[CZ.22]

If you've spent more than five minutes over on Bladeforums, you probably will have read the thread, "EDC, what's in your pockets?" It is a very fun thread to read, and also very informative. There are plenty of eye-candy pictures as well.

THR doesn't have a thread like this. There was one in Strategies and Tactics, I think, and Carl's thread "pocket stuff", but otherwise, we don't have a place to discuss what we are carrying each day.

Here are the rules:
You post the contents of your pockets, bag, belt, jacket, etc. Pictures are appreciated. You can post as little as one time, if you always carry the same stuff, or every day for as long as this thread lasts.

So, without further adieu:

Right front: Today, CRKT M16, Zytel handles.
Left front: Samsung Sync
Left Back: Bandana
Right back: eelskin wallet
Right Wrist: medical bracelet (name, mechanical heart valve, taking Coumadin)
Left wrist: Tissot Quadrato Chrono, stainless bracelet, balck face. I love this watch, it was my primary Swiss souvenier.

So, what's in you pockets?

[Rupestris]

No pics but:

Todays list (it changes daily).

In the pockets:
Case Medium Stockman 3318 CV
Bic full sized lighter - Black
Cell phone - Verizon Motorola
keys, including SwissTech tool with LED flashlight
2.5" Ferrocium rod
Marlboro Lights (yep. I know I need to quit)

In the day pack that I carry to work (asside from work related stuff):

Bark River Woodland
Spyderco Centofante III
Toshiba 1.6gb external back up HD
Mini Bic lighter - orange
Leatherman Squirt P4
Rosary (tactical black)
1 liter water bottle
boonie hat
bandana
SAS Survival Handbook or Camping and Woodcraft by Horace Kephart depending on my mood or where I'm headed.

small first aid kit that also has
extra prescription meds
tweezers
needle
dental floss

sheesh, I lug too much stuff around :p

Chris

[bikerdoc]

Left front- Camillus utility/scout
small led flashlight
hand sanitizer
right front--money clip, change, SAK,
Schrade SB3
left rear wallet
right rear Skoal, keys

Shirt pocket-Cigs and Zippo

[Goblin]

I'm at home right now,in my "lounge wear"" but usally I have as follows

Right front- Taurus .357 snubby in a IWB clipped to the pocket
Left front- change, keys,bills smaller than a 20.
Left back- wallet
Right back- comb, cell, S&W Clip Knife, Led mini-lite.

Goblin

[CZ.22]

Case Medium Stockman 3318 CV
Excellent choice: one of my favorite knives.

[jahwarrior]

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s37/jahwarrior72/armoury/001.jpg

[rantingredneck]

Today:

Ruger LCP in Double Triple holster
Leatherman C301 folder
Leatherman Micra
Gerber money clip with box cutter blade and $7.00
6 nickels
Inova 2AA LED light
My wallet (no money)

[NorestRDS]

im at work now and do alot of climbing

husky folding razor knife
Ka-Bar TDi on belt
LG Dare Phone
Wallet
$40

in my bag for after work i have

MK6 Sabre Red stream
Mk4 Fox Labs Fog
Keys

[jpatterson]

Right front - keys and CRKT m16 (zytec as well)
Left front - cell
Right rear - wallet
Left rear - grizzly mint ($1.68 vs skoal $4.60 at walmart :evil:)
Right wrist - http://www.survivalstraps.com/page2/page2.html
Left wrist - timex

[Rupestris]

I think we should all pitch in and help jahwarrior out. A buy-one-get-one Pepsi cap isn't going to do him a lot of good with only 58¢ in his pocket.:p

We need to come up with another dollar, at least. Lets see, I have... 10... 35... 37¢ that I can throw in!:D

Chris

[Pax Jordana]

the word is ado :)

Right front - Kershaw leek, sodbuster
Left front - Fire pager (minitor II for those of us with a sense of nostalgia) and phone (samsung stripe)
Left cargo - Wallet.

I'm home, the only reason I'm dressed is because I thought we had a fire call, and I'm not leaving the house until I go work at the hospital.. normally I carry a good deal more :)

[Mandirigma]

Pockets: Money clip, Surefire E2D, Zippo, Case Sodbuster, keys w/atwood prybaby, loose change

Belt: K-bit, tanto, cellphone, glock 33.

[sixgunner455]

642. Vic Executive. Case jackknife. Wallet. Zebra F-301 Pen. Beat-up Timex Expedition.

[CZ.22]

For no real reason, switched out the M16 for a Vic Pocket Pal and a Vic Classic in turquoise Alox.

[Todd A]

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/toddma/100_0349.jpg

A Case 62087,Craftsman (Ulster made) large stockman, and a little Kabar 1202 on my belt. Of course my wallet,keys,lighter and smokes.

[Thernlund]

jahwarrior... am I to understand that you're carrying around two guns, three knives and pepper spray... in your pockets??

Whoa. I can understand why you need the inhaler. :D


-T.

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

All's I got right now, as I'm about to leave work, is:

-Kershaw "Spec Bump" S30V/G10 folder,
-Keys, with:
-Leatherman "P4 Squirt" and
-Fenix L0D attached.
-T-Mobile Wing with holster, and
-Looper Leather Goods custom Wallet with contents.

