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Title: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on July 17, 2017, 09:21:12 PM
Well, here's day one of the minimal SAK challenge. I love these 58mm knives for a companion to a dedicated folding knife. The thin blades slice through this thin cardboard like a laser. I guess this also counts for the stayglow badge as well. (This is my first attempt at badges, do I need a dedicated thread for each badge?)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170717/650653926f73e138d97a39f6de595806.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: zoidberg on July 17, 2017, 09:25:21 PM
For the stayglow this will be fine.   :tu:

Just try to avoid doing mass badge requests in one thread. All the best for the minimal challenge.   :like:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on July 17, 2017, 09:25:42 PM
El Favorite Challenge!!!  :like: :like: :like:

 :popcorn:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: zoidberg on July 17, 2017, 09:26:46 PM
Bonus points for getting the request right.   :salute:   Congrats on your first badge.   :cheers:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on July 17, 2017, 09:28:34 PM
For the stayglow this will be fine.   :tu:

Just try to avoid doing mass badge requests in one thread. All the best for the minimal challenge.   :like:

but but... I was just getting ready to kill a cow with an axe, filet it with a Super Tool, Camo Mod, 15 colors of alox, and Rescue tool, and cook it while camping....  :-\  :cry:

 :rofl:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Poncho65 on July 17, 2017, 09:33:09 PM
For the stayglow this will be fine.   :tu:

Just try to avoid doing mass badge requests in one thread. All the best for the minimal challenge.   :like:

but but... I was just getting ready to kill a cow with an axe, filet it with a Super Tool, Camo Mod, 15 colors of alox, and Rescue tool, and cook it while camping....  :-\  :cry:

 :rofl:

 :facepalm:

 :twak:

 :rofl:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Poncho65 on July 17, 2017, 09:33:46 PM
Well, here's day one of the minimal SAK challenge. I love these 58mm knives for a companion to a dedicated folding knife. The thin blades slice through this thin cardboard like a laser. I guess this also counts for the stayglow badge as well. (This is my first attempt at badges, do I need a dedicated thread for each badge?)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170717/650653926f73e138d97a39f6de595806.jpg)


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Best of luck with the challenge and congrats on your first badge as well :like: :like:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: zoidberg on July 17, 2017, 09:36:20 PM
For the stayglow this will be fine.   :tu:

Just try to avoid doing mass badge requests in one thread. All the best for the minimal challenge.   :like:

but but... I was just getting ready to kill a cow with an axe, filet it with a Super Tool, Camo Mod, 15 colors of alox, and Rescue tool, and cook it while camping....  :-\  :cry:

 :rofl:

 :worthless:   :pok:   :D
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: kottskrapa on July 17, 2017, 11:39:41 PM
Congratulations to your first badge and for a lot of fun this upcoming 30 days!

It's not failure if you learn something from it

Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Don Pablo on July 18, 2017, 12:20:18 AM
Congrats on the badge!

I will be following this thread.  :hatsoff: :popcorn:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: glenfiddich1983 on July 18, 2017, 06:32:55 PM
Congrats on the stayglow badge and good luck with the challenge!  :cheers:
Title: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on July 19, 2017, 01:39:21 AM
Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone! Here's day two! My newest alox and first cadet. I love how thin it is to carry. It definitely punches above its weight class!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170718/7f07f732c73bb329e9fb5e276a99e65d.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Poncho65 on July 19, 2017, 03:44:43 AM
Very nice pic 8) :like: :like:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: kottskrapa on July 19, 2017, 06:50:34 AM
Looking good!

