Hey all you may have read my post about trying to sell my designs to a knife maker, well I have had no intrest so I have changed my attack. I would like to design knives for people that are getting a knife custom made but cant design their own. I am currently designing a knife for a gentleman from Denmark. I really would like to help anyone that lacks the artistic skills to design their own blade, which would then be made by a maker of their choice. Anyone interested? If you could help me in anyway let me know. Thanks. If you would like me to design a knife for you email me a detailed outline of the size, grind, and what the knife will be used for and I'll see what I can do.
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Gunner,
Have you really thought this idea all the way through? You want to act as a middleman when there's really not one necessary. If I wanted a custom knife made, I would find a maker whose style I like, discuss what I wanted that may be different, and see if he could make it. If he couldn't, I'd find someone else. Why would anyone come to you? All you could add is your opinion, or suggest other changes. I consider Custom knives to be ART!
Art isn't done by commitee. I read your first post and thought, this guy is missing the point. Your not doing anything to increase your credibility as a knife consultant. What exactly are your credentials, aside from being a "Wanna Be"? If you want to design knives, then design and make a knife. Paper knives aren't going to cut it. If, you really have a great design, put your money where your mouth is, before you ask someone else to buy it? Does that sound reasonable to you?
PhilL
Have you really thought this idea all the way through? You want to act as a middleman when there's really not one necessary. If I wanted a custom knife made, I would find a maker whose style I like, discuss what I wanted that may be different, and see if he could make it. If he couldn't, I'd find someone else. Why would anyone come to you? All you could add is your opinion, or suggest other changes. I consider Custom knives to be ART!
Art isn't done by commitee. I read your first post and thought, this guy is missing the point. Your not doing anything to increase your credibility as a knife consultant. What exactly are your credentials, aside from being a "Wanna Be"? If you want to design knives, then design and make a knife. Paper knives aren't going to cut it. If, you really have a great design, put your money where your mouth is, before you ask someone else to buy it? Does that sound reasonable to you?
PhilL
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Gunner,
Interesting concept and Phil has made some valid points. When you say you design the knife. Do you actually make a 3 dimensional drawing? Hole placement, exact filework, etc?
Speaking for myself, my designs have always been two dimensional. Due in large part to the fact that each maker has some different equiment and they can better design the actual placement of holes, etc.
When I send a sketch to a maker it is understood that I am looking for their imput. Some things they cannot do, some things can be done to be better looking or make a better functioning knife. Only the maker can tell me this.
What I have done, what Phil has alluded to is that you should design a knife, to be sold exculusively through you, and have a prototype made.
I will tell you that this will be time consuming and expensive. Many of the knives that I have had made were to feature stone and Ivory for handle materials. I have literally thrown away thousands of dollars worth of materials that cracked or broke.
However, many times that is the only way to see if something will work or not.
A great design on paper does not always transpose to a great knife in metal and the handle material of your choice.
Having read your previous post, I thought that you were looking for a deal with one of the factories. If that was the case, it will be very difficult. As right now the factories are more interested in name and gadget locks.
Than they are doing their own design work. Consequently, the way to approach them for a contract is come up with a great new wiz bang lock.
If you can perform in the role of a design consultant, my hat is off to you. As you have created a new job description and get further kudo's for thinking "outside the box".
Best of luck.
Les
Interesting concept and Phil has made some valid points. When you say you design the knife. Do you actually make a 3 dimensional drawing? Hole placement, exact filework, etc?
Speaking for myself, my designs have always been two dimensional. Due in large part to the fact that each maker has some different equiment and they can better design the actual placement of holes, etc.
When I send a sketch to a maker it is understood that I am looking for their imput. Some things they cannot do, some things can be done to be better looking or make a better functioning knife. Only the maker can tell me this.
What I have done, what Phil has alluded to is that you should design a knife, to be sold exculusively through you, and have a prototype made.
I will tell you that this will be time consuming and expensive. Many of the knives that I have had made were to feature stone and Ivory for handle materials. I have literally thrown away thousands of dollars worth of materials that cracked or broke.
However, many times that is the only way to see if something will work or not.
A great design on paper does not always transpose to a great knife in metal and the handle material of your choice.
Having read your previous post, I thought that you were looking for a deal with one of the factories. If that was the case, it will be very difficult. As right now the factories are more interested in name and gadget locks.
Than they are doing their own design work. Consequently, the way to approach them for a contract is come up with a great new wiz bang lock.
If you can perform in the role of a design consultant, my hat is off to you. As you have created a new job description and get further kudo's for thinking "outside the box".
Best of luck.
Les