Here is another image of a few EDC items for me. Matches are not coated with wax in this case but normally I do that. Fingernail polish is a bit easier, and also works. The matchsafe is important and also includes a needle with some strong thread wound around it for repairs.



This stuff plus the keychain with BSA firesteel are in my pockets, the larger Swedish Firesteel and clik-clak tin of vaseline/cotton and Maya wood are in my vest along with a Zippo that I have wrapped in 4 layers of Saran wrap to minimize evaporation. I refill the Zippo one a month. Even if all its fuel evaporates it is a sparker with cotton tinder. I frequently carry a pen shaped butane lighter along side my pens. This gives me plenty of options.

Matchsafe-either K&M or Silva with SA's
Knife-Small Sebenza
Notebook-Moleskine with needle in binding and thread in pocket, along with my reference list of information like emergency numbers, bus routes, Willies cheatsheat etc
Bandana-Bandana
Light-Inova X5
Pen-Pelikan