Gift Ideas for a Freemason

A Mason already owns the ring and the apron, and he cannot wear either to the hardware store. A shirt he can wear anywhere, which is why it is the gift brethren most often ask us to send to each other. The trick is matching the design to the man, and the occasion usually tells you which one.

The night a man becomes a Master Mason is the one Masonic milestone everyone in his life hears about. The Master Mason plate in the Square and Compasses collection is drawn for exactly that: the emblem with both compass points over the square, the arrangement of the third degree, with the emblems of the degree in the margins. It is the shirt a lodge gives its newest brother.

A brother who has finished his year in the east has a jewel for it, and the Past Master Jewel plate draws that jewel on its collar. The Forty Seventh Problem plate makes the same gift in a different register, since Euclid's proof is the figure on a Past Master's jewel in the English tradition.

The US States collection carries one design for every state, with the square and compasses set among the landmarks, flora and wildlife of that state. For a brother who moved away, the shirt of the state where he was raised lands differently from any other gift.

Some brethren are in it for the history and the geometry. The Masonic Archives collection is drawn as pages from an antique codex, with construction lines and margin notes, and the Forty Seventh Problem, the Celestial Sphere and the Point Within a Circle are the plates that reward a second look.

The 4 Seasons collection has a shirt for each quarter of the lodge year, from the autumn return to the summer recess. Autumn Lodge Light is the one most often bought in September.

The tee is a classic unisex fit that runs true to size, from small to three extra large, and the size guide on every product page has the measurements. Gold artwork reads strongest on black and navy. If you are unsure of the size, order what he wears in an ordinary crew neck tee.

Every shirt is printed after it is ordered, so allow for production time on top of shipping. The shipping page has the current figures.

A partner, a son or a friend who admires the Craft can wear its symbols, with one honest caveat about the emblem itself. The For Our Friends and Family collection is drawn for them, the beehive, the pillars, the pavement and the tools without the square and compasses, and A Mason's Lady is the one partners ask for. We wrote a separate guide on that question.