Low Vis Ep. 2

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Low Vis Ep. 2. Episode 2 shows an example of everyday carry as well as some tips and mindset about it. Enjoy.

all right hey what's up guys so today

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let's talk about everyday carry now I

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know it's probably been blown out uh by

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a billion different videos but um here's

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my flavor on it right so I I believe

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there's about three different levels of

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everyday carry right there's the stuff

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you carry in your pockets and then there

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are a couple couple different levels and

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uh you'll see those in different videos

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but everyday carry uh isn't just like

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what you carry in your pockets in my

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opinion it's also uh the way that you

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set yourself up for Success so uh as you

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saw in the previous video right we

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talked about uh clothing and the your

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appearance I think that's a really big

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part of it now on this one we're going

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to talk a little bit on on your mindset

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to it right when it comes to concealed

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carry or being a low visibility in some

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form or fashion cuz that is the most

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realistic one or of all the types of uh

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I guess loadouts or or setups that you

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can you can make

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yourself low visibility is going to be

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the the highest uh or most important one

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to me right um being loaded out for an

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assault or uh like reconnaissance or uh

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anything like that is way less common or

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way less necessary for me personally uh

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but it is something that I do want to

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have right so I want to be I want to be

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more versatile now on with everyday

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carry it should be something that can

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sustain you for normal daily stuff right

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so every day um no no difference in your

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environment based off of what you do so

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if you spend uh a day just hey I get up

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in the morning I have a cup of coffee I

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go to the gym I leave the gym I go to

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work from work I go home like and

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nothing crazy or I may go out to dinner

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or something like that if that's your

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normal day-to-day like you don't need

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most of the time I I won't say

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everything that you need but uh most

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people or myself I don't need a folded

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AR and a backpack I don't need a plate

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carrier standing by I probably don't

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need a bag that's going to be set up for

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me to do long long-term sustainment in

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the woods you know things like that I I

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I won't need that stuff it's just normal

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day-to-day now if I suspect something is

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aai in our environment which is getting

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worse man uh but if something's getting

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worse and worse maybe I'll prepare that

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stuff in like my vehicle or something

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like that but I don't need to carry a

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backpack into work uh unless that is the

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necessary stuff that you need for your

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life so everyday carry for me is usually

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what I carry in my pockets right and

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then I have everyday carry like let's

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say plus which is plus a backpack and

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then there's lastly everyday carry plus

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holy crap the world's kind of really

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crummy and people are rioting a lot and

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maybe I need to be a little bit more

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prepared or have a little bit extra

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stuff because the cities that I'm going

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through or the city I am going through

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is a [ __ ] hole all right so if that's

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the case I need to be more prepared but

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it is based off of you your environment

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and what you do daily right like we want

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to pay attention to that uh I will say

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none of this stuff or none of your cool

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equipment or whatever is uh going to be

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like useful to you unless you actually

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practice with it so if you don't know

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how to practice with your equipment man

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go back to the previous uh series of uh

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episodes I had on here about dry

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practice and maybe get yourself some dry

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practice or get yourself some training

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highly recommended because if you are

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carrying a gun uh even carrying a blade

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and not having yourself some idea on how

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to use them and how to defend against

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them and how to use them offensively and

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understand what your legal ramifications

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for using each of them are then you may

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have some trouble and not just that but

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after all that's done how are you

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managing uh medical stuff so how are you

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managing what you have to do with

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medical so highly recommend you kind of

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look at that now on the table is uh a

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bunch of the stuff that I carry every

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day uh it's not everything and sometimes

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they vary based off of what I'm wearing

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so it is something to be aware of but

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I'm going to get a closer view of

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everything and kind of give you guys a

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tabletop view uh or somewhat tabletop

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view so you guys can uh see things a

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little bit better but overall this is

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just equipment right it's what's up here

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that's important and how you employ

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things that's important so this is just

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everyday carry stuff all right guys so

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now we have our little tabletop and

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let's go over like first line like

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literally the first thing or only thing

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I carry uh most of the time now it's not

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all this stuff at once right uh I don't

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carry four different knives it's just

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the variety that I will carry based off

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of what I'm doing or what I feel like

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carrying or what I think I'm to need

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that day or what just what I want right

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like you can carry what you want so

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we'll start out first thing right um is

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we're going to we're going to talk about

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all well we'll go with the firearm right

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the thing that most people want to know

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and it honestly hasn't changed uh in

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years right I carry the same thing and

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I've been practicing with the same thing

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and I'm very happy with the same thing

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uh that I've been carrying for a very

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long time and that's my Glock 19 so my

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Glock 19 made or done up by agency arm

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Ms uh I would say I think it was like

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2017 that they did it right and did it

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for me uh it is still my Favorito uh

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still using it it's still mil for an RMR

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so I just keep an RMR on there and um

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and I actually started carrying it uh

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with a turbo instead of just the regular

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X300 that I had on there previously and

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I also use it uded so as you can see

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like my dots not seethrough um there's

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some reasons for that obviously there's

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practice reasons but there's also carry

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reasons why I like that a lot um and and

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they may interest you in the future um

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it's something I talk about in most of

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my classes so uh that's what I carry on

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the inside I carry gold dots either 12

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124s or 147's whatever I have in stock

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that I have with me and I do shoot my

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carry ammo um I would say probably every

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every couple months I will shoot it and

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uh and use it for practice for cold

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exercises uh when I first get to the

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range and actually go through that mag

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and then refurb the mag uh later so like

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I'll bring ammo so that I can refurb

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before I leave but highly recommended if

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you have that kind of budget or you're

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able to to shoot your carry ammo uh get

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a good glimpse of what your ammo is able

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to do and also get comfortable with

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shooting the ammo and then also get

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really comfortable with the or sorry get

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confident with the fact that you can

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shoot very well with this G ammo and

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this gun and not be um curious about

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your or maybe not curious just not be

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sure of what you're doing or what you

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can do with this setup so highly

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recommended if you carry a gun um that

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you actually practice with it and you

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don't have to like beat it up like a

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training gun or something but if it's

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the only one you have like I did for a

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long time uh that is what I've got so

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that's what I'm going to practice with

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so I carried a a a Plain Jane Glock 19

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prior to that with with a DOT M on it so

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uh having something a little sexier over

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the the course of the few past few years

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has been way better and uh and it is

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nice it is nice to shoot so uh in it or

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what it's carried in is a tacor uh

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holster it is their light bearing one I

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cannot remember the name to save my life

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I always forget but either way uh they

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did modify it slightly for me and uh

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Jeff's going to hate me for this but uh

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he doesn't offer this service but I

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don't I I I like that they they or I

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hate that not hate I dislike that cut

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they make over here cuz my guns do get

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hot and I do train with my guns a lot so

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I don't like that cut out so I had him

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full length this thing and I do carry

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with a 34 length holster so that I could

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put a 17 with threaded barrel or a 19

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with thread Barrel or whatever I want in

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there and it's anyways it's the same

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length as my light that I carry on there

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so it's not like it's adding any extra

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so I like the length to it it's

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something that helps uh conceal it but

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it also helps me uh train with it so I

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can actually you use it for a bunch of

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stuff now every once in a while I'll

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carry without a light and it's their

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other uh non-l carrying or non-l bearing

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holster and uh I do like that one but uh

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most I would say probably 80% of the

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time I carry with a light and about 20%

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of the time I carry without one so just

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something to be aware of uh now I do

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carry a spare mag I like carrying a

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spare mag it balances the system more

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than anything um but I do carry a spare

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mag and I I carry one of the txc uh mag

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pouches that allows me to can it uh I

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like it caned because I can carry it in

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a way that it won't get in the way when

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I move or do certain things or bend over

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uh it is kind of nice but I do carry a

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full 17 size mag with an aerod Dondo

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base plate uh with the same ammo in it

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obviously uh so just something be aware

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of if you carry a spare cool if you

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don't cool like you do you man you know