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/detail.aspx?device=acc8102d-4506-4eaa-bc2f-9c7b8ec1b1e0

http://www.eliteled.com/products/flashlights/fenix-l0d-rb80.html

http://www.leatherman.com/products/tools/p4/default.asp

http://www.kershaw-knives.net/Kershaw-Ken-Onion-Spec-Bump-KS1596.htm

http://www.looperleather.com/

Highly recommended "load out"!** :) Got rid of the paper clip and change little while ago.

Not in pockets, but have a Kahr MK9 and extra mag in a Smart Carry rig (which is sorta like an extra "pocket in your pants"). Oh, ok, I cheated - the T-mobile Wing is not in pockets either, but on belt.

**Except for one thing: If you have the cash and your service provider is compatible, get the i-Phone or Treo 700 over the Wing. Wing is pretty spiffy, but it's no i-Phone.

[brent376]

Today MK2 1.8 Ounce Canister of Sabre Red OC Spray Fog

www.sabrered.com


Moto Razor Cell Phone

Keys with Persuador Kubotan

[jahwarrior]

jahwarrior... am I to understand that you're carrying around two guns, three knives and pepper spray... in your pockets??

Whoa. I can understand why you need the inhaler. :D


-T.

thank G*D for cargo pants...

[JohnnyOrygun]

Rf BM Griptillian, Leatherman Micra and chapstick
LF Keys, LED Flashlight, med bottle
RB Wallet.
Bellet Leatherman New Wave and T Mobile Blackberry Curve
Sometimes carry Stoeger Cougar with extra mag IWB

[Irwin]

Looks like Im one of the few that dont require a pack horse with me to carry all my stuff :evil:
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o249/IrwinJames/100_0145.jpg
I have my
passport
Nokia n73
Vic nox recruit
Timex expedition watch
Loose change
Creative zen v+ 4G mp3
Keys with leatherman micra attached
Wallet

Normally if I plan on going to the pub I wont take my recruit or micra with me, but more times or not I end up there with them unplanned:D
Irwin

[ImARugerFan]

My hand.

[Mr. D]

Left front pocket: keys (used to carry a cheap stockman as well, but I've lost it)

Right front, Motorola F3 (cell phone), comb, pen

Right back: hankerchief

Left back: wallet

Shirt pocket: thin, 2 3/4" x 4" tablet.

Belt (left side): Leatherman Surge, Surefure G2 LED

Boot (left): Ontario Rat-3

~Dale

[Loyalist Dave]

Left front: S&W H.R.T.

Right Front: Swiss Army Tool : Atlas Model

Right Rear: Spyderco G-2



LD

[bdgackle]

It's gotten pretty bad with me, but here goes:

At work:
Left Front: Surefire G2
Right Front: Keys w/ whistle and small metal tube of iodine tabs, second metal tube with 72 hours worth of Rx Drugs
Right Rear: Wallet
Left Rear: Zippo, Folding knife of the day
Belt (left side): Cell phone in pouch, Leatherman wave in pouch

Off work:
Add Taurus PT1911 on right hip, OWB

And/Or

Ruger SP101 inside of left ankle

I've measured on days when I'm carrying both guns -- I manage to gain 20 pounds between when I step out of the shower and when I walk out the door, and the worst part is, I don't even notice it anymore.

[Thernlund]

http://208.106.149.12/pictures/chuck_pockets.jpg


-T.

[CZ.22]

Wenger canyon, and all the other usual stuff today.

[Richmond]

Left Rear Jeans: Remington wallet with cash, cards
Right Front Jeans: keys to Harley
Shirt pocket: Ray Ban 2 tone Wayfarer II :cool:
Right Lower Vest: CRKT folding Hissatsu
Left Lower vest: small leather pouch with Safariland speedloader, 5 rounds of J Speer .38
Top Left Vest: Palm Treo semi-smart phone
Left Wrist: Seiko "Black Monster"

S&W 337 in a Kramer paddle completes the list.

I am wearing jeans and a Schnees western vest, boots, etc. I was in court out of town early, swung by the house to play with the critters on the way back and rode the Harley in to town. About the only change in the above was a Kershaw Leek and dress watch. Weapons get locked up when I go into the courthouse.

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Oh now we're gonna throw watches into the mix, eh?

OK then, add my PAW 1300T-7V to my list from page 1:

http://pathfinder.casio.com/watches/hiking_trekking/PAW1300T-7V

http://pathfinder.casio.com/watches/compare/hiking_trekking

:)

[swiftak]

Holy cow. You guys carry alot of stuff. All i have is a small knife.(usually different every day) and my PPK. Plus my wallet.

[CZ.22]

Holy cow. You guys carry alot of stuff. All i have is a small knife.(usually different every day) and my PPK. Plus my wallet.


No watch, cell phone, or bandana. Good god man, how do you live?

Today I'm carrying...almost nothing. Only my clipless Byrd Meadowlark, and an Opinel No 9. I'm only carrying these to put them away, but I haven't gotten around to that yet.

(I'm moving to the basement today, and I haven't showered or properly dressed yet. As such, I'm not carrying anything.

[conwict]

In/on my pants

Kel-tec p11 clipped IWB with 11 rounds of +P+ federal JHP

Case Sodbuster Jr CV blade - I friggen love this knife, it STAYS shaving sharp and if I want to touch it up I can use just about any harm item

Olight T10 Q5 (180 lumens max, one CR batt)

A sweet mossy oak belt that I got for a gun belt, super stiff!

Kimber LifeAct pepper spray

A screwdriver jammed into a plastic cigar tube

Spare batt, sharpie, car clicker, keys, and micro-LED on keychain - I give the micro-LEDs away to nice people. Also have a Barlow with carbon blades that I want to give away, rescued from a pawn shop.

