My first post on the boards and I'm a heretic. Oh well.

I dont have a PSK as such. I used to have the normal tobacco tin type but dont any more to much of it is of no use to me. I do have an EDC though.

I live away from home during the week and stay in temporary let accomodation or hotels. In an urban area. Live in a rural area at the weekend and have a 200 odd mile each way commute at the weekend by motorbike. I dont have access to the normal home items you have at home so I carry them with me. I also go hiking, climb and dive. My partner and I also travel a lot at the weekends showing dogs. Whole lenght and breadth of the country.

My emergency items are the ones I use all the time and dont keep a specific set only for emergency use. Set up to provide normal living in town as well as emergency use in event of breakdown or accident on the way home. I dont carry any foraging items with me since in the UK I am not going to be more than 3 days from help and I wont starve in that time. I do carry a SAK which gives a bottle opener, can opener and corkscrew along with a titanium spork to eat with - takeaways if that counts as foraging!. The only specific item of emergency not to be used kit I carry is a £20 note in a small spy capsule. My EDC is also split into 3 sets. trouser pockets, jacket pockets and small daysack. my lists are a bit different from everyone else and are very heavily biased towards FAK both for me and also for children and pets when at home.

Its nice to see someone else from the UK who has also made the decision not to carry food and foraging gear as emergency stuff. and for the same reasons as me. I feel slightly less heretical now <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

In my pockets now are: SAK, 6" needle nose vise grips, spy capsule with £20, inova microlight LED torch, maglight solitare, sliver gripper tweezers, swisstec utilikey, keys, mobile phone and some money. plus very small FAK - plasters and an antiseptic wipe.
In jacket pockets are wallet- ID, money and credit cards, titanium spork, silva compass, personal FAK and some meds, screw gate carabinner, bic lighter, spark lite and tinder, box of matches, magnesium block and ferrocerium rod, Fisher space pen. I tend to never be without that lot they dont take up much space or weight

In daysack - goes to and from work with me. Larger FAK and meds kit, 10m paracord, small climbing sling, 4 4" nails, screw gate carabinner and 2 carabiners. waterbottle and mug.

The one thing I do miss is a good knife and would like to carry a Falkniven F1. Legal problem in the UK for EDC though. But I do put it at the bottom of my pack when doing the bike commute along with a high vis vest, 4 light sticks and an Inova 24/7 torch