The (semi-official) WBW's Every-Day Carry Thread #1

Lira and K-Man must hang out at the same places in the evening, nice duct tape

(thinks to myself...."Self, you need to add Kanzen to your travel buddy list" )

Damn, dude, you are one well prepared for anything guy. I love to travel with people like that. I'm one of those "SHIT, wish Ida brought my..." sorta guys.



Contents of my pockets and shoulder case
Blackberry Bold
Ipad2
Wallet
Biz & Personal checkbook
binocs
camera & case
laptop
tripod
ammo
notebook folder
bible
cooling pad
Beretta 92
Flip vid
reading glasses
keys
earphones
snuff
current book

@ BustMall: I am prepared for city things, not particular wilderness or rural areas. But some day I will add a few survival things to my bag. Maybe an altoid tin survival kit and some more paracord 550. I still have yet to put together a bug-out-bag but that will be saved for the next thread.

@ Dros: Do you leave all your cards freeballing in your pockets?

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Originally posted by Kanzen

@ BustMall: I am prepared for city things, not particular wilderness or rural areas. But some day I will add a few survival things to my bag. Maybe an altoid tin survival kit and some more paracord 550. I still have yet to put together a bug-out-bag but that will be saved for the next thread.

Well, we seem to share one commonality: It won't stop a bear attack, but enough cash can get you out of most binds.

Which is why I carry the Beretta. Either for bears, or people that want the cash without a fair trade.

I should probably put together a smaller go-bag. Just essential stuff and some small survival stuff.

A knife under most instances is better than a gun in as close of a confrontation as a mugging would generally allow.
Unless you're an incredibly good shot most of the bullets would do nominal damage if they even hit.

Guns are good as scare factors, because people believe that you pull the trigger, there's a loud noise, and then things die.

Which generally isn't the case. You pretty much have to be shot in the T-zone or have your heart blown out in order to die in anything near an "immediate" or "effective" period of time.

That being said, most people are scared of guns. Soo... yeah. That should work. But, if you're faced with a mugger who has experience, then you prolly just got yourself killed or shot while you were trying to draw your weapon. (I see no hip holster or panel insert for the bag- so then you've also got to hope that the gun is facing a direction suitable for gripping and drawing and that it hasn't been fouled by any of the magic crap that ends up in pockets and bags.)

I do agree. But I am a good shot. 1st three shells are hollowpoints. Just solids behind it. If I ever do have to pull the trigger, I do intend to kill whatever I'm aiming at. So far, the need to draw on another human has never presented itself. I am a believer in the "know your situation and avoid trouble" mentality. The holster is actually at home., but there is a dedicated gun pocket in my case. For me it's not a scare-factor tool, but a last resort.

My favorite weapons are my shotguns, my favorite pistol is my S&W 745 (a 1911 style), but the double action of the B-92 just makes it a better personal sidearm for the intended purpose.

Gonna have to get me a knife, so many cool ones in here that you guys carry...

Gerber and Benchmade are solid options, relatively cheap-ish.

Cheapish being the key word here. I seen some of the knives you were looking at Bangy, and lets just say, 350.00 is a bit more then I would want to spend on one

I wish knifes were legal here, anything more than 5cm in length and its an offence to carry it.
Talk about a nanny state.

All I gots is an IPad. How do I post a pic?
I tried c/p.

Can you not hotlink with the ipad?

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Originally posted by DEMO

Can you not hotlink with the ipad?

Yeah, I use the [img tags but after copying from My Photos the paste doesn't appear as an option.
HLinking works great with google etc images.

Interesting, I know nothing about the ipad so I'm really no help. But I can attach files from my android if that helps

I'm sure rhat there's aw ay.
I'll do some research, may need an app.

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Originally posted by britmonkey

I wish knifes were legal here, anything more than 5cm in length and its an offence to carry it.
Talk about a nanny state.

5cm is roughly the standard identified length required to kill someone with a knife.

However, it's quite possible to kill with as little as 2cm.

So just because the blade isn't of a length typical of a "fight" knife (7 inches, btw- because that's the average distance between the clavicle and the Aortic notch), doesn't mean that it isn't useful for self defense.

"I carry a weapon over seven inches...." - Bangles eventually.

In mah pants!

Anyone know of any solid, but small bags or sling backpacks that aren't shit?