My CHP, student ID, and drivers license on a neck lanyard

Memo pad

A little cash

[tblt]

LCP front right,
wallet back left,
knife,keys and phone front left
back right empty

[swiftak]

I had a cell phone once. left it by a river. not alot of cell coverage where I live anyway. If I had one, someone would only bother me . I only wear a watch at work.

[swiftak]

I had a cell phone once. left it by a river. not alot of cell coverage where I live anyway. If I had one, someone would only bother me . I only wear a watch at work.

[kBob]

Today while out and about:

Left front: some change, my keys with a AAAmini flash light on them, a single blade Lakota pocket knife (NRA gimme)

Front right:
P32 in suede holster

Belt:
Buck 112 and Leatherman in pouches

Left rear bandana (not sure whose gang color this week nor do I care)

Right rear:
Wallet with some cash, book of matches and DL and CWL (need both)

Cranium:
Eyes, ears, nose, and Brain.

Last night I went heavy by slipping into my secret identity as a Central Florida Armed Marsupial. Leather belt pouch with full sized 1911type .45 Auto, two spare mags, two AA flashlights (one LED and the other old style MiniMag lite) First aid supplies writing supplies, spare smallish cheap lock blade, bandana extra coinage, sugar tablets.

I am considering adding a quart freezer bag and a former eye drop bottle filled with clorox, but I might have to sacrifice a flash light to do so.

As it happens last night I was also discussing a stage bag for the car, but let's not go there.

Oh shoot why not?

GUy I was discussing it with bought two German Surplus army soft packs alredy found the side pockets can each hold a one liter bottle of water. We discussed desirability of having a usable pair of walking shoes in or on the pack. Better fire starting or sustaning (buddy burners) and some sort of expediate shelter, munchies and other goodies he might need to walk from work to home (29 miles so fer sure overnight at least once)

I have been considering adding a Chocolate Manhole Cover.(extra points fer picking up on that one)

Are we there yet?

-Bob Hollingsworth

[CZ.22]

Case Sodbuster Jr CV blade - I friggen love this knife, it STAYS shaving sharp and if I want to touch it up I can use just about any harm item

I posted a thread on Sodbusters a while back, and I agree they are some of the best little knives you will ever own.

[Loomis]

As I type this, I'm wearing athletic shorts that don't have any pockets.

So I got bupkis.

[VegasOPM]

At work so no gun.
FR: Kershaw Ken Onion assisted opening
FL: Leatherman side clip, Jaguar folder
RL: Wallet
RR: receipts
Shirt: Pen

[JTW Jr.]

rear pocket: Mission Wallet with space pen and Strider PT CC & Remington Slipjoint

right front : Ken Erickson Custom Slip joint

Horizontal Belt carry : Rinaldi Matrix.

other rear pocket: Can of Copenhagen :)

used to carry a blackberry , but 2 years clean and sober of any electronic leash !!

[Valkman]

Lint.

[conwict]

I can use just about any harm item


What in the world? I don't remember typing that...

Edit: Guess I meant to type "hard object"

[22-rimfire]

In my pockets? Wallet, change, cell phone, several sets of keys, and two knives. Sometimes there is a revolver, but I have to leave one pocket empty for the gun and hence leave one knife home and keys that I often need.

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Cranium:
Eyes, ears, nose, and Brain.

Must be a hard life gumming all your food (no teeth) and not speaking (no tongue).

What do you guys do with bandanas? I could understand carrying a banana, in case you get hungry, but are wanting to be set in case you get the urge to rob a train, or what?

So I got bupkis.

You are sooooooo not tacticool!

[Todd A]

Lets see earlier this morning it was..

Left cargo pocket- space blanket, tin can,cordage,fishing line,20 hooks,6 floats,gauze pads, waterproof tape,10 tylenol,antibiotic cream,AAA mini LED light, mini BIC lighter,Rapela knife sharpener,and a Camillus TL-29 pocket knife.

Right cargo pocket- my little Kabar

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/toddma/100_0361.jpg

I was out playing in my backyard.

[guy sajer]

wallet , phone , Strider SnG (3 yrs so far) , Seecamp LWS32 on occasion .

[Colt46]

Usually carry a Cabela's exclusive Mel Pardue BenchMade folder in my front pocket and sometimes even have a self made puukko hanging from my belt.

[CZ.22]

Today I'm just bumming around the house, so only a Vic Pocket Pal.

As to why I carry a bandana- it's too handy not to have. Emergency bandage, food holder, sweat wiper, napking, picknick tablecloth, etc, etc.

C'mon guys, keep the thread going! Needs more pictures!

[sm]

The other day...
I had to be in a NPE (non permissive environment) in a not so nice part of town.
Metal detectors, subject to search, and I had to get from parked vehicle to building and return.

Left front pocket: Paper clip with five $1 bills, Soft pack of Marlboro Red, and my DL.
Right front pocket: Door key to my vehicle, with a inexpensive key chain light.
Left rear pocket: empty, until I snagged some Free Want Ad newspapers and rolled them up.
Right rear: white handkerchief.
Watch Pocket : $2.50 in quarters and one small "cut nail".

Shirt pocket: Bic Mini-Lighter, and Bic disposable "clear" ink pen.

[.cheese.]

Spyderco Centofante IV..... speedloader of .38 spl +p if I'm carrying a J-frame.... cellphone.... if it's night-time, a Surefire as well.

[Mongrel]

C'mon guys, keep the thread going! Needs more pictures!

:rolleyes:

As 'unofficial' keeper of all things legitimate I hearby declare :cuss::

ANY POST DEVOID OF PICTURES (except this one...) TO BE OFFICIALLY

NULL AND VOID!

:banghead:

You CANNOT HAVE a "what's in your pocket" thread without Pictures. Who in the world is going to READ a list of what's in your pocket?

:scrutiny:

Ok-hopefully that clears that up...

Carry on...

:cool:

[7ranquilcitizen]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/edmondpf/P1010015.jpg

Bandaids in wallet.

[NorestRDS]

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/norest07/003-1.jpg

[NorestRDS]

and in case you wanted to know whats on my phone as the background.... its a picture of my akita i taught to fetch me a beer.




http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/norest07/0813081802.jpg

[Irwin]

I need to get a dog.

[.cheese.]

I need to train my dog to do that.

[usmccpl]

I trained my dog to do that then the baby started getting into the fridge so we have to keep it locked now the dog cant get in either

[CSA 357]

Case Sod Buster Lock Blade, Bond Arms 45 Lc, Keys Cell Phone, Badge, Copenhagen Snuff, Yea Im Ready!:d

[Harlan]

:confused: Wow I dont understand how or why some of you people lug so much stuff around all the time. I hate stuff in my pockets can hardly stand my wallet at times.

Sometimes I carry a Balisong in my key pocket. Other than that it gets straped on my belt or I bring a back pack if I really need more than a wallet and pocket knife.

[ArfinGreebly]

Beginning with my belt, proceeding through my left side pockets, right side pockets, and then to the shirt pocket, we have:


Belt: phone, Leatherman Wave, Normark (EKA) folding hunter.
http://www.noisyroom.net/pix/thr/2008_0817-Knife/Smaller/2008_0817-Knife001.jpg

Left side: wallet (thigh pocket), various keys to vehicle, house, etc. (left front)
http://www.noisyroom.net/pix/thr/2008_0817-Knife/Smaller/2008_0817-Knife002.jpg

Right front pocket: loose change, Case Amber Bone Peanut (in stainless), telescoping Fisher Space Pen
http://www.noisyroom.net/pix/thr/2008_0817-Knife/Smaller/2008_0817-Knife003.jpg

Right thigh pocket: a glove, turned inside out and turned down to expose fingers and used as a pouch to keep junk from rattling in my pocket
http://www.noisyroom.net/pix/thr/2008_0817-Knife/Smaller/2008_0817-Knife005.jpg

Stuff taken out of glove "pouch:" Kershaw Double Cross, EKA/Wenger Executive SAK, Streamlight Task 1AA flashlight, 2GB flash drive, and (not shown) key to the office & tweezers
http://www.noisyroom.net/pix/thr/2008_0817-Knife/Smaller/2008_0817-Knife004.jpg

Shirt pocket: along with other junk (like business cards), a fresnel flat magnifier and Fisher Bullet Space Pen with stylus and optional pocket clip
http://www.noisyroom.net/pix/thr/2008_0817-Knife/Smaller/2008_0817-Knife006.jpg

The eye drops live in the same pocket as the glove but aren't carried in the glove.

I'll probably trade out one of the knives from the glove for a Bic lighter. I don't smoke, but I think carrying the means to make fire is simply prudent, given where I live.

One of these days I'll have to shoehorn a CCW into that mix.

One of these days.

[JTW Jr.]

You CANNOT HAVE a "what's in your pocket" thread without Pictures.
Man I tried , but the darn camera doesn't take good picts inside my pocket...my bad ;)

[Irwin]

Arfin, how come you carry so many knives on you?

[ArfinGreebly]

I wasn't going to post in this thread, partly because it's non-trivial to document my darned pockets, and partly because of the very predictable "what the heck??" question.

Well, you see, it's like this . . .

For the last, uh, what . . . four? . . . years, I've been engaged in a kind of personal research quest to determine what knife or knives work best for me.

For the first 20 years of carrying a knife, it was a common SAK-styled Imperial. When I got back from Europe in 1982, I decided that a smaller, slimmer knife would be more in keeping with my new geek career. I switched to a small Gerber Silver Knight, which was my EDC for the next 25 years.

So, for about 45 years I carried mostly just one knife at a time (except for brief camping excursions, periods of deck work on ships, and the like).

Then, in 2002, with the initiation of our plan to relocate from Las Vegas to the Tahoe/Reno/Carson City area, my wife and I made a commitment to spend more time outdoors, going camping, being tourists, and generally getting out of the house.

Camping. Hiking. Uh, wait, I used to carry a sheath knife when I was camping, but the ones I carried are no longer made, so I guess I need to discover what's out there and try a few things.

It became a kind of my obsession primary research project.

I have pretty much discovered what works well for me, and that would have been the end of that, but in late 2006 I found The High Road, and eventually I started paying attention to what sm and hso were writing, and . . . it turned out I had more evaluating to do.

Well, damn.

So many knives, so little time.

It was no longer enough to try them out one at a time. I started carrying two, then three, then four.

The Leatherman became part of my daily outfit because of my geek job. The "right front pocket" knife changes every few weeks. The "pinkie finger" knife in the glove changes every few weeks. The belt knife rides in a nylon case (horizontal) and every few weeks I try a different full-sized knife there.

