What's on your keychain?

Eric Isaacson

Eric Isaacson

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While looking at the EDC thread I started wondering what your keychains look like and/or weigh
I currently have 3 keys, 1 plastic whistle, 2 pill cases(1 with strike anywhere matches, 1 with a spare cr123) and 3 flashlights ( I like to have a backup and giveaways if necessary)

On my postal scale the whole set-up weighs 5.6 oz

Not sure if all of these items will stay but that's what I currently carry on the keychain

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Car keys, house keys, cabin key, locker keys, handcuff key, LD01 (SS), Firesteel pup, 5th RS fob.... blackcat proud.

Other things usually on me, Izula, Charge tti, LD10, Gshock Riseman, and some sort of handgun, usually a XD SC (9 or 40) or XD compact (45) or SP101 (357).

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Keys, P38 from the Marines, small LED flashlight, old round flat blued metal screwdriver with Colt on it from a Colt
woodsman. It makes a pretty good ferro rod striker
 
Paracord lanyard that Dinozzo here on the forum gave me, Maratac aaa light, stainless steel peanut lighter and Victorinox signature lite knife. The ink pen and scissors on the sak get used often, the Maratac daily.
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I keep a few things on my key chain
A streamlight nano. That has been so incredibly useful on more than once)
My dead man’s finger kubotan. The creepiest looking control device ever, I get a lot of looks at the airport because of it.
A seal team key chain, a gift.
 
Here is a key chain setup I have been carrying for the last several years:

Fenix P1D (premium Q5)
Spyderco Mouse
Inka pen
Countycom mini widgy bar.

Recently I have added a lobster claw attachment for a quick swap between different car key sets.

I have tried to carry other things on a keychain but these proved themselves to be useful on daily basis.

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My set of car/house keys just have car and house keys, the key to my buddy's work shop, fire-safe key, a pad lock key and my fred meyer card.
My work keys have the keys to my job box, a brass washer with my initials for marking my torch lead at the bottles/manifold, the arbor for my angle grinder and a little one AAA flashlight made by fenix.
 
Here is mine.
I like to keep it minimal on my personal key ring.
Monkey fist key chain
Truck key
House key
ARC AAA
Anderson micro pod
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This set-up is working well for me, and I don't foresee it changing unless I want to drop weight.

Black lanyard biner hooks to belt loop, connected to work keys, mail key, and spare car key to GF's vehicle. I commute to work and don't own a vehicle. f I'm driving my GF's vehicle I take off the blue biner, so the total weight isn't hanging off the ignition box.

The blue biner is the set that goes with me everywhere, weekdays and weekends. Having the biner on there lets me take it off the work keychain lanyard. If I'm out running, I usually hook a finger through the biner and carry the bunch in my hand. Or I can hook it to the waistband of my running shorts (board shorts, only low cargo pockets) if I don't mind IWB or the jangling when it's outside the band.

Stuff on Blue biner
Quark Mini 123 --- light, signaling
Encased tritium fob by iknitsteel on candlepowerforums --- finding my keychain in the dark, helping with keyhole in the dark
BSA hotspark and striker --- emergency fire
Squirt S4 --- cut stuff, screw small stuff, tweezers, bottle opener
Spycapsule holding $20 in cash --- spare cash for emergency
Apt. key --- yup
Fox 40 whistle --- signaling

Over time, I've figured out that these are the things I'd want on me at all times; they come in handy in all kinds of situations :thumbup: If I want to go minimal, I take everything off the blue biner but the key, flashlight, squirt, and hotspark firesteel (striker goes).
 
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Couple of questions.
What was the point of blurring pictures of your keys?
What is that little folding knife on your key ring? It looks pretty neat
 
At first his link did not work, so I took the URL code and fixed it, but it was funny that the image I linked was the unaltered photo. I spit coke out my nose re-reading this post. I have since removed it for him. As for blurring the keys? Maybe so that no one can guess the tumbler height and make a forged key. I see it as being WAY overkill. Hell if you really want something just cut a 999 or even better a 101010 key (made by incorrectly seating key) then cutting the 999. the 999 works most he time, but on a lock that happens to have a few tumblers as or near 9, it makes it tricky, thus the 101010 was created. To be honest however, your more likely to get hit by a mack truck than have your key duplicated from a photo. It would be like trying to get the security code for the alarm from the photo.
 
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At first his link did not work, so I took the URL code and fixed it, but it was funny that the image I linked was the unaltered photo. I spit coke out my nose re-reading this post. I have since removed it for him. As for blurring the keys? Maybe so that no one can guess the tumbler height and make a forged key. I see it as being WAY overkill. Hell if you really want something just cut a 999 or even better a 101010 key (made by incorrectly seating key) then cutting the 999. the 999 works most he time, but on a lock that happens to have a few tumblers as or near 9, it makes it tricky, thus the 101010 was created. To be honest however, your more likely to get hit by a mack truck than have your key duplicated from a photo. It would be like trying to get the security code for the alarm from the photo.
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Or just kick in the door or hot wire the car.
Most thieves would rather do that as use a key anyway.
Only thing a lock is good for is to keep an honest person honest.
 
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picked this handy little key chain up at dick's sporting goods, the only thing it's been used for so far is keeping my 4 year old daughter entertained, I can tell you the whistle really works
 
This is my current set-up:

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But I'm pretty neurotic about this stuff and am constantly juggling things around. Often I will have my toys/tools on a ring independent of my keys.

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Edwood7 said:
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I keep a few things on my key chain
A streamlight nano. That has been so incredibly useful on more than once)
My dead man’s finger kubotan. The creepiest looking control device ever, I get a lot of looks at the airport because of it.
A seal team key chain, a gift.
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You have the coolest stuff. I like the finger,
 
Here is one from today, i added a clip from an old HK MP5 sling handcuff key and a old little knife that’s been in my junk box for a few years.


 
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