A tease....

oruacat2 said:
A challenge-coin only works if you got it for something you've accomplished, not if it's just something anyone can buy.
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Nope, works either way. A "Challenge" Coin is used to challenge your friends to see if they have it on them. If they do, you owe them a drink, if they don't they owe you one.

You can use anything to play this game, a uniquely crafted coin, playing cards, whatever. It's just a game... you don't have to have been in the Air Force.
 
Joe Fowler said:
Nope, works either way. A "Challenge" Coin is used to challenge your friends to see if they have it on them. If they do, you owe them a drink, if they don't they owe you one.

You can use anything to play this game, a uniquely crafted coin, playing cards, whatever. It's just a game... you don't have to have been in the Air Force.
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Oh that. I just use blades for that. Someone in the group says blade check, and the person with no knive on them gets to pay the next round.

And I'm somewhat impatiently waiting for the Izula folder ... (and for the RatPack to hit the shelves, but we got pictures of that already)
 
luckykitty said:
Oh that. I just use blades for that. Someone in the group says blade check, and the person with no knive on them gets to pay the next round.

And I'm somewhat impatiently waiting for the Izula folder ... (and for the RatPack to hit the shelves, but we got pictures of that already)
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Does a Vic classic on your keys always get you the drink?:)
 
Joe Fowler said:
Nope, works either way. A "Challenge" Coin is used to challenge your friends to see if they have it on them. If they do, you owe them a drink, if they don't they owe you one.

You can use anything to play this game, a uniquely crafted coin, playing cards, whatever. It's just a game... you don't have to have been in the Air Force.
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I think he may be referring to the sentimental value of the coin and the way it was earned, I completed an Honors camp and earned my coin, 1/2 of 1 percent of all cadets get the privilege of attending, and my flight earned "honor flight" which only a quarter of the flights earn. I couldn't put a price on it, and plan on holding on to it, but now I completed a challenge and received a challenge coin, just like with his Air Assault one, he completed a challenge and received one, the fact you could purchase a "challenge coin" with out completing some sort of challenge other than deciding to go pay pal or not, IMO doesn't really make it a challenge coin. Of course that is just my humble $0.02, your mileage may vary.
 
oruacat2 said:
A challenge-coin only works if you got it for something you've accomplished, not if it's just something anyone can buy. Maybe give one out to the people who have taken the ESEE survival courses?
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Exactly my point. A challenge coin is used to identify yourself as a friendly, or is given as an accomplishment piece.

To buy a challenge coin as a piece of marketing material is really weird.
 
dnuggett said:
Exactly my point. A challenge coin is used to identify yourself as a friendly, or is given as an accomplishment piece.

To buy a challenge coin as a piece of marketing material is really weird.
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+1 :thumbup:

Now if we had to post a video of a ESEE in use making certain traps or a shelter to be able to buy it, then I like the idea of it.
 
luckykitty said:
Oh that. I just use blades for that. Someone in the group says blade check, and the person with no knive on them gets to pay the next round.
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neat idea, but wouldn't work with most of my good friends. everyone is well armed. with one group we'd go to a steakhouse after an evening at the range and nobody touched the restaurant's steak knives... there was a series of snaps and clicks as everyone produced their own steel for the task... only only exception was one of the wives had a Spyderco Harpy which isn't a practical steak knife... her husband had a suitable backup.

on the challenge coins... i agree that buying the coin is silly.

some companies make wallets with challenge coin pockets.
 
dnuggett said:
Exactly my point. A challenge coin is used to identify yourself as a friendly, or is given as an accomplishment piece.

To buy a challenge coin as a piece of marketing material is really weird.
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I guess it's the elitist attitude that bothers me, but I like the idea of a "blade check" in lieu of a coin when playing the game. Either way. :thumbup:
 
Challenge coins seem to be the new thing at trade shows. They're more like a hat pin or something you give away just as a souvenir, IMO. We've got hundred of these these from various agencies and organizations. I usually pass mine on to collectors since I'm not a collector. The only two I kept were the Colombia Junglas coin due to our work with them and a DEA Athens Greece coin because it was just so damn cool ;)
 
Joe Fowler said:
I guess it's the elitist attitude that bothers me, but I like the idea of a "blade check" in lieu of a coin when playing the game. Either way. :thumbup:
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Nothing elitist about it. Would you wear a beret you didn't earn and not expect to get called-out on it? Of course not. The "blade check" idea is funny and creative - especially the steakhouse visits.

Mike/Jeff (my apologies - not sure who posts under the R.A.T. moniker) has the right idea - trading pins/coins that have someone's unit insignia or affiliation on them is just another variation. It reminds me of World Cup players exchanging jerseys with their opposing counterpart, or Olympic Team members exchanging pins with competitors from other nations - but the memento being exchanged is still something that was earned and signifies inclusion into that group - not something that anyone off the street could just purchase.

Hey, it's not my company so it's not my rules, I just love the REAL tradition of challenge coins and would hate to see it cheapened. That's just my two cents and I won't take it as a personal affront to my character if someone disagrees. :D
 
If someone buys a coin everyone else had to earn (as in the armed forces) then I'd agree with you. I was just responding to the statement that any challenge coin has to be earned. No worries though! :thumbup:
 
If someone bought a military challenge coin without earning it, thats deplorable.

To have one that says ESEE knives (or whatever) that you carry to a knife show or something just to play for drinks doesnt cheapen up the military origin of the tradition...it just shows that you like the company, and like to drink. Take it as you wish, I suppose.
 
Tripton said:
If someone bought a military challenge coin without earning it, thats deplorable.

To have one that says ESEE knives (or whatever) that you carry to a knife show or something just to play for drinks doesnt cheapen up the military origin of the tradition...it just shows that you like the company, and like to drink. Take it as you wish, I suppose.
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Bingo. :thumbup:
 
I DO like Scrap Yard, and I DO like beer.
I also like winning and winning (in this case) means free beer which is the ONLY thing I like more than beer!!!! ;)
 
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