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The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!

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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1680 on: September 20, 2016, 05:28:17 AM
Leaving for vaca first week of October and no internet so I will have to wait until I return ;) :tu: Been a while since I have carried a traditional folder since I started carrying SAKs they sorta took a backseat ::) I do enjoy carrying them when I do though :cheers:

Alright....  Well, I look forward to your posts when you do.  ;)

My journey has been a little different.  I've been carrying a SAK since about 1980, and I didn't own a traditional pocket knife until 2007ish.  I haven't really though about it much, but if it weren't for me finally getting into plier-based MTs, I would have never owned a traditional, I reckon.  So, I guess I have Tim Leatherman to blame for the whole thing.  Yeah, that's it...

I guess I was a very young boy when I got my first knife and it was a traditional :tu: I have always loved knives and gadgets  so SAKs fit me to a tee once I finally started carrying them :tu: I had a few fake SAKs when I was younger and don't guess I had a real one until 2008 :o

I am from Tennessee though and I hear we are the knife collecting capital of the world :shrug:  Everyone I know has a collection of trads but hardly anyone I know carries SAKs or MTs :-\


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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1681 on: September 20, 2016, 05:28:46 AM
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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1682 on: September 20, 2016, 05:52:16 AM
OK so I think I have the badge setup correctly :whistle: When we get a proper longer list I will find out how to award it to all of you at once rather than you having to request it :cheers:



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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1683 on: September 20, 2016, 05:54:04 AM
I am from Tennessee though and I hear we are the knife collecting capital of the world :shrug:  Everyone I know has a collection of trads but hardly anyone I know carries SAKs or MTs :-\

It's not much different in southern MO.  I was the only one among my friends that had a SAK.  Nearly everyone else was carrying a stockman--mostly Schrade.  I was 12 when the PST was introduced, and I don't recall seeing one until I was nearly in high school.  Even today the only SAKs and MTs around my family or friends are the ones I've given away but, sadly, It doesn't seem as many folks carry knives at all anymore except in the rural areas where I live.
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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1684 on: September 20, 2016, 05:56:31 AM
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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1685 on: September 20, 2016, 06:20:34 AM
kaput, can you tell us anything about your Northwoods?  Model name?  Is this one of the older Northwoods before the KnivesShipFree acquisition?  As I understand it, since Derrick Bohn purchased Northwoods, they are produced by Queen.
Yeah I'll do my best. I'm not a collector, but from what I can tell these northwoods have cultivated quite the cult following and are selling out within minutes of release dates, which I believe is only once a year in limited quantities (unnumbered). I am a user  :salute: . But when I first saw these They talked to me and I could tell they'd be a right fit for me, and so far I have been completely satisfied.

These are handmade, I believe by GEC, northwoods name bought by KSF. I think your right that they used to be made by Queen. I believe Northwoods was once originally manufactured in Hillsboro/Portland area of the Pacific Northwest. Hence the "North" "Woods". Also some other models are named after famous prominent streets right here in Portland. The Fremont Jack, there is a huge Fremont bridge downtown Portland that separates the east and west sides of Portland crossing the Willamette river. Also the Burnside Jack, another street downtown that separates the street naming of the north and south sides of Portland.

The one I have is the Michigan Jack, which I believe is where KSF has relocated too. I love it. The sheepsfoot/wharncliffe shaped blade with swedge on top  :tu: . The denim micarta look. The unfinished heattreat left on the blade.  :tu: :tu: . The walk and talk, the half stop and EO notch  :tu: :tu: :tu:

Any other questions just holler, hopefully I can get half of them right.   :D

I absolutely love this knife! :D
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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1686 on: September 20, 2016, 06:27:24 AM
Oh and the pic for the challenge. 22/30
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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1687 on: September 20, 2016, 06:23:56 PM
Thanks for the info kaput.  It's nice to learn new stuff about these beauties.  I do love that knife, and I can imagine how great that denim Micarta feels in the hand.

As soon as you mentioned GEC, nothing else really needed to be said about the quality.  ;)  I really have no desire to own a slipjoint that is of higher perceived quality than a GEC, especially considering what I would have to pay for it.  I say "perceived quality" because, other than aesthetics, I believe quality improvement becomes difficult to define at these levels.  If you're like me, once you spend enough on something it becomes something too precious to use and at that point the whole idea of quality sort of loses it value anyway.  A POS slipjoint will sit on a shelf just as well as a $$$ custom.  I understand there is "art" involved here, but...meh...

