This is the blog for all of you EDCers who, like myself, feel the need to rotate your gear to match a specific occasion.
Perhaps you think your 'a-tad-too-tactical' loadout doesn't always quite fit ‘Operation Dinner Out’ at your local fancy restaurant, and that you need to adjust the stuff you carry towards a more elegant gentlemanlike set of equipment? So, if you’ve got a nice kit to flaunt, hit submit and it will be posted shortly.
Here, at Occasional œ Essentials, we let the occasion determine the loadout we carry. So, feel free to submit a photo along with a description of what you carry. And, of course, to what occasion.
Enjoy!
Newly purchased Nitecore EX11.2. I think it matches the car key quite nicely.
A review will be coming up as soon as I’ve had the chance to put it through its paces.
Today I recieved a couple of McGizmo Titanium Torsion Clips and hooked one of them up real quick with a lanyard. Nothing fancy. Just something to allow me to try it out.
Reblogged from pocket-philosophies
After seeing this on Pocket Philosophies I just couldn’t restrain myself, so it just so happens that there is one just like it making it’s way to me right this moment.
Can’t wait to try it out.
(Source: pocket-philosophies)
Just received my latest purchase, a Laco Marine.
The first impression is that it is of an excellent build quality, and I really fancied the packaging. I believe it’s about time I start looking for a valet for my watches, folding knives and cufflinks…
The only keychain tool you’ll ever need
I got this a few weeks back, and I have been carrying it around ever since. The Brewzer is perfectly sized for carrying in your key chain and because of that you always have it at an arms length.
To be honest I haven’t really had any use for the bottle opener since your average beverage bottles here in Sweden all have plastic caps that twists off… The same goes for the oxygen bottle wrench, although I have to admit that the way they’ve turned it into a silhouette if a beer bottle is a really nice feature.
What have been put to almost daily use is the box opener. It the part on the side of the screwdriver that looks like a little beak. While it’s blunt to prevent your pockets from being ripped to shreds, it is still super efficient when it comes to cutting packing tape and it even tears through corrugated cardboard without a problem.
The Brewzer also sports a prybar/screwdriver and fairly deep jibbings that provides good grip when using the M7-sized wrench that’s combined with the bottle opener. All edges are nice and clean and slightly rounded due to the Brewzer being stonewashed.
All in all, it’s a really great product and from now on a part of my EveryDay Carry.
I just received a Leatherman Surge from EDC Depot along with a few other goodies that will be posted within the next few days. What struck me with the Surge was, although I’ve read about it, just how enormous it is. It’s a really sturdy piece of equipment and I look forward to putting it to the test. A review will be coming up shortly.
My most recent purchase:
A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to take the quintessential trip down memory lane… Litterally.
As I walked through the iron age exhibitions at The Museum of History in Lund, Sweden I gazed upon this magnificent collection of 14th century EDC found underneath the benches duning a restauration of an old church.
Today’s pocket dump. It’s just the basic stuff I tote with the addition of a new folder.
First impressions last.
And the first impression right after unboxing the boots was that they looked and felt absolutely super. Well made, lightweight, the excellent quality of both materials and craftsmanship as well as the general assembly all added up to the initial wow factor.
These boots are intended for everyday usage and they sport a list of well composed features such as:
Right out of the box they felt a little stiff and it took a while to figure out the tightness of lacing them up that would fit my individual foot geometry. There is a feature 5.11 call the Cinch System™ that works as a sliding lock when lacing them up, but I actually removed it in favor of going manual. What would have been nice is if 5.11 included a set of optional Stay Tied Sausage Laces.
After the first few days of initial evaluation the 5.11 XPRT Tactical Boots come to their full right and become extremely comfortable. 5.11 state that the boots have no break in period, however in my case that was the truth with a little modification. Even though I haven’t yet been in an incident where spraining my ankle would have been remotely plausible (wearing these boots, that is) I have actually felt an increased overall stability, compared to other boots I have worn over the last decade, and I suppose I have the Talon Stabilizer™ to thank for that.
During the first short sprint I have had the benefit of being in absolute awe of how well the shock mitigation work, especially together with the other features that at the same time work to stabilize and clinch your feet in place. It is not, however, to compare to your average running shoes, but more of a bouncy yet firm sensation and they feel extremely light and sturdy all at once. For someone like me who have had their fair share of knee injuries the ability to spare your knees becomes a pretty central feature of your footwear.
One feature that came as quite the surprise was the amount of grip you get out of the soles, which goes off the charts. Wet and even icy surfaces are no match at all. In fact, you become so confident in the grip that it becomes second nature and the thought of treading carefully never even enters your mind. Coming in from bad weather conditions and crossing wet surfaces like marble floors, these boots consistently grip on like sandpaper, and they don’t even squeak!
These are by far the best boots I have ever worn, and even after a month of heavy use, in numerous shifting and sometimes harsh conditions these 5.11 XPRT Tactical Boots look and feel brand new.