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you know your environment the most now

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kives right cuz that's how they're

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spelled uh I carry different knives for

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different reasons so if I am going out

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and I know I'm going to be more in a

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wooded area or doing more Woodsman based

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stuff I like carrying this amtac one now

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the amtac one it sits deep in my pocket

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which I really really like so it'll sit

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deep in my pocket and I can reach down

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and hook it with my pink essentially and

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pull this whole thing out and it's a

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nice blade it's it's very sharp it's

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pointy it's not humongous so it offers

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me a really nice cutting surface but

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also uh some serration for different

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cordage and things like that it also

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comes with a Ferro rod on the the sheath

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or at least I like the Ferro rod on the

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sheath and then lastly you also have

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this like velcro backer area which I

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actually keep a set of lockpicks in uh

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they're just thin titanium bogatas so

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really tiny tiny little lock picks that

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help me kind of do certain tasks when

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necessary but it's one of my favorite

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knives I I do like carrying it and I I

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like using it for a lot of different

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things so that's one then I do carry a

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shivworks clinch pick I do like cwork or

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shivworks knives I know they're not like

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the the most well-knit made knives there

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are some guys that make really nice

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versions of these um but dudes I use it

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for cutting boxes I cut anything with it

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um but it also conceals really really

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well uh because it goes on the Belt like

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sewi is right in the front and all I

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have to do is reach up to it and I'll

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grab this big ball that is the handle

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and I can yank this thing out just be

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aware if you ever buy one of these they

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are reverse blades so if you're like one

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of those dudes that likes to put your

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thumb up there you will slice your thumb

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a lot so don't be that guy also I would

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say uh shivworks uh their classes ecqc

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ewo um are two of my favorite classes

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out there to go take

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and I like to take them often like I

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like to take them more than just once

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twice three times cuz they are that good

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and they are they're a damn good workout

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but uh but you get a lot out of those

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you get a lot of inoculation to stress

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you also get a lot of skills that you

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wouldn't have thought of and then those

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of you that are already Fighters uh

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you'll enjoy the [ __ ] out of that class

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so it's a good time employing uh weapons

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into it then we have a couple of G10

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knives this one I just recently got from

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train monkey

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and uh and it is a really nice blade

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it's one of his little like hey he's

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messing around with different things to

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try and and create some nice G10 blades

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so it's really nice I just started

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messing with it but I I do want to carry

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it more so I started to and it is it is

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a nice knife man it's a G10 knife so

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when it comes to G10 stuff the usually

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I'll wear these when I go to places that

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I cannot carry a regular one or one of

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these guys and uh and it helps a lot um

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the one thing I will say about his

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sheath setup because it uses this button

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and the strap uh it is not it is not

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metal or sorry it has metal to a certain

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extent so it can be detected so I when I

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do when I do plan on carrying this I'm

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probably going to unbolt this and do

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some kind of 550 cord thing so something

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something to try out or something to

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play around with uh so just still still

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playing with it but I like it the most

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often I carry this one from black

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triangle

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and uh and it's literally just a

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humongous shiv it's one I bought years

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and years ago I don't think he makes

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this one anymore or if he does it's

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probably in a different sheath now but

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it is a really nice one the sheath is on

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there with shock cord or the clip is on

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there with shock cord so the whole thing

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is metallic L and doesn't have any

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metallic parts or or components so it is

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really nice to carry especially in uh

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like concerts or metal detector venues

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right so something to be aware of but uh

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I would not condone uh carrying any of

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that stuff if you're going to a place

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that says they can't you're not allowed

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to All That Jazz legal legal stuff and

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uh and then moving on from knives right

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or kind of still still on that same path

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um I do carry a tool Like a Knife tool

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on me all the time so I like the

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Leatherman uh it it the skele tool it

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has been one of my favorites for years I

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use it I want to say more than once a

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day

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uh every single day it it gets used all

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the time so the blade uh is trash blade

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so it will like lose its sharpness or

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its Edge really really quick um but it's

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for cutting boxes and cutting random

