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small backpack, swiss army knife, cell phone, matches, ½ litre bottle of water, piece of chocolate (small and plenty of calories), compact rainjacket. Approx 50$ cash.

This is what I try to carrry everywhere regardless where I am, on foot or in my car.

Wallet with cash and some flat folded duct tape.
Opinel no 6 folding knife (locking folders are most of the time illigal were I live, but I like my fingers to much to risk them so I use this cheap but nice knife).
Swiss tech utili-key.
Leatherman PSII
Photon freedom

That's a very cool thread. We should have a link to it here. I'll do the honors: what is your every day carry?

-- Craig

You'll find that several ETS members have posted in that thread as well. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Take a look as the first post in that thread by our buddy Polak. I'm still trying to figure out how he keeps/kept his pants up... spectra cord suspenders maybe? <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

On keychain: whistle, LM Squirt P4, Photon II, paracord fob.

Pockets: Mini Ritter knife or KaBar Dozier folder, bandanna and a lighter.

In the bookbag/briefcase: Ritter PSK, cheap poncho, space blanket, LM Wave, Bradley Alias II folder, AMK Pocket Medic FAK, Stanley Wonderbar II, bandanna, fold-flat N95 mask, flat pak of duct tape, 25 feet paracord, leather gloves, torch lighter, cell phone w/charger & cords, Brinkman Maxfire flashlight.

That's your minimum? What your maximum? <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

>with over 12205 views for the old thread, please continue >here. the old one took way to long to load. thanks alot.

Thanks for the new thread. I have a pathetic 24k phone line and the long threads time out after 30 seconds of loading. No way I can check more than a small portion of the other thread.

So here goes.

My EDC:

Wristwatch
Folding Knife with pocket clip
Fisher Military Space Pen
Keys
-Gerber Sonic AAA LED flashlight
Wallet
-Drivers License
-Vehicle insurance card
-cash
-credit card
-ATM card
-medical insurance cards
-phone/e-mail list
- 2 band-aids
- 2 sheets waterproof paper

Explanations:

I try to keep it simple, small, and light. My EDC gets me to my car kit or my house kit.

My wallet is currently a tri-fold. If I find a bi-fold I like I will down grade to the smaller format.

I carry one credit card, but should probably carry two, in case one becomes unusable. I have had credit card companies put a card on hold because of a change in buying patterns. On a vacation, I had a waitress lose my card after I gave it to her to pay for the meal (I had to pay cash D’oh!). On another vacation I was renting kayaks for an outing and the business accepted MasterCard, but not Visa. It is always possible to have the magnetic strip go bad on a card as well. I really need to add a second card.

Knife- Changes day to day depending on whim or what I am doing that day.

Keys- I carry the bare minimum. Car, mail, garage, house. The rest are at home where they belong.

Phone/e-mail list- I home-make business cards (printed on both sides and laminated with clear contact paper) with emergency numbers (Doctors, kids school numbers, etc), family and friends phone numbers, e-mail addresses, e-mail passwords to access my home e-mail remotely. This list is only the numbers I would use in an emergency. Try to stuff too much on the list and the small font really challenges your eyes.

TR (aka pizzaman)

Latest list includes:
Keys for the car I am driving, house key, MB key
SAK Rambler
Photon II
Wristwatch-lately a Casio Frogman
Cell phone
wallet, ATM card, some cash, insurance cards, emer phone numbers, license, company ID
Fisher space pen
Infinity AA Tasklight
whistle
lighter-butane
chapstick SPF30
SF Coin, never know who will challenge:)
USAF Issue sunglasses and reading glasses
comb
I keep a few bottles of water handy
That is about it folks!

As of today 08/28/05:
1. Keyring with house keys, bike lock key, handcuff key, Fox 40 whistle, LM Micra, BSA Hotspark, Brunton compass, dogtag, Presta valve converter for mountain bike tires, Inova LED light, canister with cotton balls inside.
2. Credit card wallet with ID, credit card, calling card 600 minutes, SSN card, pictures of the kids, money folded up.
3. Cell phone with camera.
4. Altoids tin with tube repair kit, 4mm, 5mm, 6mm hex keys, cut down tire irons (plastic), screwdriver.
5. Mini B.O.B. with two way radios w/extra batteries, two compasses, aloe vera gel, golf pencils, flashlights w/extra batteries, Sharpie pens, whistles, ink pens, grease pen, extractor bite kit, 100 Tylenol, two garbage bags, four emergency candles, 5-in-1 tool with matches inside, boot laces, 2 sets of eating utensils, crystal light on-the-go lemonade packets, N95 masks, leather gloves, three bandanas, binoculars, film canister w/matches, film canister w/ cotton balls, heater packs, crock stick knife sharpener, individually packaged surgical gloves, Buck 110 knife, Leatherman PST and PSTII tools, quarter rolls, 50 singles, hand sanitizer, waterless hand soap, sunglasses, CPR mask, ice pack, neosporin, FAK, and extra boot laces. I have to go pack everything back in now. <img src="/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />