EDC Update Light and Blade

Lightening and brightening my load.

Was carrying Gerber FAST which comes in at about 4 ounces. Great knife that has served me well. It is now relegated to carry while doing yard work and it lives in the Maxpedition ZA Bug Out Bag.

Thanks to input of some Forum folks I'm trying out a Spyderco Native. About 2 ounces.





My most carried light is a 4Sevens Stainless Preon ReVo. It's a single AAA on my keychain. Secondly a Preon II 2XAAA stylus style.



I get a newslettter from 4Sevens (not a good thing and they did a limited run of Preon II S2 hight output LEDs, ANSI OTF of 120 lumens and were running out and the price was right.



The Seecamp LWS .380 remains my most carried day to day pocket piece.

I certainly have moderate and heavy weight gear. I can ratchet up a couple levels from the above. I'll stay with pocket carry for levels one and two.
This covers 80% of my time, business casual dress meeting with clients and not necessarily weekend travels. I'm headed for the grocery store and dinner. This will likely cover my threat levels.
This doesn't even take into account the other daily items, smart phone, wallet, car keys, reading glasses, sun glasses... and you wonder why I try and keep it light?

Light
Seecamp .380 13 ounces
Spyderco Native 2.5 ounces
Swiss Tech Multi Tool XL900 9in1 solid stainless plier screw driver LED light 1oz
4Sevens Preon II 120 lumens .8 ounces or a multitude of other light LED lights
About one pound, then you add all the rest of the crap you carry around in a pocket at any given time plus the strong side pocket needs to have carry gun only. That's why I like light.

Medium
Kahr PM9 or S&W M&P 340
Gerber clutch multi
Back to the heavier Gerber I may have a void here I need to address.
I do have a 7 ounce Kershaw folder with a pocket clip that is quite a beast
I have a couple Fenix or 4 Sevens lights that would work here

Heavy
S&W M&P .40compact with light and laser
IWB or OWB or a man bag
Maxpedition Bag
Wilderness Instructor Belt
Gerber Belt knife
Any number of multi tools.
Fenix G5 350 lumens.

Otherwise, I like light and carry gear for the circumstances.

How are you liking the Native?

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So far so good. I have only carried it three days and cut an article out of the WSJ.
I like the light weight.

The clip is very "aggressive". I'm hoping it is not going to destroy/fray my pocket edges.

Yes, the Seecamp is all stainless steel frame and slide.

http://seecamp.com/SizeWeight.pdf

http://www.seecamp.com/products.htm

Here is how it compares with other similar small semiautos.

Weight fully loaded is 13.65 ounces with Winchester Silvertips.
11.45 with an empty magazine.

I have had it 3 years now, it has a few hundred days of carry to be sure.

Spyderco Native

How are you liking the Native?

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The more I carry it the more I like it. It is about half the weight of my previous carry and almost identical in size.

It is truly something that you forget is in or on the pocket. Great call on that recommendation and pick.

As Landlocked Pirate says:

the Spyderco Native has been my everywhere knife for five years and its design, size, and weight are just about perfect for me. I'm not aware I have it on me until I need it.

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