As a consequence, I've learned:

Large knives -- over four inches of blade -- don't really work well for me in most EDC contexts.
Medium and small knives work pretty well for me.
You can prepare a whole meal with a good pocket knife.
Swedish Mora knives and Finnish puukko knives are awesome. They are my default fixed blade.
I really like the sod buster pattern. Sodbusters rock.
The Normark (EKA) folding knives are excellent pieces. They, too, rock.
Case XX knives (and slipjoints in general) are happy knives and I will always have one.
Buck Knives is a good company. They make good stuff and they stand behind it all.
I love Wharncliffe blades. I really, really want to get a classic Wharncliffe whittler.
Leatherman multi-tools are terribly useful gadgets.
Streamlight makes a really good light. That's a keeper.
Kershaw makes quite well-designed hardware, and I'll be keeping them around.
A generic SAK is a good thing to have.
Bowie knives kinda suck. Did I mention that large knives don't work well for me?
A hatchet solves the "must have large knife" problem.
Chinese knives are -- generally -- not ready for prime time. But they're getting there.
I need knives with a more robust grip due to issues with one of my knuckles.
I don't much care for American Tanto.
I don't much care for asymmetrical grinds (though I have a couple of keepers).
I really like Scandinavian knife designs. Simple stuff that just works.
I don't much care for serrated edges.
A really sharp knife is safer than a dull one.
A fillet knife makes a good general purpose kitchen knife.
The stockman is one of my favorite -- possibly overall favorite -- slipjoint patterns.
A knife is a terrible thing to waste.


Which, really, just scratches the surface. I have very little exposure to the better makes of knives. No Spyderco, Benchmade, CRKT, Chris Reeves, and so on. And, frankly, I'm a little afraid to go there. I might never make it back.

I've found a small circle of reasonably priced, simply designed, effective knives that work well for me.

I'm glad I found something that worked well before I had to test-drive a Sebenza.

I'm still refining my choices, so I still carry more than I "need" while that's going on.

I will, eventually, cut back to just two. Or three.

:D

[Zip7]

Arfin, I'd really be interested in what kind of belt you wear. It must be a good one...

[JTW Jr.]

arfin... I swear we must have been separated at birth !

[sm]

but in late 2006 I found The High Road, and eventually I started paying attention to what sm and hso were writing, and . . . it turned out I had more evaluating to do.

We just passing forward is all.

Oh, hso should always be mentioned first, he is more hansdomer , smarter and he has that really neat daughter.

I ain't nobody, just a dumb old southern boy passing on what little I have experienced and observed for little over 50 years I have been around.


I am running around with a Vic Classic, handkerchief, 'cut nail' for sure and just add a simple gun, keys, ID and the like.


I have caused a certain agency to go into total conniption fit mode, complete with cursing, spittle, hands on guns, and supervisors being called and other wonderous and fun things.
They even called the dawgs up...

I walked in with my DL number written on a index card and that was it.

This totally blows all protocol of a person having to empty pockets and go through metal detectors.

"You have to have an ID!!!".
"I do, punch in that DL number and you will see my picture and info you want."

You know that agency never has sent me my Civil Disobedience Award with the Minimalist Merit Award attached.

Just me, still I don't think some folks are cut out for some jobs with some agencies.

[CZ.22]

Today, it's a Wenger Ranger 55.

[Todd A]

A Storm II IWB and a Leek clipped in front pocket.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/toddma/2kershaw.jpg











Just kidding,
Case CV 31SAB in left rear and a 62087 in my watchpocket

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/toddma/2case.jpg

[Claude Clay]

a gerber easy-out (which aint when the arthritis is biting)
cell phone which i forgot to turn on
p3at in wallet holester--loaded
wallet with kids pictures where the money used to be
handkerchief (got to be a better word than that)
assort ring of 4 keys which fit things that are all paid for
pen so i can make notes on the back of my left hand

[auschip]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3190/2774544733_89b115c232_o.jpg


Case Baby Doc
Emerson Commander
3 keys & a small Inova Flashlight
Wallet
Listerine pocket pak
The pouch holds my iPhone

Sometimes I add a checkbook and chapstick, and will sub a Benchmade Skirmish for the Emerson and a Laguiole or Custom Alsdorf slipjoint for the baby doc.

[ArfinGreebly]

Nothing special, really.

Not a gun belt or anything like that.

It's an ordinary Fossil black men's plaited leather belt.

Like this:
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=83216&d=1219081182

That one, and the Dockers version of the same idea seem to do well for me.

[conwict]

I really like the sod buster pattern. Sodbusters rock.

The Jr. is literally my PERFECT edc as far as I can tell. Simplicity seems to result in much more versatility than a complex design!

I use it in food prep, the garden, opening packages, trimming clothing that is fraying, scraping stuff off my shoes, killing cockroaches (yuck, I know) and other stuff I can't think of...and it just won't quit cutting. Haven't sharpened it in...gasp...two weeks!!! I did sharpen it every day because it was so easy, but I ended up feeling like the tradeoff of having 90% scary-sharp and lasting longer was worth it.

[JesseKM]

I carry a non-serrated version of http://bigcreekblades.com/rootSmith_And_Wesson.html in my right front pocket.

Cell Phone on belt

Car Keys
Wallet
Handkerchief - Always a gentleman!

[45Guy]

Right Rear: Wallet with $0, loose change.

