EDC - What's in Your Pocket(s)??

[klattman]

Sorry - any color other than red above about 650nm cannot possibly preserve true (human) Scotopic night vision - as colors of shorter wavelengths than about 650nm will flood the eye's rods which are used for Scotopic night vision.

Please, without meaning any disrespect - I would much rather trust the USAF Flight Surgeon on a government web site (about issues which can be life or death) on this matter, than any advertising web site. So green or blue-green for preserving human scotopic night vision are just plain wrong.

However I do understand the advocation for green and blue-green for "night vision" (other than compatibility with night vision Equipment) - for dark adaption and not necessarily Scotopic (rods only) night vision - what we really want is the lowest possible light level that we can still see acceptably well by while not disturbing whatever dark adaption we have acquired.

In this case ANY color that we can see well by at low levels will do - and the key phrase is LOW level - so unless the light is DIM in the first place, or has an adjustable level - any color other than red advertized for human scotopic (rods only) night vision - is just that "advertising" - and plain incorrect information.

Please do read
USAF Flight Surgeon's Guide: Chapter 8
(about 2/3 down the page under the heading "Night Vision")

where you'll see that it is mentioned that some people will have difficulty see under red light - I do.

--
Vincent

http://UnknownVincent.cjb.net/
http://UnknownVT.cjb.net/

Unknown is also correct, LOW levels will work as well, but then I'd still use
white


Night vision equipment works outside the blue green range so a green light will not wash out the equipment... So blue-green will preserve your night vision when you are wearing the NV goggles, but not your natural sensors.

 

[pipedreams]

charlie fox-

leatherboy! lmao!

todd

 

[Johnny_Z]

Oh well, too late now. Spent the money and threw away the package. It works well enough for me, I can find my way around the house when the lights are out so I'm good with it.

 

[UnknownVT]

Oh well, too late now. Spent the money and threw away the package. It works well enough for me, I can find my way around the house when the lights are out so I'm good with it.

It's all about perception anyway.....

Cyan (blue-green) is a cool color - and it feels like one is "stealthing" around with night vision equipment (like the way they show it on TV) ....

and if it works for you - who's to say your choice wasn't a good one?

You might want to try a white LED to see if it works as well....
if not better.

--
Vincent

http://UnknownVincent.cjb.net/
http://UnknownVT.cjb.net/

 

[Ready]

My EDC is as follows:

Benchmade Ares 730 - IWB - always with me!

Wallet with bandaids, razor blade, and usual wallet stuff

Fisher Space Pen next to wallet

Keychain:
- Spy cap with meds
- Sliver Gripper
- 12 feet of paracord
- BSA hot spark
- Leatherman Micra
- Keys
- Silva Compass
- Photon LED Light

Accessory wallet - zippered REI travel wallet
- 15 feet 550 cord daisy changed for padding at bottom
- 4 Surefire Cr123 batteries for Inova X5 and Surefire E2
- Mini BIC lighter
- 2 feet of Duct Tape
- 2 2016 batteries for Photon

Surefire E2 carried in pocket next to accessory wallet

Inova X5T in belt sheath
Leatherman Wave in belt sheath

Nextel Phone

 

[brewthunda]

My EDC is as follows:

Keychain:

- 12 feet of paracord

Hi Ready,

How do you carry that paracord? Could you give me any tips for good knots or lanyard instructions? I have a bunch of paracord and the only decent lanyard knot I know is a noose.

Oh, and my EDC (which is completely lacking compared to everyone else on this board):

Work day EDC:
Pockets: nothing in pockets except for Al Mar Osprey.

Briefcase: Al Mar SLB clipped to outer pocket. Phone, meds, wallet, office supplies, etc. in case.

Keychain:Tiffany's sterling silver Voctorinox SAK

Car:First aid kit
tire chain bag with chains, gloves, water, giant snickers bar
Princeton Tec Vortec waterproof headlamp (4 aa, halogen - I've taken it down to 24 meters on night dives and it works just fine!)

And that's it. Sheesh, I need more gear!

 

[shpshooter]

RyanMalpiede,
After seeing your modified Leatherman Micra and thinking about my Micra with broken tweezers sitting in one of my knife collection boxes I decided I was going to make it one. So, after about a half hour here it is:

For something pretty much the size and weight of a keychain SAK it certainly has more useable tools. It is definately going on my car key ring in place of my Classic SD mini SAK. I mean, look at all the features:
1. 1 inch/3cm ruler
2. philips screwdriver
3. can opener
4. bottle opener
5. small screwdriver
6. nail file
7. nail cleaner
8. medium screwdriver
9. Knife blade (stronger then mini sak)
10. Lanyard hole that can fold away.

