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#47157 - 08/29/05 07:51 PM Re: Bare Minimum EDC
7k7k99 Offline
Enthusiast

Registered: 06/01/05
Posts: 375
Loc: Ohio
I should be so lucky -- bifocals -- I'm in trifocals already!

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#47158 - 08/29/05 08:53 PM Re: Bare Minimum EDC
joaquin39 Offline
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Registered: 03/19/05
Posts: 149
Loc: Philadelphia,Pennsyvania, USA.
I carry in my pockets a butane lighter, a folding single blade knife and in a little change purse some change, a roll of monofilament some small hooks, weights and swivels and a folding pair of scissors.
In my keyring I carry a small Solitaire flashligt, a P38, nail clipper, and a SAK that has a blade, can/botttle opener, corkscrew with a small screwdriver for reparing glasses, tooth pick and small twitzer. In my wallet besides the regular stuff I have s small metal heliograph (metal mirror) with a sighting hole attached to it with a piece of cord, some bandaids, and a needle with thread threaded to a calling card.
The last thing I always carry is a cellular phone. I am going to prepare a little ziplock bag with Vaseline impregnated cotton and keep it in my pocket.I am going to add a device that I bought at Wallmart that consist of a plastic wistle with a manifiyng glass, compass and thermometer. I love this forum!


Edited by joaquin39 (08/29/05 09:00 PM)

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#47159 - 08/30/05 11:44 AM Re: Bare Minimum EDC
Brangdon Offline
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Registered: 12/12/04
Posts: 1204
Loc: Nottingham, UK
I thought we were talking minimum functionality. If you don't care about functionality, you can get very small indeed. There is a core essential functionality which I won't sacrifice for the sake of convenience, and that's the minimum I'd feel comfortable leaving the house with.
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#47160 - 08/30/05 12:49 PM Re: Bare Minimum EDC
Craig Offline


Registered: 11/13/01
Posts: 1784
Loc: Collegeville, PA, USA
By functionality, I mean you can have a really nice can opener like the one on the Wave, or you can have a smaller one like the P-38. One is easier to use and handier than the other, in my opinion.

-- Craig [trying to mix it up a bit!]

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#47161 - 08/30/05 01:09 PM Re: Bare Minimum EDC
Craig Offline


Registered: 11/13/01
Posts: 1784
Loc: Collegeville, PA, USA
Quote:
I should be so lucky -- bifocals -- I'm in trifocals already!


Yikes! You win. I know when I've been bested. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

-- Craig

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#47162 - 08/30/05 02:00 PM Re: Bare Minimum EDC
Craig_phx Offline
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Registered: 04/05/05
Posts: 715
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
7k7k99,

I think you are on the right track. If you have a good kit for your car and you have a good building escape kit at the office then you only have to cover going from your car to your place of work and trips at lunchtime. You could be in a business and the lights go out. There could be an explosion and you would have to work to get back outside to your car. A cell phone, whistle, light, LeatherMan Wave, small compass, Band-Aids, and maybe a bandanna and water bottle seem like valuable items. I do not see the value of fishing and fire starting items in this situation.
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#47163 - 08/30/05 03:22 PM Re: Bare Minimum EDC
Craig Offline


Registered: 11/13/01
Posts: 1784
Loc: Collegeville, PA, USA
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I have also had to use [my Leatherman] in a blackout to open electrically locked doors.


Which Wave tool did you use to pry open the doors? I tend to gravitate toward the SwissChamp, myself.

-- Craig

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#47165 - 09/09/05 01:09 PM Re: Bare Minimum EDC
Eugene Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 12/26/02
Posts: 2997
They were not very secure doors, were a retrofit to existing doors. Basically yhe company that installed them removed the striker plate from the frame and installs their own with a soloniod which releases and then a card reader on the wall in front of it. I found that there was enough of a gap in their release system I could slide the knife blade inside and push the lock open. I could only move it a little bit at a time so I would pull out on the door to hold it in place while I moved the knife blade back to get another grip on it. Came in handy with all the power outages or if I left my card at home.

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#47166 - 04/25/06 10:18 PM Re: Bare Minimum EDC...another opinion
teacher Offline
Old Hand

Registered: 12/14/05
Posts: 988
I tend to agree. I'd always carry a survivak kit in the wilds; but not the wilds of New York. There are more useful tools for the urban man -- lights, cash, maps, cellphone, gloves, etc.

Teacher ro

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