It's not failure if you learn something from it

Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: glenfiddich1983 on July 19, 2017, 08:26:34 AM
Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone! Here's day two! My newest alox and first cadet. I love how thin it is to carry. It definitely punches above its weight class!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170718/7f07f732c73bb329e9fb5e276a99e65d.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on July 20, 2017, 12:06:16 AM
Day three! I snapped this photo to show off my favorite SAK, and one of my favorite locations in my hometown. The SAK, as I'm sure you all know, is the wonderful compact. It is, for me, the total package for a day to day use knife. It's got all the essentials without too much extra stuff that just weighs me down when I don't really need it. The backdrop is the floral clock at the Capitol building here in Frankfort, KY. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170719/13b9de1968abc574961349f45dd284dd.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Poncho65 on July 20, 2017, 12:47:31 AM
Great pic of a great SAK and a great background :salute: :like: :like:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Don Pablo on July 20, 2017, 01:07:38 AM
 :like: :like: :cheers:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on July 21, 2017, 12:10:37 AM
 :like: Great minds think alike!  :salute:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Aloha on July 21, 2017, 12:18:33 AM
Great thread.  Congrats on your badge. 
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: GoatDragon on July 21, 2017, 12:47:54 AM
For the stayglow this will be fine.   :tu:

Just try to avoid doing mass badge requests in one thread. All the best for the minimal challenge.   :like:

Lol, what's wrong with requesting multiple badges in one thread? That's how I got most of my badges a couple years ago! (https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,60366.msg1110017.html#msg1110017) Did you guys outlaw it after I did it or something?  :P
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on July 21, 2017, 02:58:29 AM
Day four was a knife maintenance day. This sucker is now shaving sharp!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170721/d654b3dd78da75b6e71cacc30ef5d534.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on July 21, 2017, 03:01:10 AM
:like: Great minds think alike!  :salute:
You clearly have excellent taste.


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: aluminated on July 21, 2017, 03:04:17 AM
Day four was a knife maintenance day. This sucker is now shaving sharp!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170721/d654b3dd78da75b6e71cacc30ef5d534.jpg)


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Very knice knife. What was your sharpener of choice?
Congrats on your badge too.
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on July 21, 2017, 03:10:45 AM
Day four was a knife maintenance day. This sucker is now shaving sharp!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170721/d654b3dd78da75b6e71cacc30ef5d534.jpg)


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Very knice knife. What was your sharpener of choice?
Congrats on your badge too.
This is still a factory edge that has been stropped on black and then green compound. Stropping is really incredible. As long as the edge isn't physically damaged it will make it scary sharp. I touch up my knives with the strop and basically never need to actually sharpen them unless I mean careless with the edge. Thanks!


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Poncho65 on July 21, 2017, 03:44:40 AM
Very nice :tu: I love a good sharp blade :dd: :like:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: zoidberg on July 21, 2017, 03:47:44 AM
For the stayglow this will be fine.   :tu:

Just try to avoid doing mass badge requests in one thread. All the best for the minimal challenge.   :like:

Lol, what's wrong with requesting multiple badges in one thread? That's how I got most of my badges a couple years ago! (https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,60366.msg1110017.html#msg1110017) Did you guys outlaw it after I did it or something?  :P

Sure some have done that.
We would like to see people putting in some effort when requesting a badge.
Doing so in the appropriate sub forums also contributes to the site by generating content and conversation there.
At the end of the day there is no set rule on this and we are pretty accommodating.
Keep in mind the more you put in the more you'll get out.
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: aluminated on July 21, 2017, 11:10:25 PM
This is still a factory edge that has been stropped on black and then green compound...
Perchance is there a layman's translation of that? It's foreign to me and I'd REALLY like to learn how to sharpen correctly.
Thanks for the information!
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on July 21, 2017, 11:22:42 PM
This is still a factory edge that has been stropped on black and then green compound...
Perchance is there a layman's translation of that? It's foreign to me and I'd REALLY like to learn how to sharpen correctly.
Thanks for the information!
Sure thing! The knife hasn't actually been "sharpened" since it left the factory. I have a piece of leather with two different  types of polishing compound. You use the compound to refine the edge and polish it. My best advice is to search YouTube for "knife stropping".


