EDC packs!

OK...here we go...

EDC Part 1:
This is just the stuff I have on me every day and my kit for taking a day trip in the woods. I will try and get the rest up on here as soon as I can. I wanted to do it all at once, but i don't know if I have it in me right now.

So this is the stuff I have on me every day no matter what I am doing. The knives change from time to time, but right now they are my Benchmade 3550 auto folder with a 154CM stainless blade. I have had this thing for a really long time, and it is my main folder knife. I have others, but i have been carrying this one religiously for at least 5 or 6 years. The smaller knife is a pack knife in black canvas micarta that was made for me by John of JK knives. Its a good stout little fixed blade that rides well in my pocket. It gets switched out with a Wohlwend FNBK quite often, and I am hoping to sub a KFU Wharncliff in the near future. And of course my trusty firesteel. Not included in the picture are my pen, a small write-in-the-rain notebook, my wallet, and one of my many watches.

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EDC/SK/Possibles pouch and day hike kit to follow. the pics are uploaded, but gunner has to go out.
 
to continue...

This is what I have on me any time i go into the woods.
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This pic contains my everyday items as mentioned above as well as my possibles pouch, a small maxped rolly-polly pouch, and a 4-5'' fixed blade knife. The knife changes allot, but this is one of my favorites. It is a custom knife called a Kootenai, and made by Scott Richardson of Caribou Blades. The Maxped pouch is great. you can put it on your belt and unfold it to fit a nalgene sized bottle, or whatever you decide you want to put in there. It also works well for collecting stuff like wild edibles.

This is a pic of the contents of the possibles pouch:

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Starting on the left and working down in columns...

  • aLoksack - x2 (waterproof baggies)
  • Maxpedition 3x5 pocket
  • Heavy duty tin foil (thick foil cooking pan from walmart with the fat edges cut off and folded flat)
  • 10lb test fishing wire
  • Fine grit sandpaper (good for cleaning and sharpening knives in the field)
  • Wire Saw
  • Plastic tubes x3
  • one containing hooks, lures, and spit shot...sealed closed with dict tape
  • one containing extra fishing line
  • one containing tinder with extra duct tape wrapped around the tube for later use
  • Survival tin (with ranger bands)
  • First Aid tin
  • Firesteel with striker (the striker doubles as a whistle)
  • Signal Mirror with padded case
  • Small nails x6
  • Case scout model pocket knife with Orange G-10 scales
  • Vaseline Lip Balm (good for chapped lips and doubles as an extender for tinder in wet conditions)

The contents of the Tins:


The First Aid tin:
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  • Small tin (Altoids sized)
  • Tweezers
  • Large safety pin x2
  • Zantac (for Heartburn)
  • Imodium (for the squirts)
  • Gauss pad x2
  • Ibuprofen pack x2
  • Triple antibiotic
  • Itch cream
  • Alcohol wipes x2
  • Band-aids x5
  • Knuckle bandage x2
  • sterile-strips x3 (i could stitch myself up if i had to, but i prefer to use these if at all possible)
There is plenty of room to add some more stuff to here if I need to.

The Survival Tin:
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  • Same thing I will work from left to right in columns...
  • Fresnel lens (good for fire starting, but i mostly use t to look at small stuff...aka slivers and such)
  • Flat Duct Tape
  • Small can opener
  • Folding saw
  • Folding razor blade
  • Couple sheets of paper and a pencil
  • Small signal mirror
  • Mini chem-lights x2
  • Photon LED light and split ring
  • Whistle
  • Magnesium rod with striker glued to the back
  • length of cordage
  • Spark light fire starter
  • Spark light fire started tinder x6
  • Button Compass
  • Water Pure-Tabs (with expiration date on the outside label)
  • Imodium x3 (for the squirts)
  • Benadril (for allergies)
  • Needles x5 (various sizes...secured in duct tape)
  • Small hooks (several secured in duct tape)
  • Curved needle
  • Small tin with ranger band (Altoids size)
  • Fine grade sand papaer
  • Tube containing small fishing kit (hooks, split-shot, safety pins, and swivels)
  • Small baggie containing snare wire and a spool of Kevlar thread

And before i catch any flack from all you non-believers out there this is a pick of the tin's all packed up so you can see all that crap actually fits :D
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and of course this is gunner wanting to know if he should stop eating his bone so we can go on a hike...he know what usually happens when I get all of my gear out.
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Hope you enjoy the post, and please don't mind the mess behind gunner...he knocked all of my clean laundry off the ironing board earlier and I am too lazy to pick it up.

Best,
 
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Alan, great shots of some good gear and some other ideas I had not thought of. The last time we went camping with my sister and brother-in-law, we took our BOB's with us. We set up our tent and other normal camping stuff for "insurance", but then we used our other grear the next two days. Started a fire with the firesteel, used the MP-1 tabs to purify the creek water, found berries, wild onions, caught and ate fish from the creek, actually made a workable "figure 4" trap, made a lean-to shelter with fire pit and reflecting wall, and actually stayed pretty warm both nights (around high 40's*) with just an AMK Heatsheet and a ton of pine needles.
It was an enlightening experience, we found out we could, but would we want to for an extended time ??? ??? ??? (You can answer this one very easily).
We also found out we missed some other gear we could have used, and had gear with us that never got dirty. And on a side note, 65# Suffix green braid tied to a 2" diameter 5' stick with a rock & a safety pin on the other end, along with a piece of night crawler WILL CATCH AND HOLD an estimated 1.0 to 1.5 lb. bass . . . . . (note: must take your multi-tool & clip about half of the "stick" part of the safety pin off, too flimsy and too long if you leave it).
Great thread, a lot of great ideas, kudos to KFU for the idea.
Be safe.
 
Gnarly great post I am going to move your post to the survival skills sticky...gonna start to gather our collective knowledge in one place.
 
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