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[ __ ] like just slicing stuff when I need

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to uh it does have this prototype thumb

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thingy in it I used to put like a zip

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tie here but um the guys at Firearms

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Depot started messing around with a 3D

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printer and they made this like pushin

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version which is exciting I hope they

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actually produce those but I think

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Leatherman doesn't make their uh knives

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exact so it's going to be slightly off

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if they do produce them so we'll see um

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and if you've ever seen a skele tool

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it's got a bunch of different little

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tools right like bits and pliers and a

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knife nothing crazy it's it's probably

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one of the smaller or more Slimmer

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multi-tools out there that's why I like

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it so much and as in as a teacher right

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like instructing people and stuff I do

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use the smaller bits right like smaller

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head bits so I can adjust Optics or pry

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things or anything like that it's really

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really

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useful all right so something simple uh

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but it's it's very useful for me and

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what I do on a normal basis then we have

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my pen nothing crazy like it's just a

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little pen I like caring a pen because I

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like writing things and I like being

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able to write things so something that I

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would suggest um usually have like pad

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of paper or like a folded up paper like

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folded big piece of paper so that I can

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write on it in different manners uh that

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way I have a little notepad to carry

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with me as well and I usually keep that

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in or around my

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wallet then my phone nothing crazy just

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a phone uh I I like having chapstick on

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me but I use non chapstick version right

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like lip balm a more natural one so uh a

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little bit better for your body and uh

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and also it it is one of those that is

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unscented so it doesn't taste like

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anything or smell like anything I like

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that it's it's very easy but because I'm

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a tropical man that travels to dry

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environments I 100% need it so um wallet

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nothing crazy it's uh I forget what the

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brand is let me see if it's on here

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belroy so it's just a belroy rot wallet

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that also has like uh what is it nfmi no

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I forget what the what the protector is

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but essentially you can't scan and my

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cards out of this thing and I like this

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wallet a lot I'm able to hide um

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lockpicks in it as well as cash and

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things like that so it's pretty sweet

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it's a nice wallet it's very simple it's

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just a clamshell style so it opens up

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like sewi is um and that's it then uh

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flashlight I like carrying a big boy

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flashlight uh mainly because it not only

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acts as an impact tool but it acts like

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a very bright flashlight so I can use it

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for a lot of different things um some

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people complain like hey like what if

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you need a task light or like to find

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your keys that's what your phone light

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is for man uh so I like little lights

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for that kind of reason or you could

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also just grab this put your fingers in

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front of it and then shine it like this

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and then it's a smaller more minimal

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light so uh the downside to big lights

17:17

like that and Powerful lights they get

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really really bright so they get hot at

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that point so you're you're going to be

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you need to be aware of that uh don't

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want that to click on in my pocket and

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then burn a whole in my

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pocket lastly some medical so I do carry

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a uh combat gauze in here uh as well as

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one of the snake staff wide tourniquets

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uh I do like them I don't know if the TC

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has has approved them at all but I have

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not seen anything really significant or

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a significant difference between this

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and the cat so I I I'm pretty trusting

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of it so that may be uh naive of me or

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not but I really like it so because it

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is a smaller form factor and it offers

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me the ability to put my combat gauze in

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the same little plastic or not plastic

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elastic thing and shove this in a pocket

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pretty easily I really really like it so

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something that personally I I'm using so

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if I get to use it live you guys will

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know um last thing is the way that I

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started carrying my clip on my pocket

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tools right is like sowi is so I started

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carrying them like this so that the

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clips aren't available for other people

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to see um on a normal basis all right if

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I travel this is how I kind of try to do

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it uh to keep everything kind of in line

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where I can pick it out of my pocket

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because it'll sit in my pocket like this

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and when I reach in I can just pull what

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I need do the things I need and then put

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it back in uh I will also carry my

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wallet on the outside to give it a

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wallet look from the outside of my pants

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so it's really useful and that way I can

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obscure the the fact that I have other

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tools in here and not be picked out of

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the crowd because uh if you guys watch

