A Design Contest for a Future Giveaway!

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Nicktterrell

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So here's the deal, Me and my fellow knifemake Joshua Muldoon are going to give away a small fixed blade knife made by us to a lucky Bladeforums member! I would like anyone interested to submit a design that they would like to see in the giveaway. It will most likely be in 1/8th inch AEB-L steel and full convex ground. The handle material will depend on what we think fits well with the design. There are no limitations for who can submit a design, just post it in the thread, and we'll pick the one we like the best at the end of the day on the 5th of March. When we're done with the blade I'll have a more standard style giveaway thread to decide who actually gets the knife. Good Luck!

Nicholas Terrell
 
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Man why?...I was just about to go to bed..and now I will start my paint program....I will post in the morning!
 
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#2 has an unsharpened part for choking up. I have no idea what the grind line on each knife will look like, so I didn't model that in.

I'm gonna sleep on a wharncliffe (maybe modified wharncliffe) design.

To everyone else: please let me know if any of these too closely resembles an existing product.
 
I like the angled scales, nice touch, but don't forget measurements and maybe pin placement. I can make them up if need be, but it might not be what you had in mind.
 
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Since you said you wanted to make a small fixed blade, they should be about 7 inches overall, give or take an inch. You'll know what size feels natural once you make a cardboard mock-up.
A standard 2-pin or 3-pin layout should work on any on them. Keep it simple, I guess.
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In the end, it's your knife; I'm not paying you to make me a custom, so I don't want to set too many constraints. If you need to make changes to the design to suit what you're comfortable with, go ahead. I trust your artistic taste.
 
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I'm no artist or knifemaker, but I think a skinner about 6 1/2 in overall and about a 3 in blade w/ a finger hole would be sweet.
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No fancy programs here; my awesome paint skills for all to see:

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The ridiculous red is to demonstrate linen micarta slabs LOL held on by a forward pin and large rear lanyard hole. It's my version of an EDC santoku. :foot:

Please be kind... :D
 
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Something I came up with years ago. Probably could be shortened a bit or scaled down, depending on dimensional requirements.

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Apec, that looks fairly similar to one of my designs, actually. My handles are a little more curved, but that looks familiar :)

Carry on, looks like a fun GAW.
 
A friend is going to advise me while I try to make my first knife... here is the drawing. It's supposed to be a hunting knife/skinner for my dad.DSC09181.jpg
 
Actually, this was the original design, but he gave me some really good advice and said this shape would be much better suited to a camp/utility knife than a hunting blade. He's made some really sweet knives and is a hard user so I know he knows what he's talking about! :oDSC09180.jpg
Anyways, Nicholas, you're a generous guy! Thanks for the opportunity.
 
Well, here are the Wharncliffes I promised (or maybe Sheepsfoot...I never understood the difference)
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Traditional on top. Modified on bottom. Personally, I prefer a little belly.

Also, I've been keeping it simple and tailoring towards the sub-8" EDC role. Let us know if you want something crazier.
 
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Sorry if the photo comes out weird. I suck at the internet. I used my Swick as a sort-of inspiration, taking the finger hole and blade shape and adding a more comfortable, less oddly shaped handle. The tip may need to be rounded for a full convex, and that is fine. I just hate belly on my knives (pain in the ass to sharpen with unsteady hands). I hope I win because I just will never get the cash for a custom (low income and constant bills means no money). In fact, I haven't bought a new knife in about a year that wasn't under $20 (except that one I returned... I buy one mid end knife in over a year and it turns out defective...).

Edit: Finally got it, but now it is huge. Sorry for it being so big.
 
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Would my design need to be modified to a leaf blade to support a full convex? I can redraw it like that.
 
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Well, here are the Wharncliffes I promised (or maybe Sheepsfoot...I never understood the difference)
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A wharncliffe blade has a completely straight and flat (non-radiused) edge. The spine of the blade can come down toward the tip in a drop point, reverse tanto, sheepsfoot or any other eventually sloping design. In my mind, a "modified wharncliffe" is a bit of a misnomer: once you introduce some curvature into the blade edge, it pretty much ceases to be a wharncliffe. I guess it's just an easier way of saying "really close to being a wharncliffe".

A sheepsfoot specifically refers to what's going on at the spine-to-tip of the blade, as you showed in your two examples. You can have a sheepsfoot blade with an edge exhibiting a curve, recurve, or neither, like the wharncliffe.
 
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