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If this is not the right place for this, Mods please move for me, thanks.

Am looking for any tips and pointers about to how format an article for inclusion in Blade/other knide mags so it will be accepted. I plan on doing a rememberance piece about Bub Worrell and would like it to actually be published instead of sitting on a shelf somewhere.

Thanks for any help you can give me.
 
No idea myself, but maybe you could check with Darby. He just had an article published by Blade and I am sure that he would would be willing to pass on any pointers that he thinks might help you.

Best of luck with your article, Paul. It is definitely one I would like to see published.
 
You could also email the magazines and ask them if they're interested in the article and what their requirements are.
 
Viper,

You do know that Bub had a right up in Tactical knives a couplk eof years ago, they may want to do a rememberence article also.

Glenn
 
Viper: Write the article, put it on a disc, as well as a hard copy. I use Windows, Steve Shackleford uses Note Pad, he can switch them around. Send it with pictures and all set to go. They will get back to you. Good Luck on a well deserved write up.
 
Thanks Ed, and others who replied, called editorial staff at Blade and they said they were interested in a small ~500 word article so I will do as Ed said write it up and send it in.
 
Paul,

Here is some excellent subject matter. Maybe you could explain how you purchased several of my Credit Card knives at the Blade Show and now an EXACT copy is being advertised in TK Magazine with a link to your website??

I've met Bub Worrell at many shows and refuse to believe he would intentionally rip off another makers design. I mean this isn't a close copy that just evolved, this is an EXACT copy right down to the finger notch.

You come across as a friend of Bub's. If so, lets just say that he did somehow, not knowing, came up with a design IDENTICAL to mine. Why didn't you point it out to him??? Did you forget about the Credit Card Knives you purchased from me at the Blade Show?? I guess in retrospect I should have provided you with a dealer program for them!! Is this business as usual for Circle P Knives???


Neil
 
Neil has every right to be PISSED!!!!!

He puts his life and soul into everything he does. He is not getting rich and his knives are worth every dollar he sells them for. considering what he just charged me for his newest framelock skirmish, I could easily triple my money and do so within 60 seconds. Hell, I have already had three offers for twice what I paid and I have not yet taken delivery.

NO, Neil is NOT taking advantage of this and moving his wares to someone on the secondary market. You want a Blackwood knife, you get on the list and Neil charges a his going rate, not a penny more.

When someone like Neil Blackwood is upset enough to post something like this, we as a knife community best listen. This is pure theft of his intellectual and creative design and while it's sad that Mr. worrell has died, this issue is even sadder.

The Credit card knives designed by Neil were scooped up and then CLONED. This is BULLSH*T and for this to continue in this industry unchallenged is pathetic.

Don't throw out any patent law infringement crap, this is about as ethically low as one can go. Taking money out of the mouth of a decent and hard working knife maker sucks. Mr. Blackwood is a very reasonable man and there is a RIGHT way and a WRONG way.

This is the WRONG WAY and it should piss everyone off.......Ira
 
Ira is right, Neil has every right to be upset. He has a very good arguement and good photos to back it up.

However, jumping all over it in public on this thread about getting a rememberance article published on a fallen maker is pretty crappy. Take it to phone or e-mail. Work it out in private and find out what is going on. Dumping it here is not trying to get the problem resolved, it's defaming the character of a maker and purveyor. If it's a problem, handle it in private. If it can't be resolved, then make it known. But doing this without resolving or attempting to resolve the problem first isn't very classy either.

JR
 
Bub was not implicated as having done anything wrong. It was said that he *may* have, unknowingly, produced another's idea. Dr. Lathe has every right to "air dirty laundry" here....This is a public forum, where such infringements are meant to be openly discussed for the consumer to know about. He has no other recourse for vindication, so I think we can allow him to talk a little, no? I'm sure that it will be embarrassing for any guilty party, but it's also embarrassing, enraging, and discouraging to have this kind of intellectual property infringement thrown in your face on the web....especially when there's nothing you can do about it...what would that even look like? Dr. Lathe would call him up and say, "yep, ya got me there good buddy...ya ripped me off...hey, think you'd be willing to pay up?" Yeah, right....anybody who stoops low enough to pull this bullshit isn't going to turn around and make amends or settle financially...not without a court of law, which as we all know, can be difficult on the average joe. No, I think this is great that this is happening. It *should* happen, to prevent this from happening again, and in the very LEAST, encourages some consumers to boycott purveyors with unfair practices.

It may be unfortunate that it was brought up in THIS thread, but it should definitely be brought up....:rolleyes:
 
It should be brought up, you are correct. It should be brought up AFTER attempts at resolving the issue in a private manner fail. period. Like you said, Novembre, this is only airing dirty laundrey. It's not productive for any of the parties involved for it to be handled in this manner. All this does is give crap for the viewers to sling at the people involved. I have a lot of respect for Neil, his products, and his designs. His cc idea is great and the design is well executed. However, this was not handled in the proper manner IMHO. I didn't intend my first post as a slam or insult against Neil. He is a great maker and member of this forum. My only gripe is with the manner in which this situation was handled.

