AtomSphere
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EDC:
1: Razr V3
2: SureFire E2D
3: Nuwai Q3
4: United Cutlerys USARA
5: Leatherman Micra
6: Brunton Helios (not in picture)
Non-Firearm Every Day Carry Items
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EDC:
1: Razr V3
2: SureFire E2D
3: Nuwai Q3
4: United Cutlerys USARA
5: Leatherman Micra
6: Brunton Helios (not in picture)
mbs357
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Got a minimag in belt holster on my leftside.
Got a keychain with a cheap (but nicely made) pocket knife on it...has a screwdriver, scissorcs, can opener...
Got a 4-in-1 flathead screwdriver from Sears on keychain.
Got a Gerber 4" folder in right pocket.
Got a cheap 4" folder in left pocket (Of the swing out variety.).
And a cheap lighter.
That's usually about it...
Got a keychain with a cheap (but nicely made) pocket knife on it...has a screwdriver, scissorcs, can opener...
Got a 4-in-1 flathead screwdriver from Sears on keychain.
Got a Gerber 4" folder in right pocket.
Got a cheap 4" folder in left pocket (Of the swing out variety.).
And a cheap lighter.
That's usually about it...
Very sound summary; I agree with all of them.
I am also of like mind with waterhouse here; although in addition to a keychain light, I like my SureFire E2:
However,
I apply the Boy Scout motto here.
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SAG0282
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Gerber folder or Victorinox Soldier
Keys
Wallet
Cigarettes/lighter
Surefire Z2
Keys
Wallet
Cigarettes/lighter
Surefire Z2
Beachmaster
Member
I'll add, the ability to write, find your way, know the time, and pull a splinter!
I always carry a Pockits Holster on my belt. It contains a Mini Mag with LED conversion kit, Gerber MultiTool, SwissTec 4 way screwdriver (Keyring clip removed), 3 Bandaids, a Bic Click pen, a Sharpie marker, and a pair of splinter tweezers. On the removable keyring is a tiny LED (like a photon) keyring light.
Cliped to my pocket is a Spyderco Rescue knife. Inside my pocket is a Zippo lighter. In my other pocket is a pocket watch and a hankerchief.
My key ring contains another tiny LED keyring light, as well as a SwissTec mini pliers tool, a tiny keyshaped knife, and a signal whistle with compass, and a pair of disposable foam earplugs stored inside the whisle's compartment.
My cell phone lives in a leather sleeve/holster that has a small carry strap attached. I cliped another tiny LED keyring light to the strap (You can never have enough keyring LED lights!)
In my wallet is a $25 phone card (in case my cell dies) as well as a small laminated emergency phone number list (again, in case my cell dies), and an Organ Doner card (in case I dies!) hehehe
I use my knife, Mini Mag, and Gerber almost every day!
Limeyfellow
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THe p38 can opener is rather comforting to have around. Its been on my keychain for about 12 years now. My wife has her. They old style steel ones too with the strength behind them. The only ones I tend to see now are aluminium made.
I tend to keep a Bear butterfly knife on me. This keeps me with a folder that nearly has the strength of a fully fixed blade and great steel.
I always keep a small light on me and find it quite useful.
I also have a small multitool on my belt, some matches, spare change and pen and paper. Usually carry a mobile phone though I detests them so.
When travelling I tend to keep a small bag with a survival tin in, a few tools, silver blanket and so on.
One thing I do like to keep in the truck is a camera. Its great for recording accidents for emergencies and crashes and such for damage. Insurance companies particularly like this.
I tend to keep a Bear butterfly knife on me. This keeps me with a folder that nearly has the strength of a fully fixed blade and great steel.
I always keep a small light on me and find it quite useful.
I also have a small multitool on my belt, some matches, spare change and pen and paper. Usually carry a mobile phone though I detests them so.
When travelling I tend to keep a small bag with a survival tin in, a few tools, silver blanket and so on.
One thing I do like to keep in the truck is a camera. Its great for recording accidents for emergencies and crashes and such for damage. Insurance companies particularly like this.
BerettaNut92
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Tecumseh,
http://www.skunkabilly.com/gear.htm
My stuff.
That's because some fool put a snotty hankie on the doorknob!!!
http://www.skunkabilly.com/gear.htm
My stuff.
Limeyfellow
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THe p38 can opener is rather comforting to have around. Its been on my keychain for about 12 years now. My wife has her. They old style steel ones too with the strength behind them. The only ones I tend to see now are aluminium made.
I tend to keep a Bear butterfly knife on me. This keeps me with a folder that nearly has the strength of a fully fixed blade and great steel.
