Originally Posted By: WILD_WEASEL
Here are a couple photos of my EDC here in Afghanistan. The bandana has turned out to be surprisingly useful serving as a hat, towel, and its original purpose as a dust filter during sand storms. While I use the Leatherman Skeletool more often than the Benchmade AFO II I think it is kind of cool you can buy switchblades at the Post Exchange (PX) and are allowed to carry them. The old style combat dressing is slim and rides in my shirt pocket. From my Survival Tin I have used the needle and threat to repair my pants I tore on concertina wire, the compass to help align a sensor, the Micro-Light (night vision green) during a blackout (lots of stars here), and the Nexcare Waterproof Skin Cover to cover a hot spot on one of my feet.

• Bandana
• Leatherman Skeletool
• Benchmade AFO II
• Old Style First Aid Dressing
• Survival Bracelet (6' of paracord)
• Survival Tin
Altoids Tin
RSK Mk5 Knife
Photon Freedom Micro-Light (Night Vision Green)
Signal Mirror
Whistle
Spark-Lite Firestarter
X4 Tinder-Quik
Compass w/lanyard
X2 Micro-Pur Tablets
X2 Pieces Rip-Stop Tape
X2 Pieces of Nexcare Waterproof Skin Cover
Heavy Duty Sewing Needle pre-Threaded
Extra thread
Safety Pin
Paper Clip (MacGyver Multi Tool)
Snare Wire






Update
I’ve been carrying this Altoids Tin Kit in the cargo pocket of my 5.11 pants going on 8 months. I decided to give it a once over to see if everything was still serviceable. I was surprised how dented up the tin had become and on opening it everything looked OK except the MicroPur tablets. Rattling around for 8 months the sachets were showing signs of chafing. I could have replaced the tin but decided to popped the dents out of the original tin, but replaced the MicroPur tables with fresh ones. I should be good to go for at least another 6 months.

Cheers,
W-W
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