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on July 21, 2017, 11:24:04 PM
Today I removed the tag from my new Mickey Mouse flip flops. Definitely hard use.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170721/2349acf7a3833be453134c7ae0565448.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on July 21, 2017, 11:44:41 PM
 :like: :tu:

Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Poncho65 on July 22, 2017, 04:46:15 AM
Putting it through the paces for summer tasks :salute: :D
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Ron Who on July 22, 2017, 10:39:49 AM
 :like:

Today I removed the tag from my new Mickey Mouse flip flops. Definitely hard use.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170721/2349acf7a3833be453134c7ae0565448.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on July 23, 2017, 02:42:16 AM
I'm on the road for day 6. Here is a hotel room pocket dump. I like to keep it simple when I travel while still being prepared. I'm planning to visit a pretty special place tomorrow, so hopefully I'll have a more interesting picture tomorrow. And either tomorrow or Monday I'll change up the knife so it's not the same thing every day.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170723/f1eb95f630727c288afd83a198c82de1.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Poncho65 on July 23, 2017, 04:43:43 AM
Great pic and have fun tomorrow :tu: :like:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on July 24, 2017, 03:34:10 AM
I stopped into Smokey Mountain Knife Works today! My compact got to have a little family reunion, but he didn't bring any friends home.
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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Faddy Daddy on July 24, 2017, 04:32:57 AM
I stopped into Smokey Mountain Knife Works today! My compact got to have a little family reunion, but he didn't bring any friends home.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170724/ce3649bb4999e45b52f08e758384bd0e.jpg)


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Nice Pic! Not sure I would have been able to avoid temptation like that  :)
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on July 25, 2017, 04:39:27 AM
I finally have something different for you guys. I got my son and I matching knives on his tenth birthday. This is mine and it's a favorite for sure.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170725/6c996418719cd2b0f35151272fe0fd52.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Don Pablo on July 25, 2017, 01:17:20 PM
Veeery nice.  :salute:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: kottskrapa on July 25, 2017, 01:47:45 PM
Nice pirate and good pics overall!

It's not failure if you learn something from it

Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on July 25, 2017, 11:03:36 PM
 :tu: :like: :cheers: :salute:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: 4everYoung on July 26, 2017, 01:32:49 AM
I finally have something different for you guys. I got my son and I matching knives on his tenth birthday. This is mine and it's a favorite for sure.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170725/6c996418719cd2b0f35151272fe0fd52.jpg)


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Like the pirate
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Poncho65 on July 26, 2017, 02:03:53 AM
I stopped into Smokey Mountain Knife Works today! My compact got to have a little family reunion, but he didn't bring any friends home.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170724/ce3649bb4999e45b52f08e758384bd0e.jpg)


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Nice :like:

How far are you from SMKW :think: I live a couple hours from there myself :cheers:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on July 26, 2017, 04:41:55 AM
I've got another sentimental piece for day 9. My very first knife was a grey classic. My dad got it for me when I was very young. I lost it several years ago after he passed away so I found a  new in box grey classic.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170726/eddac6d6163366b6590e82007aea3e70.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Poncho65 on July 27, 2017, 04:25:38 AM
I've got another sentimental piece for day 9. My very first knife was a grey classic. My dad got it for me when I was very young. I lost it several years ago after he passed away so I found a  new in box grey classic.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170726/eddac6d6163366b6590e82007aea3e70.jpg)


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:dd: :like:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on July 27, 2017, 04:25:54 AM
Day 10 has my most carried classic in my pocket. I love the color pop of the yellow.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170727/abb23129a877418a8aaed53243b4c208.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on July 27, 2017, 04:55:55 AM
 :like:
+1 on the Amarillo!  :D
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on July 28, 2017, 06:58:32 AM
No matter what, I always come back to this compact. Maybe I need compacts in several colors for some variation.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170728/dcba04b254bd4857685f6f7d48dc8ed0.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on July 29, 2017, 05:54:45 AM
I picked up this Great Smoky Mountains National Park classic a few weeks ago. I  have a lot of great memories of my dad associated with knives and the smokies, so I had to have it.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170729/e353f408a25c51d17bdebf49dee047f1.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Ron Who on July 29, 2017, 09:48:31 AM
 :like: :like:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: kottskrapa on July 29, 2017, 09:50:21 AM
Nice classic

It's not failure if you learn something from it

Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on July 30, 2017, 03:22:42 AM
Nice classic

It's not failure if you learn something from it

+1  :like:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on July 30, 2017, 05:07:52 AM
Thanks for all the positive comments everyone! Here is my Saturday night overtime post for day 12! (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170730/09d74cc3b1b8b57789c7480e1d79718c.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on July 30, 2017, 05:09:05 AM
I stopped into Smokey Mountain Knife Works today! My compact got to have a little family reunion, but he didn't bring any friends home.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170724/ce3649bb4999e45b52f08e758384bd0e.jpg)


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Nice :like:

How far are you from SMKW :think: I live a couple hours from there myself :cheers:
Somehow I missed your post. I'm almost exactly 3.5 hours north in Central Kentucky.