I always keep a small light on me and find it quite useful.
I also have a small multitool on my belt, some matches, spare change and pen and paper. Usually carry a mobile phone though I detests them so.
When travelling I tend to keep a small bag with a survival tin in, a few tools, silver blanket and so on.
One thing I do like to keep in the truck is a camera. Its great for recording accidents for emergencies and crashes and such for damage. Insurance companies particularly like this.
Being an immigrant in the US I have to carry ID on me whereever I go (so says the letter they sent me in big font). I also tend to carry a list of my medicines I take, allegies and so on just in case.
I tend to keep a Bear butterfly knife on me. This keeps me with a folder that nearly has the strength of a fully fixed blade and great steel.
I always keep a small light on me and find it quite useful.
I also have a small multitool on my belt, some matches, spare change and pen and paper. Usually carry a mobile phone though I detests them so.
When travelling I tend to keep a small bag with a survival tin in, a few tools, silver blanket and so on.
One thing I do like to keep in the truck is a camera. Its great for recording accidents for emergencies and crashes and such for damage. Insurance companies particularly like this.
Being an immigrant in the US I have to carry ID on me whereever I go (so says the letter they sent me in big font). I also tend to carry a list of my medicines I take, allegies and so on just in case.
Manedwolf
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The green-colored pack of matches that come in an MRE. They're damp-resistant.
AtomSphere
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Quote: The green-colored pack of matches that come in an MRE. They're damp-resistant.
In that case, you need a Brunton Helios. That is one solid lighter!
In that case, you need a Brunton Helios. That is one solid lighter!
10-Ring
Member
Daily I have:
1. 2 cell phones
2. Kershaw BOA
3. Surefire L2
4. Cross pen
5. Leatherman
6. Wallet w/ ID, CC & $$
Yeah, I pretty damn close to needing a man bag!
1. 2 cell phones
2. Kershaw BOA
3. Surefire L2
4. Cross pen
5. Leatherman
6. Wallet w/ ID, CC & $$
Yeah, I pretty damn close to needing a man bag!
Nashmack
Member
My everyday carry items:
Lighter (fire and light)
Cigarettes (bad habit, but in an emergency the tobacco can be used to expedite blood clotting, coffe grounds will also work for this by the way)
Keyring with a quicklink, bottle opener, keys for everything I own, or have owned in the past. (extra keys add weight, they're useful as a weapon if you have a sock or piece of cloth handy)
I carry a razor blade in my wallet, just an ordinary everyday blade like you would use in a scraper or strap cutter.
I carry a cellphone. It's a Nextel, it's damn near indestructable, and in a hand to hand SHTF situation it will double as a fistpack, making my fist more dense and adding weight to it, thereby adding force to my punches. Also useful for calling the local LEOs to scrape someone off the pavement, be it myself or another party.
As for vehicular carry items:
DUCT TAPE! It fixes everything, including minor wounds when used in conjunction with napkins. can be used as field expedient pressure dressing.
Saran wrap, it keeps small things together and can also be used for field expedient bandages. Very useful for lung shots.
I deliver newspapers, i usually save at least a couple of the straps that hold the bundles together. You never know when they're going to come in handy.
3 road flares. Used for making my vehicle or myself more visible to traffic in the event of an accident, or marking hazards for other motorists.
I also keep one swetshirt and one jacket in my car at all times.
Lighter (fire and light)
Cigarettes (bad habit, but in an emergency the tobacco can be used to expedite blood clotting, coffe grounds will also work for this by the way)
Keyring with a quicklink, bottle opener, keys for everything I own, or have owned in the past. (extra keys add weight, they're useful as a weapon if you have a sock or piece of cloth handy)
I carry a razor blade in my wallet, just an ordinary everyday blade like you would use in a scraper or strap cutter.
I carry a cellphone. It's a Nextel, it's damn near indestructable, and in a hand to hand SHTF situation it will double as a fistpack, making my fist more dense and adding weight to it, thereby adding force to my punches. Also useful for calling the local LEOs to scrape someone off the pavement, be it myself or another party.
As for vehicular carry items:
DUCT TAPE! It fixes everything, including minor wounds when used in conjunction with napkins. can be used as field expedient pressure dressing.
Saran wrap, it keeps small things together and can also be used for field expedient bandages. Very useful for lung shots.
I deliver newspapers, i usually save at least a couple of the straps that hold the bundles together. You never know when they're going to come in handy.
3 road flares. Used for making my vehicle or myself more visible to traffic in the event of an accident, or marking hazards for other motorists.
I also keep one swetshirt and one jacket in my car at all times.
