Grail Everyday Carry Gear

August 18, 2021 Taylor Martin

Since diving headfirst into the wide world of everyday carry gear, I’ve heard the term “grail” used more and more loosely.

What is a grail, after all? An expensive piece of gear you lust after shortly after acquiring your last grail of the week?

No.

A grail is something much more difficult to acquire, be it through market scarcity or a price tag orders of magnitude larger than your monthly spending budget. A grail is a piece of gear that stretches your means, makes you question everything, and keeps you up at night. It’s not a flippant flavor of the week. A grail is something that speaks to you on an entirely different level, something that follows (and haunts you) through the years.

A grail is a reward for a job well done — for pushing through and achieving something virtually impossible.

I often get asked what my grail carry is. It’s easy enough to single out a few items, the few knives and watches I always revert to when asked. But an entire carry? That’s a much more difficult problem to tackle. But I tried my best in the video below.