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Lavan

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I have in mind a (what I think) great knife design that I have never seen.
How would one go about finding someone to manufacture it and how would you protect the design?
It is a lockblade folder.
Any advice appreciated.
 
Welcome to the forums Lavan!

My advice is you commission a custom maker to build a prototype (have him sign a confidentiality agreement) - there are plenty of them right here in this forum. If you want to make money off your design, you can bring the proto to some manufacturers (have them sign confidentiality agreements too) and proceed from there...


[This message has been edited by Wulf (edited 11-08-2000).]
 
Thanks for the replies. Make sense. I have copyrighted names before but never a design.
Is what you are saying that a custom maker would make the prototype and then take that prototype to a mfr?
I envision this thing as probably best manufactured by a volume mfr either here or abroad to keep the price to an affordable level.
Would any interested makers contact me to discuss what the cost of the proto would be?

Would also like to know if any of you have done this procedure and who you got to draw up a tight non-disclosure agreement.

My info is that a non-disclos is very easy to circumvent.

I am capable of drawing the concept but not an engineering quality drawing.

 
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