First Annual Pay It Forward Buildoff

Lorien,

Just talked to my niece about this project and she is STOKED! She started crying when I told her about it. Michael (her husband) and I have been a lot closer than she and I ever have, but this may have broken the barrier! She is going to come over and help me tweak the design a bit so that it will be a combination or her and my efforts. I really appreciate you coming up with this!

Oh, OOPS! All I have done is e-mail Lorien and I'm sure a couple of you are wondering what the heck I'm talking about... My nephew Michael is on his 3rd tour in Afghanistan. I want to make the "A" model for him to carry as a duty knife since he plans to volunteer for a 4th tour in July. He's a great kid with a degree in engineering and a heart made of gold...

James, way to up the bar a bit and make the rest of us look lazy! LMAO! Great work, as usual, thus far!

Charlie
 
wow, that's awesome. Not sure what else to say, last thing I expected here were tears, but these sound like the good kind.
 
14 builders and few months- this is gonna be good!

ps- I won't be mailing the designs off until mid next week, so if you wanna be involved, it's not too late. In fact, I can't see myself refusing any maker who wants to take part, at any time. It's more convenient for me to do one mass mail out, but if I have to do a dozen, I won't complain as this is all going to good causes.
 
You won't complain to us you mean.... :)

That dang James is got a head start.... me and some Bama boys need to visit him and break his hands ;)
 
Yikes, James...I might be that far along by June 30th ;) Are we all posting 'WIP' photos in this thread?

Lorien, I'm just planning on working off of your picture so I don't need a drawing mailed to me. Would you mind posting approx. dimensions of design 'A' though, if it wouldn't be too much trouble?
 
P J 234 said:
Yikes, James...I might be that far along by June 30th ;) Are we all posting 'WIP' photos in this thread?
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Thanks for the kind words gentlemen. Like anything else, the biggest key to getting a knife done is to just START doing it.

I doubt Lorien would mind any progress photos, I get the impression he enjoys that kind of thing ;) I'm not going to do a full WIP because I don't really have any magical tips or tricks to share that y'all don't already know. But I'll be happy to update as I hit each major stage of development if anyone's interested.

Don't hold your breath, once this baby gets ready for HT (next couple days, probably) there's going to be at least a two-week wait before anything else happens with it. I farm my HT out to Peters' and I like to send at least a dozen blades at a time to keep costs under control. So there'll be a delay while I get a few more blades ready and of course shipping time back-and-forth. I know... what a tease, right? :D

P J 234 said:
Lorien, I'm just planning on working off of your picture so I don't need a drawing mailed to me. Would you mind posting approx. dimensions of design 'A' though, if it wouldn't be too much trouble?
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Lorien, if you feel the dimensions I worked up for you are reasonably close, please feel free to post the pic I sent you.
 
Will Leavitt said:
That dang James is got a head start.... me and some Bama boys need to visit him and break his hands ;)
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Hey man, I saw the original drawing the same time everyone else did. I just went to work while everyone else was sitting around talking about it :D
 
gentlemen, please feel free to post anything and everything related to your progress, ideas etc relating to this project.

I would prefer to mail the patterns out to those who've provided their address. There is a lot that can be lost in translation and I'd prefer to be able to follow through with my end of the bargain. A curve here, a line there...it's just much better to have everyone starting out on the same baseline and go from there.
 
james terrio said:
Hey man, I saw the original drawing the same time everyone else did. I just went to work while everyone else was sitting around talking about it :D
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You're working... I'm creating "art" :D

I've already made my drawings up and sorted materials out for it. Probably forge the blade out Monday. I dunno if I'm going to do a WIP or just post it with a series of pictures showing the process.... up to Lorien.

My wife and I have an agreement... I work on knives Monday-Friday until 7pm Central Time, Saturday and Sunday belong to her. One of the things I lost through the years was "balance" and I'm not going to lose it again.
 
I'll leave the question of work vs. art to others. ;) I definitely understand you balancing family-time with shop-time, bro. :thumbup:

I'm truly looking forward to seeing what all of you come up with. I feel a good kind of "pressure" by committing to this project. Lorien's design isn't something I would have come up with on my own, and already the challenge has made me rethink some things and help me stretch my skills a bit. This is going to be fun :)
 
got my steel today!
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and... I just figured out how I'm going to pay this forward!
 
trying to add a poll to this thread so folks can vote for their favourite design, but I'm just not getting it. Anyone able to give me a hand with this?
 
Lorien. Have you mailed out the designs yet, I am chomping at the bit to get this project started.
 
should get them mailed off tomorrow or the day after
 
Proof that I started work. Proof that I'll need every minute to meet the deadline.
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I'll have scans of the designs in the mail tomorrow. Should've been today but I'm relying on a friend to print them who forgot to have them for today.
 
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