Looking for ideas for a small and heavy-themed gift basket.

July 27, 2017 7:14 AM

In keeping with the small and heavy theme, purchases so far include stainless steel ice cubes, a concrete tealight holder, and a cast iron mini cocotte. I would appreciate any other ideas, especially ones that don't seem obvious.

Things like, what is a really heavy rock/mineral?. Size should be tomato-sized or smaller, the smaller the better. Thanks!

posted by analog to Home & Garden (14 answers total)

A Black Sabbath record.
posted by furnace.heart at 7:23 AM on July 27, 2017 [9 favorites]

Best answer: Tungsten cubes are pretty neat (a 1.5" cube weighs 1 kilo), but they're in the $100 range which I suspect is not what you're looking for?
posted by brainmouse at 7:25 AM on July 27, 2017

Best answer: If you want to get cute about the meaning of "heavy," a miniaturized version of a classic literary tome (e.g. War and Peace or something of that ilk)?
posted by eponym at 7:47 AM on July 27, 2017 [2 favorites]

Best answer: Lead fishing weights. A cannonball would be particularly satisfying.
posted by craven_morhead at 7:48 AM on July 27, 2017

How about some nihilistic epigrams and aphoristic essays by E.M. Cioran? A Short History of Decay and his Anathemas are about as small and heavy as literature gets.

also those rare earth magnets are pretty sweet
posted by miles per flower at 7:49 AM on July 27, 2017

Hematite is a small but heavy kind of stone. You can find carved hematite in gift shops and rock shops.
posted by Elly Vortex at 7:51 AM on July 27, 2017

Necklace made from a fishing weight, like specifically a banana-shaped spin sinker. Available in a range of weights 1/2 oz -12oz, at most tackle shops. I'd go with large enough to be a heavy necklace but not quite large enough to be annoying, maybe 1.5oz.
posted by aimedwander at 7:54 AM on July 27, 2017

Also fairly small things that are often made from cast iron or other solid cast metal: bottle openers, door knockers, doorstops, bookends, trivets, candle holders, etc.
Google for sculptors in your area who do metal casting, and they may have small art pieces (and or decorative homewares as above) for sale, which are pretty much guaranteed to be heavy as all heck.
posted by aimedwander at 8:01 AM on July 27, 2017

On the off chance that you have a large budget, here's a $230 2", 3# tungsten sphere.
posted by at at 8:38 AM on July 27, 2017

Heavy cream (here's a heavy cream powder)
There's lots of music ideas, so maybe a mix CD? (Heavy D!)
Oh, this is great: Heavy Metal band playing card set.
Weird heavy duty hand soap
Anvil charm
posted by LKWorking at 9:14 AM on July 27, 2017 [1 favorite]

Small samples of depleted Uranium 238 are currently available of eBay (~$220).
posted by porpoise at 1:32 PM on July 27, 2017

Lucky Iron Fish, especially if the person you're giving it to is iron deficient.
posted by moons in june at 5:58 PM on July 27, 2017

Custom brass wax seal.
Or a wrought iron Skelton key.
posted by moons in june at 6:02 PM on July 27, 2017

Response by poster: Thanks everyone, this was very helpful.
posted by analog at 12:16 PM on August 1, 2017