Left Rear: Empty

Right Front: Apartment keys

Left Front: All other keys, with nail clippers attached. Nail clippers also has bottle opener, can opener & nail cleaner inside of it. That gets used a lot more than I thought it would.

Left thigh pocket: $0.99 flashlight, runs on 3 AAA's, has 9 LED's. It's extremely bright, and compact, maybe the size of a roll of Lifesaver's.

Right thigh pocket: CRKT M16-10Z Carson Design, half-serrated with Tanto point. Gets used A LOT, both at work & at home.

Bandana, and pack of gum, and a couple Band-aid's switch pockets.

What is a 'cut nail'? is it a nailclippers or is it code for some cool gadget that I have to send away $2 and 10 box tops for? :D

I want to put together a small pocket kit, just have to decide what's useful to me in urban environment.

[Chris Rhines]

Right now, no pockets in my running shorts.

Normal pocket litter includes one LG cellphone, one generic pen, two Kershaw folding knives (actually carried in my waistband), a wallet with a few handy things, a 4gb SanDisk flash drive with a bunch of "networking" tools, a Prometheus cigar torch, and a set of nail clippers.

Briefcase litter includes a bunch of computer tools, a Digilight (R.I.P.), a Leatherman Wave, one red and one white Photon Freedom microloght, and my keys. Carrying a man-purse really opens up one's options for daily carry... :D

- Chris

[sm]

http://www.sizes.com/tools/nails.htm

Special types

Cut nails

Most nails made today are wire nails, machine-made from mild steel wire and more or less round. In earlier times the cut nail was more common. Cut nails, which are still made, are cut from a steel or iron plate and so have a rectangular cross section. In most fields they are now a specialty item prized for their quaint appearance. They are not inferior to wire nails, however; in fact their holding power is about 1.5 times greater than that of a wire nail of the same length–even more in end grain–but they are more expensive to manufacture.


I am unable to find a good picture of these "cut nails" with the various sizes listed, sorry.

Growing up everyone carried a nail, a couple of Strike-Anywhere kitchen matches and some other simple, everyday items.

"Cut Nails" were the nails I grew up with in my locale down here in the South.
I get bigger and discover all over the USA, other folks grew up doing the same thing - preferring the "cut nail".

When a structure would catch on fire, or be destroyed by tornado, materials would be sorted through and saved. Brick, stones, hinges ... nails.

Now most of the time, "cut nails" were left as they come. Just "bone stock and rough".
These are easy to file to shapes such as screwdrivers...

-Strike a Fire Steel and toss sparks to make a fire.
-Lose a bolt handle on a rifle or shotgun, and use can use a Cut Nail, to run the bolt.

Repeat: Lose a bolt handle off a shotgun.

Oh I have seen duck hunters lose a bolt handle off say a 1100, other types of hunting too, like up in tree stand using slugs for deer, and that handle fall out and into vegetation below.

Now I come up, having a spare bolt handle for Win SX1 , Rem 1100s and the like.
I also come up carrying a "cut nail".

So we had spares of these for those that did not know.

Recall, I had some interesting Mentors and Elders.

Ya'll call it 3 Gun and shoot Stages.
I was doing this, before all this come to be.
Except, mine were different, as there was no start buzzer, and "set ups" were based on real life stuff.
Meaning actually look at Window Jone's needs and come up with needs to fit situations she might have, being as there was no 911 and the Sheriff Deputy might be on the other side of his zone he/she worked.

Mentors would have 1100s for instance with the bolt gone, to replicate them getting lost in getting out of a closet, or when going down a bumpy road in a truck running to Widow Jone's, that bolt getting lost, ...

Clint says today what I heard coming up - "Learn to run the gun you got!"

So a pocket knife would fit that bolt handle hole, so would a "cut nail".

Not long ago we shot some Defensive Shotgun "set ups" and the bolt handles were removed on purpose...
Much to the surprise of the shooters...
One shooter used a Cut Nail, another her Case Slimline Trapper.
One shooter could not get her "tactical" knife to fit into that bolt hole.
The other two shooters were done with the "set up" before the one with the tactical knife could get the gun running...it took me giving her a cut nail to use.


Restrooms at Fillin' Stations in the old days, were often outside. The door only had a simple "latch" to keep it secure once one was inside.

Sometimes that "latch bolt" was missing and a person using the restroom, especially a lady, could simply slip that nail into where the latch bolt went and secure the door.
Door stops, and even a simple clothespin works for a door wedge too.


Kids are going to get a knot in a shoe, you can bet the farm on it.
Kids have a talent for getting a knot in daddy's boots, when they help get them boots off too.
Nails assist in undoing knots.

Small Key Chain screwdrivers called "4-Ways" were popular with folks and a Cut Nail, afforded one a bit more leverage.

Knob busts off a Kerosene lantern or Oil Lamp and again a nail would allow one to adjust the wick...

Pull cord on a lawnmower, chain saw and one could just tie the cord to the nail and go on...

Smushed fingers in car doors and tail gates?
How many of you got fingers caught in a vehicle door, or truck tail gate as a kid?
Did you ever run up to help mom unload groceries, or greet daddy and either get their fingers caught, yours, or those of brother or sister?

Mentors taught me a trick I still use.
Mentor had cleaned out the dust from his hinges on his truck and since they were squeaking, he was going to lube them.
I am just a little kid, and run to see and help.
Well I hit that door and said "hi" while his fingers and hands were in where the hinges were.
The door did not shut!
He had stuck a cut nail so it would not close.