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on July 31, 2017, 06:24:36 AM
For day 13 I thought you guys might be interested in my old cross pioneer that came to me in very bad shape. I've reground the blade to correct a broken tip. I brought the spine down into a modified sheepsfoot in an effort to preserve as much cutting edge as possible.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170731/8a3fc6de7c40629ee09e650d47e6e4bf.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 01, 2017, 06:46:03 AM
Today I'm breaking out one I keep packed away for safe keeping. This is my Inky Valentine skull classic.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170801/d58f11dbc2a2f466f57551fbac71a6bb.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: kottskrapa on August 01, 2017, 06:53:52 AM
Nice! And it is just begging to be used

It's not failure if you learn something from it

Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 01, 2017, 06:59:36 AM
Nice! And it is just begging to be used

It's not failure if you learn something from it
Maybe one day. It's so awesome I hate to screw it up.


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: kottskrapa on August 01, 2017, 07:24:51 AM
Nice! And it is just begging to be used

It's not failure if you learn something from it
Maybe one day. It's so awesome I hate to screw it up.


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I know the feeling and don't blame you! But don't forget to show us pics of it from time to time

It's not failure if you learn something from it

Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on August 01, 2017, 05:46:31 PM
I know the feeling too.  :)


Awesome classic!   :tu:  Great challenge!  :like:  :cheers:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 02, 2017, 10:08:57 AM
Here is my real tree classic. I don't carry it much but I really like it. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170802/e57da6b63820b4ffa5f364a3991aeef5.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: cbl51 on August 02, 2017, 03:43:24 PM
For the past twenty something years, a Vic classic has been my daily companion. It's been too handy to not have and it's up to most tasks a urban dweller like me runs into. I've worn out a few by using the ever lovin dog poo outa them. Hey, it's a ten dollar pocket knife with many capabilities. I have some other pocket knives, but they get used now and then, and none of them are daily carry-just once in a while type knives.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3734/10037376036_c03c1037af_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ghYbcw)

When a classic is teamed up with a P-38 and a keychain screw driver, it will do a lot of daily jobs. Those two tools eliminate a full layer of a regular SAK.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1711/25322635661_415db67a3a_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/EzF8mz)
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 03, 2017, 08:32:43 AM
Today I felt like a little freedom.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170803/5cb7dab48731b581d410224e4cb11a7a.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Poncho65 on August 04, 2017, 02:27:41 AM
I stopped into Smokey Mountain Knife Works today! My compact got to have a little family reunion, but he didn't bring any friends home.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170724/ce3649bb4999e45b52f08e758384bd0e.jpg)


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Nice :like:

How far are you from SMKW :think: I live a couple hours from there myself :cheers:
Somehow I missed your post. I'm almost exactly 3.5 hours north in Central Kentucky.


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Somehow I have missed this thread for the last week :facepalm: :oops: I guess the end of the anniversary month got kinda crazy :ahhh :D

More great pics and I will try my best to keep up now :cheers:

Small world and cool that you are fairly close :tu:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on August 04, 2017, 02:30:39 AM
Today I felt like a little freedom.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170803/5cb7dab48731b581d410224e4cb11a7a.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 04, 2017, 10:38:30 AM
This is tonight's combo...(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170804/9edaacf1e04894a483af9c3cdb1f6981.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 05, 2017, 07:36:46 AM
This guy is my best friend for days spent working around the house.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170805/67518f6a80a72d2832cceb7fed8ebab3.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on August 05, 2017, 10:37:02 AM
 :like:great thread!!!! :tu:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 06, 2017, 06:18:38 AM
How about a colorful group photo?(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170806/53bbafb33daeecef3a2e62df9566d090.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Don Pablo on August 06, 2017, 11:56:54 AM
 :like: :like:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Poncho65 on August 07, 2017, 02:56:09 AM
More awesome pics Josh :tu: :like: :like:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: kottskrapa on August 07, 2017, 02:58:52 AM
I really dig that pirate!

