Every Day Carry Gear or EDCG

I'll bite.

On my person this is what I carry. Missing from the photo is a leatherman Squirt PS4. I needed a small tool of some sort that had your usual screw drivers and things like that, but I often find the need for a small pair of pliers, and this tool has it, as well as a knife blade, wire cutters, and scissors.

Light is a nitecore D10. Runs off of one AA battery, and has a max output of 145 lumens. Low medium and high output settings as well as SOS and Strobe. I chose it for it's size and output. There are smaller lights out there, but for me the size of the D10 was more usable than some of the smaller lights out there. Also for the fact that AA batteries are generally easier to find in a pinch than Cr123 and even AAA. Nitecore also has a diffuser and filter set that I keep in my EDC pack for work/school

Gun is a taurus 709 slim stainless. Rides in a crossbreed supertuck. Ammo currently is hydrashocks, but would like to replace with the new(er) hornady Critical Defense whenever I can find somebody with some. I don't generally carry the spare mag, but i may eventually find myself carrying it. I chose it mainly because at the time it was one of the few slim line single stack 9mm's on the market (a market which has just exploded in literally the last couple months). I know there are plenty who say you can carry a double stack sub compact or even full size without issue, but I really didn't want something that thick and bulky as a consistent CCW. Personal preference, ymmv. On occasion I will carry my Sig 226 w/ Surefire X300 in a raven concealment OWB holster depending on what i'm doing. Mostly for going out hunting or whatnot.

Knife is a Benchmade 550HG Griptillian. I chose it for it's weight mainly. I have been eying a Zero Tolerance O350 with speed safe, but it weighs literally twice what the benchmade does, and save for cool factor, there is nothing really gained by spending the 100$+ on a new blade. It's been a great knife, and with benchmade's life sharp service, should I ever screw up my edge enough, I know I can get a factory bevel put back on it for little cost (5$)

The rest is simple. My phone, wallet and keys. On my keys I keep a pico widgy bar from county comm to keep me from using my other tools for prying or what not. On my wrist I wear a luminox Seal II watch with a maratac rubber watch band.



No pictures, but most everyday I have my backpack with me that I take to school and work. What I keep in it is mostly support gear for various electronics and some other sundry items.

Pack is a Kelty Peregrine 1800
Laptop and charger
Phone charger
Camera
Camera Charger
Duct tape (roll the size of a quarter)
10ft of paracord
Boo Boo kit
Israeli Bandage and Nitrile Gloves
Wireless mouse
Lens solution and cleaning cloth
AA batteries (feeds my nitecore and mouse)
Diffuser/Filter for Nitecore
Space blanket

Tagged for later tonight after I get the kids to bed.

Alright, so after getting all of my non-school, daily crap together I realized that it's no wonder I've lost 40lbs since thanksgiving and am still in the same size jeans! I've added like 10 pounds of junk!

First up: my Kimber Compact CDPII that has been treated in light gray/black-t by the folks at birdsong down the road from me in Florence. It rides in a crossbreed supertuck 99% of the time, and it's new friend, the crossbreed dual mag carrier, which usually has a variety of mags, depending on how I've rotated them out at the time. I keep it 7+1 at all times, with Hornady Critical Defense FTX rounds. The Kimber rides between 3 and 3:30, depending on the location of my belt loops. When wearing brown, or a particularly thick wastebanded pair of shorts I keep it in a Milt Sparks Versa Max II, which I forgot to take a picture of. I chose the Kimber for the good balanced feel of the 4" slide/bbl on a officer frame, plus it has all the carry necessitated bells and whistles, and with the new birdsong finish it should never rust even with the amount of sweat I'll be throwing at it. I prefer Kimpro tacmags, but the willson you see there and in the left front pocket later are ok as well.


Next up is my rotation of knives. A Kershaw Leek(my favorite as far as edge and action go), then my Gerber Remix(my favorite for styling, ergonomics and size of blade), and finally my Gerber FAST Draw(it's ok...kinda meek compared to the other two though....). They ride clipped to my right front pocket(school or not).


Now you see my knives, my Kimber PepperBlaster II(school carry), and missing is my iPhone4 that is kept in a otterbox defender. That all stays on/in my right front pocket. I got a Kimber pepperblaster for my fiancé and decided I'd grab one as well to keep on me at school. And the otterbox is just tough as nails, the iPhone is my life.


Shown here is my Beltman quickship belt, with a Harley-davidson belt buckle, 3 extra holes(need a few more) and my fossil wallet. The mag carrier rides around 7:00. The crossbreed supports all the I carry on a daily basis very well, but currently I'm between holes with all my gear on, so it's not quite as supportive as it usually is since it's either cutting off circulation to the lower half of my body, or too loose.


Left front pocket holds truck(assorted others) keys, motorcycle keys(either for the Fatboy, Sportster or the Ninja), usually a 7rd mag(8 pictured), gum or peppermints, oakley cleaning bag, and a surefire G2(borrowed from my brother since mine crapped out when I washed it a few weeks back...time for an upgrade). The surefire is an ok flashlight...NOT washing machine proof though!!! So don't forget yours in your shorts like I did! I don't like the twist cap, or the pressure switch, I'd rather have a click on/off system, and the light is a little yellow for my tastes(I guess my streamlight tlr-1 on my xdm spoiled me a bit).


And here it is all together.

Hope to have a new pancake holster for the probably very rare occasions that I'll carry OWB, from EagleStroker, pretty soon if he'll get a move on so I can post some pictures!

HTC Desire phone
Wallet
Glock 19/Talon grip with 124gr Speer Gold Dot +P
Shielded IWB Holster
Gerber Obsidian
GPX AM/FM radio, (I am addicted to conservative talk radio)
MTE 170 lumen cree light

Forgot to include my keys, (if you've seen one set on a D-ring you know what they look like).
Also my sunglasses, Polarized Anarchy Bedlam on a set of Croakies retainers.

Trojan wrote:4Runner is that Grip tape or stipple on your Glock??

Talon Grip tape. Highly recommend it. I have it on all my Glocks. Best $10 you can spend on a Glock in my opinion.

http://talongungrips.com/

jbpmidas wrote:Forerunner, who made your holster?

It's a Shielded Holster, hand made by a guy on Glocktalk, username Kwart:

http://www.glocktalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1194122

Somedays it's something simple...
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Trojan wrote:Jake

your gear is awsome!!!!

Trojan

thank ya....its a work in progress. I just started carrying back around July(ish), so i'm still working out what works and what doesnt for me...the mag carrier is my best investment yet though!

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Clockwise
Taurus 689 with Old World holster for around the place, comfortable but not easily concealed
S&W M&P 40c with 357sig barrel Don Hume or smartcarry holster. A lot of power in a small package.
Taurus 85 IWB type holster or smartcarry,
Glock 19 gen2 Don Hume IWB holster mostly in cooler weather
Intratec Protec-25 IWB or Smartcarry conceals when nothing else will.

Clockwise from L to R:
Duck's Unlimited Wallet
Watch
Keys
Smith and Wesson M&P knife
Paracord Bracelet I made
Glock 23 with night sights
Don Hume IWB holster

I hope you don't pack in Dr. Arthur's class...MC wouldn't be fond of that

Na I don't think they would like that much.