/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Pictured is my;
-Leatherman Wave (modded)
-Zippo
-CRKT Delegate assisted folder
-Duracell SD Card
-Wallet
-Dumbphone

The only thing I carry that is worth mentioning is the leatherman squirt. The thing is so tiny that sometimes I think I've forgotten it at home because I can't immediately feel it in my pocket

>>141315
op here,
I used to carry a squirt as well, actually I had it on a retracting ID clip, beanered to my belt loop. That setup was PHENOMINAL! I could get at it really easy and literally let go when I was done. Unfortunately, the tool came apart from all the banging into things and I've yet to replace it.

Why is this in /diy/? What's worse, I just saw you post this in /b/. Are you really that desperate to show off your <insert overpriced item here>?

>>141323
I'm not entirely certain where it belongs, but thanks for taking the time to check it out. I have no intentions to show anything off, frankly, none of the items pictured are expensive and I certainly wouldn't say overpriced. What would I gain by showing off to strangers?
The reason I posted this on /b/ is because this thread was really slow and I wanted a more fast paced discussion.

>>141325
>I'm not entirely certain where it belongs

>>>/k/

>>141330
its not about weapons?
not sure why you directed me to /k/...

>>141332
>never been to /k/

yea, everything that postsed has to be EXACTLY wepaons

>leatherman
>folder
>no weapons

keep trying kid, on second thought dont go to /k/.

>>141337
I can understand the knife being seen as a weapon by some, but the leatherman? that's a tool. but you're right, I've hardly ever ventured to /k/. I guess I'll check it out more, thanks.

>>141340
no. you are obviously a retard, dont shit up /k/ anymore than it is.

>Halls
>$4.20 and random coins (hurr durr)
>Utility knife blade
>Wallet
>Keys w/ USB and mini screwdriver/clippers
>Zippo

>>141337
>kid
Let me guess: you just succeeded in growing your first mustache?

Reported

>>141373
let me guess, you got offended by being called a kid, because you are one

you do realize only kids get bothered when they get called a kid, right?

reported for underage b&

What's a good day-to-day multitool?

>don't need it for camping
>working as an antenna installer so screw driver, cable strippers/cutters etc. are necessary

pic related: what im thinking of getting

>>141387
awkies..

I carry Nunchaku, Pokemon keychain, Barbed Wire, dillinger, Smokes, Lighter (plastic), Gum, Cash, LED.

>>141315
Used to carry a leatherman squirt PS4, but i found the pliers to be way to small to actually be usable.
Switched to S.O.G Crosscut instead and is more satisfied.

>>141387
Do you carry a tool belt or work wear with big pockets?
Do you want to carry it even when not at work?

Full sized tools got plenty of tools which you will never use, like Saw, File and additional knife. They also weight a lot. ~300g might not seem like much, but when 200g of that weight comes from tools which you use once a year, you should consider another multi-tool.
I carry a S.O.G Powerplier @159g in my tool pockets and I feel that i certainly wouldn't bother carrying it if it was any heavier.

Also my keys

Has anyone used the Leatherman Squirt ES4?

It seems interesting because I'm getting into electronics.

Cell phone, mp3 player/ear buds, slingshot and I usually carry a lollipop around. So many situations can be diffused with a lollipop.

>>141401

>>141413 here - I own a Squirt PS4 and its a really nice piece. Good quality of all the tools even though the tiny file is useless on such small formats.

The pliers on the PS4 are way too tiny to be useful (can barely bust a nut without flexing and is too thin to get a grip around anything), but I can imagine that the ES4 is really nice for stripping wires and tightening smaller screws.

Nothing /diy/ related, really.

I still don't understand why you guys carry combat knives around.

>>141457
neither do we.

>>141457
occasionally, wild bears, chinese invading armies and russians.

>>141311
All the stuff that I carry in my wallet + my sog crosscut.

>duct tape
>razor
>lockpicks
>ear plugs
>phone numbers if i lose my phone
>matches
>safety pin
>rubber band
>bobby pins

Definitively not as bad as the wallet claim though.

>>141462

>lock picks

Oh for fuck's sake, just stop.