He said one time the wind was blowing, and a cut nail kept his daddy's finger from getting pinched.

Then he showed me how to do that on a tail gate, so a kid playing with a tail gate - could not shut the tail gate to latch and have fingers stuck.
Oh they might get pinched, still the tail gate would not be latched and cause more serious problems.


We got tactical this and operator that and torx head something-or anothers...

Cut Nails still got a place in my pocket.

Mine are ~ 3 1/2" and 2 1/4" long...


*smile*

[45Guy]

Why do people carry these for EDC?
How useful are they?

[sm]

Well surely I ain't the last curmudgeon to still carry one on person.
Plus I always kept/keep on in range bags , in the vehicle, office desk, with tools...

Art I bet has one near, and one in his truck.

I also bet he has scored a pc of metal, wood , and drywall with a cut nail, instead of a pencil a time or three.

Old Fuff I bet has used one to undo a lanyard on a handgun frame more than once...


How handy?
I used one to trip the fire alarm back in the day.
This style was the one with a glass tube and it was faster to poke out the glass cover, and pry the glass to break, as I had a kid in arms and we all were walking swiftly out the door - and I tripped the fire alarm as we headed out that way.
Cut Nail was in my shirt pocket...

[45Guy]

I think I might have to take a run to the hardware store, see if they have any cut nails.

[jahwarrior]

i currently have one of these in my pocket:

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s37/jahwarrior72/my%20life/018.jpg

his name's nazumi.

[45Guy]

Cool rat! or mouse? I'm not sure, looks like he could be either to me.

[ArfinGreebly]

Here are some images that will clarify what a cut nail looks like:

http://www.vandykes.com/images/products/02220266-xl.jpg

http://www.glasgowsteelnail.com/nailhistory.JPG

http://www.kennedyhardware.com/image.php?type=T&id=17195

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2008/2490859836_156bce1910_d.jpg

[45Guy]

So, is a regular nail a decent replacement for a cut nail, or should I try to find the real deal?

Darn it guys, I just started reading this non-firearms weapons [portion of the board, and it's definitely going to make me spend more money. But on the upside, I do want to spend more time outdoors sharpening my skills, no pun intended.

[KC0QGL]

In my pockets you ask. Well lets see:
LF: cash, pen, tread depth gauge, misc.
RF: Bersa .380, NAA mini .22
RR: wallet
LR: S&W Black OPs knife, lock picks

[HiWayMan]

Right Front: Empty
Right Front Watch Pocket: Speed Strip w/ 4 rounds .38 spcl
Left Front: Empty .45 case, Change, Schrade Old Timer Stockman, Grizzly Wintergreen, keys
Left Rear: Wallet
Right Rear: Snot Rag, CRKT M16-13Z
Shirt Pocket: Cell Phone
On Belt: Rayovac 3watt LED Light (Best light for $30)


A pretty light day really. A full load out usually has my belt supporting around 15 extra pounds.

[CZ.22]

Wait-you're carrying a speed strip but no revolver?

[Mandirigma]

Wait-you're carrying a speed strip but no revolver?

i'm guessing he didn't list it because its not in his pocket? or maybe just missed it.

[jahwarrior]

Cool rat! or mouse? I'm not sure, looks like he could be either to me.

he's a rat. a large variegated rex, to be precise.

[45Guy]

Cool. He's shorter than the other rats that I've seen at shops around here, so I wasn't too sure. Thanks for the clarification.

[TimboKhan]

Back pocket -wallet
right front- knife, can of chew
left front- phone, work keys.
Polo shirt - pen stuck between the collar buttons.

That's it. I carry my keys in my hand, as I hate having a pile of keys in my pocket. This is my typical EDC load every workday of the week. I have some other stuff in an EDC bag that I keep in my truck or at work, but this is what I actually have on me.

[HiWayMan]

Wait-you're carrying a speed strip but no revolver?

It is in my lunch box.....shhhhh..................



Oddly enough I still carry the speed strip even when I'm carrying my .45 and not a revolver in sight.

[Realbigo]

Yesterday was more interesting. Key rings on my Carbiner hold a 2gb thumbdrive, the key to my truck w/ a microlight Photon. A streamlite cuffmate. The keys to my apartment, moms, and GFriends Houses and vehicles, assorted grocery discout cards, library card and a sharpened, uncut toyota key for SHTF. The carbiner itself makes a pretty good knuckle duster, and makes the ring long enough to tuck into my right rear pocket along w/ my wallet. In there is a Swiss Card. in my waistband is my Spyderco native. Right front is my change and assorted nonsense I pickup in the course of the day. Watchpocket, Jeep lighter. Think short fat Bic. this one still lights after more than 5 years. Left front is my smokes and gum, and usually my cell. Thats everyday carry. Yesterday was a range day so I was carrying my Franken1911 in a galaco pancake holster @my right kidney, and my cell in its pouch on my right hip. A StarBM in a cheapo LH iwb just left of my spine, w/ a spare mag behind my wallet. on my left hip were two spare 8rd 1911 mags, my Multiplier and mini maglite in their pouch. Inside left ankle was my Mod60 S&W, and i was weating my BatesLite Steeltoes. I wont get into the Rifle stuff. :)

[conwict]

uncut toyota key for SHTF

We must have slightly different working definitions of "SHTF"...

