Two things you should always carry...

Here's what I have today. Jackknife -- I've carried a handkerchief since I was about 5, and a knife since I was 10. Those really are the 2 basic pocket items.

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I had never really thought about it, but my Large Regular Sebbie and Arc AAA are my two most carried EDC gear items that I carry everyday. Although I do also carry a bandanna and my ol' Leatherman ST200 as well. ;)
 
Well since this is turning into an edc thread, I might as well empty my pockets too.

I didnt bother to take the pliers of my belt. But they are in the " Two things you should always carry" picture.
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Seriously guys, why the flashlight?
I understand the knife but don't get the need for the light.
I carry a little bullet cigarette lighter on my key ring in case my butane lighter goes kapoot, lol, in case I need fire for any reason. I keep flash lights in the car and house but not on my person.
 
L6steel said:
Seriously guys, why the flashlight?
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Why not?
lol.
No seriously i've started carrying a flashlight on my keychain when i was a teenager.
My father was a compulsive "light turn-offer".
So if i was out late i'd come home to a pitch black house where you couldn't see the doorknob let alone the keyhole.
I went through many Maglite solitaires over the years.
I like Maglites but the Solitaire was always the sickly stepchild to the beefy more reliable AA's C and D-cell Maglites.

Recently i switched over to a Fenix 1AAA.
It weights almost nothing and is 10 times better than any Solitaire i've owned.

For the record i'm a lighter junkie too, lol.
Carried a zippo for years but now i carry a peanut lighter on my keychain next to the Fenix.
Along with a Ferro rod and a Vic Classic.
And oh yeah....keys, lol.
 
Hey i just saw a "make your maglite into a Fire-Piston" video on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-djD2n2YSv0
One of the commentators asks if you could convert a solitaire to a fire-piston.
Now that would be cool! I have 1 or 2 dead Solitaires rolling around in my desk drawer.
A keychain firepiston! Something else for the keychain!
:)
 
L6steel said:
Seriously guys, why the flashlight?
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Lets see:

Since carrying one I've never had to stick my hand in dark places (under tables, in the engine compartment of my car, all sorts of places in my work shed) and worry about getting tagged by a spider or a snake.

It's also useful because I spend a good portion of my waking hours at night. Streetlights burn out, dark corners abound and I have a habit of dropping things in the grass.

Signaling friends in the movie theater so they don't have to create a disturbance to find me (low red on my Sidewinder works great for this, the audience never notices).

I travel around with friends a lot and don't always have access to my vehicle and house if I need light. Most people also don't carry lights and are pretty helpless when the power goes out or they get stuck on the side of a country road.

So I don't have to stumble around with my cellphone like most people I know.

Basic preparedness; it gets dark every night.

Finding addresses on poorly lit streets.

Improptu exploration is always something I'm open to, the window will usually close if you need to run and get a light.

Gadget factor, there are some very well made lights out there that function and carry nicely. One of the same reasons I carry a knife, I enjoy the use of well-designed tools.

Making myself visible to cars when walking my friend's dog.

Carrying a light is a great convenience for me, I like not having to go and get it when I need it since it's always on my person. That and with the current technology in use one can get some extremely bright lights that are small enough to carry without any weight burden.

I tote this guy around, it's a little big but the uniform width and great brightness make up for the size.
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Like everything else, if you don't need it, you won't carry it. Nothing wrong with that! :)
 
jackknife said:
All those reasons are why after 35 years of loyal use, I finally switched to carrying a Bic. Too many times having a burning red patch on my left thigh, too many times it goes dry at an inoportune moment, or the flint goes south and I have to take it apart and replace it with a flint from under the packing, and while doing this out in the woods the fluid is evaporating rapidly. Having to carry spare fuel in a small container.

