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Other things like my wallet, phone, pistol, and keys come and go as a college student-turned-graduate, farmhand, and product distribution specialist, but these are two things I keep with me almost all the time.

Spyderco Endura 4, blue

I've carried this for over two years now. I love it and would quickly and happily buy another, if I was careless enough to lose it. Which is possible.

Leatherman Wave with the frame painted blaze orange.

I can't believe I forgot to post this last summer! (Actually, I can believe it - no internet on the prairie.)

I've carried the Wave for a year and a half. This thing has saved me a few times. A few small things like "Where did I put those pliers/wire cutters" and "I wish I could could snug up these sunglasses" and "Damn, this screw is loose." But the one time it really saved me was one night last summer on my uncle's ranch. I was a recent biology graduate, and unemployed, so I volunteered to help my uncle and cousin on their ranch. I was alone for a few days and was mending fences and checking the cattle - seeing where they were grazing and making sure all the cows, calves, and bulls were healthy and accounted for. I'd just finished up after sunset. There was a young calf that had lost its momma and was wandering all alone. We have a pretty bad coyote problem around here and a possible mountain lion in the area, as well. I'm pretty sure the calf wouldn't have made it overnight. (Sometimes cows "park" their calves in a covered area while they wander elsewhere. In those cases, the calf won't move even if you walk up and touch it. Pretty crazy. In those cases, it's usually best to just leave the calf alone, as the cow will find it again. This wasn't one of those times.) The calf was up and wandering in an area pretty far from where the cows were. I was actually pretty lucky I found it.

After chasing the calf toward where the cows were and reuniting it with its inexperienced, first-time mother, and being very tired, I was driving the John Deere Gator back to camp a little faster than I should have, and ran into/over a small tree stump. Anyone who's driven a Gator for long can tell you it's worthless in low traction and rides stupidly low. So I was looking at having to walk the mile or so back to camp and be Gator-less until I could drive a pickup there to pull it off the stump. But I didn't want to do that. These were the tools I had available to me, as well as the knife, but I didn't include it in the picture at the time, because it was irrelevant. I had tried backing up, rocking it, jamming the pedal down with a stick and pushing with all of my might, stacking branches beneath the tires, and prying it up and off with branches. All of this has taken me about an hour and I'm almost ready to start walking, when I finally use my brain. I couldn't cut through the whole stump, but I could get the tallest part off, and it would have been enough to get it unstuck. I set to work for the next ten minutes with the saw and chiseling out bits of wood with the screwdriver and hammer. Once the top bit was off, the Gator came off rather easily. I drove back to camp, exhausted and pleased with a full day's work.

But as I was undressing, I realized that I'd left my Leatherman in the dirt. So I had to go back immediately. Good thing I got the orange one! Here's a picture of the stump after all was said and done. And the ruts I made. The stump is the gray spot to the right in the center of the ruts.

Just goes to show that your tools are only as useful as your smarts allow. Remember to work smarter, not harder.

I do quality control and put stuff in boxes for a major electronics distributor.

Edited to add what I posted in /r/EDC.

also if anyone is looking for a good way to organize keys, these things are very well worth the price and work fantastic:

http://www.amazon.com/Troika-Patent-Keyholder-Rings-KYR60MC/dp/B00009R4CM

The struggle is real. I’m fanatically clean. This will change your life. Best money I’ve ever spent on cleaning supplies. Works on the couch, small carpet stains, whatever. I hit them with some carpet cleaner, mix the cleaning solution a little stronger than suggested and bam.

This particular model is great. I have been wearing these same ones for 2.5 years and they still look great. Let me say I use these for riding my motorcycle and they take quite a beating as well as wearing them almost daily to work (I work in an office so not that rough).

https://i.imgur.com/WNuluKa.jpg

Link to Amazon for the boots
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003UDBP6C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Cool! I've had mine for 3 years I think, and it's been holding up really nicely. If you want a different style of gate, I'd suggest the Neutrino but my only thing against this (could be good or bad) is that keyrings can catch on the clip on the way out, where they can't on the Positron. A little extra precaution on keeping your keys in place and not getting lost, or a little extra hassle!

I've found my people. I hadn't tried the Uniball Signos since high school, and they sucked back then. The ultra micro ones are excellent now, although I slightly prefer the G2s. The 0.25mm Pentel Slicci and 0.3mm Hybrid Technica both skip. I haven't found many very fine ballpoints that write as well as the Uniball or Pilot. The 0.5mm Pilot V-balls were my old favorite.

Sorry for geeking out about pens.

You should check out Field Notes, my cousin is always going on about how great and durable they are and blah blah blah blah blah. Here's a link Field Notes Kraft Ruled 3-Pack https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0034KDEMO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_2adLybRD815PC they're pretty cheap too!

Looks like this one maybe. Similar to the Harbor Freight vise, but the base is more like the one I linked.

You might be glad to know it does come in hardcover: https://www.amazon.com/House-Leaves-Mark-Z-Danielewski/dp/0375420525/

https://www.amazon.com/Field-Notes-Kraft-Ruled-3-Pack/dp/B0034KDEMO/ref=sr_1_3?s=office-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1517515412&sr=1-3&keywords=field+notes

Im interested in where OP got the leather cover, and how long OP had it

Lexol also works just fine

you can use helicopter tape/racers tape to prevent that.

It's a Sheffield. I think it's the same model as this one but only blue. Most of the other ones I have found have the texture in the metal, mine does not.

https://www.amazon.com/Sheffield-12614-Opening-Lock-Back-Utility/dp/B000KSR8LQ/ref=sr_1_7?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1492224173&sr=1-7&keywords=sheffield+utility+knife

I think it's probably this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Shure-PG58-LC-Dynamic-Microphone-Cardioid/dp/B00336WMYK


The real SM58 has a different switch. I had the PG58 bought from Radioshack when I was also 15 or something.

Left: Wells Lamont

Right: GSA

Come on man - Get your shinebox!

Here ya go: https://www.amazon.com/dp/8883704932

Just in case OP isn't sure what to use, this stuff keeps my Iron Rangers kickin'.

I suggest you use some of these before that coin disappears completely

Seriously, why waste silver like that? Why not preserve it in a tiny case? If you don’t preserve it now, you’re not going to have anything left to give your kids.

Aren’t these coins massive? I’d be afraid of it tearing a hole in my pants pockets.

[I use these](uni-ball POWER TANK Pen Ballpoint, Retractable Ball Point Pen Black Barrel Bold-1.0mm, 12 Pack, Black Ink (42070) https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B001B0B04S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_quohAbTQYEQ5Q) along with rite in the rain books. They're expensive as hell, but worth every penny. I'm in the environmental field so I'm in all weather conditions, covered in dirt or water, or worse.

These pens write in the rain, upside down and work smoothly to - 30 Celsius.

[edit] I wanted to add that I have personally used all the ink from 10 to 15 of these pens, not counting the ones I've lost in the bush. I rarely finish pens completely, but for these I always write until they're dead.