My suggestion:
Add some flash memory. I don't leave the house without 512mb in my pocket, 128mb in my wallet, and now another 512 in the form of a Nomad Muvo.
On this, I keep an up-to-date PortableFirefox and GAIM install, and enough space to download something critical. Also, my homework is all on the primary 512 disk.
I also carry a chipped, camo Space Pen (clearance sale), and a Cutter and Buck 'pocket clipboard' purchased for 50 cents at a garage sale; it's sized for 3x5 index cards. Useful lists are kept in back, blank index cards and a debit card register are kept in front.
a Nokia 6102 with Cingular lives on my belt next to my Inova X5 (gunmetal, in a police-baton style holster) on the right; these may move when I get my CCW and start carrying IWB. The iPod lives on my left hip, and a USB cable in the left pocket - sometimes I keep a bootable linux environment on the 'Pod with TOR for the purposes of privacy maintenance on a public computer. Keys and wallet live in left-front, but may move when I pocket-carry.
I've intermittantly carried a couple jet-lighter-torches, a butane waterproof lighter, a Zippo knockoff, and a Gitmo Zippo presented to someone by the base commander (estate sale). Also, a canister of emergency taco sauce (pepper spray).
A Kershaw rainbow leek lives on the right hip.
Yet to run into a situation where that wasn't enough, and I can still sit comfortably.
I've yet to encounter
Add some flash memory. I don't leave the house without 512mb in my pocket, 128mb in my wallet, and now another 512 in the form of a Nomad Muvo.
On this, I keep an up-to-date PortableFirefox and GAIM install, and enough space to download something critical. Also, my homework is all on the primary 512 disk.
I also carry a chipped, camo Space Pen (clearance sale), and a Cutter and Buck 'pocket clipboard' purchased for 50 cents at a garage sale; it's sized for 3x5 index cards. Useful lists are kept in back, blank index cards and a debit card register are kept in front.
a Nokia 6102 with Cingular lives on my belt next to my Inova X5 (gunmetal, in a police-baton style holster) on the right; these may move when I get my CCW and start carrying IWB. The iPod lives on my left hip, and a USB cable in the left pocket - sometimes I keep a bootable linux environment on the 'Pod with TOR for the purposes of privacy maintenance on a public computer. Keys and wallet live in left-front, but may move when I pocket-carry.
I've intermittantly carried a couple jet-lighter-torches, a butane waterproof lighter, a Zippo knockoff, and a Gitmo Zippo presented to someone by the base commander (estate sale). Also, a canister of emergency taco sauce (pepper spray).
A Kershaw rainbow leek lives on the right hip.
Yet to run into a situation where that wasn't enough, and I can still sit comfortably.
I've yet to encounter
MachIVshooter
Member
Glad to see I'm not the only one that likes to be prepared (I have been called many things for what I carry daily)
Aside from my 10mm compact, I carry on me:
-spare magazine
-Gerber "scout" plier
-Coast V2 LED light (very bright and runs for 9 hours on 3 AAAA cells)
-~3" folder (Gerber, Kershaw, whatever I grab that morning)
-Bic lighter (<-----smoker)
And in the car:
-CB radio
-6x9 wool blanket
-6 MRE's
-Sterno cans
-Folding shovel
-Contractor's first aid kit
-fire extinguisher
-crowbar
-100' nylon rope w/ 2 hangable pulley's
-1 gallon dist. water
-3 pack road flares
-6v lantern
-roll of duct tape
-M24 gas mask
-blaze orange waterproof jacket
-NEF lightweight .223 w/4x scope and 100 rounds (broken down to fit in the container)
-18v Drill and recip. saw
I would like to think there are not too many situations I couldn't deal with, and where I live getting stuck in the snow and having to sit tight for a long time or walk quite far through deep snow (sometimes 4' or more) is a very real possibility. There are also a good deal of rollover accidents along the roadsides (which often have 50+ degree drops of 10-25 feet) and emergency care can take awhile, so it is often up to the first on the scene to help (hence the fire extinguisher, extensive first aid kit, crowbar, rope and saw). The .223 is just there because it fit in the case, so why not.
