Craig,

It's time to break out the lanyard / neck carry, this is a special occassion right??? You'll be wearing a tie anyway so wear your "ETS Tie" LOL. It's amazing how much you can hang on a lanyard without much notice, the formal tie and coat/vest tend to hid quite a bit, if it is a tuxedo affair with ruffled shirt [gag] there is further camoflage. Seriously, use some rubberbands to hold the rattling down to a dull roar <img src="images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> and go for it.

Regards,
Comanche7

I wear suits a lot. I find that my Spyderco Military wears well on my dark suits with its dark clip so no one sees it. I have my whistle and Photon on the key chain so that is covered. I carry my Altoids FAK in the inside left breast pocket normally. If you keep a jacket on then belt stuff is even less of a problem. I don't carry a multi tool, but I don't know why that coudn't fit in the right hand breast pocket. My phone is in the right hand breast pocket. Wallet left front pants with keys. Usually I have a bunch of other stuff in my computer bag, but this is obviously not the case at a party. In those cases I really try to keep my wits about me and keep track of the nearest exits, things like that. Oh and I have always carried a bandana suit or no suit. They can fit anywhere.

That is what I usually wear when I am all dressed up. The black clip of the 705 blends into my pants pocket when im wearing black and my pocketwatch (which belonged to my father) clips to the silver knife's pocket clip. Then on my keys I have a Photon, a Squirt, and a BSA hotspark. I feel pretty well equipped that I have the main things covered with having 3 knives(one being a small multi-tool), 2 means of fire, and 1 form of light (technically more since the lighter or fire can be used as a light). Sometimes I wear one of my Movados in place of the pocket watch, but I like wearing it. It always seems to start a conversation with someone. <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Oh, and my wallet has some little survival items in it too, so I feel okay.

Having to take part in performances throughout the year, i frequently don a tuxedo. I naturally have my keys with me, and on them I have a Leatherman Micra and a Photon II. Also, I have found it helpful to have a "gentlemens" knife in the EDC rotation. That used to be a Kershaw Chive...until I lost it. I'll prolly pick up another one in the near future. Having a nice knife on the other end of a pocket watch chain is an accepted practice. Lighter is easy...get a nice zippo or something similar. FAK...well, the venerable altoids tin kit works well, and if worse came to worse, your wife could carry that in her purse. Be creative...you generally have lots of pockets in a suit. Just be sure to balance stuff out. It also helps to have a well fitting suit; as I have found out, stuff in the inside pockets show a lot more now that the suit is a little more...shall we say snug.

-Chris

I know -- I'm the Craig who posted it! <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I like to ask similar questions now and again because different people will answer and sometimes the same people will give different answers.

All of this gives me new ways to think about situations. Sometimes I say to myself, now why didn't I think of that. <img src="images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

SPEC.-OPS.™ TAC-TIE™ - WORLD'S 1ST LOAD BEARING NECKTIE

Ah yes, the ol' misdirection! Houdini would be proud. <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

go tigers!

-Luke

What's a 'milie'?

What are those survival items and what kind of wallet do you keep them in?

My wallet is a regular tri-fold leather wallet and in there I keep:

1. One of those fold up survival info cards
2. A fresnal lense
3. A few saftey pins
4. Some Spiderwire (I forget the exact length)
5. A piece of hacksaw blade (coated in nailpolish to stop rust)
6. One of those card SAK things with a light
7. A folded up piece of tinfoil

Being I don't keep many credit cards on me and my identification is kept seperate in my badge wallet my regular wallet isn't too thick.