>>141462

And I just noticed you altered a hex/allen wrench into a tension wrench. The fuck is your problem?

>>141481

Most tension wrenches suck balls for picking locks.

>>141484

If they're rigid, definitely, no feedback after all.

But I'd rather much have something with flex, i.e. spring steel, than an 1/8" thick piece of steel that just so happens to mimic the shape of a tension wrench.

Falle's tension wrenches are by far the best concept I've seen produced thus far. Theoretically, the best place to position a tension wrench is in the center of the cylinder, which happens to be the top end of the plug. The Falle design allows for this without the possibility of a pick knocking it loose when being withdrawn from the plug. They're too fucking expensive though.

I use HPC's Dial Round tension wrench with great success.

money clip
phone
keys

>>141462

This is pretty tryhard. But I actually quite like the makeshift tension tool.

>>141462
the makeshift tension wrench can obviously be used as a flat headed screwdriver as well.

>>141503

Just like the actual screw driver on the multi-tool, the other tension wrench, etc. Good point, hot shot.

A Leatherman Wave
A small screwdriver/drillbit set
A glass cleaning cloth
A compass on a necklace
A tracphone
A bandana
A mechanical pedometer
An Acetylene tank opener
An architect's pencil (I have heavy handwriting, but no matter how hard I press, it always lays light)

Wallet:
75$ in cash/change
List of phone numbers
My Apprentice plumber's license
three small bandaids, two 'Giant' band aids
ID/Student ID/etc..
a ton of business cards from other contractors
my business cards

>>141337
Not pictured:
Sunwayman v20c (hasnt gotten here yet)
And i am waiting on leatherman to come out with a surge with replaceable carbide wire cutters before I buy a new one.

>>141504
what if he for some reason hasn't got the pocket tool on him?

pick related, its you.

>>141505
Get softer lead.
I run 2B in my .4 super promecha

>>141523
Quite interesting setup. How do you spend your days?

>>141535
Taking photos, going on hikes, 'medicating', setting up for renegades/campouts, doing urban exploration, sitting on my ass talking to /diy/ all day, rebuilding motorcycles, trail riding, camping, traveling, machinist.

Ball Point Pen
Mech Pencil
Sharpie
Notepad
SOG Gentlemans Folder
SOG Powerlock Multitool
DROID X
Wallet Usually about $50 in cash
Hand Sanitizer


On a similar note, I got into a discussion earlier today abut Colombia River knives (CRKT) like in OPs post.

I prefer SOG because they use AUS8 steel in almost all their folders, where CRKT uses a lot of 420 stainless and other mid-grade steels.

I'm told that CRKT now has a new metalurgist coming over from Kershaw and they're using higher grade steels in even their lower end knives. Anybody know much about this? Google isn't telling me much.

Also, how can a guy research the grades/HRC of proprietary steels that knife companies sometimes use?

tl;dr, What is a reliable 3rd party consumer report for pocket knives?

Wallet, keys, cell phone, knife, pencil.

Not that picky about the quality/style of each. If I lose or break something, I replace it.

>>141370
suomi spotted

>>141411
I seriously want to know. What's in the the instructables package? It reminds me of a brick of cocaine. While you're at it what's the silver thing next to it? Not the zippo but the other thing.

>>141567
$20 says its a cigarette case.

>>141462
I'm willing to bet you only carry around the wallet, if that.

Srsly guise, srsly. Totally not being a douchebag, this is totally what I carry around in my pockets. Srsly guise.

Lol

>>141583
Dem flashlights hnnnng

>>141583
is that a harmonica in the top middle?

Phone, Wallet, keys. I don't live INNAWOODS

>>141311
Nothing. When I go out it's only keys and wallet with ID in wallet and not much else. My father on the other hand carried about twice as many tools around with him than this >>141583 guy minus the weapons.

>>141567
It's my ductape cover for a mead notepad, I just slapped an instructables sticker on it because I sometimes come up with ideas and write them down in there, some make it to instructables and some are waiting to be implemented.. Protects it from the ass sweat in my back pocket since I do hard labour for my job.
The silver thing is my cigarette case, nasty habit but fuck it. $6 on ebay, simple and functional, it is what it is.