It's not failure if you learn something from it

Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on August 07, 2017, 03:06:29 AM
How about a colorful group photo?(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170806/53bbafb33daeecef3a2e62df9566d090.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 07, 2017, 09:08:14 AM
Thanks everyone! For today I had my son dump his out next to mine. He loves his "pirate knife". As you can see, he's a budding EDC'r. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170807/fca1a51bac55fb414a2676e48044b8c9.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 08, 2017, 12:59:30 PM
This guy kept me well prepared on my Monday back to work after a three day weekend.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170808/f9b62eed96b4c2c4a355dec6f79b8343.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 09, 2017, 12:05:45 PM
Tonight's combo.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170809/b206a12194bd12a78664ca60928f8442.jpeg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: cbl51 on August 09, 2017, 04:40:33 PM
Josh, it looks like you and your son are well equipped for everyday life!! :tu:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 10, 2017, 01:21:36 PM
Headed home from work on this beautiful morning!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170810/7b4e0e44359a2d17875bee939a56526a.jpg)


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Title: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 11, 2017, 01:23:04 AM
I used the awesome combo tool to swap out some expired smoke detectors this evening before work.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170810/f30de618c82a0cdcb53a569db3e9f1a9.jpg)
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Poncho65 on August 11, 2017, 03:35:53 AM
Great pics in this awesome challenge :tu: :like: :like:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 12, 2017, 04:29:15 AM
This is my attempt at being artistic with a pioneer.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170812/b6480deec8295c64d8b2cef1198ba3f3.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Nix on August 12, 2017, 04:52:16 AM
Nice.

I gotta agree with you, the Classic [SD] is one heckuva useful knife to carry, and so easy to carry as well. I'm still a bit irked that Vic Classics are banned on airplanes by TSA.  :rant:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Poncho65 on August 12, 2017, 05:02:01 AM
This is my attempt at being artistic with a pioneer.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170812/b6480deec8295c64d8b2cef1198ba3f3.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on August 12, 2017, 09:53:35 AM
This is my attempt at being artistic with a pioneer.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170812/b6480deec8295c64d8b2cef1198ba3f3.jpg)


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accomplished  :like:  :tu:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on August 12, 2017, 09:54:40 AM
so you're a bluegrass fan??

https://youtu.be/ffQMQ7qHfqQ
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Nix on August 12, 2017, 05:07:43 PM
Doesn't everybody love Doc Watson?  :tu:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 13, 2017, 02:07:46 AM
so you're a bluegrass fan??

https://youtu.be/ffQMQ7qHfqQ
I am a bluegrass fan, but that watermark refers to my being from Kentucky (the bluegrass state).


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 13, 2017, 02:09:33 AM
Thank you all for the kind words throughout this post! I think I'm on day 26 but I'll count it up for sure tomorrow. Today, happiness is a freshly loaded strop!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170813/cdb742e8ccf5d73d9af5e0826988c575.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Nix on August 13, 2017, 02:12:08 AM
Gotta love a slick strop. And, hey, sweet Sebbie!

Keep on, keepin' on....  ;)
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on August 13, 2017, 03:57:04 AM
so you're a bluegrass fan??

https://youtu.be/ffQMQ7qHfqQ
I am a bluegrass fan, but that watermark refers to my being from Kentucky (the bluegrass state).


