Everyday Carry. What essentials do you carry on a daily basis?

Got me good there, you scamp 🤣

I do see it, now that you mention it.

Goes in nature's pocket.

Butt where's the fun in that ?

It's legal to purchase and own any kind of knife where I live, but not to carry them unless you have legitimate grounds to do so (self-defense is not one of them). In the case of a push dagger, it would be tricky to argue it's to slice bread or open boxes.

I wouldn't know since I don't live in the US. Then again in my country carrying any kind of knife is illegal without "legitimate reason". So there you have it.

Knife laws varies from state to state.
In my experience it's more about specific features and sizes than what we traditionally think of categories.

As other have said, varies by state.

Rather be carried by 6 than judged by 12 on that.

Possibly, but in my experience, no cop here is gonna look at that and think twice.

Some of them are not great. The classic zippo naphtha and wick style is more reliable, despite evaporation. Honestly a Bic is more trustworthy despite the unstylishness of them.

Yeah I have also considered it. It's quite wasteful to refill with lighter fluid that mostly evaporates since I do not use it all that much. I fear it will not feel like a zippo anymore with a butane insert though.

The kind that lives in the 21th century 😜

Kidding aside, pens are relegated in my bag, which usually contains the wallet with ID, work laptop, noise-cancelling headset, hand sanitizer, glasses case, etc. Thus it's sort of EDC but not really.