Gift that will hold is value for son's 21st birthday

Mayflower10cat

I must admit, the tool suggestions are brilliant. Some of the best, most used gifts I've purchased for Other Half have been power tools! A really good brand like Makita or Dewalt will last and last. His electric chain saw, bought over 10 years ago still gives him a thrill!

skintpaul

DigForVictory wrote: »

A share in a stallion? Montbeg Dude not yet available, but plenty of eyecatching (& eyewatering) possibilities & a steady income selling the annual nomination if he doesn't want to get into livestock breeding & dealing.

Or you can say you were thinking about this but what would he actually *Like*?

AVOID shares in animals! I got roasted, just with part share in a greyhound, years ago..

CheeseandWine

I don't know if your son is a drinker, but a lot of my friends turned 21 this year and one of the nicest presents was a 21 year old whiskey. it was such a lovely present that the recipient plans on saving it for quite a while before ever touching it. I guess your son would have two choices with it: drink it and lose its value or keep for a while and sell it......but aren't presents supposed to be enjoyed?

hope that helps

theoretica

Closely related to the power tool idea would be something like a leatherman.

onlyroz

I was bought a leather coat for my 18th and it's still going strong 17 years later...

Savvy_Sue

Mayflower10cat wrote: »

I must admit, the tool suggestions are brilliant. Some of the best, most used gifts I've purchased for Other Half have been power tools! A really good brand like Makita or Dewalt will last and last. His electric chain saw, bought over 10 years ago still gives him a thrill!

CheeseandWine wrote: »

I don't know if your son is a drinker, but a lot of my friends turned 21 this year and one of the nicest presents was a 21 year old whiskey. it was such a lovely present that the recipient plans on saving it for quite a while before ever touching it. I guess your son would have two choices with it: drink it and lose its value or keep for a while and sell it......but aren't presents supposed to be enjoyed?

Might I respectfully suggest not giving a 21 year old whiskey AND a chain saw at the same time ...

Actually, at 21 I think I'd concentrate on tools which are most likely to be useful imminently and / or on a regular basis. So maybe an electric drill or screwdriver, set of good mixed tools, things which will be handy at that stage in their lives and be likely to get packed as they move from one grotty flat to another - or is that just my lot?

nonnatus

OP - What about getting a professional Caricature done of the birthday boy? There are some brilliant artists on the Web - you send a selection of pictures of the "subject" to them and a brief idea of what sort of person they are, their likes and dislikes etc and a couple of weeks later, you get sent the finished digital image.
Costs from £99 to £500 depending on who you choose and the kind of quality / detail you're after.

I recently paid £250 to get a caricature of my daughter for her 18th Birthday and it was truly fab. I got it printed and framed and her and ALL her guests absolutely loved it. The artist was SOOOO clever - from just a couple of photo's he created such a likeness, yet still exaggerated certain "assets" for fun.

She'll never get rid of it and it's truly personal...!

74jax

Is there a reason you want it to hold its value?

Is it for him to sell in future? If so why not gift money saying not to use for x amount of years?

I'm not sure what reason you'd give something that holds its value if it isn't too sell to get the value back?

theoretica

I am not sure the OP was talking about holding financial value - but personal value, still be owned and appreciated in 10 years.

Spendless

A sovereign? Depends what he likes though, for years my husband wanted a themed chess set. He didn't care about which theme he just wanted one.