Aside from the subject of food, we may not be all that much different in our approach. I do not carry a "PSK" in an urban environment. Rather I EDC an RSK, mini-Bic, Leatherman Juice, Photon, KelTec, and a few other items. No bandaids, needle and thread, scissors, etc. Sometimes I feel like the odd man out here but I have made my decisions based upon the problems I am likely to encounter. But in the mountains I carry what many--and almost certaintly you--would consider an excessive amount of gear.

I think it may all boil down to what we consider to be a "PSK" and what we do not. <img src="/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

I carry butterflies and super glue, too. The comment was partly tongue-in-cheek; but partly also needle and thread represent redundancy - another desireable virtue in items for PSK - IMHO.
Cheers,

Every Day Carry is what's in your pockets when you walk out the door on your way to work or whatever.

Personal Survival Kit is a pocket sized kit that you keep on your person as opposed to in a backpack or somewhere else.

Speaking of which, I tend to think of this type of stuff in terms of equipment, tools and supplies rather than a "kit". With the exception of the firestarter, I use my EDC almost every day. When I'm camping in the woods, I need things like firestarters often, so I don't stash them away in a "kit". There is no first aid "kit" in my home - there is a cabinet with first aid "supplies". (I'm accident prone plus I have five young sons.) A "kit" is something sacred that you can't touch unless you are "surviving".

What is RSK?

Sorry, Ritter Survival Knife

No offense, but good luck carrying your kit on a plane with the lighter, Spark-lite tinder, and wire saw. If you have done this post-9/11 I'd like to hear about it. The last time I flew about the only thing I carried on board was a small flashlight.

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I have a pretty small minimal kit with the following: Spark-lite, Spark-lite tinder, a couple of MP1 tabs, band-aids, button compass, flat whistle, signal mirror, tweezers, and Photon keychain light. This is all housed in a tiny waterproof Witz container (a la SgtMike88Ret) with a short run of paracord for a lanyard. In addition at least a Leatherman or quality folder would be carried as well.

But I sure wouldn't try to live on that kit. It's more like an absolute last resort.

Thanks for the heads.

How do you tear your trousers badly without also tearing your flesh badly? And if after you bandaged the wound, how would you check it later to readjust or tighten or replace the bandage or to clean infection if you sewed your ripped trousers up over it? I couldn't resist asking, as it all sounds like horse-sense to me.

For me, EDC and PSK are the same thing. "Personal" meaning 'on my person at all times', not 'complementary to my horoscope'.

It was simply that your posts seemed a bit combative in general. Perhaps I like a little more discussion rather than "sparring".
If you are here to both learn and educate that is great.
There are times I am sure when most of us on the forum have gotten heated. over one subject or another. The only issue I had was it seamed more of a challenge than a discussion. A "troll" is when someone post on a forum to stir the "bee's nest" rather than to create a dialog.