Day 4Mostly the same old stuff. Nothing worthy of a picture, unless you actually need to see me using hand gel?Rather, here's an example of how my EDC usually gets selected...Yesterday I visited a friend - He's a mechanic but works independently, so rather than having a large lot full of customer cars, they have to park their vehicles out on the street while waiting for him to fix them. This requires a parking permit, which is just a ticket you fill out for each half-day your car is parked there. My friend has a whole pad of tickets for this purpose, but he never EVER has a pen to hand... cue me reaching for my Fisher SP!My friend is also a smoker, but guess what? Yup, he never EVER has a working lighter to hand. My friend is a mechanic and has within a few paces' walk several entire walls full of SnapOn tool chests, with every imaginable tool. He has straight spanners, reversible spanners, ratchet spanners, hinged spanners, open-ended ring spanners, threaded retractor sets for all sizes of brake pistons, gap spacers and twisty things and turny things and other do-stuff things for specific models of specific brands of engine. If it exists, he has at least one of them. He even has a LM Micra, a SAK of some kind, and several other multi/combo-tools, but guess what he never EVER has to hand? [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ] So yeah, part of what motivates me to carry X, Y or Z is how often I have to use what I have when other people don't have anything.
That's quitter talk
Day 4(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)Classic liberated a small Knipex pliers from mail, love those little pliers, so handy.All the talk about gears inspire me to re-examine my own EDC kits, and some items from the boo boo kit needed to be updated.
A new bandana that I forgot to mention yesterday.
My friend is also a smoker, but guess what? Yup, he never EVER has a working lighter to hand.
That is an awlsome bandana! Where ever did you find it?Hope he awlways has his own cigarettes, if nothing else.Some great work by everyone, as usual! Day 5Much of the loadout changed today: 58mm SAK, 91/93mm SAK, dedicated knife, bandana, and marble. I awlso added a new fidget: a tin of putty. Hopefully my photo does an adequate job of conveying its brilliance. The Pulse is finally sporting a lanyard (see the Locks Up! challenge for a better photo). Finally, I've forgotten to mention that the pen found its spot: clipped to the front of pocket 13. [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ] [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ]
Thanks. I have a few different parks that I think I got from BackCountryGear. I’m not positive, but think I might recognize that Sodbuster Jr.
I think you do. It was one of the items in your GAW that I sent to FX, unless he has two with those scales.It is funny. I have fallen so hard for the sodbuster pattern recently, but I paid very little attention to that particular knife last year I guess I only had eyes for Leatherman MTs at that time.
Everytime I see the mini Knipex, I think of getting a pair, but I really have no “need”. I just don’t use pliers very often. I do have a couple pairs of mini locking pliers, but those are used mostly for holding Fisher’s chews.
Powernoodle Day 5(Image removed from quote.)This little Dan Koster knife rides easily in the pocket.
Day 5This is the fridge. It had stickers plastered all over it, because the little ones thought it'd be funny... What's a guy to do, but crack out the chisel/scraper and use it to remove the stickers, without scratching the surface... Forget that it's already scratched to smurfery from when said little ones tried to 'help' clean it! [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ] Other uses kinda same-same. Filed kids' nails down. Used same file tip to open small battery compartment on kids' torch, only to find it uses LR44 of which I have none....!!Gonna take the pups out in a bit, so will use torch.
Day 5I changed a few things up today. I finally found my favorite flashlight (HDS EDC Rotary SDR 50) had been missing for over a week, so when I found it today it needed to go in my pocket. I asl decided to go small on my fixi and MT (Southern Grind Vermin and LM Style PS) and large on the folding knife (Hinderer XM3.5). Ialso swapped keys today so it was back to Rambler and Mateminco CSF-04 [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ] Here is a picture to show just how small the Vermin is compared to the XM-18 [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ] -
How do you like this small fixed blade? I rarely regret any knife purchases, but one that I do regret getting was a 'survival' skeleton knife that could fit inside a altoid tin. I got fixated on the word 'fixed blade' while completely overlooked the fact that a 1+" in blade with a 2+" handle was not very usable(except box opening), and in survival situation, a 84/91mm SAK would have been so much more useful/efficient than that. Ever since that, I tried to shy away from the ultra small fixed blade and more interested in knives I could at least have a full grip(3.5" handle at least)
Powernoodle Day 6(Image removed from quote.)After watching the video below about knife making in Seki, Japan, of course I had to carry a Seki Spyderco today.
I feel similar to you. Despite being a fixed blade, I don’t really think Vermin gives much more utility than a Spyderco Dragonfly or similar. I find my preference for fix blade knives is around a 3.5” handle and 2.5-4” blade. That size tends to give me a full grip on an easily controlled and versatile knife.
Busy day with the O'Pen getting used to prepare for today's game...
Interesting putty.
Looks like a pretty neat flashlight! What sort of batteries does it use? (I know they're called "torches" in the UK, but here in the States, a "torch" is a device that produces an intense flame.)Indeed it is. I did a little fidgeting with it yesterday.Great photos from awl! And yes, the Sod Buster Jr. did go from Sos24 to Adam to me.Day 6No changes to the loadout. The Bantam received a few whacks across a piece of old belt that I repurposed into a strop. It shows improvement. [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ] [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ]
The light in the picture is a AAA light in Titanium.
I too have a sticker problem at home. Little guy love his stickers and love to put it up randomly around the house. I tried to tear some down when he is not around, but the problem is the little fella does have a pretty good memory all his stickers are, and get pretty upset if I take them down. So all I can do now is to peel some of them off secretly, and stick them on my own shirt couple of times, so the stickers would loose some of its stickiness and detach over time...
Thanks! I have a preference for flashlights that run on alkaline batteries, and that one looks like it's pretty compact. However, my I1R2-EOS (which I believe may have been in your possession at one time) has acquitted itself rather nicely.