Aside from my 10mm compact, I carry on me:
-spare magazine
-Gerber "scout" plier
-Coast V2 LED light (very bright and runs for 9 hours on 3 AAAA cells)
-~3" folder (Gerber, Kershaw, whatever I grab that morning)
-Bic lighter (<-----smoker)
And in the car:
-CB radio
-6x9 wool blanket
-6 MRE's
-Sterno cans
-Folding shovel
-Contractor's first aid kit
-fire extinguisher
-crowbar
-100' nylon rope w/ 2 hangable pulley's
-1 gallon dist. water
-3 pack road flares
-6v lantern
-roll of duct tape
-M24 gas mask
-blaze orange waterproof jacket
-NEF lightweight .223 w/4x scope and 100 rounds (broken down to fit in the container)
-18v Drill and recip. saw
I would like to think there are not too many situations I couldn't deal with, and where I live getting stuck in the snow and having to sit tight for a long time or walk quite far through deep snow (sometimes 4' or more) is a very real possibility. There are also a good deal of rollover accidents along the roadsides (which often have 50+ degree drops of 10-25 feet) and emergency care can take awhile, so it is often up to the first on the scene to help (hence the fire extinguisher, extensive first aid kit, crowbar, rope and saw). The .223 is just there because it fit in the case, so why not.
toivo
Member
Gotta say, I like knives. It's in my Finnish blood. So on any given day I have:
--a mini-lockback (Schrade) in my left pants pocket
--a mini-Swiss-Army (Victorinox) on my keyring (right pants pocket)
--a full-size Swiss Army (Wenger) in my shoulder bag
--a folding utility knife in the glove compartment: Case "Sodbuster"
Also in shoulder bag:
--mini-Maglight
--Bic lighter, even though I don't smoke
--cell phone
--bandaids, aspirins, etc.
--assorted other junk: pen, pad, calculator, etc.
Also in glove compartment:
--full size Maglight
--Leatherman multi-tool
--another Bic lighter
--a mini-lockback (Schrade) in my left pants pocket
--a mini-Swiss-Army (Victorinox) on my keyring (right pants pocket)
--a full-size Swiss Army (Wenger) in my shoulder bag
--a folding utility knife in the glove compartment: Case "Sodbuster"
Also in shoulder bag:
--mini-Maglight
--Bic lighter, even though I don't smoke
--cell phone
--bandaids, aspirins, etc.
--assorted other junk: pen, pad, calculator, etc.
Also in glove compartment:
--full size Maglight
--Leatherman multi-tool
--another Bic lighter
fletcher
Member
Swiss army knife, phone, tissue, and chap-stick
Arkady
Member
I always have a handkerchief (If you don't, you probably didn't grow up in the south), a watch, a good knife (CRKT M16-13Z), a cell phone, and a well-made butane lighter--the fuel will never evaporate away like a Zippo can.
My wallet contains a few other items of importance--Spare cash tucked away, spare car and house keys, one of those Swiss Army cards (all of the Swiss army knife tools tucked into a flat plastic case about twice as think as a credit card).
If my car and/or laptop bag are nearby I've got a Leatherman Wave, a Streamlight Scorpion (LED in the laptop bag, xenon in the car), a spare lighter, notebook, pens/pencils, and who knows what else. Flares, maybe? I'm never really sure what is in the trunk of my car.
My wallet contains a few other items of importance--Spare cash tucked away, spare car and house keys, one of those Swiss Army cards (all of the Swiss army knife tools tucked into a flat plastic case about twice as think as a credit card).
If my car and/or laptop bag are nearby I've got a Leatherman Wave, a Streamlight Scorpion (LED in the laptop bag, xenon in the car), a spare lighter, notebook, pens/pencils, and who knows what else. Flares, maybe? I'm never really sure what is in the trunk of my car.
Boom-stick
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Thanks for the reminder about a lighter.
I stopping carrying one when I got married
It's not that I stopped smoking then, I never smoked anyway, but rather when out in a bar and a fine young lady walks up and asked for a light, I wasn't the shmuck standing there saying "Sorry....eeerrrr I don't smoke??"
I stopping carrying one when I got married
It's not that I stopped smoking then, I never smoked anyway, but rather when out in a bar and a fine young lady walks up and asked for a light, I wasn't the shmuck standing there saying "Sorry....eeerrrr I don't smoke??"
arthurcw
Member
GREAT POST! Just the type of thing that has THR at the top of my favs.
I can only add to the "make fire" line of toys that I carry some Strike Any Where Matches in a metal case my dad gave me. The matches are hard to find, but when I do I snap up a box or 4.
Also, and this may be over kill. I carry a (along with everything else) a pack of Datrex 4oz drinking water. I get dehydrated petty easy and there were times for LOVE OR MONEY I could not get a working fountain or a shop that had any water.
Also carry a non-melty type granola or bar as well or home made jerky. A lot easier than settling for the dren that passes for "on the go food" out there.
Oh, and also basic meds, (aspirin etc…, 1 day of any prescription for when I forget). I also carry a couple of tabs of Midol. I have pacified many a surly woman with the question following exchange:
“Are you OK?”
“Yeah, I’m fine… just not feeling well.”