>>141662
Yep, in case my Black Hawk goes down in Mogadishu, I want to make sure I have something to pass the time if i'm not taking heavy gunfire.

Lol

>>141532

If he doesn't have it, he's got 3 other options to turn a small standard drive bit, i.e. flat head screw driver. And I'm not even counting the DIY tension wrench.

Stop being fucking ignorant.

>>141311

Leatherman Wave
Benchmade 940
MuvoTX FM 2GB
8GB USB stick
Wallet
Keys
Gerber shard on keys
Maratac AAA flashlight on keys

>>141641

Seriously? It's a minimag AA and a couple of those dollar store 3xAAAs with the 9x5mm LEDs in them.

>>141673
>weapons

Look at the magazine wells on each of those.

Or more specifically, the LACK of magazine wells where there are instead caps or wing nuts for securing CO2 cartridges.

They're airsoft guns.

>>141834
>minimag
Shitty lumen output for the size and weight
>dollar lights
Fuck those things in the ass, I shouldn't even have to explain why.

You could a far brighter more versatile EDC light that's half the size and outperforms all three of those lights in many different ways.
If you are going to bother EDC'ing a bunch of gear why not get the best gear you can afford?

The only thing I carry in my pocket 100% of the time is my imco triplex, even when I'm indoors or have just woken up. I just don't feel complete without it.

When I go out I'll usually have phone, keys, ipod, a few pens/pencils and a notepad.

But no pictures so this post is kind of useless.

>>141851

Because.

>>141866
I don't follow?

>>141872

>>141879
What are you trying to imply here.

>>141879
Cool crenelations bro

>>141885

Screencapped that other tripcode, going to ask /k/ which two personalities you've assumed and whether you pretend they're separate people.

>>141893
I copy and pasted it wrong from the email I got from the translator of tripcode explorer, fixer of unicode tripcodes.
http://archive.no-ip.org/o/search?search_tripcode=%2110PINZ710.&search_username=Pinzfag

Taking into consideration the nature of most of my posts what motivation do I have to samefag exactly?

Surprisingly little mall-ninja activity in this thread, except for lockpick guy and 100 flashlights troll.

Wallet (drivers license, check card, and spare house key)
Phone
USB drive

>>141376
>>141337

Wallet with moniez
Coin pocket
Keys
Leatherman Squirt (if you don't own one you're a faggot. Does not apply to people who have a need for larger multitools. Pliers, scissors, knife, file, and two dinky screw drivers. What's not to like?)
Phone
Chap

>>141523
what's the name of those knives? orange one

>>141999
Benchmade 915

Phone
Leatherman Skeletool
Wallet
Chapstick
Lighter
Cigs

In all of my backpacks I carry on a regular basis, I have ~10ft of duct tape wrapped around a sharpie and ~10ft of paracord. ALWAYS.

>>141840
i know the one pistol in the middle is a BB gun
i have the same one
air soft is only good for pissing around, bbs can actually be used for self defense

lol I should make a proper one sometime.

Wallet
Pokemon Cards
Phone
Fancy Korean Pen
Buck Knife
Keys
Drum Key

>>141318
awesome idea, i'll try it

i have nothing of value to speak about in my pochets, but i'm definitely gonna carry something again soon, it's something i know i should always do

Chapstick
Why do you plebs carry so much shit while you're in your own house?

>>142141
yah, srsly...

bitchas dont know bout my sick knife collection yo

>>142102
>bbs can actually be used for self defense
>this is what kids actually believe

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH

>>142104
>>142104

Can you go into more detail what you've got here? Things like where you got/what is that little key chain lighter, and the air craft cable key chain?

