All About Pocket Knives

Welcome to the 2025 POS exchange.

I’m stepping in for this round of the POS exchange as Kolvir (Andrew Hartung) is a bit under the weather and wanted to keep this annual event around the same time of the year. While Andrew was moving the POS exchange towards greater automation outside of AAPK for the back-end exchange processing, in the essence of time and to reduce my learning curve, I’m taking us back to old school.

As many of you know, the POS exchange begins with the gathering of your “choice selections” or POS knives that are a “Piece Of Fecal Matter” from all the knives you've accumulated during the previous year and send it to some other lucky soul on the forum. Participation is totally voluntary.

To participate in this year’s POS exchange, please send me a Private Message (PM) here on AAPK before the end of the day Saturday March 22nd and format your PM with only me (bestgear) as the recipient and 2025 POS Exchange Registration as the subject and the following information (nothing more, nothing less and in this order):

AAPK Username:
First and Last Name:
Address Line 1:
Address Line 2:
City:
State:
Zip Code:

Feel free to cut and paste the information above as a template for your PM to me. You do not need to post in this forum topic that you have entered as I will be making regular posts here on who has officially registered to participate. Remember, no PM means no POS package!

Starting on Sunday March 23rd I will send all participants a PM with the name and address of the lucky (randomly chosen) recipient for you to send a POS knife care package. Please set a reminder to check your AAPK PMs before the end of the day on 3/23/2025. You will then have 1 week or until Saturday, March 29th to prepare and ship your POS package to the recipient.

Once a package has landed, all participants are encouraged to post photos of and comments about their new "treasures" here in this forum topic. There are no rules in what qualifies as POS; old knives, new knives, good knives, bad knives. U.S. knives, foreign knives, all are welcome. With that said, it is requested that you don't send a pile of knife parts or nothing that is so rusty that you can't get the blades open. Please send whole knives only (tipped or used to death blades are okay).

As for the number of knives you send, it can be as many as you want to unload. One knife is not frowned on but then neither are several knives. It has been the trend for the past few years to include something decent as a surprise, however, this is not required to participate.

Reminder Dates:

• PM sent to me no later than Saturday March 22nd with information requested by participants

• PM sent to participants on Sunday March 23rd with the address of their recipient

• Packages mailed by Saturday March 29th by all participants

Thanks in advance for your support of this round of the POS exchange, let the games begin!

CURRENTLY REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS:
1 doglegg
2 herbva
3 Reverand
4 ThatWeirdKnifeGuy
5 beresman
6 C-WADE7
7 edge213
8 treefarmer
9 ToyLvr
10 KLJ77
11 Glennbad
12 OLDE CUTLER
13 Tony111
14 cody6268
15 Bladebuddy
16 philco
17 smalleyds
18 jody744
19 ken98k
20 Corn Creek Cutlery
21 Knifegnome
22 Thomasg
23 Kolvir
24 orvet
25 CluelessNick
26 thestretch71

Tom you are a trooper!

doglegg wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 8:01 pmTom you are a trooper!

Just helping where I can Floyd but thank you, this is Andrew's baby but the show must go on!

I like your approach Tom: Straight to the point, all details covered, and no questions needed!
I hope that Andrew gets better soon, but am glad that you stepped up to fill in the gap.
Here's to a great POS exchange!!!!

Reverand wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 9:51 pmI like your approach Tom: Straight to the point, all details covered, and no questions needed!

Thank you Scott!

Thank you Tom for covering for Andrew this year. WE all appreciate it.

Andrew...I trust you will overcome what you're dealing with and recover to 100%. Just take care of YOU and get well. Thoughts to you and yours.

KLJ77 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 02, 2025 2:22 pm Thank you Tom for covering for Andrew this year. WE all appreciate it

Tom, thanks for taking up the torch on this. I have to do something to get this pile out of here.

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Sun Mar 02, 2025 5:46 pmTom, thanks for taking up the torch on this

Let the dad/poop jokes begin

Still about 2 dozen participants short from last round, maybe nobody has poo to rehome?

bestgear wrote: ↑Mon Mar 03, 2025 4:07 pm Still about 2 dozen participants short from last round, maybe nobody has poo to rehome?

I could probably find a second load of you-know-what to send to an unsuspecting person...

Can’t get my stupid Ipad to send you a PM. I’ll keep trying. Thanks for all your work.

Smalleyds wrote: ↑Mon Mar 03, 2025 11:09 pm Can’t get my stupid Ipad to send you a PM. I’ll keep trying. Thanks for all your work.

no worries, email me if you need to, I’ll sort it out

beresman wrote: ↑Mon Mar 03, 2025 5:37 pmI could probably find a second load of you-know-what to send to an unsuspecting person...

I say fill a flat rate box until it can’t hold anymore vs a second load, I’m talking epic load of

Doing a bit better, thanks for the prayers and well wishes everyone.
Actually feeling good enough to participate, but that will probably relapse me ;)

Kolvir wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 8:21 pmDoing a bit better

that's so good to hear Andrew!

Can’t wait! Someone is getting a great box. Have fun.

What are you waiting for don't be afraid of what you might be getting into a little box of poo never hurt anyone.

A week and a day remains before registration for this years exchange closes so act now!

Everybody has a few knives that just aren't right or don't fit into your collections - now is the time to dispose of them in a responsible manner

Maybe some of our exchange participants from prior years could share their experiences here to demystify what actually happens

This is the pile the that I unloaded on someone, complete with a flavors of poo matching game. Then the resplendent pile that I received, complete with a CoA and a poem. The member I received this from really went above and beyond so for any would-be participants, don't be intimidated by the commitment this represented. Many other entries were less elaborate, i just wanted to convey that this is an event that you can really have fun with, and connect with other members in a less digital type of way.

Tick-Tock......Tick-Tock

To participate in this year’s POS exchange, please send me a Private Message (PM) here on AAPK before the end of the day Saturday March 22nd.

If you snooze, you lose!

Big shout-out to the brave 26 members that have already registered, get your packages ready because this Sunday you will be receiving the mailing address of your new best friend

bestgear wrote: ↑Tue Mar 18, 2025 2:30 pm Tick-Tock......Tick-Tock

... this Sunday you will be receiving the mailing address of your new best friend

Or new worst enemy, according to how bad our exchange stinks!!

My box is packed

If you're not signed up, you have 0% chance of being subjected to all these....."knives"

LAST CALL …. If you aren’t registered yet, you have until midnight tomorrow to do so…….we are still down on participants by about 30% and I’m not quite sure why…..,let’s keep this fun tradition alive because without participants there is no POS exchange…….LAST CALL