EDC: Knife & Flashlight combination

My EDC consists of:

Darrel Ralph Madd Maxx 4" spearpoint recurve in Talonite
Camillus Aftermath or Camillus Maxx Bowie

Arc AAA Limited Edition
Arc LS-H

--Bob Q
 
Here's my EDC combo:

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Customized LCC/DA with Modified Pelican M6. PM6 has a 5 watt drop-in LED module, clickie tailcap, and B270 lens. My Surefire L4 sees time as EDC also.

I also have a Squirt S4 and Leatherman Micra that are carried on my keys alongside an Arc AAA and I wear an ASP Sapphire around my neck at all times.
 

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My EDC is subject to rotation, of course. Lately I carry a Benchmade 555 Mini-Griptilian on a pocket clip, and a Spyderco FRN Delica in a kydex neck sheath.

Sometimes the clip knife is a Benchmade AFCK, and sometimes the neck knife is a Cold Steel Spike.

Flashlights: there's always a Princeton Tec "Attitude" 3LED light in my jeans pocket, and always a red, white and blue Photon III on my keychain, and the keychain is always clipped to me (jeans loop) or a bag I'm carrying.

I note that someone posted that since he has not been in a situation in need of a flashlight, he does not carry one. I gotta say, that doesn't seem like a very sensible rationale to me. To each his own, but since flashlights are so small and light and efficient today, I see no reason to not carry one.

If one does not start carrying a tool until the first time he needs it and doesn't have it, that person will suffer without the tool that first time it's needed. Presumably, then the person would thereafter carry that kind of tool? Okay, so what is the point of not carrying until an item is found to be needed, doing without it that first time, and then beginning to carry it?

If this thinking were applied in various areas, it would mean you would not start wearing your seatbelt until after your first crash; you would not keep a kitchen fire extinguisher until your kitchen burns down; you would not carry a knife until you needed to cut something and could not... What's the logic, here?

---Jeffrey
 
Well, at first I had a SAK Manager, then I got a Inova LED. Then I got a LM Wave. Then I found this place and in addition to the above, I have: Spyderco Dragonfly plus in my "extra's bag" a Princeton Tec Rage (4xAAA), SAK Cybertool 29, Leatherman Squirt EL, and one of RWClark's Titanium micro-pry-tools.

Hey, better to have it and not need it, etc.
 
Being a minimalist and frugal guy (read cheap bastid), I have a PhotonIII hooked to a Micra in my watch pocket, or an ArcAAA hooked to a Trailmaster in my left pocket.
 
My EDC includes a Sebenza, Leatherman Wave, Squirt, and a Minichamp, along with a Photon II and lately a Streamlight Twin-Task, which gives me an option of Xenon or multiple LEDs and long battery life. I will probably rotate in my Surefires as well, but I like the 3 LED option. Keeps me from eating batteries quite so much.

Greg
 
BM PE Ascent, SAK SwissChamp, Inova Microlight(white), and lately a Mini Maglite(again). I keep my old Surefire 6P in my vest.
 
Yesterday it was an Arc AAA and a Spyderco Pride clipped into the watch pocket of my Levis, and a Victorinox Swisschamp in a Victorinox leather pouch on my belt.

I only rarely go up to a SF E2e HA. If I did, it would be when I was away from civilisation. I'd then add (probably) a SERE 2000 in a horizontal belt sheath.

maximus otter
 
In my EDC rotation is:

Microtech UMS
MOD Trident
SOG X-Ray Vision

Then I carry:

Surefire M2 with P61 120 lumen lamp assembly
Arc AAA on keychain
CMG Infinity Ultra-G on neck lanyard
Streamlight Ultrastinger in car

gun rotation:
H&K USP .40S&W fullsize with nightsites in safariland holster
Glock 27 .40S&W in safariland double retention holster
Makarov 9x18M in small of back IWB holster
Keltec P32 in pocket

in trunk:
DPMS AR-15, with harris bipod, 30 round mag, red dot scope
Remington 870 with Wilson Combat mag extention

and of course my duty bag with reflective clothing, extra batteries, emergency blankets, notepads, fisher bullet space pen, kevlar pat-down gloves, etc.

Paranoid or prepaired? :D

And thats all stuff that I carry when NOT on duty :)
 
I also lost my arcAAA.. erg.

When I read the topic, I thought it was about combo knife flashlights. I carry the Vic Midnight Manager with red LED and inkpen. sort of the universal backup.

Also carry white photon and a Mirage Warny. And a yellow photon. And a Seberknife. And another SAK.......

If you have never needed a light, you are probably in the minority, or a different species.
 
My current EDC's are an Emerson CQC-7A in my pocket, and a Gerber Legend 800 multi tool, with a Streamlight Twin Task 2-L in a custom leather belt sheath.

I also have a custom sheath so I can carry the Twin Task or my 6-P with my SOG PowerLock.

I'll post a pic tonight of the sheaths. They work great.
 
I don't carry a small flashlight at work because I don't own one and can't afford one right now. If I anticipate going anywhere after dark, then I bring a 4-D cell Maglite. With intermittent use, the batteries last weeks rather than hours. If I know I'm gonna be working outside after dark, I bring a spare one along the in the truck. Any time I'm actually carrying along the maglite, will also be a setting where I can comfortably carry my 24" Bowie knife. They are my knife/flashlight combo.

If I added a small flashlight for EDC, then it would just compliment my Benchmade folders, handmade folders, and traditional splipjoints I carry every day. (well, I only carry 2 or 4 of them at one time)
 
Originally posted by the possum
I don't carry a small flashlight at work because I don't own one and can't afford one right now.
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That's just not true.

You should get a CMG Ultra-G from www.countycomm.com

It's only $18 and is amazingly bright for a single AA battery and single LED light. It also runs about 20 hours at maximum brightness!

Or you could get the Inova X5t which is only $35. That is another very bright LED light with great runtime. (~10 hours or so of max. brightness, then about 10 more hours or so of diminishing light.)

You should be able to afford at least the CMG, which is a very solid, bright and reliable light. :)
 
Even if you can't afford a $20 bucks for a flashlight, a Mini-Mag lite or a Key chain Mag-lite goes for $10 - $15 dollars, if you can afford to carry a decent knife, you should be able to afford to carry a decent small flashlight.
 
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