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Are you talking about those left handed cigarettes?  :pok:

I kid. I forgot about that. Though some might argue Bluegrass started in the Appalachian mountains of NC and TN.  :cheers:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Poncho65 on August 13, 2017, 05:35:42 AM
Bluegrass State is the official "thing" for Kentucky though :D :tu: I feel TN is more the birthplace of country music in general and more than just bluegrass :salute:

Great pics Josh :cheers: :like:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on August 13, 2017, 06:42:17 AM
Bluegrass State is the official "thing" for Kentucky though :D :tu: I feel TN is more the birthplace of country music in general and more than just bluegrass :salute:

Great pics Josh :cheers: :like:

Awl the states try to steal North Carolina's glory lol. ... Ohio wants to take flight from us.  Kentucky wants to take bluegrass from us. Illinois wants to take Michael Jordan from us,  Texas wants to take barbecue from us.  :facepalm:

The whole world wants to take Fred Durst from us ... you can have him  :tu:


Sorry for the rant.

This thread is awlsome.  GO JOSH GO!!!  :tu: :cheers:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on August 14, 2017, 02:17:48 AM
Had to follow up...

After doing a little more reading from different sources, there is no one true home to bluegrass other than  "Appalachia"  with genre-defining artists coming from Louisiana to Massachusetts.  Virginia has a BUNCH of the earliest groups... as well as KY, NC, TN & WV.
I went to a college called Appalachian State University in Boone, NC where traditional bluegrass is very popular and maybe I was being Boone-centric, so I apologize for my less-than-informed opinion that was partially in jest.   :cheers:

Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Nix on August 14, 2017, 02:23:31 AM
Dude, you gotta share the grass....
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on August 14, 2017, 02:45:04 AM
Dude, you gotta share the grass....

Tell me about it  :D
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 14, 2017, 03:58:18 AM
Had to follow up...

After doing a little more reading from different sources, there is no one true home to bluegrass other than  "Appalachia"  with genre-defining artists coming from Louisiana to Massachusetts.  Virginia has a BUNCH of the earliest groups... as well as KY, NC, TN & WV.
I went to a college called Appalachian State University in Boone, NC where traditional bluegrass is very popular and maybe I was being Boone-centric, so I apologize for my less-than-informed opinion that was partially in jest.   :cheers:

Interestingly, the bluegrass refers to an actual type of grass that grows here. When it gets tall in the fields and the wind blows it, it has a distinct blue hue. Most people from other states aren't aware of the origin of the nickname. And no need for apologies what so ever, but absolutely accepted none the less. Have a great night!



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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 14, 2017, 04:00:06 AM
It's hard to believe I'm on day 26 of this adventure! I thought a throwback to my son's 10th birthday would be a good one for today. This is the origin of our "pirate knives".
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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on August 14, 2017, 07:15:44 AM
Had to follow up...

After doing a little more reading from different sources, there is no one true home to bluegrass other than  "Appalachia"  with genre-defining artists coming from Louisiana to Massachusetts.  Virginia has a BUNCH of the earliest groups... as well as KY, NC, TN & WV.
I went to a college called Appalachian State University in Boone, NC where traditional bluegrass is very popular and maybe I was being Boone-centric, so I apologize for my less-than-informed opinion that was partially in jest.   :cheers:

Interestingly, the bluegrass refers to an actual type of grass that grows here. When it gets tall in the fields and the wind blows it, it has a distinct blue hue. Most people from other states aren't aware of the origin of the nickname. And no need for apologies what so ever, but absolutely accepted none the less. Have a great night!



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I had indeed heard tale of the fabled Kentucky blue grass but have never seen it with my own eyes.  :cheers:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 15, 2017, 09:56:22 AM
Here is another throwback photo. This is my now reground oc pioneer before I tried to bring it back to life. I'm still considering putting these scales on a new pioneer x. That would pretty much be my dream knife.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170815/cb60299a495cdd639a0030455dedf7aa.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 16, 2017, 07:21:37 AM
Day 28. This is my work lunch utensil dream team. A snow peak titanium spork and my sak!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170816/6d2963ed63d86dc2bb427b2ffd5324cd.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on August 16, 2017, 07:33:33 AM
Here is another throwback photo. This is my now reground oc pioneer before I tried to bring it back to life. I'm still considering putting these scales on a new pioneer x. That would pretty much be my dream knife.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170815/cb60299a495cdd639a0030455dedf7aa.jpg)