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my previous video it is something that

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I'm conscious of and I don't like

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happening I don't like people noticing

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that I have tools or things on me um

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these pocket Shields are from Raven

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concealment and this one I cut down I

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sliced off the other wing of it I do

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wish they made one that was kind of like

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this big because not everybody's pockets

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are ginormous so I may actually trim

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this one down even further but it's a

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really thin malleable plastic so or

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polymer or whatever the heck it is and

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it's really easy to trim down and

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they're not expensive so you can get a

19:37

couple of them trim them how you want

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and then set them in your pockets how

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you want so it's kind of nice it's a

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it's a very nice way of carrying my

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stuff I really like it and it keeps

19:46

everything somewhat low uh visibility

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which is what is my preferred and then

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lastly sunglasses now I usually wear

19:54

Oakley's uh I start wearing these bolt

19:56

and arrow ones uh because they look like

19:58

normal people glasses um I do have some

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Oakleys that look like normal people

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glasses too so I'm I kind of switch off

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between them but it just depends on what

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I'm doing uh but most of the time I wear

20:07

something like this uh so that they look

20:09

normal I look normal I look like I fit

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into the normal environment and I prefer

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that um and then I use a Garmin watch

20:17

which I've thought about different ways

20:19

of getting a different one so that I

20:22

don't look as tactical or using a

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different watch for different

20:25

environments so um I do have some other

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options

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there um but it's up to you right like

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what you want to wear and how you want

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to wear it and where you want to wear it

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so this is literally what's on my body

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one of these at a time if if one of

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these at a time sometimes I don't carry

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a knife um but that's what's on my body

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normally um obviously a belt so my belts

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I vary on two different types uh one is

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the tacor belt I love this belt it's

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really good and I usually use the inner

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version so that I could always put my

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outer belt belt on it um and then the

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other one is the blue Alpha Inner Belt

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so I like both those belts they work

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really well the only time I don't wear

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those is if I have to tuck in my shirt

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or I'm wearing a suit or something fancy

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or have it to look good then I wear a

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regular belt and most of those are

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regular belts um there is one that I use

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and I can't remember the name of it

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right now but I'll try and put it up on

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here if we need to but that's that's all

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all my carry stuff that's my everyday

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carry stuff and like I said if you

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didn't watch the previous video uh

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clothing is going to be a big part of it

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shoes are going to be a big part of it

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your bags and also like what you what

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you carry that's available for people to

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see right off the bat so I I want to be

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the most obscured if I can and try to

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wear things that are very normal So

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shirts my type of shorts or type of

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pants or type of jeans or type of shoes

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or type of whatever Plus the way I

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conceal all this stuff to make it look

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like it's normal and and I'm not

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carrying anything extra is very

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important to me so if it is to you man

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something to experiment with

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unfortunately there's no recipe for

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everybody to have the the easiest or the

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like dress like this and it's perfect uh

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we all have to dress towards our

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environments and we have to wear or

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carry the thingies that are going to get

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us dayto day or make us feel like we're

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good dayto day um the way I look at like

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what I carry on my body guys is usually

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it's stuff I don't want to go to my car

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to to go get so or it's so vital that I

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can't go to my car to go get so if if

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you're like looking at this and you're

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like there's no chest seal and there's

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no pressure bandage and there's no like

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rifle or whatever like that's because I

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am okay going in my car to go get those

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things versus like not having a

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tourniquet on me not having uh uh gauze

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on me right like a combat gauze or

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hematic gauze right not having that

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stuff on me not having a knife when I

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need it not having a pen when I need it

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I don't want to go to the car to go get

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a pen right like things like that I

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don't want to go to the car to get my

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phone right so so same with my wallet

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same with my gun same with all that so

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the way that's the way I look at it if I

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want to go to my car to go get it or if

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I'm okay going to my car to go get it or

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go to my backpack that's in my car or

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something like that then I will do that

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so uh on the next video we'll talk about

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like scaling this up to the next level

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all right so if you have any questions

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put them on below take care