What’s on your keyring (and do you use it?)
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I do.
Mine is sort of my EDC.
It has,
My door key.
A tiny wee torch.
A pair of sliver nippers.
The smallest spyderco.
A capsule with anti-histamines.
The smallest SAK.
A pair of True Utility scissors.
A trolley key.
A peanut lighter.
A capsule with a £20 emergency stash.
A compass.
A Tick Key (thanks Mesquite
)
An extending pen.
A whistle.
A capsule with interdental brushes.
A capsule with a mini hussif....threaded needles and a safety pin)
Two Alpkit mini carabiners.
Total weight 226g
Mine is sort of my EDC.
It has,
My door key.
A tiny wee torch.
A pair of sliver nippers.
The smallest spyderco.
A capsule with anti-histamines.
The smallest SAK.
A pair of True Utility scissors.
A trolley key.
A peanut lighter.
A capsule with a £20 emergency stash.
A compass.
A Tick Key (thanks Mesquite
)An extending pen.
A whistle.
A capsule with interdental brushes.
A capsule with a mini hussif....threaded needles and a safety pin)
Two Alpkit mini carabiners.
Total weight 226g
Keys, one tiny LED light that needs a new battery, two tiny bells (not sure where they came from tbh), a Walk #1000 Miles badge and a Moomin.
I have a key (one), a Victorinox Rally and an oLite i3E EOS. That's it and I use everything there. We share a car, so the car fob is with whoever has the car.
Glad you put the weight in there Toddy, I was beginning to think Marley’s ghost!
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How do you get on with the TU scissors? They seemed like a good idea when I got them but - well I’ve not found them useful.
Hmmm. Aye. I must admit that if I had to take something off, they'd probably be first choice. I did take off a pair of TU nail clippers/file. I did use it and it was handy, but the wee scissors in the tiny SAK work for that just fine.
I have a house key, tritium keyring and a leatherman micra.
The micra I use a lot and I would replace it instantly if I lost it
The micra I use a lot and I would replace it instantly if I lost it
Like Toddy, my keyring is my edc.
I used to have a small beanie type beagle dog on it too, and it worked well as an easy grab for it, but my friends dog decided it was something to chew when we were out of the room, and she killed my poor puppy!, a constant companion for 20 years.
I also keep two soft shackles on mine. The rest is similar to Toddy's, except that I have the minni opinel, instead of a sak.
It weighs a bit, and is very useful innocuous self defence tool if needed.
I used to have a small beanie type beagle dog on it too, and it worked well as an easy grab for it, but my friends dog decided it was something to chew when we were out of the room, and she killed my poor puppy!, a constant companion for 20 years.
I also keep two soft shackles on mine. The rest is similar to Toddy's, except that I have the minni opinel, instead of a sak.
It weighs a bit, and is very useful innocuous self defence tool if needed.
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A tiny little Sofirn light, about half the size of my little finger, very, very bright, two levels and made from stainless steel- have had other makes, anodised aluminium but they get so scuffed. This still looks new after nearly a year. I do like Sofirn, I have about 8 or 9 of their torches and lanterns, maybe more.
Next is my house keys and, in my pocket, hanging from a lanyard attached to my belt fob is my trusty 1952 British Army Burma pattern penknife with a Sheepsfoot blade, wicked looking can opener and a marlin spike, used to hang my other which didn’t have the marlin spike, then I managed to acquire this one which I now use because they’re so handy for lots of things beside unfastening knots etc.
Next is my house keys and, in my pocket, hanging from a lanyard attached to my belt fob is my trusty 1952 British Army Burma pattern penknife with a Sheepsfoot blade, wicked looking can opener and a marlin spike, used to hang my other which didn’t have the marlin spike, then I managed to acquire this one which I now use because they’re so handy for lots of things beside unfastening knots etc.
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My keyring got stripped right back during The Plague so I had less to sanitise - even Lego Batman was sent back to the Bat Cave - and it's never been reinstated, so just house keys (2) and garage. No vehicle to have a key for. Caught me out the other day when I forgot the workshop key wasn't on it any more, so probably ought to put that one back on. This might inspire me to rebuild actually, so will be interested to see what folks find useful.
Leatherman Micra in a kydex sheath. Now that I think of it I actually only need one key.
Door key, vixtorinox classic and a little carabiner to attach it to vehicle keys. Can't be doing with loads of stuff on a keyring. Now the Mrs on the other hand...........
Had a Micra on mine, but its been temporarily replaced with the tiny SAK. The Boruit copy torch has replaced a tiny Rovyvon torch that needs a charge but I can’t find a micro USB cable anywhere since we moved and I’m not buying any more leads.
The window breaker and seatbelt cutter hasn’t been used, thank goodness, and is on there because a friend of my step daughter had a car accident and ended up trapped underwater where she died. Saddest thing, just one of those people everyone loved.
Perhaps the most useful thing, I’ve taken it off for the pic, is a dogtag with my name and phone number embossed. I’d advise anyone to have one on their keys.
Like most EDCers, I have/had a drawer full of keyring carry, Countycomm widgy bars, Maratac bits, capsules, peanut lighters etc. Much of it has been given away, it was getting daft when I could hardly get my keyring in a pocket.
The window breaker and seatbelt cutter hasn’t been used, thank goodness, and is on there because a friend of my step daughter had a car accident and ended up trapped underwater where she died. Saddest thing, just one of those people everyone loved.
Perhaps the most useful thing, I’ve taken it off for the pic, is a dogtag with my name and phone number embossed. I’d advise anyone to have one on their keys.
Like most EDCers, I have/had a drawer full of keyring carry, Countycomm widgy bars, Maratac bits, capsules, peanut lighters etc. Much of it has been given away, it was getting daft when I could hardly get my keyring in a pocket.
I have have a car key and house key on mine plus a small leather strap that's been on my key ring about 25 years. I tend to keep it minimalistic as I hate bulky keys in my pocket and I've replaced quite a few worn out ignition barrels for people who keep a lot of stuff on their key rings.
Right pocket on key ring no 1 - car key with tritium fob, USB 100lm torch, spare acme dog whistle and mini Manager SAK.
Left pocket on key ring now - house and garage keys (6), trolley token bypass key.
Left pocket on key ring now - house and garage keys (6), trolley token bypass key.
A £20 note in one of those little capsules and a small carabiner to hang my keys off a belt loop.
As long as I go out the house wearing trousers I know where my keys are.
So far so good...
One of the reasons for not putting my keys in a pocket is that I have stuff in there I don't want getting scratched to hell.
As long as I go out the house wearing trousers I know where my keys are.
So far so good...
One of the reasons for not putting my keys in a pocket is that I have stuff in there I don't want getting scratched to hell.
