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What is an original emergency escape and evasion tool ??
More importantly, were can I get one?
Man, I have been so waiting for a tread like this for a while. When I first joined this forum, I was amazed at the sheer amount of STUFF you people carry. Back then I had:
Watch- Timex
CS Voyager 4
Zippo- POW-MIA logo (keepsake of joining USMC)
Wallet with:
Usual stuff ID, $, etc... has keycard for the barracks (note: no key chain)
Band-Aids (habit from Boy Scout days, and no, they are not for me)
Calling card
Chapstick (sometimes)
Sunglasses (cheap kind, most of the time)
TODAY, thanks to my paranoid nature AND the inspiration of you gadget nuts, I carry:
The above with the 4 CS replaced by a 3 (legal) model and wallet has knot tying cheat sheet/ scrap paper.
Mini compass on watchband
Old Timer knife clone (PC)
Key chain with
Spare work key
SAK esquire clone
Mini-tape measure (see Officer, its only 3)
Blue photon 2 light
Swiss-tech 8-in-1 tool (pliers, screwdrivers)
Altoids kit with
Rubber bands, one inside, one wrapped outside
Earplugs
Fisher space pen refill
Spare bus token
Maglight Solitaire
pocket pack Kleenex
Iron pills
Shout wipes
spare $20
scrap paper, waterproofed with a silicon spray coating
The Kleenex are for bulk. I started this as a carry trial and the Kleenex are handy to keep the few things inside from rolling around. I have decided to keep it but have not yet filled out the whole kit yet. Future items are $1 worth of dimes, needle and thread, and a condom (maybe not together, though). Going to review the mini-kit threads for ideas.
When I go sightseeing I often have a CamelBak (cheaper than soda machines, healthier too)
When I go out on the town I carry a Maglight 2 AA flashlight on carabineer clipped to my weak side belt loop (tucking the light into my pants pocket) impromptu kubotan, anyone? Sometimes I carry a CS plain edge El Lobo as a back-up knife.
My survival kit on a key chain includes:
Coleman compass, thermometer combo
Zippo flints
Magnesium fire starter
Boy Scout metal match
Lansky CS Crock Stick
SAK esquire clone
P-38 can opener
That is a lot to type but that is the price one pays to be a gadget freak.
This reminds me. I need a muggers wallet with play money. (Oh, you just want my wallet, sure, HERE!)