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That'd be sweet.  I wish alox scales were as easy to switch as celli's  ...
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Nix on August 16, 2017, 09:49:05 PM
Here is another throwback photo. This is my now reground oc pioneer before I tried to bring it back to life. I'm still considering putting these scales on a new pioneer x. That would pretty much be my dream knife.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170815/cb60299a495cdd639a0030455dedf7aa.jpg)

Uhhhh...is there a story or two that go with that knife.
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 16, 2017, 10:34:36 PM
Here is another throwback photo. This is my now reground oc pioneer before I tried to bring it back to life. I'm still considering putting these scales on a new pioneer x. That would pretty much be my dream knife.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170815/cb60299a495cdd639a0030455dedf7aa.jpg)

Uhhhh...is there a story or two that go with that knife.

It was part of a  buy one get one free eBay sale basically. There was a lot of two oc pioneers for sale. I bought both to get the other one.



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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Nix on August 16, 2017, 11:58:07 PM


It was part of a  buy one get one free eBay sale basically. There was a lot of two oc pioneers for sale. I bought both to get the other one.




Interesting. Somebody clearly loved that knife the way Steinbeck's Lenny loved his mouse.
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 17, 2017, 12:00:23 AM


It was part of a  buy one get one free eBay sale basically. There was a lot of two oc pioneers for sale. I bought both to get the other one.




Interesting. Somebody clearly loved that knife the way Steinbeck's Lenny loved his mouse.
What you can't see in the photo was that the tip was significantly bent. I had to grind it down pretty significantly to get past the bend. I was able to straighten some of it, but most of it had to go.


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: strmliner on August 17, 2017, 12:03:17 AM
Had to follow up...

After doing a little more reading from different sources, there is no one true home to bluegrass other than  "Appalachia"  with genre-defining artists coming from Louisiana to Massachusetts.  Virginia has a BUNCH of the earliest groups... as well as KY, NC, TN & WV.
I went to a college called Appalachian State University in Boone, NC where traditional bluegrass is very popular and maybe I was being Boone-centric, so I apologize for my less-than-informed opinion that was partially in jest.   :cheers:

Interestingly, the bluegrass refers to an actual type of grass that grows here. When it gets tall in the fields and the wind blows it, it has a distinct blue hue. Most people from other states aren't aware of the origin of the nickname. And no need for apologies what so ever, but absolutely accepted none the less. Have a great night!



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I had indeed heard tale of the fabled Kentucky blue grass but have never seen it with my own eyes.  :cheers:

It grows quite well in Colorado...we had it in our yard growing up.
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 17, 2017, 07:41:45 AM
So much paperwork! At least I have a good fan.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170817/052280e7de1eb1ccd5fa157ee512df3b.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: josh83 on August 18, 2017, 01:49:37 PM
After a long night at work I'm finally able to close this out with day 30! Thank you all for your kind words and discussion! It's been a lot of fun. I figured what better way to finish this off than with my personal favorites!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170818/282a890f56594f37d184242c7bf72063.jpg)


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: zoidberg on August 18, 2017, 09:44:58 PM
Awarded.   :tu:   Great thread mate, congrats on the badge.
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Post by: josh83 on August 18, 2017, 10:20:23 PM
Awarded.   :tu:   Great thread mate, congrats on the badge.
Thank you!


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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Ron Who on August 19, 2017, 12:14:26 AM
 :cheers: :like:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Nix on August 19, 2017, 12:50:56 AM
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Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: El Corkscrew on August 19, 2017, 01:32:24 AM
 :tu: :cheers:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Poncho65 on August 19, 2017, 01:33:12 AM
Great pics :cheers: :like: :like:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Poncho65 on August 20, 2017, 04:45:36 AM
Also congrats on the badge :like: :like:
Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: kottskrapa on August 20, 2017, 07:56:00 AM
Congratulations on your badge! Been a nice challenge to follow

It's not failure if you learn something from it

Title: Re: Minimal SAK challenge thread!
Post by: Dutch_Tooler on August 20, 2017, 09:03:38 AM
Just came across this and a fun thread to read. Nice touch to get your son involved too, as he's obviously interested in this hobby (for some reason mine aren't). Congratulations on the badge!

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