Whats in your pockets??

[upnorth]

If you walked out of the house right now what would be in your coat/pants pockets that would help you in a survival situation? I just wanted to see what kind if weird stuff you people are walking around with.
This is what is in my left and right coat pockets 24/7 and on my wrists whenever I leave the house. Its not much but I live in the inner city so I daily survival situation is pretty unlikely.

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Had a mag bar, orange Fox 40 whistle and firesteel on my key chain. Got sick of the weight\noise so I pared it down to the lone firesteel. Much better like this. Otherwise it's generaly a necker, 3.75-6 inch folder. Ya I know, I hump some over sized Cold Steels outdoors on occasion. But have walked in with an Endura, Ka-Bar Mule, whatever. If running a fixed blade like my BK-2, JAB Potbelly (a couple of favourites), I peel them off and set them in the car trunk before coming back to town. I treat knives in a fairly similar manner to fire arms. Common sense, discretion, no flashing around. I would say that when not at work, I carry a folder about 75% of the time and of course my keys are with me always. A highway trip, bush walking, pretty much 95% carry time. Not to mention a glove box folder and a full sized axe in the trunk all year around. I don't like carrying a lot of crap in my pockets, just the basics.

 

[PayetteRucker]

This was my response to one of those 'pocket dump' threads a while ago, and it hasn't changed much since. The HEST is still my go to EDC blade, and this time of year I don't leave home without the Eric Nording pocket pipe and matches or a zippo. The original PST has been re purposed from EDC to designated kit multitool, and a SAK Spartan has taken its place. There's an SAK classic on my keychain and a razor blade in the wallet. I don't go crazy on urban survival EDC kinda stuff because I don't often leave a 2 mile bubble from my place when it comes to in-town life. Of course the lighter or matches can start a fire, and smoking the pipe will generate a really great thumb sized ember for transporting a flame. The SAK purposes are endless, and the HEST can tackle most big camp chores with some finesse and a nice baton stick, and its bottle opener sees alot of use with all the local winter seasonals available

 

[fmajor007]

OK, here's what's in my pockets or i carry on my person everyday - more or less (often less $!!!!)

I know Bryan Breeden's gonna bust my chops for not carrying more stuff!!! However, i'm a fast-n-light traveler and i *do* carry a backpack/daypack with much, much more in it.

So, now that i've got a photobucket account, i can up-load more photo's of this sorta stuff (i use flickr for my more intentional photography stuff).

In the image is the following:

1) my "man-ly" purple change/money/CC purse (my wife never ceases to laugh when i bust this bad-boy out!)
2) Blistex
3) vehicle registration/insurance (i'd *NEVER* leave this in the car - paper=ownership)
4) US passport (yep, i carry it everywhere - i've needed it sooooo many times) and carry-bag ziplock (veh. papers go in there also)
5) my semi-faithful Timex watch (the date is usually wrong...)
6) CS American Lawman w/Glo-Cord lanyard
7) car keys
8) house/office keys/bottle opener

OK, thats it.

 

[quietmike]

Keys
Mini bic
Sebenza
Victorinox trekker
SouthOrd Pickset
Gerber utility clippers
Sterling superior sharpener
Arc aaa flashlight
Leatherman squirt p4
BSA hotspark (soon to be replaced with an Exotac)

Not shown but usually carried- XL Bandana

 

[umberto00]

Back right pocket: Leatherman Juice kf4 and wallet. (In the wallet I keep a fresnel lens and about 10 feet of duct tape flat rolled to the size of a credit card.
Back left pocket: zippo lighter and a bandana.
Front left pocket: iphone
front right pocket: Stubby Razel with a Nanostiker, Suunto Compass, flat whistle, small LED light (Innova), safety pins, and line all bike inner-tubed to the sheath.
Keyring: SAK classic (mostly for the tweezers and scissors), Atwood G5 prybaby, about 10 feet of paracord (braided in a chain-sinnet pattern)

You'd be surprised at how often I've used the duct tape that I keep in my wallet. Super handy stuff!

And since this is BLADEforums, here's the blade:

 

[kevinw]

my usual carry is a byrd cara cara, surefire backup light and taurus model 85 revolver.

