Design Contest 2015

allen456 · Dec 9, 2015

Ok folks, it has been a struggle to pick a winner, many great entries! Thank you for all the support and thank you to everyone for taking the time to create and enter. Job well done folks.

Without further wait, the winner is.........

DMan3D with his third entry ( the bottom "Thorn")

Congrats and shoot me an email and we can discuss the specifics!
Thank you again everyone!!!

Jackrabbit Slim · Dec 10, 2015

Congrats DMan3D, way to go! That's going to be a great blade. Awesome pick!

TxSportsman · Dec 10, 2015

Congrats

Rhapsody · Dec 10, 2015

Awesome! Congrats, D!

Dman3d · Dec 10, 2015

Thanks guys, I thought for sure one of the others would win it.
I am amazed and honored.

JesseT · Dec 10, 2015

Congrats Dman! That's gonna be a solid pattern.

Kirkwood · Dec 10, 2015

Congrats Dman3d! Good job!

Onedog · Dec 10, 2015

Congrats Dman. Definitely looking forward to that one. :thumbup:

Scotcha · Dec 10, 2015

Congrats Dman well done!!

Elite_KG · Dec 10, 2015

Awesome work. Nice CAD renditions. Congrats!

Dman3d · Dec 10, 2015

Many thanks gentlemen one and all.
Really enjoyed drawing these up and painting them and photobashing in Photoshop.

-d

Dman3d · Jan 1, 2016

Made some updated versions of the Thorn.

Bog Oak and White Linen

Linen combos

Dman3d · Jan 4, 2016

After looking at these for a bit I think that finger notch need to be another 1/8"-1/4" deeper at least, and maybe slightly more shallow palm swell.,

cbach8tw · Jan 5, 2016

Like the Thorn, my opinion only, make a small notch at the end of the blade so one can sharpen the whole blade when it is close to the ricasso. Did not like the handle colors in the examples above, maybe some nice curly maple or ironwood, any other handle scale options?

Dman3d · Jan 5, 2016

cbach8tw said:
Like the Thorn, my opinion only, make a small notch at the end of the blade so one can sharpen the whole blade when it is close to the ricasso. Did not like the handle colors in the examples above, maybe some nice curly maple or ironwood, any other handle scale options?

No worries, these are just elaborations in the muscle car theme I was noodling with on the fiddlebacks. Will see of I can do a couple updated wood versions this evening.
Personally I like the black and white theme, simple and elegant. Though I am liking a solid black with a black liner and bright pinstripe. But still love pine cone too.

I imagine Allen will modify the shape as needed to improve the hold or improve blade geometry. Just realized what I've done there is force an orthographic view into that angle so the handle would not really appear that way. Did not make any real perspective or show enough depth or shape in the handle.

cbach8tw · Jan 6, 2016

Dman3d said:
No worries, these are just elaborations in the muscle car theme I was noodling with on the fiddlebacks. Will see of I can do a couple updated wood versions this evening.
Personally I like the black and white theme, simple and elegant. Though I am liking a solid black with a black liner and bright pinstripe. But still love pine cone too.

I imagine Allen will modify the shape as needed to improve the hold or improve blade geometry. Just realized what I've done there is force an orthographic view into that angle so the handle would not really appear that way. Did not make any real perspective or show enough depth or shape in the handle.

Cool, now I see what the colors were in reference to, nice ideas. I also like the pine cone thing with resin.

Rhapsody · Mar 16, 2016

Hey Allen, have you had a chance to make any prototypes for this? Or any progress photos? Loved the design on the Thorn. I'm super excited to see what the real thing looks like.