“ I have some meds. Let’s see. Asprin, Tylenol, Midol…”
“What do you have?”
“Here take a look and take what you need.”
Usually when I look later, I’m a few tabs low of… you guessed it.
My close female friends just come up to me and say, “MIDOL! NOW!” I never argue. I wonder, sometimes, if I didn’t get my CHL to protect me the times when I’m out.
I can only add to the "make fire" line of toys that I carry some Strike Any Where Matches in a metal case my dad gave me. The matches are hard to find, but when I do I snap up a box or 4.
Also, and this may be over kill. I carry a (along with everything else) a pack of Datrex 4oz drinking water. I get dehydrated petty easy and there were times for LOVE OR MONEY I could not get a working fountain or a shop that had any water.
Also carry a non-melty type granola or bar as well or home made jerky. A lot easier than settling for the dren that passes for "on the go food" out there.
Oh, and also basic meds, (aspirin etc…, 1 day of any prescription for when I forget). I also carry a couple of tabs of Midol. I have pacified many a surly woman with the question following exchange:
“Are you OK?”
“Yeah, I’m fine… just not feeling well.”
“ I have some meds. Let’s see. Asprin, Tylenol, Midol…”
“What do you have?”
“Here take a look and take what you need.”
Usually when I look later, I’m a few tabs low of… you guessed it.
My close female friends just come up to me and say, “MIDOL! NOW!” I never argue. I wonder, sometimes, if I didn’t get my CHL to protect me the times when I’m out.
AirForceShooter
Member
Cash and a Switchblade.
It's a NYC thing, but I'm glad I'm out of there.
Oh, my CCW covers my switchblade so it's legal, not that I ever cared.
AFS
It's a NYC thing, but I'm glad I'm out of there.
Oh, my CCW covers my switchblade so it's legal, not that I ever cared.
AFS
I realized that I'm lacking in my daily carry gadgetry compared to most of you.
At a minimum I carry one of these:
Something like this:
One of these on the keychain:
And an LG flip phone on Verizon and a slim front-pocket wallet/moneyclip.
I need the CCW to round out things, don't I? And I should carry a better flashlight too (that one in the original post is cool)
At a minimum I carry one of these:
Something like this:
One of these on the keychain:
And an LG flip phone on Verizon and a slim front-pocket wallet/moneyclip.
I need the CCW to round out things, don't I? And I should carry a better flashlight too (that one in the original post is cool)
First off I would like to suggest something in the area of writing tools. What I use and I have a couple is the Cross Ion. It is a great little pen(the size of a thing of chapstick) and has a lanyard that can connect to the top of it and I where it as a necklace but it would fit in your pocket and you wouldnt even remeber you had it in there.. It goes down to about mid-chest so no one can see it. It is a roller type pen and dries quickly.
As far as my SHTF pack and small emergency pack I keep a space pen($8) and a 3x5 Rite-in-Rain notebook(100 sheets)
My daily carry(and Im a civilan) besides my IWB and pocket carry with spare mag and speed strip includes a Streamlight Strion, one of many knives usually a MOD of some sort unless getting dressed up. I also carry either SOG or Gerber medium sized multi-too on my belt, lighter of some flavor, wallet, cell phone, and Cross Ion around my neck.
As far as my SHTF pack and small emergency pack I keep a space pen($8) and a 3x5 Rite-in-Rain notebook(100 sheets)
My daily carry(and Im a civilan) besides my IWB and pocket carry with spare mag and speed strip includes a Streamlight Strion, one of many knives usually a MOD of some sort unless getting dressed up. I also carry either SOG or Gerber medium sized multi-too on my belt, lighter of some flavor, wallet, cell phone, and Cross Ion around my neck.
Appsy
Member
Leatherman Surge
Victorinox Super tinker
Streamlight Sterion
Mobile Phone
Zippo
Good Pen
i leave the leatherman in the truck sometimes as its size makes it a bit out of place in some situations
Victorinox Super tinker
Streamlight Sterion
Mobile Phone
Zippo
Good Pen
i leave the leatherman in the truck sometimes as its size makes it a bit out of place in some situations
308win
Member
I don't know how I have managed to survive for 60 years considering what others have determined to be must haves. I always have an inch and 1/2 long Victrinox that has a small blade (always sharp enough to shave hair on arm), scissors, phillips and blade screw drivers, nail file, tweezers, toothpick; nail clippers; car, house, work keys; cell phone; Fox 2oz cone spray; 642 unless prohibited with speedstrip. Often have a Leatherman Wave, Kershaw. Sometimes have money but not often these days. Good post, makes one think.
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