A lot of my friends who got married expressively stated that the members of the wedding party do not need to give gifts due to their additional cost of tuxedo rental/dresses but I think if the couple does not expressively state this, giving a gift as a groomsman to the couple is a good idea.

that strikes me as a lot. I have received things worth between $25 and $75 as a groomsman/best man, and have also received nothing for being an usher.

my best man gift cost like $130, groomsman $75 ish, and ushers $30 ish. I spent like $450 total. it's one of of those funny things where I bought them before the wedding (when I felt very poor from various wedding expenses) but after I got all the wedding gifts I felt a lot more flush, so I would have felt better spending more after the fact. meh. big picture it doesn't matter so much.

I think something around $100 / guy is average but it depends. in the same vein I received wedding gifts between $1,500 and $50. and truly, honestly, I don't care how much each person gives, they really are all *gifts*

Best groomsmen gift was a commissioned drawing. My buddy had an artist due Caricature-esq drawings from photos he had of us. Gave em to us framed, like 11x17 or so. Really cool gift.

I also love the ax idea

I like the robe idea

My brother just got married and he ended up giving me (best man) and his friend (grooms man) each a bottle of makers 46. Not an expensive gift, but nice none the less.