Hello all, I am new here and just want to say hello and get some ideas/feedback on my Urban EDC.

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Nextel Phone
Luminox "stealth" watch with Rhino 22mm strap
Keltec P-32 hard chrome finish w/extra mag (CCW)
Spyderco "Salt 1" (H-1 steel, Nice!)
Arc AAA -P led flashlight
Seber Tool M2
2 brass? (non metalic) military safety pins.
Wallet with credit cards, phone card, drivers and ccw license, cash, fresnel lense (my 44yr old eyes can't read the fine print anymore) 2 band-aids and 2 alcohol prep pads.

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Car/house keys with a fox 40 mini whistle
Mini Bic lighter

Any ideas on what I should or might carry/need in a large retail commercial building, dealing with the public type setting?? I have no locker or desk (of my own) to secure any personal items while at work. So I must carry everything on my person.

I have other items in my personal truck which is set up more as a WSK, as I have to drive some 40+ miles (each way) to work through the Pocono mountains.

Regards to all...

Get creative. There are always a few good hiding places in most buildings. Try popping a ceiling tile some place and stashing a small kit up high where no one looks. Be sure to put your name on it on the long shot that somebody discovers it.

TR

That little mini-tool looks almost too minimalist. Have you considered a Micra or even stepping up to a Wave?

Looks like a nice little set of equipment to EDC.

I remember seeing somewhere, a small case that looks like one of those daily planners that everyone used to have before PDAs. Inside, there was a small gun holster, and pockets of varying sizes. Not sure how you'd search for one, but it might be what you are looking for.

Your EDC looks fine! I would switch the minitool to a Leatherman Micra if you don't absolutely need the pliers.

Why do you EDC a gun?

Just a question ... Does that KelTec have a safety? If not, do you carry it with the pipe empty?

Personally, I'd be a little freaked pocket-carrying a semiauto with one in the pipe and no safety

I would recomend a bandanna.

The Kel-Tec doesn't have a safety.. no more than a pocket sized revolver does. Doesn't need one. The trigger pull is long,.. not particularly light. It won't fire unintentionally. The firing pin is not under tension as it might be with older style semiautos, so the weapon is as safe in that carry condition as is a revolver.
.... that being said, we could start another thread on firearm stupidity. I've seen plenty...
But I'd have no problems carrying the Kel-Tec loaded and chambered in my pocket. One value a pocket holster has, though, is protection from dust bunnies, lint, and pocket debris. Without a pocket holster my EDC carry (S&W M342) picks up a great deal of lint.

I do have one of those Daytimer Organizers with a built in holster. I stopped using it. It represented a way to drop/loose all of my EDC stuff at once. It was also too visable a target for a rip-off (and I lost a S&W M60 that way) Now I use my pockets.

Although I hate to admit it, (it is so UN-Macho)the most frequently used part of my EDC gear is my Fisher Bullet Pen. I wish I could say it was my Combat Kukri, my Siltarp, my paracord,..etc. But no. It is the lowly pen!

Why not?

Probably because he won't be given advance notice before it will be needed... like every other item of EDC.