JR
 
Jeremy,

Give me a break and please re-read my post. I think it's a little late to work things out once the product has been made and advertisments run.

Totally exploiting a maker then wanting to write a memorial article on him??? Like I said, give me break!!! Maybe you just don't see it?? I'm not the only one that was taken advantage of with this BS.


Neil

EDIT: Sorry Jeremy. We posted at exactly the same time!! I won't edit what I just mentioned because I think it adds to what I posted before. I understand and agree with what you said and apologize for getting GRUMPY:grumpy:
 
good lord, you ripped him off, and just like neil said, its not borrowing his idea, it looks like you made a mold of his design and then made some of your own. this is theivery. plain and simple.
he has every right to take whatever action he wants, you didnt contact him when you decided to steal from him, take rent away from his family. and thats exactly what you did when your selling or having someone else sell his designs.
you disgust me :mad:
 
I do feel that this discussion should take place in a public forum. Sadly, the maker in question is no longer with us, so the discussion will lack the participation of someone whose role in this situation is not insignificant.

That said, the theft of Neil's design, its subsequent manufacture and ultimate marketing effort were not done in private, but in public. Worse still, it was advertised in a well circulated publication. Implicit in that advertisement, by the intentional omission of certain facts, was the false pretense that the design was the property of the maker.

Due to the fact that the statements implied by the advertisement were made in public, Neil should be afforded every opportunity to confront these statements and defend the truth in public as well.
 
and Jeremy, Just who should be making the contact in private? No, this is now a very public issue and the problem with people stealing other's designs and then cloning them for profit is that there is NOT enough public exposure.

Neil was approached by this person and tried to get a Dealer's price. for whatever reason he ended up just buying a couple of these credit card knives and asked a very respected maker to duplicate them.

NO ONE is insinuating that this fine maker did anything inappropriate, the issue is with the person who is now asking us to help him memoralize the deceased maker for a magazine article.

So here we are, Neil's hard work stolen and CLONED and now advertised in a knife publication. Sadly, this knife bears the maker's mark of a fine maker who has recently died and the guy responsible is exploiting his relationship even more.

so when does this ever stop? This is not a coincidental duplication of a knife design. knives are made by many people and there are countless similarities. BUT when a maker sees his absolute identical design CLONED it is heart breaking.

We as part of the knife community can help by refusing to buy ANY of these Neil Blackwood clones.

More importantly we can use this public forum to take to task any person who stoops this low for his own selfish gain, at any cost, in this case sullying the memory of a man this classless man called his 'friend'.
 
I agree that this should be done here.
I truly hope the various magazine people read this thread and this rip off dealer is NOT allowed to write the memorial about Bub. He's already done enough damage.
 
Neil is such a good guy, patient and generous.. I have NEVER seen him this mad before. It is scary to watch. I hope you get some justice Neil. The ass really escalated things and there is no point taking this "private".

too bad there's no middle finger smiley in BFC :)
 
Dumping it here is not trying to get the problem resolved, it's defaming the character of a maker and purveyor.

I don't think so. I think the actions of the purveyor damage his own character. He took someone's design, and then duped someone else to produce them.

I think that taking this deliberate, public, theft, and not informing the public about it would be insulting to the memory of a fine maker, who would, undoubtly not have had anything to do with this blatent ripoff if he had known the facts.

I believe he would want people to know the truth, and wouldn't want them to spend their hard earned money on items based on lies and deceit.
 
Neil has e-mailed me. He is a great guy, and I just replied back to him.

I have no problem with things like this being discussed in the open. I agree with the people who believe the need for this discussion is present. I simply beleive all parties should be given a chance to tell their story/and or make ammends for the situation BEFORE this is brought up. In this situation, things most likely would not have changed. However, the other member in question has the right to be provided the oppertunity to work it out.

Now, according to Neil, Paul has not been answering e-mails from him for a long period of time. Did Neil try and call? I'm not sure, it was never mentioned. If Paul refuses to make contact with Neil, then yes, I have no problem with this being aired. I do, however, believe this was not a good choice of threads, no matter who the parties involved are. If you want this to get exposure, I would suggest moving it to GBU or even General with an appropriate thread title to get attention of all who see it.

As I mentioned, Neil is a man of high class, in both his personal character and work as a knife maker. I simply had a slight gripe with the way it was handled. In retrospect, maybe I should have been the one to take my grip to private conversation. I was not defending any one of the parties involved with my previous posts. Only expressing my displeasure with the manner in which the very ligitiment gripe was handled.

JR
 
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