Compare that to a Classic SD (probibly most common keychain knife):
1. tweezers
2. tooth pick
3. thin blade
4. Scissors
5. nail file
6. medium screwdriver
7. Lanyard hole



Now, as to my edc this is what I carry:

- My wallet with Swiss Card lite, steel money clip, fresnel lense, foil tape, heavy duty foil,
-Badge wallet with laminated tinder card and small "shovit" tool.
-Two bandanas (white, light blue[green])
-Keys with paracord box lanyard, bsa hotspark, handcuff key.
-LG VX6000 camera phone
-black fischer space (bullet) pen
-Belt with hidden knife buckle
-keychain with thin Fox 40 whistle, photon II (white), permanent match (wrapped with 4 "ranger bands")
-Benchmade 921 BLK
-Leatherman sideclip
-Swiss Army Ranger (with corkscrew screwdriver), in large S.A. case with honing steel.
-Timex Expedition

If I plan on going out into the woods along with my Ranger I have my belt pouch on (an old large BSA compass pouch) which contains:
-altoids survival kit (too lazy to go through it now)
-folded black garbage bag
-DMT keychain diamond sharpener (300 grit)
-a few 1" pieces of fatwood
-signal mirror
-couple spare batteries

I am planing on buying a Leatherman XTi and using that in place of my sideclip. Then I'll put the Ranger away and carry my SAK Sportsman or Cyber Tool 29 on my belt in a smaller case with the honing steel. (I'll carry the SAK basically for the reamer/awl, corkscrew, and just to have a knife I can loan out if need be.)

 

[Drakoon]

i love this thread!

i have a burchtree fixed blade

on my left with one of these attached to the sheath and my belt

i can either stick it in my pocket or let it hang for quick draws, and i have a keyring that hinge opens and locks keeping it together for quick removal

then a benchmade mini ambush on my right, great knife for around 50 bones.

i still carry a crkt as a money clip but i cant seem to get it sharp

 

[Morgoth412]

i still carry a crkt as a money clip but i cant seem to get it sharp

It wouldn't be Aus 6 would it? CRKT's Aus 6 is the only steel I cannot get shaving sharp. I can get a utility edge on, but not much more. Never had a problem with the Aus 8.

So my EDC has changed today. Playing with my Victorinox Soldier I felt the need to carry an ALOX SAK. I think this will be my EDC till Vermont, then it's back to the Camper.
-Kevin

 

[EasEWryder]

Oh, and my EDC (which is completely lacking compared to everyone else on this board):

Work day EDC:
Pockets: nothing in pockets except for Al Mar Osprey.

Briefcase: Al Mar SLB clipped to outer pocket. Phone, meds, wallet, office supplies, etc. in case.

Keychain:Tiffany's sterling silver Voctorinox SAK

Car:First aid kit
tire chain bag with chains, gloves, water, giant snickers bar
Princeton Tec Vortec waterproof headlamp (4 aa, halogen - I've taken it down to 24 meters on night dives and it works just fine!)

And that's it. Sheesh, I need more gear!

Dude, you will ALWAYS need more gear , but if you get by with what you have, more power to you. Knowledge IMO is the most useful EDC. I wish my knowledge of electronics, mechanics, survival, etc., was as on par as my gear. I am working on it however, and it's just as fun as getting gear. I love seeing people's EDC's that are devoid of super hi-tech stuff. I wish I could navigate by stars instead of with a compass(not that I'm that great with that either... yet) and other neat-O stuff like that. That's not to say you shouldn't try and get your paws on every piece o' insane Dinosaur-slayin'-predatoresque-zombie-gear you can

 

[Drakoon]

lol yea morgoth its a crkt peck, aus 6m

i stopped trying to get it shaving sharp, it is a good money clip and cleans under finger nails well

 

[Morgoth412]

lol yea morgoth its a crkt peck, aus 6m

i stopped trying to get it shaving sharp, it is a good money clip and cleans under finger nails well

I'm glad not to be alone in my inability to get CRKT's Aus 6 sharp.

Finger nail cleaner? Sounds like a good plan to me! I gave my CRKT small Pointgaurd beater duties like scraping paint, and cutting up old carpet (read highly abbrasive! ) I figured if I couldn't get it shaving sharp, I could at least get it sharp enough to do those ugly tasks.
-Kevin

 

[UnknownVT]

its a crkt peck, aus 6m
i stopped trying to get it shaving sharp

I'm glad not to be alone in my inability to get CRKT's Aus 6 sharp.

Is it the CRK&T AUS 6 steel, or could it be the one-sided grind - like on the PECK and KISS series?

