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Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge

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Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
on: March 18, 2019, 04:55:09 PM
Here is your invitation for a month-long sojourn into the wonderful world of Traditional pocket knives!





We’ve got quite a few fans of the traditional folding knife here at MTo, and Barry and I were hoping to have some fun with these knives in July. Toward that end, we are setting up a 30-day Traditional folder challenge for July, 2019. If you don't have a traditional yet, there is still time to pick one up, perhaps second hand, and try out the knife your Grandfather might have used and depended on.

This is meant to be fun, but there will be a few rules, as always, for these types of challenges:

1. Carry and use a Traditional Folder for the month of July (the 1st through the 30th)
2. While accessory tools are permitted as necessary, participants are expected to use a traditional folder as their primary knife/tool
3. Post a photo and a brief description of how the ‘trad’ got used (or not) for that day.
4. It used to be the case (no pun intended) a person was lucky to have just one cherished pocket knife and would use that knife exclusively. Barry and I will both be using our cherished Sodbusters exclusively for this challenge. While the rules allow the carry of various traditional knives over the course of the 30-day period, we’d like to encourage participants to use just one knife for the entire challenge. Get to know that Traditional! How well does that model do, day-in and day-out?




Nothing is certain yet, but there will likely be a couple of sub-challenges and a GAW or two during this July challenge. We’ll see. In any event, there is a badge to be earned!




Or, if you plan on using a GEC folder, you could go for the 30-GEC challenge….




So, pick up a new traditional or sharpen the one you have and let’s plan for a fun July using these classic knives the way they were meant to be!  :tu:


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #1 on: March 18, 2019, 04:57:20 PM
Traditionalists:

01 - Barry Rowland
02 - Nix


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #2 on: March 18, 2019, 04:58:30 PM
How did I not know there was a 30 day GEC badge.  :dunno:


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #3 on: March 18, 2019, 04:59:21 PM
Right?


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #4 on: March 18, 2019, 05:01:22 PM
So far, gdoolittle is the only GEC badge-holder...... :pok:


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #5 on: March 18, 2019, 05:07:21 PM
Maybe I could pull out the GEC bullnose for july.
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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #6 on: March 18, 2019, 05:08:28 PM
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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #7 on: March 18, 2019, 05:14:48 PM
This looks a interesting challenge  :popcorn: :tu:
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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #8 on: March 18, 2019, 05:20:47 PM
It absolutely will be Wim! 
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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #9 on: March 18, 2019, 05:22:26 PM
Nice !  It was the original 30 day challenge that got me started with my traditional collecting.    :like: :tu:

Here's the original Challenge, some great pics but sadly quite a few are missing.


https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,67956.msg1327099.html#msg1327099


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #10 on: March 18, 2019, 05:22:47 PM
This looks a interesting challenge  :popcorn: :tu:

You in  ?    :pok:


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #11 on: March 18, 2019, 05:24:04 PM
Steve, you in?   :pok:

Dean, can we add you to the list...?


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #12 on: March 18, 2019, 05:26:23 PM
You in  ?    :pok:
I will probably just follow the challenge  :tu:
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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #13 on: March 18, 2019, 05:35:48 PM
Steve, you in?   :pok:

Dean, can we add you to the list...?


Yes but I'll probably not carry just one for the month   :tu:


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #14 on: March 18, 2019, 05:38:01 PM
How could I possibly say no to this challenge... Hmmmm?...  :twak:


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #15 on: March 18, 2019, 05:41:45 PM
This looks fun! If I can get my hands on a trad I'm in :cheers:

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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #16 on: March 18, 2019, 05:42:41 PM

Yes but I'll probably not carry just one for the month   :tu:

I didn't think you'd be able to....  :rofl:


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #17 on: March 18, 2019, 05:47:15 PM
Traditionalists:

01 - Barry Rowland (with a sodbuster)
02 - Nix (with another sodbuster)
03 - Dean51 (with a GEC)
04 - SteveC (with a drawerful of knives)
05 - Fuzzbucket (with a knife to be named later)
06 - RF52 (once he gets a sweet trad)
07 - Wspeed (once he realizes he can't possibly sit this one out)


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #18 on: March 18, 2019, 05:52:42 PM
 :rofl: good try Nix  :rofl: :facepalm:
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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #19 on: March 18, 2019, 07:07:02 PM
Steve, you in?   :pok:

Dean, can we add you to the list...?
Wait a minute.  :think:
I didn't answer but someone added me to the list.

Nix, who would do such a thing?

Now i have to get in with the bullnose or risk being deleted.  :D


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #20 on: March 18, 2019, 07:11:11 PM
Now we need to get David in with his truckload of knives   :D


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #21 on: March 18, 2019, 07:31:53 PM

Yes but I'll probably not carry just one for the month   :tu:

 :iagree:

Just been thinking about this... I think I'd like to have a small selection, maybe just three or four, to chose from depending on what I'm doing that day. Maybe something as simple as small, medium and large - small for town, medium for work and large for country?

Hmmmm...  :think:


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #22 on: March 18, 2019, 07:32:41 PM
That is a great idea Fuzzy  :tu: :like:
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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #23 on: March 18, 2019, 07:34:03 PM
Wait a minute.  :think:
I didn't answer but someone added me to the list.

Press-ganged!   :rofl:


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #24 on: March 18, 2019, 07:34:40 PM
That is a great idea Fuzzy  :tu: :like:

Are you going with just one, Speedy? Or are you going to follow Fuzzy's example?   :think:


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #25 on: March 18, 2019, 07:41:17 PM
Speedy just received a couple of new ones today   :tu:


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #26 on: March 18, 2019, 07:47:20 PM
Great challenge,  this one  :like: This is the one and only badge that I designed  :D Not perfect or as fancy looking as the GEC badge for sure but not bad ;) I will surely follow along with this one and I might even try to carry a trad now and again and support you guys :salute: Can't  wait for this one :popcorn:


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #27 on: March 18, 2019, 07:50:55 PM
Speedy just received a couple of new ones today   :tu:

Ahhhhh....so the first challenge for him is deciding if he'll carry each, or just one.  Nice problem to have.   :cheers:


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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #28 on: March 18, 2019, 08:14:40 PM
Pencil me in  :tu:, can we define traditional though?  i have loads here so hard to choose which one but some of them may not be regarded as traditional  :dunno:
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Re: Bustin' out the traditionals, a 30-day challenge
Reply #29 on: March 18, 2019, 08:27:30 PM
Are you going with just one, Speedy? Or are you going to follow Fuzzy's example?   :think:
If I join the challenge i would follow Fuzzy’s example
Especially with the knife laws here in England  :tu:
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