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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #810 on: July 30, 2025, 06:06:46 PM
Well, after 30 days of pics of different things I had the feeling that my MiniChamp felt that it was being neglected.  So, for the grand finale of the "Multí Tool dot Org, Anything Goes, Anniversary Challenge, for July 2025",  à MiniChamp photo.


It's been a fun month and I'm looking forward to the "Keychain Pliers Challenge ", starting on Friday..
Addicted to sharp pointy things.
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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #811 on: July 30, 2025, 06:14:19 PM
    That Batman Challenge is a tough one.  Especially if you carry a belt axe and other bulky tools.  I don't know how Batman kept him tights up.  Probably used Bat-Glue. 
     I really missed out on a deal.  I checked out MTo on my phone and saw a pop-up.  Claim your reward.  $12,000,000.  Of course I went on to important things like seeing who had posted something interesting, and when I went back the pop-up was gone.  What a bubble brain I was.  I could have bought friend gra-farmer a house in the states (with some farmland) and paid for his passage here.  Out of pocket change, practically.
     Well, SMURF.  I think I will go make a sandwich for lunch.  I couldn't have spent all that money anyhow.  G
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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #812 on: July 30, 2025, 06:24:11 PM
Day 30



Today is the last day for a while of carrying the mighty Case Peanut. It always amazes me how much this little knife can do. Gave it a quick sharpening last night and it will be ready for its next adventures.

This challenge has been so fun seeing what each of you have been choosing to share. I really enjoyed the variety and your creativity.

JonesE
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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #813 on: July 30, 2025, 07:09:48 PM
Day 30 :woohoo:

Did someone say "stove?"

This is my old Svea 123 (pre-R) stove.

Thanks Gary, for managing this challenge. It has been a lot of fun!
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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #814 on: July 30, 2025, 07:22:30 PM
Quote from: IMR4198 on July 30, 2025, 06:14:19 PM
    That Batman Challenge is a tough one.  Especially if you carry a belt axe and other bulky tools.  I don't know how Batman kept him tights up.  Probably used Bat-Glue. 
     I really missed out on a deal.  I checked out MTo on my phone and saw a pop-up.  Claim your reward.  $12,000,000.  Of course I went on to important things like seeing who had posted something interesting, and when I went back the pop-up was gone.  What a bubble brain I was.  I could have bought friend gra-farmer a house in the states (with some farmland) and paid for his passage here.  Out of pocket change, practically.
     Well, SMURF.  I think I will go make a sandwich for lunch.  I couldn't have spent all that money anyhow.  G
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 :rofl: I will have to find my way over there another way...
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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #815 on: July 30, 2025, 08:30:21 PM
Day 29:

Left my knife at the house (turns out, it was by the 3D printer--suspect I used it to cut filament that was bent into the holder on the side of the reel), but I had my Duluth Diamalloy DH-16 Handiboy on me still.

It's a lightweight pair of 6-inch pliers that also packs a 4" size Crescent wrench with tight tolerances (many old tradesmen I know swear by Diamalloy wrenches) and a sturdy prybar. I originally retired them for the Knipex 125mm Cobra and later 125mm Pliers Wrench. Still though, I prefer the Duluth, even though they've gotten VERY pricey since I got mine (I thought $20 was a lot for this well-worn example back in '18 or so).

It can also be used as a bit driver by placing an extension in the wrench.

I had planned to get the Hart 4-in-1 knife today at Walmart anyway, as they'd been out of stock for months. I bought it to replace my Crater C33T, since the Free T2 is a brick with stubby tools.   It's got a nice (SHARP) blade, well-machined flat Phillips, and a package opener (both tools lock). Frame also integrates a bottle opener. Nice clip, too.

It's made by TTI for Walmart, and is the same knife they sell at Home Depot (which we don't have) as Ryobi.

Hidden gem at Walmart in my opinion. The Ozark Trail Bugout clones everyone raved about sucked--the white handled lightweight $5 ones had terrible sharpness out of the box and soft steel. The "D2" orange handles with full liners dulled quick due to terrible heat treat. 

This knife is only $12, but feels like something that's $50.

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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #816 on: July 30, 2025, 08:38:27 PM
Pictures of the belt kit on...








The coat is the worst bit of it, hangs too low, and really in the way, everything else works well.

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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #817 on: July 30, 2025, 10:22:35 PM
Day 30

Mail call :mail:
I may have ordered something :whistle:

This machete/ camp knife is marked as "608 M Girard" with a "made in France" sticker.
Roughly 18.5in OL, 13in BL
Thing is aside from the 2 US importers (who offer next to no description) I can find no info on it. The only M Girard, France knives Im finding are vintage Maxime Girard kitchen knives, and I doubt its them.
(But then again it does feel like a big kitchen knife.)

