What's in Your Wallet?

The Humble Wallet

Your humble wallet/purse goes with you practically everywhere you go, but it doesn't just have to be relegated to carrying your cards and coins around.

There are a plethora of credit card gizmos you can get these days, from a swiss army knife card to survival cards that contain arrow heads and fishing hooks!!

I don't carry anything quite that James Bondsy, but I do keep a few things in mine that help out from time to time.

Wallet EDC

Wallet Ninja

The wallet ninja is a great take on the credit card survival tool, it has pretty much everything you are likely to need in an everyday situation and is well worth the credit card slot in your wallet that it will occupy.

Wallet Ninja Card Tool

BooBoo Kit

Sooner or later a cut scrape or headache threatens to ruin a day out. We carry a fully stocked First Aid kit in the house, the car and in my backpack, but to cover me for the times when I am not immediately near one of the kits I also have a couple of plasters and a couple of aspirin in my wallet. I don't normally take aspirin for headaches when we're at home, but after reading that it can save the life of someone suffering a heart attack I switched to carrying aspirin when out and about in case, gods forbid, the day comes when it might help someone else. The plasters seem worthless carrying as an adult, since if I cut myself if it is minor enough to be solved with a plaster it can probably wait until I get to the nearest first aid kit. The reason I carry them is because once upon a time Logan fell over and scraped his knee, nothing serious but he became pretty hysterical (he was barely more than a toddler at the time) and our plasters were in the car kit quite a distance away, luckily a helpful stranger had plasters on them and instantly stopped the tears. Ever since that day I have carried plasters with me everywhere as much for other peoples children as my own.

Wallet BooBoo Kit

CardSharp

I had seen the cardsharp doing the rounds online and never thought much of them, thinking them to be flimsy gimmicky junk. To be completely honest they ARE flimsy gimmicky junk! I was given one as a gift from a friend who had ordered a boat load of them online, and once you accept them for what they are the Cardsharp isn't all that bad. Sure, I wouldn't want to rely on it as my only knife in a survival situation, as somewhat of a knife aficionado I have plenty of tried and trusted quality blades, but would I rather have the Cardsharp than nothing? Of course! You're not going to be processing firewood with it, fighting off bears or carving wooden cups with it granted, but it is a very sharp piece of steel that is excellent for slicing things open and doing light duty tasks when there is nothing else available. Better to have it and not need it that's what I always say.  Just be sure to remove it from your wallet before attempting to board an airplane!

Card Sharp Credit Card Knife

Fresnel Lens

It weighs nothing, it costs next to nothing but what actually is it?

A fresnel lens is essentially a lens that has been engraved in to a thin piece of plastic, essentially turning it into a lightweight and flexible magnifying glass. These are great for reading small text, inspecting bugs with the kids and also if you REALLY REALLY need to then yes you can start a fire with them too using the sun (if you're lucky enough to have sunshine!). 

Credit Card Fresnel Lens