Posted January 15, 2016 12:44 pm by Comments

By gunwriter The acronym EDC is becoming as overused as the word cool was when I was in high school. Folks clean out their pockets and take a photo of the contents to brag about the stuff they claim to carry every day. It’s even trending to the point that gen y or lumbersexuals carry enough manly stuff in their pockets they could play Red Button’s character in Howard Hawk’s Hatari. Though today you might think it, EDC is not about Instagram posts or bettering your buddy on a pocket-emptying contest. It’s not about proving you masculinity or showing off the gear you’ve spent your kid’s college money on. And, I’m sorry, EDC is not about guns. Everyday of my grandfather’s life he carried a knife in his pocket. He didn’t carry it so he could whip it out in some testosterone display. He didn’t carry it because the pop culture at the time insisted. Grandpa carried a knife because he was a real man and real men need a knife. A real man needs a real knife for peeling an apple while sitting under a shade tree. For sharpening a stick to pick the pork barbecue out of his teeth. To …Read the Rest

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