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Dave came up with a good idea in another thread I started (you guys probably wish I'd crawl back under my rock! 
) Anyway, the idea that is developing os for makers in this forum to do an "Iron in the Hat" trade. Basically I guess everyone would pledge to contribute a knife, we'd get all the names together, "draw" and whoever you draw you send your knife to. That way you give a knife and you get a knife. I've done this in other capacities before and it worked out pretty cool.
In any case, this sounds like a fun idea, but there are obvious limitations and risks. First of all, you could stand to get a lemon. Secondly, there is a wide variety of makers and skills represented here. I think we could probably all learn from one another, so I'm willing to risk it. Dave suggested a possible theme, but keeping it wide open could be cool, too. I guess some rules would be things like:
1) work must be your own (no kits, production knives, or other makers' stuff)
2) we publish the list in this forum so everyone knows who participated and if someone pulls a fast one, we can trash them.
3) Everyone tries to give a blurb of the work they received and what they think (let's be nice!)...a little review.
4) Maybe set a theme or value limit. By this I mean "Something that would fairly sell for $75-$100" for example. If you choose to surpass this, though, that's your choice, but that keeps you from getting a $10,000 knife in exchange for grinding the end off a piece of steel, wrapping part in shoelaces, and passing it off as a hideout, last-ditch knife!
Maybe this is biting off more than I can chew, but I think this sounds fun. I'm pretty honest about my abilities as a knifemaker. I've made and sold horrid stuff and I've made some pretty nice numbers, too (relatively), but my work is far from a lots of the other people here. From me you can expect a good, simple, but functional knife with a fairly unique style with a great Concealex sheath!
Anyone interested or should we kill this idea before it starts trouble?
) Anyway, the idea that is developing os for makers in this forum to do an "Iron in the Hat" trade. Basically I guess everyone would pledge to contribute a knife, we'd get all the names together, "draw" and whoever you draw you send your knife to. That way you give a knife and you get a knife. I've done this in other capacities before and it worked out pretty cool.In any case, this sounds like a fun idea, but there are obvious limitations and risks. First of all, you could stand to get a lemon. Secondly, there is a wide variety of makers and skills represented here. I think we could probably all learn from one another, so I'm willing to risk it. Dave suggested a possible theme, but keeping it wide open could be cool, too. I guess some rules would be things like:
1) work must be your own (no kits, production knives, or other makers' stuff)
2) we publish the list in this forum so everyone knows who participated and if someone pulls a fast one, we can trash them.
3) Everyone tries to give a blurb of the work they received and what they think (let's be nice!)...a little review.
4) Maybe set a theme or value limit. By this I mean "Something that would fairly sell for $75-$100" for example. If you choose to surpass this, though, that's your choice, but that keeps you from getting a $10,000 knife in exchange for grinding the end off a piece of steel, wrapping part in shoelaces, and passing it off as a hideout, last-ditch knife!
Maybe this is biting off more than I can chew, but I think this sounds fun. I'm pretty honest about my abilities as a knifemaker. I've made and sold horrid stuff and I've made some pretty nice numbers, too (relatively), but my work is far from a lots of the other people here. From me you can expect a good, simple, but functional knife with a fairly unique style with a great Concealex sheath!
Anyone interested or should we kill this idea before it starts trouble?