Anyone know more??


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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #818 on: July 30, 2025, 10:31:42 PM
Day 30

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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #819 on: July 31, 2025, 01:36:47 AM
Day 30

My most often carried pliers-based tool these days is the SOG Powerpint.  I didn't even like it when I first got it, but I've decided that I don't always need to carry heavy, full-size tools anymore as I rarely use them. The Powerpint still gives me very capable pliers when I need them, but it is much easier to carry than anything else I have with the possible exception of a Skeletool, and it has more implements than the Skeletool.
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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #820 on: July 31, 2025, 03:26:40 AM
Day 31 bonus
Black day

Bo Surge
Garmin Fenix 7 SS
Pentel Oreznero 0.3mm
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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #821 on: July 31, 2025, 03:53:59 AM
 Day 30

Alright, I planned this way back at the beginning of the month, and today's the day. Since I don't have any deer to butcher, I decided to buy a whole chicken at the grocery store. I did a simple recipe with salt, pepper, and lemon (Nessmuk's three approved seasonings).

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Chopped the veggies pretty well, including peeling the carrots.

Not a great carving knife (just too thick, and not super pointy for the parts where that helps), but got the job done.

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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #822 on: July 31, 2025, 05:47:25 AM
Day 30

Thank you to Gary for hosting this challenge.  It was a fun one.


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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #823 on: July 31, 2025, 12:32:38 PM
    I don't see where anyone has gotten a badge for this year's Anniversary Challenge.  I already had one, and decided to try for the Opinel badge instead according to Page 24, Section B, Subsection B11, Paragraph 3, first part of the Whogetza Badge rules. 
    This was always our friend Dan's challenge to host.  Things more important made it so he couldn't.  I did host last year's challenge, and somehow I guess I managed to fill in this year? 
     I actually feel more like the unwanted mother-in-law who is there with her bags when you answer the doorbell.  She smiles and says, "I'm here.  Are you surprised?"  Then as you stand there with your mouth open, she tells you to quit standing there gawking like a fool and carry her luggage in.  You tell yourself all day at work that it won't be that bad.  Back home you find your front door locked with the chain on.  After you identify yourself to her satisfaction (can't be too careful around here), you fall over a chair in your own living room.  Since she has moved all your furniture around. 
Best wishes (Oh, and take off those dirty shoes before you come in.  I just waxed the floors.  And threw out that old rug.) G
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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #824 on: July 31, 2025, 04:49:49 PM
Wrap Up

The whole team one more time, with a few more dings and scuffs than we started. Got most of the rust off the axe, the Case has started to patina nicely, and the MUK is apparently indestructible.

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This was probably the most challenging challenge I've ever done. No multitools in my regular carry for a whole month! (I awlso had none for Giants of June last month, but that didn't feel like as big of a deal.) I did cheat and grab the SOG or Gerber out of the car once or twice, but man did I miss basic stuff like a screwdriver for the little day to day jobs. I did appreciate having an excuse to go camping. Next year, I'd like to dip my toe into some more Nessmuk style bushcraft and backwoods stuff, but was the most I've smoothed it in over a decade.

   Mini-reviews for my individual tools:

Case 75 Large Stockman: Stockmans (Stockmen?) are probably my favorite traditional pattern. Too many knives out there with 2 or 3 or 4 blades, but all the same or similar shapes. The variety here means you awlmost awlways have the right tool for the job. This is on the larger side, which is helpful around camp, but probably overkill if you’re just opening Amazon boxes and stuff (in which Case, I'd recommend the 47). I know Case had some rough years a bit ago, but awl the ones I’ve bought recently have been solid.

Marbles Double Bit Camp Axe: It’s a lightweight (under 2 lbs) double headed axe for $30. It’s not what you want to chop through a foot thick log or clearing a bunch of trees. It’s great for just breaking down medium sized stuff around camp, splitting prechopped firewood into smaller chunks, etc. I’d probably rather a single edge (it’s not like I’m gonna freeze to death if my axe edge gets rough), but being able to beat the crap out of the dull edge and not care was convenient.

Boxer Blades MUK: Takes a lickin' and looks good doin' it. I finally got to put this thing through its paces towards the end of the month, and you can't tell. Kept an edge, no spotting or anything. And it's probably the coolest looking fixie I own. (I dunno, what is there to say about a big ol' fixed blade? It cuts stuff, didn't break, and its comfy to hold. That means it checks all the boxes.)