:neener:

[CZ.22]

Today I'm doing nothing. Seriously, I've been sitting around rereading The Firm and looking at knives. I just put a Wenger Canyon in my pocket- otherwise, I don't have my watch, bandana, etc.

I'm thinking about getting a new tactical folder to carry for the fall. Guidelines: under $60, no thumb holes, under 4" blade, palin edge. Any suggestions?

[CZ.22]

Poor man's combo today: Wenger canyon and CRKT M16. Both about $20.

[CZ.22]

Replaced the M16 with a newly purchased Kershaw Scallion

[45Guy]

I'm going to borrow my Dad my CRKT until I can get him a new knife, so I will be carrying my new Case Sodbuster in it's place.

[Kind of Blued]

Add a small mag-lite, a pack of Camels, a lighter, some change, an 8"x11" map, and receipts, and this is the most stuff I ever carry.

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=80382&d=1214266978

Here's what I carry when I can't carry a big gun.

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=80381&d=1214266959

The key on the string is the key to my bedside RSC and it stays on my neck when I'm sleeping and most of the time when I'm out and about.

I don't think I'll ever carry more than two knives, but who knows. When you only have one, you suprise yourself with what you can do with it... you know that "hammer/nail" quote...

[riceboy72]

Left pocket: Surefire E2DL or an A2 Aviator, depending on the day
Right pocket: Spyderco Native or Benchmade Mini Dejavoo, depending
Rear left pocket: Wallet
Rear right pocket: Usually nothing, but I will carry my keys there.

Cel phone on my hip.

[ArfinGreebly]

In my earlier post, I showed a picture of a Kershaw Double Cross as my EDC "medium gentleman's knife."

EDC rotation being what it is, and since I have . . . heh, heh . . . a new "medium gentleman's knife," which I may have mentioned in passing recently in a thread mentioning a feed store and a new/old stock sodbuster . . .

Ladies and Gentlemen!

Introducing, for the first time ever in EDC, the Case XX John Deere Green Bone Medium Stockman!

http://www.noisyroom.net/pix/thr/2008_0822-Knife/Smaller/2008_0822-Knife001.jpg

http://www.noisyroom.net/pix/thr/2008_0822-Knife/Smaller/2008_0822-Knife004.jpg

Eight dots, 2002 (the soddie is a nine-dot 2001)
http://www.noisyroom.net/pix/thr/2008_0822-Knife/Smaller/2008_0822-Knife007.jpg

Yeah, it had a rough edge after sitting on a shelf in a feed store for five years, getting manhandled and molested by people who, while they would really have liked to take it home, blanched at the original $73 price tag. Half a decade later, marked down to $32, I brushed the dust off the gift tin and said, "hey, why don't you come home with me?"

A few licks with a diamond steel, a drop of oil, a good wipe down, and into the pocket.

Quite well behaved, actually. It's a real Deere.

[sm]

Arf,

I remember when all you had was your sharp wit to cut with.

Does your wife realize how many knives you now have?

"But honey! Nothing runs like a Deere!"

Congrats.
Post pics when the room addition is finished for the "knife room".


*rofl*

[Todd A]

Aside from wallet,keys,etc... it's these

7OT on my belt

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/toddma/7OT.jpg

104OT in my watchpocket

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/toddma/104ot.jpg

And a Camillus utility in my left rear pocket

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/toddma/Camillus.jpg

[snow]

left front victorinox spirit plus tool, right front benchmade vex, back right wallet, on belt clip kel tec .32 acp,

[CZ.22]

When I left house this morning I was carrying an Al Mar eagle talon on my belt, a Case Wharncliffe Copperhead in my right front, and a Vic Classic in my left front. I bought a few more knives, and now I have the Classic in my left front and a Steven Seagal Kershaw clipped to my right front.

[plumberroy]

I'll play
Left front
A mini bic and small waterproof ziplock wallet w/D.L. debit card hunting and fishing licience some where between $10-$20 and a check cashing card from local store
right front
Garrity led light and a pill case with strike anywhere matches and a couple birthday candles
Right rear
old hickory paring knife in a home made pocket sheath
left rear pocket
Empty
Chain around neck: Victorinox tinker
clipped to belt cell phone
Since I have been laid off the last month If I am running around town I ride a bicycle so I don't take keys unless I need to drive also when I'm working I carry a note pad gel pen and plain old #2 pencil
I don't concealed carry around local If a go some place I feel the need I carry either Keltec P32 or if the threat level warrents it I carry an XD-40
Roy

[alwilliam]

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/492/ffgg5.jpg

[CZ.22]

Wait, al, you're not carrying a cosh, three guns, and a ballistic knife?

What kind of watch is that?


As for me, sophormore year started today, so it's school-kosher- Wenger Air Traveler.

[alwilliam]

Watch is a luminox

While I do like gadgets and my pics can be interpreted in many ways....Trust me I am NO goof ball in the real world and I would NEVER carry such a useless weapon as a spring powered blade.

I did carrry 3 guns at times on my person...Always the issue glock and 1 other approved gun and at rare times a 3rd "personal " LDE "last ditch effort " weapon.

I also will say a impact weapon of some type has come in handy over the years....it was overall a limited use item.

That said ..I am almost free and on to a simpler life.

So no more mg in the trunk and no more bat belt.:D

[DS Gun]

I don't like wearing watches, so I have a G-Shock Atomic watch, my wallet, and a pill fob in one pocket. Then in the other I have change, lots of keys, and my Spyderco Ladybug knife (small but sharp!).