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After yet another 1,000 posts the Pay it Forward thread is starting again here!
What it is: a place to pay it forward to the BladeForum's community
What it is not: a dumping ground for junk or a trade thread
How it works: participants offer items free to the thread. If you decide to claim an item, great! Then pay forward something of yours in return. Simple as that. Everyone is on their own honor, and it has worked well so far. Generally the offer includes shipping, but the offerer may ask for help with shipping costs. (Please don't claim a knife or other age restricted item if you don't meet the age requirement)
What can be offered: anything that someone else might like! Knives of course, but a myriad of items have been offered and claimed: sharpening systems, strops, target and compound bows, slim jims, shop equipment, gold memberships to BladeForums, hunting equipment, art supplies, engineering tools, a pug and a cat (undetermined how serious those offers actually were), ammo, a Steven Segal signed album, the list is endless
How to offer: simply post your items into the thread
How to claim: ask for what has been posted. That's it. Some offers may be conditional or include preferences, for example military service or for someone who has yet to claim anything. There have also been random number selections as well as contests, including guessing what knife an offerer is carrying, composing a rhyme, sports trivia, etc. Most offers are simply for the first post to say "i'll take it!". Again the honor system applies, if you claim something, then pay something forward. Please say thank you to the offerer once you have recieved something, everyone likes to hear it and it confirms the item arrived safely.
Clear? Good. I'll start things off. Free to a good home I am offering an Ontario Rat 1 in coyote brown. Carried only a handful of times and never used. First post to claim it and offer to pay something forward, and it is yours! This is the knife:
EDIT: this knife is claimed
What it is: a place to pay it forward to the BladeForum's community
What it is not: a dumping ground for junk or a trade thread
How it works: participants offer items free to the thread. If you decide to claim an item, great! Then pay forward something of yours in return. Simple as that. Everyone is on their own honor, and it has worked well so far. Generally the offer includes shipping, but the offerer may ask for help with shipping costs. (Please don't claim a knife or other age restricted item if you don't meet the age requirement)
What can be offered: anything that someone else might like! Knives of course, but a myriad of items have been offered and claimed: sharpening systems, strops, target and compound bows, slim jims, shop equipment, gold memberships to BladeForums, hunting equipment, art supplies, engineering tools, a pug and a cat (undetermined how serious those offers actually were), ammo, a Steven Segal signed album, the list is endless
How to offer: simply post your items into the thread
How to claim: ask for what has been posted. That's it. Some offers may be conditional or include preferences, for example military service or for someone who has yet to claim anything. There have also been random number selections as well as contests, including guessing what knife an offerer is carrying, composing a rhyme, sports trivia, etc. Most offers are simply for the first post to say "i'll take it!". Again the honor system applies, if you claim something, then pay something forward. Please say thank you to the offerer once you have recieved something, everyone likes to hear it and it confirms the item arrived safely.
Clear? Good. I'll start things off. Free to a good home I am offering an Ontario Rat 1 in coyote brown. Carried only a handful of times and never used. First post to claim it and offer to pay something forward, and it is yours! This is the knife:
EDIT: this knife is claimed
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