Thread: EDC Man Purse?

I carry a messenger bag, or satchel with me every day. I firmly believe that one can still be tough, and carry one's stuff.

I carry a Nike Messenger Bag everyday, it was a "Giveaway" from TAGHeuer, it sat in storage forever, then this past year I started using it to carry Mail in (ie:Razor boxes) then I realized that some of the people I work with are a bit less than honest so I started keeping personal stuff in it instead of my desk drawers...
It is also waterproof in and out so I bring lunch etc: in it too..
I keep things like Nail clippers, Thumb drives, Ear buds, Ipod cords, Dental Floss, basically everything I don't want people walking off with or using, in it

The wifey refers to it as the "Male Bag"

I'm lucky in that, in Spanish, there is not really a distinction between "purse" and "bag" (at least in terms of the Venezuelan dialect I speak with my wife), so SWMBO just refers to my man purse as a bag. I don't know if it's good or bad that it's the same word that's used for "purse" or not, but it doesn't feel like it. With "purse", there's no doubt about it. I have taken to calling it my bag in English, too

I use a messenger bag when I go into teach school, backpack when I go to teach test prep classes, and my pockets for everything else. I don't have anything against carrying a bag out, but it's just one more thing for me to keep track of. I'd forget my head if it wasn't attached to my shoulders...

This is what I carry:





Or, maybe I just use my pockets.

Normally pockets are adequate but I do have kind of a canvas dopp bag that I occassionally carry pipe gear (a couple pouches of tobacco, a couple pipes and some pipe cleaners) and cigars in. I also have a messenger bag but seldom carry enough junk with me to justify carrying it much.

Guilty!

I have a selection of man bags, (quite apart from the briefcase I use for work).

Glasses, Wallet, Magnifying glass, Hand sanitizer, Camera.

HNSB I have one very similar that I carry my man card in.. Tho it seems I may have misplaced it :P

Im really glad to see im not the only one around that likes to over prepare or just has too much stuff!

So this morning I awoke to find a package on my doorstep. My Maxpedition Jumbo edc has arrived! I went a bit crazy with loading it so we will see what stays and what goes. Im thinking about doing a full review after a week or two including what I started out with in the bag, what I have taken out, and what I change around.
If any of you are interested let me know!

Originally Posted by HNSB

This is what I carry:

A very private message sent!