Thoughts on the Nessmuk Trio for modern woodcraft:

The biggest thing here is that modern camping is very different from what Nessmuk mostly experienced and wrote about. Most of his book is based on the idea that you’re going out in a group with a half dozen guys, tramping out to the middle of nowhere, building a campsite (including clearing trees and using them to build pseudo-cabin shelters), and then hunting for your dinner, while staying out for a week or more.

I know zero people who do that kind of camping today. Weekend car-camping is the default for most people. Even if you're on a longer bushcraft trip, most of us lean into Leave No Trace or similar principles that would forbid clearing a half dozen trees to build your shelter, camp kitchen, etc. (and most people tend to bushcraft solo or in smaller parties), and there’s not as much game as there used to be. Nessmuk did do some conservationist writings about deforestation, etc. It’s a shame most of us will never get to see the woods he did back in the day.

So, taking into account modern technology, what am I going to carry to “smooth it” in most camping situations today?

Going into things, I really thought I was going to poo-poo the hatchet and replace it with a folding saw. They’ve gotten a lot better in the 150-odd years since Nessmuk was camping, and there’s a lot you can do with a nice tough bushcraft knife that an axe would’ve been used for. But, in the end, there’s very little that a saw can do that an axe can’t, but not the reverse. While this is probably the first implement I’d drop if I was trying to save weight, I don’t think there’s a third tool that I’d outright replace it with. For most people, I think a double bit will be overshadowed by a single blade with a sledge (or maybe a pick or something if you want something exotic) although I did like having a “beater” edge for some jobs. Again, we’re not clearing trees or smashing deer anymore, and that means your one face is going to see a lot less work. Do get a small but “real” hatchet, not one of those tiny 9” “camp axes” some companies sell. The couple ounces you save isn’t worth it (and if it is, you can probably leave the whole thing at home).

The fixed blade is probably the best example of changes in the use of the tool, if not the tool itself. Nessmuk’s knife is for dressing game and food prep. We’re not regularly butchering deer and squirrels in camp anymore. If you just need a kitchen knife, you probably want a regular ol’ paring knife in a small sheath. If you want an awl around knife, I would second Sears’s suggestion that a lot of modern bushcraft, survival, etc. knives are overly large. Get a nice ~4” blade (maybe 5” on the outside), maybe with marginally thicker stock, and you’ll have a great all around user that can do just about anything. I have a Kabar Mk1 as my designated beater, but that’s probably a bit bigger than I need. I think there’s awlso a case to be made for a stocky folder like a Buck here, depending on your other tools and how much you expect to abuse it.

The folding knife is the one tool I’d outright replace, and that’s with a multitool. An awl, a pry bar, a hook (or a can opener), a saw. So many great little camp tools in one place. I think if he were writing today, Nessmuk would probably be drawn to a good ol’ SAK. Enough to get the job done, but not a lot of extras. A basic but durable 93mm Alox seems like his style. The Farmer has a storied history as a backpacking knife, and I think he’d be pretty happy with one. He does a lot of camp building and furniture making with his jack knife, so the saw would probably be worth the layer. He might splurge for the Farmer X. He doesn’t mention scissors, but I can see him taking it to trim fishing line, bandages, etc. Given that he spent the equivalent of a couple hundred bucks on his axe, maybe he’d even go for a custom of some kind. 84mm Lumberjack X? Farmer+hawkbill?

Thanks to Dan for reminding us to show up, Gary for stepping up, and everyone else for showing off their gear and looking at mine. I'll see some of you over in mini plyer land next month.
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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #825 on: July 31, 2025, 06:42:57 PM
I couldn't resist getting the most out of the extra day of the month. And decided that an entryway into the next challenge might fit in here.
It's been a fun month.
I've enjoyed all the pics and stories.
Thanks for putting up with my rambles.
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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #826 on: July 31, 2025, 07:03:32 PM
Day 30
The Hercules is almost my ultimate 111mm (the Workchamp takes that title,imo).
Great challenge,thanks Farmer X
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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #827 on: July 31, 2025, 07:03:59 PM
Day 31



Looking good PC. See you awl on the next challenge.

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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #828 on: July 31, 2025, 08:08:35 PM
Great job everyone!!
Barry
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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #829 on: August 01, 2025, 12:13:10 AM
One more pic from our trip to Wellsboro at the beginning of the month. Spot the typo!
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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #830 on: August 01, 2025, 12:43:37 AM
   I enjoyed your thoughts and posts about Nessmuk this month.  Very enjoyable.  It is hard to beat a good, big CASE stock knife.  I read his woodscraft book years ago.  If you feel like reading a good outdoorsy book, I would strongly suggest Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper by Eldred N. Woodcock.  Easy to find a digital copy.  Maybe not so much a real book.  Pretty much an account of living in the woods for 50 years, mostly in the Black Forest of Pennsylvania area.  Best wishes.  G
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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #831 on: August 01, 2025, 01:34:43 AM
I've been there a number of times BP!  It's a beautiful town.  I live just under 2 hours southwest of there, near State College.
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One more pic from our trip to Wellsboro at the beginning of the month. Spot the typo!
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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #832 on: August 01, 2025, 01:52:18 AM
Day 31

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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #833 on: August 01, 2025, 06:48:21 AM
Day 31 - Just for good measure  :D

May the best of your past, be the worst of your future.

