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    What Are You Wearing Today (WAYWT)
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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      That's part of the point.  It's $1,700, which obviously is a hell of a lot for a flashlight, so the marketing strategy seems to be to talk a lot of pretentious, complex bullshit, to make it seem worth it…

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      • AnesthetistA
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        Current EDC
        Bedouin Balian Sling
        Promethius pen w Mont Blanc Fineliner
        Field Notes
        Hill Side hanky
        Titanium bottle opener/pry bar
        Blue Bottle tyvek bag for impromptu grocery runs
        Benchmade Aller
        Microtech UTX 70 HellHound
        IH cordovan
        GoodArt clip


        Just realized I forgot my torch at home but it’s usually either a Prometheus or 4sevens.

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        • DougNgD
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          @Giles

          To be fair, the specifications it gives means a lot to flashlight nerds, and they're impressive. The narrative for the light is a little the top, but personally I think making a flashlight out of a higher strength material than aluminum and plastic is for suckers so they're catering to that crowd.
          Oveready has been around for awhile, and they do impressive work. They have a weaponlight that will fit in the palm of your hand that supposedly puts out more light than a flashlight the size of a toilet plunger. The mods they do is likened to putting a 700hp engine in a Jeep Wrangler. Nobody really does what they do, though admittedly the level of power their lights put out relative to the size approaches the realm of diminishing returns. I'm pretty sure some of the lights get as hot as the guns they're attached to.
          I've been around flashlights for a long, long time (one of my best friends back in NYC used to work for Surefire), and nothing has impressed me as much as the Surefire Stiletto. For the first time in decades, I think there has been some real innovation and there is a true multifunction flashlight in a package that has no negatives in ergonomics.

          I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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          • DougNgD
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            @Anesthetist

            You also forgot your shoes  😉

            I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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            • GilesG
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              @DougNg I'm sure you are right.  I was just being an asshole….

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              • DougNgD
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                @Giles

                I didn't think you were being an asshole. Building a flashlight out of high strength materials like zirconium which is used in "industrial, aerospace, nuclear, blah blah blah" applications is pretentious bullshit. Like I said before, they're catering to suckers.

                I've had a Surefire X300UB attached to the rail of my rifle for a couple years now. Basically it's clamped to the end of a baseball bat and gets whacked against wood, rocks, and dirt. When my rifle falls over it crashes on the flashlight into concrete. Not to mention the recoil and vibration it has to deal with.

                Still works fine, and the flashlight is made out of 6061 aluminum, not even 7075 aluminum which is stronger.
                The electronics on a flashlight will crap out long before you damage the body.

                I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                • DougNgD
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                  I'm a little bitter at the flashlight industry

                  I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                  • AnesthetistA
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                    @DougNg:

                    @Anesthetist

                    You also forgot your shoes  😉

                    Well I was in West Virginia [emoji12]

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                    • hm1944H
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                      Again, I do not carry all these together all the time but…

                      Want:
                      Leather jacket IHJ-64-BRN     XXXL

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                      • neph93N
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                        Some nice items there @hm1944 That little damascus steel folder catches the eye especially. Care to share details?

                        “Some of those that work forces
                        Are the same that burn crosses”

                        • Virginia Woolf
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                        • hm1944H
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                          Thank you! Yes, it is pendant/small knife by William Henry.

                          Want:
                          Leather jacket IHJ-64-BRN     XXXL

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                          • mikebarhootM
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                            • BD81B
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                              What is that thing that looks like an ice pic?

                              R.I.P. Filthy🤘

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                              • mikebarhootM
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                                Ti Toothpick

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                                • BD81B
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                                  Cool that makes more sense to me now. It's a tooth pick in a cork. Lol

                                  R.I.P. Filthy🤘

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                                    • jordanscollectedJ
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                                      My brother gave me this as a gift today. it's made by a builder named Jimmy Diresta (youtube channel tinkerer). Not sure it'll fit in the pockets, but it's damn cool.


                                      world tours:
                                      888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                                      Mad Red x2
                                      Wabidashery

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                                        thomms
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                                        my old trusty buck..

                                        for my everyday apple.. 😉

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                                        • Bfd70B
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                                          Buddha and 634

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                                          • endoE
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                                            (clockwise) leather bracelet, roman coin, AO Saratoga, Seiko Prospex, Ondura secrid card leather case w/ self-made lanyard, Higonokami, Iphone, money clip, small stone from Iceland

                                            si tacuisses

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