I usually keep nothing in my pockets. Everything is my belt pouches. I actually had to take everything out to remember all I was keeping in there. Here is a picture and a list
01: Headphones. Crap, but the good ones tore up during Christmas.
02: AC to USB adapter. Super useful.
03: Nintendo DS Lite to original DS power adapter.
04: PSP and Camera USB cable.
05: USB charge cable for DS Lite
06: USB charge cable for my Cell Phone
06: Two numbers sixes? Yeah these are just matches. Got a bunch when I worked at a hotel. They have a cab number on them, which has been useful.
07: Swiss Army Knife. Required carry for all McGuyver wannabees.
08: Army Surplus Grenade pouch. Usually hold the camera.
09: Zippo. Was my Grandpas. Never got the chance to ask how it got dented. Has his old construction business name one it.
10: Latex gloves. When you don't want to leave prints. Or just don't want to get your hands dirty.
11: Tape Measure. Crappy one I got from Lowes for free when I worked there.
12: Fire starter. Flint and Magnesium block.
13: Crap Knife. Doesn't hold an edge, but is legal to carry. Mostly used with the flint for fire starting.
14: Hard to see this number. It's the green USB SD card reader. Holding a 8 gig card.

>>142199
Continued:

15: 4 gig SD card.
16: Bluetooth earpiece for cell phone. Gift from parents but rarely used. Lives in the pouch, not on my ear.
16: What is it with the number six and my repeating it? This is some fine, tasty pipe tobacco from a local smoke shop.
17: My pipe. Not my only one, but definitely my favorite.
18: Main belt pouch. Was a gift, gets worn everywhere. Holds most of this shite.
19: Folding Knife, Fork, and Spoon set.
20: A pen. Nothing special.
21: Pencil stub. Lost the eraser recently.
22: Glass cutter. Christmas present. Still trying to make a proper wine bottle drinking glass.
23: Whetstone.
24: Fast sharpener. Does horrible things to knives, but useful for keeping an edge on Crap Knife.
25: Vice Grip. Found it in a parking lot. Made itself fairly useful.
26: Hairbrush with several extra hair ties on it. I have long hair, this is a must carry.
27: Pipe tool. Crappy thing, but my nice one went missing at a party.
28: Leather Man Wave. The god of multi tools.
29: Keys. Blue thing is the RFID tag that gets my in my local HackSpace.
30: Crappy Balisong. Not Sharpened. Not a weapon. Not a tool. Just a skill toy to occupy my hands when bored.
31: Small Padlock. Surprisingly useful.
Not Pictured: Clip with ID and Debit card, Cell Phone, Camera that took the picture.

>>142199

jaguar butterfly knife!!!!! whered you get that at? i must have gotten mine (the broken yellow spotted one in the pic) like fucking 12 years ago in some souvenir shop!!!!!! please do tell me. how old is your jaguar knife? it was a pretty perfect cheap butterfly knife until it broke recently (dropping it on concrete all the time)

>>142215

It was a gift from a friend. Don't know exactly where she got it, but I'd lay good odds it came from a little Knife and Sword shop in St. Augustine, since I'd seen identical ones there.

>>142218

i tried to find one online. i couldn't find one online, makes me kinda sad

>>142199
>no flashlight
:smith:
>ingestl W'at.

>>142230

Hah! Thanks for reminding me! I actually have one I normally carry, but I took it out a while back to change the batteries and it never got packed back in.

That sort of behavior is why my gear is constantly changing. I take things out to use them or something and then end up never getting back in. And then I pick up something useful, or interesting and add it in. Or I just used something and it get stuck in a pack cause I nowhere else to put it.

I used to carry steel chopsticks, but I lost those somewhere. Think I left them at a restaurant. Left my lock-picks at a friend's place after I got him in after he lost his keys. My good knife has been at my parents place since Christmas.

Now that I think about it, I also have a small notpad that is supposed to go in my pack. I wonder where that went.

>>142199

...are you Dexter?

Also, Jesus Christ, so much stuff. Why do you carry so many things on you?

>>142238
he doesnt. your getting trolled kid

ITT: babbys first EDC thread

Let's see...usually, I carry this on me

Wallet (obv)
Cigarettes
Lighter
Toothpick
Mini swiss army knife
Sharpie
iPod

And maybe 50-60% of the time:

small pipe
weed

>>142240

Yeah actually I've never visited this board before. I don't even know what "EDC" means. I also have no shame in this.

>>142238

You ever gone through a girl's purse and inventoried everything in it? I bet you'd find a lot more then 30 items. My belt purse is basically my man purse.