 

[Guyon]

I like how this guy does it...

[video=youtube;pRdV1BC1FwQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRdV1BC1FwQ[/video]

 

[neeman]

In my pockets?
A bandana and a small penknife
What else would I need?


In my side pouch, the normal wallet, change purse (bulks out a fist), keys, whistle, flashlights, Mora 3", fountain pen and journal, small watercolor paint box, camera, monocular, work tag and my cell phone.

 

[Foilist]

Whenever I leave the house, I have this stuff on me:

Wallet
Miquelrius pocket notebook with small pen and a book of matches tucked in the back cover
Watch
Knife (A small trad slipjoint at work, a Vic Spirit and Mini Grip the rest of the time)
Keys (with LED light. collapsible pen, Utili-key)

In my jacket pockets, I have glove liners, silk scarf, fleece hat, lip balm, phone.

 

[ROCK6]

If you walked out of the house right now what would be in your coat/pants pockets that would help you in a survival situation? I just wanted to see what kind if weird stuff you people are walking around with.
This is what is in my left and right coat pockets 24/7 and on my wrists whenever I leave the house. Its not much but I live in the inner city so I daily survival situation is pretty unlikely.

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I'll have to get a picture of my daily load out...

Beretta M9, spare mag
Fixed blade - currently an ESEE HEST; will replace with my PATAK when it arrives with a new sheath
Small FSK...just a boo-boo kit including dental floss, needles, safety pins
Flat role of about 8 feet of 100mph/duct tape
Butane lighter
Clear lenses for my Oakley Half-Jackets
Polarized Half-Jackets
Burt's Bees chapstick
Compass (An older Brunton Classic base compass)
Spyderco Military
Emerson CQC-8
Two braided hanks of 550 cord (each about 8-10 foot)
Light-weight neck gaiter
Marathon GSAR watch
Cammenga tritium wrist compass
550-cord wrist bracelet
Bic Lighter
Mini black Sharpie
Victorinox Swiss Spirit multitool - sheath also holds a firesteel, mini LED and mini DMT sharpener
Novatac 120 military LED
Photon LED attached to my shirt/zipper
Pack of gum
Two pens/two mechanical pencils + small note cards
ID tags

....I'm sure I'm missing an item or two

If I'm traveling via helo or a drive-team, I bulk up a little with armor, more ammo, larger FAK and my Mystery Ranch 3DAP.

ETA: Forgot my Blackberry (yeah, even here in Afghanistan!), a mini screw driver pen, Executive Edge pen knife and a small bottle of eye-drops.

ROCK6

 

[ROCK6]

Here's that picture:

Beretta M9, spare mag
Fixed blade - currently an ESEE HEST; will replace with my PATAK when it arrives with a new sheath
Small FSK...just a boo-boo kit including dental floss, needles, safety pins
Flat role of about 8 feet of 100mph/duct tape
Butane lighter
Eye drops
Clear lenses for my Oakley Half-Jackets
Polarized Half-Jackets
Burt's Bees chapstick
Small Executive Edge (Grande I think) pen knife
Mini Screwdriver (two sizes of flat tip and two sizes of phillps)
Compass (An older Brunton Classic base compass)
Spyderco Military
Emerson CQC-8
Cravat with rubber band and a couple of large safety pins
CAT
Two braided hanks of 550 cord (each about 8-10 foot)
Gerber Artifact tool (razor blade, bottle opener)
Light-weight neck gaiter
Marathon GSAR watch
Cammenga tritium wrist compass
550-cord wrist bracelet
Bic Lighter
Mini black Sharpie
Victorinox Swiss Spirit multitool - sheath also holds a firesteel, mini LED and mini DMT sharpener
Novatac 120 military LED
Photon LED attached to my shirt/zipper
Pack of gum
Two pens/two mechanical pencils, grease pen
All-weather notebook
ID tags with titanium ID blade

I think that's pretty much it for the daily EDC stuff...I'll sometimes switch over to my Galco shouder rig which also has two extra mags and a flashlight holder for my Surefire Aviator, but most often stick with the Blade-Tech holster except when traveling (where it's then carried on my IOTV).

ROCK6

 

[Fonly]

Woods edc:

Town edc; keys and junk...