Japan's Ultralight EDC Is Getting Insane...

📗 Choose Gear Worth Passing Down — My Everyday Carry Guide: https://www.arden-edc.com/ Japanese Ultralight EDC Picks: Olfa Touch Knife TK-4 - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S2KF4ZQ?tag=ardenedc-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1 Kutsuwa HiLiNE Portable Scissors SS121 - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2SGLQCH?tag=ardenedc-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1 Penco Bullet Ballpoint Pen Light - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJ1WHX1N?tag=ardenedc-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1 Tiger MMZ-V035 - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Tiger+MMZ-V035&tag=ardenedc-20 Citizen Eco-Drive One AR5064-57L - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Citizen+Eco-Drive+One&tag=ardenedc-20 Casio F-91W - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GAWSDG?tag=ardenedc-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1 Hydro Flask 12 oz Wide Mouth with Flex Sip Lid - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G3KNY3K?tag=ardenedc-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1 How does a whole everyday carry, bag included, weigh less than an empty Peak Design Everyday Sling 3L? That's the question behind this look at Japanese ultralight EDC, built for people who carry gear daily in the city and are tired of hauling ounces they never use. I walk through one city day, door to dinner, with nine pieces of Japanese ultralight EDC gear and a running weight total against that empty sling. The wallet is the LWPS Ultra Light Wallet with Dyneema at under 0.3 oz. The bag is a Ridge Mountain Gear Travel Pouch Plus, the Japanese sacoche, at about half an ounce. The Amvel pentagon67 umbrella weighs about as much as a large egg, and the Montbell EX Light Wind Jacket comes in at half a Patagonia Houdini. At the desk there's the Olfa Touch Knife, the Kutsuwa portable scissors, and the Penco Bullet Ballpoint Pen Light, with a word on the tiny Ohto Minimo. Then the Tiger MMZ-V035, a 12 oz bottle with an inner wall thinner than printer paper, and the Citizen Eco-Drive One, the one piece of this everyday carry that breaks the ultralight rule on purpose. The real subject is design philosophy. A lot of American EDC gear is