Pin Trading
Overview
Pin trading has become a Pathfindering tradition. Did you know there are ways to making pin trading more fun and a safe get to know people from other places? Upgrade your pin trading game by earning this honor!
Requirements
1. Explain the origins of pin trading, and how it got started in the Pathfinder Club.
2. Define the following terms:
- a. Button
- b. Clutch
- c. Etiquette
- d. Lanyard
- e. Pin
3. Identify the two most common types of pin backs, and demonstrate or describe how to safely attach and remove them.
4. Know where you can get pins for trading, including free or inexpensive pins. Collect at least three pins for trading.
5. Discuss at least five different methods of displaying your pins for trading. Choose a method you like and arrange your pins for trading.
6. Name three venues or events where pin trading is a popular activity.
7. Discuss the three “F’s” of pin trading etiquette:
- a. Fun
- b. Fair
- c. Friendly
8. Trade pins with at least five people you don’t know at a venue or event where pin trading takes place, using the “Fun, Fair, Friendly” principles of etiquette. Share with someone else or in a group any interesting stories or people you met while trading pins.
Answer key & resources
In other territories
The equivalent honor approved by other authorities, with its own requirements:
Adapted from AY Honors/Pin Trading (SAD) on the Pathfinder Wiki, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. See the original page's history for its authors.
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