A single sided grind makes sharpening on the otherwise simple to use V-hones such as Crock-Sticks or the SharpMaker difficult -
and if these are used in the conventional manner - ie: simply keeping the blade vertical - that can actually make the blade more blunt - by grinding in a much more obtuse edge angle.....

just a thought.

--
Vincent

http://UnknownVincent.cjb.net/
http://UnknownVT.cjb.net/

 

[Morgoth412]

I had a combo-edge small pointguard. While the serrations were chisel ground, the rest of the blade was v-ground. It's probably something to do with the heat treat?
-Kevin

 

[UnknownVT]

I had a combo-edge small pointguard. While the serrations were chisel ground, the rest of the blade was v-ground. It's probably something to do with the heat treat?
-Kevin

This is pure speculation (read guess)......

Normally combo edges mean that the plain part of the edge ends up fairly thick due to the need to accomodate the serrations (serrations need some thickness to be cut in).

If that is the case - then simply putting an edge on the plain part without cutting a wide bevel means that the edge ends up pretty obtuse - sometimes the edge angle is actually more obtuse/wider than the angle of most V-hones -
so using a V-hone means one is grinding away on the shoulder between the edge bevel and the blade face and not the edge itself.

--
Vincent

http://UnknownVincent.cjb.net/
http://UnknownVT.cjb.net/

 

[ayz]

i don't see why some of you feel the need to deck yourselves out daily like armageddon's coming. paranoid schitzophrenic? i know you don't all live in ghetto slums where shootings happen daily. I don't quite see the point in carrying a pistol for a day at work unless you happen to be a LEO.

here's mine:

usual daily:
left front: keys with silver bullet white LED, silver bullet UV light, red photon II, spyderco cricket

right front: EDC (right now, rotates between Cuda maxx stiletto and cold steel ti-lite. sometimes i use a cs vaquero grande or benchmade 9100 if i know i'm going to be doing a fair amount of cutting work).

left cargo: cell phone.

right cargo: wallet. or money clip (which is a spyderco cricket)

gym:
emerson karambit in waistband.
keychain with all that stuff on it.

outdoor running:
cs ti-lite, left side waistband
emerson karambit in right waistband.
house key in my shoelaces.

late night walks to friend's apts:
left front: cuda maxx stiletto or cs vaquero grande.

right front: cs tai pan (hidden both in pocket and under shirt)

left cargo: cell phone.

right cargo: full keyring with stuff.

rear pocket: wallet.

small of back: benchmade 9100



I however have a legitimate reason to be armed like such at night (i only carry my edc in the daytime). Durham, NC is not the safest place to be. I have had several friends get mugged coming back from bars or clubs, and I've personally been in an attempted mugging. Keep in mind the complex a lot of my friends live in is about 1-2 miles away and requires passing through a particularly ghetto part downtown.

Of course, if i ever need all 3 knives, i'm hardcore fuked. I carry three so that I can grab one quickly depending on whichever is convenient instead of being stuck wtih a single location.

 

[fruitbat]

I however have a legitimate reason to be armed like such at night (i only carry my edc in the daytime). Durham, NC is not the safest place to be.

Howdy neighbor!!! I live right down the road in Hillsborough. Your right about Durham. It's not the safest place around.

 

[ayz]

Howdy neighbor!!! I live right down the road in Hillsborough. Your right about Durham. It's not the safest place around.

wsup, i'm at duke unversity.

i've had quite a few friends get held up in the main/9th street area, or on their way back on erwin rd or swift ave.

sheitty town.

 

[Morgoth412]

i don't see why some of you feel the need to deck yourselves out daily like armageddon's coming. paranoid schitzophrenic? i know you don't all live in ghetto slums where shootings happen daily. I don't quite see the point in carrying a pistol for a day at work unless you happen to be a LEO.

Ayzianboy,
I don't see why you feel the need to judge what these people do. I'll hope that you were kidding but comments like "paranoid schitzo" and "deck yourselves out like armageddon is coming" only serve to create tension. If someone wants to carry 20 lbs of gear thats their thing. Even if their pants do fall off in public. Let's save the harsh comments for the whine and cheese forum please.

As for me, I carry one knife, sometimes two if they compliment each other. One day, once I'm out of Jersey I will carry a pistol daily. I can't see any reason not to carry a pistol daily. They aren't that much of a bother to strap on, and will save your ass or someone elses if needed. It's worth it in my book. (Keep in mind you are talking to a future NRA member. Others,yourself included, may disagree.)
-Kevin

 

[fruitbat]

wsup, i'm at duke unversity.

i've had quite a few friends get held up in the main/9th street area, or on their way back on erwin rd or swift ave.

sheitty town.

The 2 places I try to stay away from as much as I can are 9th st in Durham and anywhere Chapel Hill.