Rigger1, how do you think things are run in the civilian world?
I don't get issued with a torch; in fact there is no-one to issue me with one.
I had to buy my own. And my own specs, protractor, pens, ruler, etc (correction, the chinagraph's an ex-RAF one).
So do other pilots, any of whom who might fly you to and from your holidays. Horror of horrors, I also carry a Leatherman tool. Do you really think any of this is unsafe?
Oh yes; I also carry a mobile phone with me into the cockpit....