EDC

Anonymous asked: Hi. The posts (esp. the recent ones) seem to be heavy on the guns and knives. Is this a reflection of the submissions or your own interests?

The recent posts have been submissions (as indicated by both the #submission tag and the ‘submitted by’ credits). While I do filter submissions, whether or not they have a gun is not one of my criteria for publication. Secondly, I have no interest in guns. I do, however, like knives and find them useful.

Let me take this time to clarify something about this blog. The focus of this site is not ‘what do you have in your pockets?’ While that is related, the purpose of this site is not to be simply a place where you can submit a picture of your pocket contents for the rest of the world to see how unique you are or something (which seems to be trendy lately.) I started this tumblr as a way to bring exposure to the EDC lifestyle in an effort to promote preparedness and self-reliance, as well as to archive my appreciation for successful marriages of function and design. As a curator, I try to showcase quality pictures to make gear more appealing to those who might have negative preconceptions about knives, flashlights and tools. This isn’t that important though.

As an editor, however, is how I try to differentiate this blog from the rest of those similar blogs out there. There are many, many EDC blogs and sites that review gear or post upcoming products, and there are many places where people can upload pictures of what they carry every day.

Here at EDC I try to provide original content through my own pictures and video reviews and through commentary and criticism. I have yet to come across a blog, a one-man effort no less, that answers readers’ questions and provides suggestions to contributor submissions. While it is time-consuming to both sweep the web for good pictures and to do research on my own to answer readers’ questions, I think the rising popularity of preparedness and EDC in general, along with positive reader feedback is worth the effort.

If there’s one thing that I would like new followers and readers to know, is that there is indeed a difference between what you carry with you every day and everyday carry.