Yo Mama
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I really dislike challenges, so I usually avoid them. Then I figured out one of my own that fits me and my personality in the knife life.
The challenge was to simple: carry a different knife in my collection for the entire day with no switching out for the whole 24 hours. Going through a different knife every day till I reached the last one (wife said no on the axes). Taking for me roughly 4 months
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What have I learned:
1. I still don't care to carry traditional or fixed blades. I like using them, but carrying is still a pain. May get a pocket slip for the traditionals to keep trying.
2. I used to fixate on the look of the pocket clip, not as big of a deal now, I'm ok with carrying not selecting based on this as much. Lynch does have a nice wire replacement clip I may get soon though.
3. I have been glad to reacquaint with blades I rarely use or carry, reignited love for some and for others it confirms I may need to thin the collection where they still don't excite me. I've not really ever sold any blades but I may make this a goal over the year.
4. Pictures daily of the knife was my original plan, then I fell behind and I hate my phone camera (Google pixel 7 pro), now maybe taking constant knife photos are not as necessary.
5. I kind of miss certain knives much more than others and I really wanted to be able to carry them for a longer period of time. Being restricted to having to stick to the challenge. Was kind of annoying in this regard. I also noticed I do tend to switch out knives very regularly during the day for no apparent reason and I want to stop doing this as well.
So that's what I've noticed so far. I have a few weeks left to go before cycling through the end of the collection. If I have any updates I will post them. Please let me know your thoughts on this challenge!
The challenge was to simple: carry a different knife in my collection for the entire day with no switching out for the whole 24 hours. Going through a different knife every day till I reached the last one (wife said no on the axes). Taking for me roughly 4 months
. What have I learned:
1. I still don't care to carry traditional or fixed blades. I like using them, but carrying is still a pain. May get a pocket slip for the traditionals to keep trying.
2. I used to fixate on the look of the pocket clip, not as big of a deal now, I'm ok with carrying not selecting based on this as much. Lynch does have a nice wire replacement clip I may get soon though.
3. I have been glad to reacquaint with blades I rarely use or carry, reignited love for some and for others it confirms I may need to thin the collection where they still don't excite me. I've not really ever sold any blades but I may make this a goal over the year.
4. Pictures daily of the knife was my original plan, then I fell behind and I hate my phone camera (Google pixel 7 pro), now maybe taking constant knife photos are not as necessary.
5. I kind of miss certain knives much more than others and I really wanted to be able to carry them for a longer period of time. Being restricted to having to stick to the challenge. Was kind of annoying in this regard. I also noticed I do tend to switch out knives very regularly during the day for no apparent reason and I want to stop doing this as well.
So that's what I've noticed so far. I have a few weeks left to go before cycling through the end of the collection. If I have any updates I will post them. Please let me know your thoughts on this challenge!
I went thru Swiss Army, Kershaw, Gerber, Old Timer, Leatherman, the various OEMs [e.g. Cabelas] and what-have-you.