Article – Multitools Make the Man

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Everyday carry (or E.D.C.) denotes what you carry wherever you go. It is a niche preparedness culture that is lately becoming mainstream; amid the groundswell, it has been called a ‘‘movement,’’ a ‘‘mindset’’ and even a ‘‘philosophy,’’ for it also connotes a heightened consciousness about what you carry and why. The objects in an individual’s E.D.C. may be as unremarkable as keys, a cell phone and a wallet, but might be as various as a brass marine shackle or a tourniquet, a seatbelt cutter or a small multipurpose tool that looks like a seahorse, a reclining monkey or a gaping tyrannosaur. E.D.C. sites are awash in lovingly curated still lifes of all this — a murse dump with occasional Glocks.

A little something from the NY Times (“Pravda On The Hudson”) about the ‘trend’ towards EDC gear. Nothing really substantive or new in the article, but the fact that it is even there is whats newsworthy.

6 thoughts on “Article – Multitools Make the Man”

  1. I realized I was not the norm when someone unexpectedly picked up my jacket and commented “Man, that thing’s heavy! No wonder your back hurts. What’s in it?” I responded “Oh, um, the usual stuff. Thanks, I’ll take it now.”

  4. I’ve also noticed that EDC articles are being published in more and more news stories. Even some ‘water cooler’ talk often have ‘show and tell’ what they carry in their pockets / wallets. Gadgets abound – I blame mobile phone apps for part of this, as the phone becomes much more versatile.

  5. Here at work… it’s become sort of the thing. Need a tool or flashlight on a medical scene? Ask BePrepared… he always has that flashlight and multitool.

    My partners are always asking to use my flashlight, Surefire 6PX Defender, (more so than than the snips they all carry) yet they never think to pack one on the job. Oh sure they all mutter about “how I should get one of those” but they never do and we need them more than your average John Q Prepper on the street.

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