HermanKnives
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just curious as how you guys come up with some of your names for the knives you make
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how do makers come up with all these exotic names for their knives??
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Some of them have sponsored "Name my new knife" contests right here at BladeForums. The person who posted the eventual winning name gets one of the new knives free! I think you should do that too!
LOL
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Nice try, Kelly. I've never seen anyone try to aquire a knife that way. Good Luck.
Would be real nice, though.
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Barry
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Would be real nice, though.
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Barry
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That is the sound of inevitability.
HermanKnives
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THANKS!
some help you 2 are! lol
some help you 2 are! lol
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Actually Barry, several makers have indeed had name-my-knife contests here. Pat Crawford and Alan Elishewitz come to mind. They sponsored a contest in which they picked Janus as the name for their collaberation after a couple of forumites suggested the name. IIRC, Spark and another forumite each won a new Janus for picking the name.
However, my post was in jest as I know how expensive Tim's knives are. Worth a shot though...
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However, my post was in jest as I know how expensive Tim's knives are. Worth a shot though...
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Tim I think I was the first to have the forumites name a knife. The Apogee was named here about a year and a half ago.
Tim Flanagan of NEK won the prototype for the name.
The other way is to think of all wlaks in the woods and trips (for me ) to discovery zone ) with my boy hahahaha. Its easy to wonder off upstairs when your at discovery zone on a sat morning...
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Tim Flanagan of NEK won the prototype for the name.
The other way is to think of all wlaks in the woods and trips (for me ) to discovery zone ) with my boy hahahaha. Its easy to wonder off upstairs when your at discovery zone on a sat morning...
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Tim,
Comming up with good names for my knives is the hardest thing for me! Only one knife in my line has a clever name that sort of describes the knife.....My LiteWave!!
Other that that it's Small Hunter, Medium Hunter, Big Hunter, Hawkbill, etc
St.James posted this a while back and although there were many good names to be found, most of my knives still remain nameless!! It's the Encyclopedia Mythica!! http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/
I keep thinking, better to have no name than some bizarre name that no one can relate too
Neil
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Comming up with good names for my knives is the hardest thing for me! Only one knife in my line has a clever name that sort of describes the knife.....My LiteWave!!
Other that that it's Small Hunter, Medium Hunter, Big Hunter, Hawkbill, etc
St.James posted this a while back and although there were many good names to be found, most of my knives still remain nameless!! It's the Encyclopedia Mythica!! http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/
I keep thinking, better to have no name than some bizarre name that no one can relate too
Neil
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from what i can see....mostly its the 60s syndrome....too many drugs
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Tim, another good way to find names is a Thesaurus, enter a word that roughly describes your creation and look for alternatives. Another way is to go do a search here for the last name the knife contest and just help yourself. Who would know?
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good ideas guys, thanks
thesaurus is a good one.
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Hey, I'm gonna start a line of butterfly knives and call em the Florida Flipper.
Whatcha think?????? Take care!!! Michael
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