I have a multitool that has a small knife, a torch and a pair of pliers among some other things. I used the pliers a couple of times so far. Its pretty useful. I also have a tiny knife/tweezers/toothpick thing as a keyring and a similar one in my bag.
Thats not including the 15cm Swiss army knife i have in my bag. And the pepper spray
Last night I was walking with a friend and dropped a glove. He immediately took out a torchlight to help me find the glove. When the glove was found, I was rather impressed and asked if he also happened to carry a knife. Within seconds he pulled out a ~15cm solid swiss army knife.
I can't help but thought about what they said: if something could go wrong, it will, and we would be ready for it.
If being seriously equipped you have two or three slightly different army knifes with you, the larger one having a single blade of 8cm, the other one having two blades (the larger one of 6cm) and better details, BOTH of course having a corkscrew
On top of the standard female stuff like lip balm, purse, phone and chewing gum, I usually have on my person:
Swiss army knife (the larger version)
Mini-Maglite (attached to my key holder)
Plasters (band-aids for the linguistically diverse who cannot grasp a different way of saying things although us Brits can do the reverse )
Aspirin
Ibuprofen
Zyrtec (although I have no allergies, can help with sunburn)
Immodium
Desinfectant gel
Tissues
A mini sewing kit
A biro and a pencil
A bit of string
A few paper clips
Superglue
Matches
A memory stick with the sort of info I'd be sorry to lose if my house burned down plus space for any info that may need to be transferred by someone else
iPhone charger
spare pair of tights if I am wearing tights that day
if I am wearing nail varnish - the corresponding bottle of varnish to fix chips
nail file
plus a few other things that have helped myself and others out in a fix
Every single thing on that list has in the past helped with something. For example, at a night time rooftop party the wind kept blowing out all the candles, so I used the army knife to cut open empty beer cans and stuck tea lights/candles in them, which I lit with the matches; a friend tore into her long nail, so I fixed it with tissues and superglue; the plasters got used to stick up a notice not to close the front door as we were moving something and so on.
And this is why women have massive handbags.
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On top of the standard female stuff like lip balm, purse, phone and chewing gum, I usually have on my person:
Swiss army knife (the larger version)
Mini-Maglite (attached to my key holder)
Plasters (band-aids for the linguistically diverse who cannot grasp a different way of saying things although us Brits can do the reverse )
Aspirin
Ibuprofen
Zyrtec (although I have no allergies, can help with sunburn)
Immodium
Desinfectant gel
Tissues
A mini sewing kit
A biro and a pencil
A bit of string
A few paper clips
Superglue
Matches
A memory stick with the sort of info I'd be sorry to lose if my house burned down plus space for any info that may need to be transferred by someone else
iPhone charger
spare pair of tights if I am wearing tights that day
if I am wearing nail varnish - the corresponding bottle of varnish to fix chips
nail file
plus a few other things that have helped myself and others out in a fix
Every single thing on that list has in the past helped with something. For example, at a night time rooftop party the wind kept blowing out all the candles, so I used the army knife to cut open empty beer cans and stuck tea lights/candles in them, which I lit with the matches; a friend tore into her long nail, so I fixed it with tissues and superglue; the plasters got used to stick up a notice not to close the front door as we were moving something and so on.
If being seriously equipped you have two or three slightly different army knifes with you, the larger one having a single blade of 8cm, the other one having two blades (the larger one of 6cm) and better details, BOTH of course having a corkscrew
Yes, where do people find a 15cm Swiss Army knife?
Probably can ask the swiss if they have spare ones from military service.
Those sold in shops are mostly smaller ones for tourists
The ones from military service was / is rather small, and has no cork-screw. Not to speak about scissors. Interesstingly, the special black one we got at the end of our service from our captain, has a cork-screw and scissors and a pinzette and a toothstick.
The meagre nature of the crap you got from the army as "standard" was/is the reason why most soldiers had/have two knifes with them, the "official" one to be shown at inspections and the "real" one actually to be used
To be used when your pans on fire
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