Wedding Blog

If you’re one of Mr. Cherry Pie’s groomsmen you probably should stop reading. That means you: Jason, Karl, Tom, Mark and Micah.

Right. Like there’s any chance they’re reading this right now… nevertheless! I (Mr. Cherry Pie, that is) got started on finding gifts for my groomsmen relatively late in the game. By late, I mean that Miss Cherry Pie had several projects in the works at least a month or more before I even considered what to get my groomsmen.

I suppose I could have just gotten them ties, but I think that matching ties would be a pretty mild “Thank You” in exchange for driving out to Montana and buying suits on my behalf, don’t you?

As Miss Cherry Pie posted some time ago, I have been very taken with assorted high end shaving products ever since my birthday. I considered buying my groomsmen their own safety razors, or badger brushes or sets. Sadly two things are wrong with that. They aren’t nearly as likely as me to take an extra 20 minutes in the bathroom for something as novel as shaving and I wasn’t quite ready to spend $200+ per person on my groomsmen. But I was on the right track… I wanted something that spoke to our essential masculine nature of the days of yore.

Pocket knives! I ran across these classic burlwood knives while looking at razors. Again, $200+ per person just wasn’t possible for five groomsmen, but the idea had stuck.

If you’re getting married in Montana and your groomsmen are without pocket knives, what happens if a moose charges or you need to cut a new lasso to rope a steed?

Anyway… Thanks to that pretty folder up there, I had discovered the world of French folding knives. Sadly I couldn’t make the trip to Thiers, France before the wedding, but thanks to the power of the internet, I eventually found some more affordable Chambriard pocket knives.

While not quite as nice as Manu Laplace’s pieces, they were within budget and were still really pretty… er… I mean… masculine… looking! I originally could only find five variations so I ordered one matching double for myself. But the fine folks at World Knives even put an order in with Chambriard for a 6th knife with a different handle so we could each have a different handle. The 6th knife arrived in record time and I sent back the spare knife I had purchased. They also all come with a complementary leather case. A complete set for the guys! Aren’t they pretty?

Are you purchasing any outside-of-the-box gifts for your groomsmen?