Keyring EDC

[EddieEnzyme]

Just a little tip... It's a good idea to have a clip or a small carabiner on your car key so that you can take it off the main keyring while it's in use. It's not advisable to have any weight on the ignition as it causes wear and can cause it to fail.
Oh and while it's off the main keyring my Toyota key would make a pretty effective hole punch...

[tanstaafl]

Hi some ideas, trying the first one myself , seeing how long the charge holds.............

http://www.amazon.co.uk/NITECORE-Resist ... ecore+tube


Can be found a lot cheaper but thought you might like the designs , less matcho

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Victorinox-Clas ... army+knife


These are great , and strangely the hole in the middle fits your finger and makes it sit in your palm with the sharp bits forward

http://www.amazon.co.uk/CRKT-Camping-Bo ... +N%60+Tool




Oh heres mine



P51 can opener

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pack-Survival-O ... n+opener+p

Gerber dime

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gerber-Blades-M ... erber+dime

Pry Bar

https://www.fasttech.com/p/1552000

Pill/money holder

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004 ... detailpage



Not on my keyring yet but just ordered , looks like a copy of the Spyderco Ladybug which is £39 , this is £1.65 Delivered

https://www.fasttech.com/products/1964701


Held together by a Aircraft Grade Keyring

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cable-Aircraft- ... d_sxp_f_pt


make sure you use good clips cheapo ebay ones allow stuff to come off


http://www.survivaldepot.co.uk/McGizmo_ ... 65657.aspx

[ForgeCorvus]

As Eddie says, hanging a load of weight off your ignition doesn't do it any favours.
But the one thing I'd keep attached to my car key (if I ever run a car again) is a Resqme (cost about a tenner)

Available in a range of colours


There are loads of dikes, ditches and drains around here, they've nearly always got water in them and most of them a big enough to swallow a car without trying

"100 Foot Drain"

[tanstaafl]

As Eddie says, hanging a load of weight off your ignition doesn't do it any favours.
But the one thing I'd keep attached to my car key (if I ever run a car again) is a Resqme (cost about a tenner)

Available in a range of colours

Never tried them but hear that they are good...............


But prefer this under my sun blind, the Lansky world legal knife , the thing is like a tank , probably do more damage with it closed , combination seat belt cutter and window breaker, or the second which is designed for that........ http://www.fasttech.com/products/1901/1 ... ding-knife








On the second knife its not a copy , Sanrenmu make Boker knives and a mate at work bought the boker one for £30, I bought this from the above site and we compared them, it came off the same production line no question , just has not got boker on it £8 delivered...........

[pitchshifter]

BigF thanks for the clarification re. kubotans, SAKs etc.

Tanstaafl I love that fox-patterned SAK, I'm a sucker for a pretty thing! Think I might treat myself to one of those .

Forge I was looking at getting a Resqme, a friend of mine always carries one. I'm between one of those and a lifehammer and can see advantages and disadvantages to both. The Resqme would always be on your keys and so would be easily accessible in an emergency, however it does have that little spring mechanism which could potentially go wrong at just the wrong moment. On the other hand the lifehammer has no mechanism to go wrong, but may be less accessible in a glove compartment or wherever.

Thanks for the tip Eddie, I had planned on keeping everything on little clips so that things can be moved on and off easily (like when I get an SAK on there I'll want to easily remove it when I go on a plane) so I could easily remove the key when driving. I drive a Toyota too and looking at the key I agree that it would make a pretty good hole punch...

[ForgeCorvus]

Forge I was looking at getting a Resqme, a friend of mine always carries one. I'm between one of those and a lifehammer and can see advantages and disadvantages to both. The Resqme would always be on your keys and so would be easily accessible in an emergency, however it does have that little spring mechanism which could potentially go wrong at just the wrong moment. On the other hand the lifehammer has no mechanism to go wrong, but may be less accessible in a glove compartment or wherever.

I was in the same position.... Then I asked the question "if I was in a ditch, maybe in the dark, under water and/or not the right way up. Where could I put something and know I could find it"
I'm pretty sure I'll know where the steering wheel is and so know where the ignition lock will be.


No reason to not have a lifehammer as well... After all, Two is one and One is none

[pitchshifter]

No reason to not have a lifehammer as well... After all, Two is one and One is none

So true Forge, I'll just get one of each!

[featherstick]

Spiked Kubotan are now a specified offensive weapon. Standard Kubotan are also an offensive weapon and there is now case law to back this. No difference here between a 6" Kubotan and a 12" knife!

Anything carried that is designed or marketed as a weapon is likely to get you into hot water. (Tactical pens for instance)

A SAK or other UK legal penknife is a tool.

Yep, anything marketed or that could be interpreted as a weapon will get you into trouble. So it would be fine for a woman to carry a hairbrush, and she might get away with hitting someone with it, but it would be more difficult for me to explain a hairbrush (not much hair, you see). And if a man or a woman were carrying one of those hairbrushes with with sharpened handles they'd both get in hot water, no matter how long their hair.

This is why I specified kubotan technique as it can be used with a variety of improvised weapons - heavy key-rings, biros, a water-bottle, so long as you remember to say you were terrified, in fear of your life, just lashed out with whatever was in your hand....

[tanstaafl]

Spiked Kubotan are now a specified offensive weapon. Standard Kubotan are also an offensive weapon and there is now case law to back this. No difference here between a 6" Kubotan and a 12" knife!

Anything carried that is designed or marketed as a weapon is likely to get you into hot water. (Tactical pens for instance)

A SAK or other UK legal penknife is a tool.

Yep, anything marketed or that could be interpreted as a weapon will get you into trouble. So it would be fine for a woman to carry a hairbrush, and she might get away with hitting someone with it, but it would be more difficult for me to explain a hairbrush (not much hair, you see). And if a man or a woman were carrying one of those hairbrushes with with sharpened handles they'd both get in hot water, no matter how long their hair.

This is why I specified kubotan technique as it can be used with a variety of improvised weapons - heavy key-rings, biros, a water-bottle, so long as you remember to say you were terrified, in fear of your life, just lashed out with whatever was in your hand....

I had this conversation with a mate after he was attacked by a couple of lads a few years back, after a few similar attacks in the area .....

Luckily he is a hard bugger and fought them off, but admitted it was a close run thing, so I advised him to carry a weapon, he declined...........

But my point to him was that if you incapacitated a mugger or rapist using the above mentioned things, did he think they were going to wander down the police station and complain how they were assaulted whilst mugging/raping somebody

I know its a can of worms, as you could end up seriously injuring or god forgive killing somebody................. but I would rather have something on me and not need it than the other way round...............

I know its trite but the old better to be "judged by twelve than buried by six" does make sense..........

[poppypiesdad]

Here we go the old weapon attack chestnut

We as in everyone carry in our pockets handbags or manbags enough equipment to defend ourselves with out buying other "risky " items

Keys
Torch
Bank Card
Can of fizzy pop
Newspaper

I am not going to tell you how to use them as they would then be classed as weapons , use your imagination and if that fails you tube it.

Anyway back on topic

Totally agree get one of each as forge said they are not expensive

J