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Well, this year was the 7th annual Practice What You Preach event down on Chestnut Mountain in North Carolina. The event was started by Terrill Hoffman (Photographer; writer for Tactical Knives magazine; and moderator of Knife Forums Outdoor Survival Forum) back when a lot of forum talk about outdoor survival and skills lead to a “put up or shut up” test. Terrill graciously offered up his property and hosted an event for folks to come out and actually practice what they’d been preaching online and PWYP was born! The first year consisted of only a few people but the event has grown steadily since then and this year there were over 90 folks in attendance! The gathering is a sort of medley of a an adult Boy Scout Jamboree and a Mountain Man Rendezvous with the usual skills training and practice, camp fire cookery and camaraderie, and a brisk and healthy trade and barter business throughout the 4 day event.
Who would have thought we'd have made it to three whole years? To be honest, I never looked that far ahead, which is part of the reason that this site has gone through so many changes over the last three years! I think they were all for the better, but I might be a bit biased!
Swiss Army Knives have a reputation for quality, reliability and adaptability- they are known the world over for these qualities, and are found in almost every walk of life as a result. Because of this reputation, the humble SAK has grown well beyond a simple pocket knife and into it’s own metaphor.
Ok so we all love our Swiss Army Knives right? And I’m guessing we all like the green and blue rock we’re sat on too, right? But you can’t possibly have both; I mean knives are made in dirty, smoky, factories, that are all environmental nightmares right?
By now most people should know that I am not a huge fan of single bladed folders. I realize they have their uses, so please don’t throw anything at me, at least until after you’ve read this!
As seen in the USB Reincarnation article this month, Rotokid’s new scale polish is pretty neat, and well worth an article of it’s own! I decided to write this to show the collectors out there how well it works- unfortunately I’ll probably end up sounding like Ron Popeil through most of it, so please bear with me!
Thanks to some new stuff from Rotokid, I’ve been able to complete a project that I’ve had in the back of my mind for a while. I’d often thought about layering several strips of spacer material to create a “striped” look to a SAK scale, but the question always was, what to put on top?
