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Top Practical Everyday Carry Items You Need
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The Night Rider
Professional
When I first started working as a security guard I was working downtown at the Kiowa garage one night and there was an incident and we had to call the cops.
I don't even remember what the incident was But the cop wanted to give me The CSN (Call for Service Number) for my incident report. I didn't have a pen and paper on me to write it down. He looked at me like I was an idiot and pulled a piece of paper out of his own notebook and wrote it down and gave it to me.
After that night I never went to work without a notebook and a pen in my pocket and a pack of pens in my backpack again.
You can buy these little notebooks at the dollar store (which is now the $1.25 store) three for $1.25.
Having said that, this article seems like it's more like an advertisement for why you should carry a wrench and a tool kit on your person at all times.
I carry a multi-tool and I've actually used it, more than once. The very first Gerber multi-tool I ever had had a diamond saw on it. One weekend a guy that was in my section in the National Guard actually had to use that saw to cut the padlock off his duffel bag, that was useful.
I've broken the metal packing bands on a pallet of artillery ammunition and broken loose the nose plugs on the shells with my multi-tool I've even set a fuse with my multi-tool, that was useful.
I've never had need a pair of Channel Locks or a little driver kit, not one time in 60 years that I wasn't in situation where I already had a rollaway full of tools sitting right there.
I keep a socket set in my car and two pairs of channel locks and they've come in handy in that environment but I've never had to pull a pair of Channel Locks out of my pocket
I don't even remember what the incident was But the cop wanted to give me The CSN (Call for Service Number) for my incident report. I didn't have a pen and paper on me to write it down. He looked at me like I was an idiot and pulled a piece of paper out of his own notebook and wrote it down and gave it to me.
After that night I never went to work without a notebook and a pen in my pocket and a pack of pens in my backpack again.
You can buy these little notebooks at the dollar store (which is now the $1.25 store) three for $1.25.
Having said that, this article seems like it's more like an advertisement for why you should carry a wrench and a tool kit on your person at all times.
I carry a multi-tool and I've actually used it, more than once. The very first Gerber multi-tool I ever had had a diamond saw on it. One weekend a guy that was in my section in the National Guard actually had to use that saw to cut the padlock off his duffel bag, that was useful.
I've broken the metal packing bands on a pallet of artillery ammunition and broken loose the nose plugs on the shells with my multi-tool I've even set a fuse with my multi-tool, that was useful.
I've never had need a pair of Channel Locks or a little driver kit, not one time in 60 years that I wasn't in situation where I already had a rollaway full of tools sitting right there.
I keep a socket set in my car and two pairs of channel locks and they've come in handy in that environment but I've never had to pull a pair of Channel Locks out of my pocket
Lab4Us
Master Class
Sure…if my name was MacGyer…Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Top Practical Everyday Carry Items You Need” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/top-everyday-carry-items-you-need/.
The Night Rider
Professional
Winchester67
Master Class
My wife laughs because my pants weigh pounds.
Warrior9(Ret)
Elite
Besides firearm and 1 extra mag;
SAK Cadet Alox
Hinderer XM-18 3.5” Bowie non-flipper
CountyComm penlight
Keys
Wallet
Handkerchief ( Yep, Old School military issue )
Nicotine pouches
Other items are mission dictated (depending on where I’m going )
SAK Cadet Alox
Hinderer XM-18 3.5” Bowie non-flipper
CountyComm penlight
Keys
Wallet
Handkerchief ( Yep, Old School military issue )
Nicotine pouches
Other items are mission dictated (depending on where I’m going )
Randall Chaney
Elite
Roger that, Sld.
HansGruber
Ronin
As far as notebooks:
Most cell phones have a notepad feature.
Just sayin’.
Most cell phones have a notepad feature.
Just sayin’.
Randall Chaney
Elite
My favorite model is the Tinker. I don’t need a corkscrew, so the Phillips bit is a welcome addition.
Randall
Randall Chaney
Elite
I’m surprised on the EDC blogs how many folks carry a handkerchief, Warrior9. But it does have many uses.
Randall
The Night Rider
Professional
Most of the time is just easier to pull the notebook out of your pocket and write it down. At least that's been my experience
The Night Rider
Professional
Even if I only ever honk my nose on it, it served its purpose
HansGruber
Ronin
And, as of right now, as I sit at a bar waiting for a buddy to have lunch:
Phone, wallet, knife (Chris Reeves Small Sebenza Classic), S&W 351C in a Sticky pocket holster, speed strip w/6 rounds of Hornady Crit Def.
Phone, wallet, knife (Chris Reeves Small Sebenza Classic), S&W 351C in a Sticky pocket holster, speed strip w/6 rounds of Hornady Crit Def.
HansGruber
Ronin
Voice to text is a game changer.
Randall Chaney
Elite
HansGruber
Ronin
I actually have 10rd strips; but, I found that carrying 4 rounds in .38/357 spaced 2-space-2 made for faster reloads than trying to fit all 5 in, that I carried the practice over to my Rimfire j-frames.
Warrior9(Ret)
Elite