Just some rambling thoughts for Tuesday.   :P  :D
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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1688 on: September 20, 2016, 07:17:42 PM
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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1689 on: September 20, 2016, 07:19:52 PM
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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1690 on: September 20, 2016, 07:21:39 PM

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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1691 on: September 20, 2016, 07:53:18 PM
I will give everyone a chance to apply for the badge (say 5-6 more hours) then I will award all those on the list :tu:

That is if I can follow the directions Zoid gave me correctly to do so :D If not then it will be fault on my end not his :whistle:


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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1692 on: September 20, 2016, 09:29:37 PM

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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1693 on: September 20, 2016, 09:30:22 PM
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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1694 on: September 21, 2016, 12:32:53 AM
OK from here on if you are eligible I guess you will have to request the badge ;) I am gonna go with the list that is here at this moment :tu:


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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1695 on: September 21, 2016, 12:38:34 AM
Quick question :D

I know SAKGuy said he wasn't in it for the badge but should we go ahead and give it to him since he completed the challenge and might wonderfully I add :D


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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1696 on: September 21, 2016, 12:41:32 AM
Well I got antsy and went ahead and awarded you all the badge :cheers: I will add SAK Guy after some feedback but I think he needs it and I think most of you will agree with me in that respect :D

Congrats on the badges guys :clap:

 :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:


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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1697 on: September 21, 2016, 01:04:49 AM
Well I got antsy and went ahead and awarded you all the badge :cheers: I will add SAK Guy after some feedback but I think he needs it and I think most of you will agree with me in that respect :D

Congrats on the badges guys :clap:

 :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Yay! Another badge! :D

And yes, I think SAK Guy certainly deserves a badge. :tu:
There's no such thing as "Too pretty to carry".  There's only "Too pretty NOT to carry"...... >:D


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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1698 on: September 21, 2016, 01:10:59 AM
Absolutely deserving!   :tu:
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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1699 on: September 21, 2016, 01:16:45 AM
Robert deserves a badge, he had a bad health day today and it will help raise his spirits  :cheers:


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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1700 on: September 21, 2016, 01:17:21 AM
Well I got antsy and went ahead and awarded you all the badge :cheers: I will add SAK Guy after some feedback but I think he needs it and I think most of you will agree with me in that respect :D

Congrats on the badges guys :clap:

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Thanks it's been fun.  :salute:


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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1701 on: September 21, 2016, 01:18:46 AM
Robert deserves a badge, he had a bad health day today and it will help raise his spirits  :cheers:
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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1702 on: September 21, 2016, 01:19:50 AM
Well I got antsy and went ahead and awarded you all the badge :cheers: I will add SAK Guy after some feedback but I think he needs it and I think most of you will agree with me in that respect :D

Congrats on the badges guys :clap:

 :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
:woohoo:
Thanks it's been fun.  :salute:


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Fun indeed !

We should make it an annual thing  :tu:


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Reply #1703 on: September 21, 2016, 01:26:12 AM
Hell yeah SG deserves a badge.  He had some of the best posts in the thread!

I was lots of fun indeed!  I think I could just do the challenge continually...
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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1704 on: September 21, 2016, 01:54:47 AM
Thanks so much guys!!!  I'd love one....most fun I've had in a while. :salute:
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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1705 on: September 21, 2016, 01:55:28 AM
SAKGuy has the badge :cheers: Well I think he does as I am on my phone and don't see badges  :think:

Hope he gets to feeling better :-\

and I will make sure he has the badge when I get on a reg computer :tu:


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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1706 on: September 21, 2016, 01:56:38 AM
Thanks so much guys!!!  I'd love one....most fun I've had in a while. :salute:

Is it showing up SG :think: Congrats buddy you deserved it :cheers:


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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1707 on: September 21, 2016, 02:03:37 AM
Thanks so much guys!!!  I'd love one....most fun I've had in a while. :salute:

Is it showing up SG :think: Congrats buddy you deserved it :cheers:

Yep, it's there. :tu:
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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1708 on: September 21, 2016, 02:28:17 AM
I just put in for my badge. :tu:

Haven't been following along as much lately, been a little busy, but I'm glad to see that the traditional joy is spreading beyond the challenge!
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Re: The 30 Day "Traditional" Challenge!
Reply #1709 on: September 21, 2016, 03:52:32 AM
Badge awarded Metasyntax :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:


 

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