I hate to say it, but the only time I miss my Zippo is when lighting my pipe out on the water or other windy place. But if I use my hat and light my pipe while holding my hat over it, that works. I'm definatly an ex-Zippo fan. A Bic lasts me about four months of steady edc use, light my pipes, the sented candles Karen is fond of in the house, melting the ends of nylon cord when I have to cut a piece.
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Just looked at the going prepared video on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt65TlrDH_c
A youtube commentator there mentioned using a bike tire tube as a way to make a Zippo airtight.
I just filled one of my Zippos and sealed it with an old inner tube.
I'll check on it in a month or so to see if its still full.
It will probably work, i found that carrying a Zippo in a Zippo belt sheath made the fuel last much longer.
Either way i'm still going to stick with my peanut lighter.
:)
 
Although I go everywhere with a Solitare around my neck what I carry in my pocket varies depending on where I am going. Base line is a Victorinox hiker and a Cell phone with a built in light. This has been a recent development with ongoing powercuts in South Africa and my Minimag being hustled by everyone wanting to go to the toilet. The Minimag and Lanski have been hustled over to my pencil case. Colleagues have, for the most part, bought a torch by now but the Cell Phone light is exempt from any one borrowing it.



Generally I have a good watch and pen at all times. If I go to site I then pocket my Buck 318 in addition or replace my smaller Swiss Army with a larger Victorinox liner lock. My Minimag goes in as well.


For office and car I have additional kit including 1st aid, G2, spare batteries and bulbs, duct tape, multi tool, cord (in car only), glue and Bic lighter. LED torch at all times.



Big torches and knives stay in cars and houses. What I travel with must fit inside the length of my open hand and have a pouch. The Sog Pentagon, wrestled back off my wife, is the exception being worn at all times out of the office.
 
Well lets see, when I'm not on duty at the fire station a spyderco endura is clipped to the top of my left front pocket. A bandanna in my left rear pocket along with my checkbook. A victorinox mini-champ in my watch pocket on th right side of my pants. Keys in my right front pocket and wallet in the right rear pocket. Cell-phone goes in the tool pocket on the right leg of my pants or in the leather holster on my belt of the pants I'm wearing don't have a tool pocket. At the station I carry the bandanna in the same place and a spyderco rescue takes the place of the endura. On my belt on the right hand side is a custom made heavy leather sheath that has a AA mini-mag converted to led's, a schrade tuff-tool and a pair of EMT shears. In my firefighting bunker gear I carry a full size pair of pliers and 2 screwdrivers, one regular and one phillips. Also a crkt fd knife (the big one, I can't remember the model #), a self-rescue rope about forty feet long and a carabiner. Oh, and a watch cap in the inside pocket of my coat for those cold winter nights.
 
If you're even the slightest bit handy with a little care you can use needle-nose pliers ( or similar) to bend open the little air intakes (opposite the button) on the back of a mini bic. You can then fit a small split-ring through. Once you get it, it's a great way to attach a bic to anything, perticularly keys. It is even easier on the full size bics. On the full size, you'll likely have to put the ring up through the flame hole, but it doesn't effect function. My keys have a mini bic, l0d q4, and a soon to be replaced vic classic. All are small, black and blend together well, and pose no discomfort in the pocket. At one point, instead of the bic, I had a mini flint/mag stick on my keys, which is nice and very small. -Keys, folder, wallet, and phone are the basics for me.
 
Instead of a bandanna, try a shemagh:

http://www.desertdress.com/whybuyshemagh.html

As worn by the LRDG and the SAS.

Camouflaged and tacticool.

I used mine just the other day at the rifle range: The sun was low in the west and dazzling me as I looked down the riflescope. Solution? Drape my shemagh over my head and the ocular lens.

maximus otter
 
I believe that a boat is needed where you are Maximus, any in pocket sizes?

I have the Victorinox manager with led and pen for my kids.
 
I was due to go to the UK for a fortnight this month, my bosses have all gone to the conference in Cannes this week, so they are sending me to a warmer environs in May,






Liberia.
 
L6steel said:
Seriously guys, why the flashlight?
I understand the knife but don't get the need for the light.
I carry a little bullet cigarette lighter on my key ring in case my butane lighter goes kapoot, lol, in case I need fire for any reason. I keep flash lights in the car and house but not on my person.
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I don't carry a knife everyday, but I always always have a micro light on my keychain. Comes in very handy if the lights go out, or if you have to climb an icy driveway at night, etc. Of course, I'm paranoid because once I was in a cavernous office basement when the lights went out. Absolute blackness. I couldn't even find my way back to the stairs. I'd still be down there if the office next door hadn't opened their basement door, giving me enough sunlight to get the heck out of there!
 
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