Getting someone a graduation gift takes a little time and effort. You want it to commemorate all of their hard work, but also keep it personal enough that it will actually mean something to them.

“Graduation gifts are not to be expected, so any gift given is a generous display of love, support, and recognition of the graduate's accomplishments,” says etiquette trainer Courtney Opalko.

As graduation gifts go, this one is useful, stylish, tough and literally ready to roll wherever the freshly minted graduate is heading—cobblestone streets, backwoods trails, exotic train terminals.

More than a third of Americans will be giving graduation gifts this year, with an average price of $116.97. The amount you give depends on grade, age, your relationship to the recipient and your ...