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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #834 on: August 01, 2025, 12:54:11 PM
   Did anybody get a badge out of this challenge?  I haven't seen any evidence of it.  I applied for an Opinel badge, but haven't heard anything.  Do a challenge, carry an Opie, 30 photos.  Nothing yet.  They may have run out.  Have to order some more.  Best wishes.  G
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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #835 on: August 01, 2025, 04:47:05 PM
I imagine they are pretty busy. There were two challenges running last month. Ugh, it is August already.

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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #836 on: August 01, 2025, 07:56:01 PM
Quote from: IMR4198 on August 01, 2025, 12:54:11 PM
   Did anybody get a badge out of this challenge?  I haven't seen any evidence of it.  I applied for an Opinel badge, but haven't heard anything.  Do a challenge, carry an Opie, 30 photos.  Nothing yet.  They may have run out.  Have to order some more.  Best wishes.  G
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I went to put in for mine, Gary, only to realize that I got it last year, 
Anyway, it was a fun month.
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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #837 on: August 02, 2025, 05:17:22 AM
Day 30:

Final day, and the new contender yet again.

Honestly, I'm pretty darn impressed. It's hard to believe this is one of the cheapest knives at Walmart. However, Techtronic (parent of Milwaukee) is behind this one, and sells it at Home Depot stores as Ryobi.

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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #838 on: August 03, 2025, 01:38:31 AM
Congratulations Cody!   
Barry
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Re: July 2025 Anniversary challenge
Reply #839 on: August 03, 2025, 12:03:29 PM
Quote from: IMR4198 on August 01, 2025, 12:54:11 PM
   Did anybody get a badge out of this challenge?  I haven't seen any evidence of it.  I applied for an Opinel badge, but haven't heard anything.  Do a challenge, carry an Opie, 30 photos.  Nothing yet.  They may have run out.  Have to order some more.  Best wishes.  G
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I got the anniversary badge  :D
Merit Badges  Carry tools with single functions only. No multi-tools, no multi-layer Swiss Army Knives, no combo one-piece tools and post a photo for thirty (30) consecutive days. Start a new thread and post a photo of any gear for thirty (30) consecutive days during the MTo anniversary month. Start a new thread and post a photo of the discontinued sak/mt for thirty (30) consecutive days. For 30 consecutive days carry a SAK with a magnifying glass, and post a picture every day in the designated thread. Participate in a Challenge thread, carry knife/tool with a blade 4" or longer, and post a photo every day for 30 consecutive days. Participate in a Challenge thread, carry a SAK, duct tape, and paperclip, and post a photo every day for 30 consecutive days. Participate in a Challenge thread and post a photo  of 84 and 85 mm Swiss Army Knives (and Wengers) for 30 days Participate in the Challenge thread and post a photo of a Flashlight for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate in a Challenge thread and post a photo of a tool made in a specific country for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate  in Challenge thread and post a photo of a Alox SAK for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate in a challenge thread and post a photo of a SAK Cybertool (any variant), Swisschamp, Champion or Toolchest for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate  in Challenge thread and post a photo of a MiniChamp SAK for thirty (30) consecutive days. Start a new thread including a photo of shooting at least two (2) different firearms and at least one (1) photo of target (firearms) Start a new thread and post a photo of a fixed blade for thirty (30) consecutive days. Start a new thread or Post in a Challenge Thread and post a photo of a Spartan  for 30 days Build your own version of an MRE using off-the-shelf components, post a photo of the completed MRE and store at room temperature for 6 days or more. Consume the MRE after the storage period and post pictures and descriptions of the contents. Participants shall carry and use one Soldier knife, the model of their choosing, for the duration of the 90 days and post a picture each day. Participate  in a Challenge thread and post a photo of a LM Pocket Survival Tool for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate  in Challenge thread and post a photo of a Delemont SAK for thirty (30) consecutive days. In this challenge,  carry one(1) Pliers-based or Non-pliers multitool that we always have prejudice against, hate or even fear and post a picture everyday for 30 days Start a new thread and post a photo of the leatherman (supertool, core, hacks) for thirty (30) consecutive days.

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