Whats bothering you on the carry out, though? I work a maintenance and janitorial job at lowes.
The gloves are when I have to clean stuff. I keep a bunch in my work vest as well.
The vice grips, tape measure, padlock, and multitool all get used at work often.
I use the fork and spoon set on my lunch break daily.
The whet stone and fast sharpener get used less often, but I like having them.
The tobacco, pipe, matches, lighter, and pipe tool is pretty obvious. I smoke.
The headphones, PSP charger, and DS charger is because I bus to work, so I have lots of time on the commute to game. I usually carry either my PSP or DS and charge them at work.
Fire starter block is unlikely to ever be used, but I like having it.
SD card is for the camera.
Glass cutter is pretty useless, since I've never needed it out and about, but it doesn't take up much space.
Butterfly knife is just a toy. Something to play with when bored.

It's not like I'm claiming to be some super prepared innawoods master. I just carry a man purse on my belt.

>>142262
so what flashlight foo

>>142272

Dude. It's a fucking flashlight. It's to light up dark places. Like the inside of a pedestal under a washing machine. Or under the sink when the motion sensor fries (again).

>>142279
lolk, you feel the need to list off ever other single fucking thing and refuse to answer my question merely I'm interested. woo 4chan

>>142281

Uhm, I missed a question? No I'm not Dexter. I think I explained why I have so much stuff though. I use it (mostly).

I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything. I am very very sleepy though, so I might not be making much sense. And I since I spent more time correcting sleepy induced typos then writing this post, I'm going to bed. Night.

>>142292
I wanted to know what -kind- of flashlight you normally carried...you started with the hostility :(

>>142294
he doesnt carry one because he made all that shit up. you retarded or something kid?

>>142300
Delicious kidfag

that and a couple of guitar picks. nothing too special here.

phone, wallet, keys, and a 3 7/8" mora knife.

>>142320
kindof hard to see,

two lighters,
two knives
passport
wallet
ipod nano
cheap phone
pocket change
usually a pen, absent.

Big mess of keys with 2 keychain flashlights, Small screwdriver thing, little Swiss army knife, Tritium glow thing and a waterproof little lighter.
Water proof flashlight with white/blue/red/infrared because I fucking love flashlights.
Regular lighter because why the hell not.
Cheapo Winchester knife I bought trying to fix a different knife but kept because it's actually alright.
Leatherman Squirt with wire strippers (without a doubt, the most use thing I've ever bought, ever. I use them every freaking day.)
Wallet, with a 4 gig tiny usb stick, Fresnel lens, and spare car key (as well as money, cards ID and all that crap.
Not pictured: Droid, which i used to take the (crappy) picture.
And I seriously carry that stuff every day, even to work, because I feel it's the minimum I would want in an emergency survival situation. Also because it's stuff to fiddle around with when I'm bored.

I hate carrying a lot of stuff.

>>142102
>mfw a .22 airsoft pellet easily tops 26 ft-lbs of muzzle energy and is accurate out to 70 yds
>mfw a .22 bb has half that ME and can't hit anything at range
>mfw both are worthless for self defense
>mfw I have no face

>>142186

mostly countycomm stuff:
industrial grade tin
micro widgy prybar
soled with clip
small screwdrivers
pocket straight razor
split pea lighter
sere pocket saw
air craft cable
p-51 can opener
screw keys
&
utili-key 6-in-1 tool which I moved over to another keychain since it's pretty redundant in the tin.

>>141311
>>141547
>>141832
>>142166
>>142323
>>142353

Why is everyone carrying two knives? How many days of your month do guys really feel that the blade on your multi-tool/smaller blade is insufficient?

this

>>142592
my nigga

usually carry this when i go to school. keep many of the things in my locker though. most things are pretty self explainatory

>>142611

Needs condoms, they are versatile.

>>142611
I take less than that when I go camping for the weekend.
WTF is wrong with you?

>>142591
>a gun to stop people from mugging you for your $4 usd

why only one?

>>142611
Swedish?

>>142611
That blue rope instead of cordage
That twine instead of snare wire.

I really need to take new EDC pictures. Maybe I'll do that in a bit.