Knife in the Hat 2005 Registration Thread

I'm in again this year if you'll have me.
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Ummm, I don't know how to say this nicely, but your work recently really hasn't been all that up to snuff. I don't think any of us want one of your throwaway knife pieces, you know? Thanks, though. :D

Make sure you email your registration!

As far as tiering goes I must say I'm not really in favor of it, but if I was, I would say two categories: completely open (anything goes, turds with handles to hand forged swords) and $XXX-$YYY.

I say everyone meets a $$$ criteria, or everyone enters the anything goes category and hopes for the best, but tiering and all that adds a lot of work on my part, ya bastids.
 
:o Now I feel like your all my Uncles....hey...keep the mom jokes to a minium...he he! I am a young pup(31) so a nock on the head would serve me right :D
 
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but tiering and all that adds a lot of work on my part, ya bastids.
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OK who started this :D I'll go the $$$ route :)
 
Alright, time for a decision, guys. Keep it open to everyone for anything, or limit it to a dollar amount? If you want to limit it to a $$$ amount, then how much value should we aim for? (i.e. your knife should reasonably be able to sell for $$$-$$$).
 
Speaking as one of the newbies that could unknowingly be submitting what someone could consider a dog ****, here is my opinion. :D

I would be WAY happy to get anything from ANYONE here provided it meets two criteria:

1) You made it.
2) You made it to the best of your ability.

This isn't so I can get a super nice knife, it's just being a part of this community in my opinion. I"m actually MORE excited about hearing feedback from the knife I ship out than what I'll get.

My vote is to just make whatever you want/can and send it with good vibes to your guy. When you start trying to determine categories you are just confusing the issue in my mind. What if I make a knife that I THINK is worth 500, that doesn't mean it is. No reason to get to fancy...I'd be just as happy with a newbies knife that he put all his work into as one from Mark or Michael that they put all their work into.


My $.02

Jared :D


I think there should just be 2 rules:

You made it the best you could.
Whatever knife you get you have to KEEP.
 
Jared, I agree to a certain extent, but the "best knife you can make" for some people is different for others. The best knife I can make is a pretty nice knife with a lot of blood, sweat and tears added in, hamburger hands from hours of filing and hand sanding, etc. For pros with great equipment, the best knife they can make may be worth hundreds of dollars in materials alone.

TO me, the honor system works best. I doubt very much that anyone who appreciates the sense of community here would enter to get a knife knife and send a ****, or worse yet, nothing, to the next person on the list.

I for one would prefer leaving it up to chance, but then again I remember my first handful of knives and I'd hate to get one of those in the mail. That said, I've seen first knives that are cleaner than what I make now, so it's all relative.

We can go around and around with this whole idea. So, let's add some more specific criteria, which will appear below to keep things separated a little bit...
 
More specific criteria:
1) Object must be a knife/edged tool (tomahawk, sword, etc) that can be fixed blade or a folder.

2) Object must be something that you would want to keep and use yourself. If you're a new maker, that means making something to the best of your ability, if you're a seasoned maker, maybe that means doing something a little different (i.e. tactical if you're used to Scagel repros or whatever). Does anyone have a URL and know if the knives from KITH1 are still around? That would be helpful, maybe to see what has been done in the past. The first year I got something sort of in between a letter opener/desk knife made in Damascus with some wood embellishments. It wasn't my style, necessarily, but it was really cool and sits on my desk in a place of honor. Last year I got one of Sean's Sharpfinger "knockoffs" with a sweet Damascus blade, burl handle, mosaic pins and a display box. Again, it sits in a place of honor in my office. Chris Crawford made a sweet little pocket knife one year, which I think he sells for around $125 or so. Very cool and much appreciated by wheoever got that one, I'm sure!

So, these are the type of things we're talking about. Imagine sending a knife to someone who makes knives for a living, collects knives, breathes knives, makes knives that are good enough to sell, and you're getting an idea of what level of knife you should be able to produce. So much of this is in the eye of the beholder. I see imperfections and rough finishes on my own knives or on knives by guys like Fed Perrin and I think "Now THAT's handmade and it's got some soul..." To others it's a horrifying mess that should be tossed in the junk heap. I guess the bottom line is to remember the spirit of the trade, to send someone a "nice," usable knife that you're proud of, and I think if we all stick to that we should be in good shape. No? I'll let this go on for a few more days, and if no sort of consensus is reached I'll make an executive decision and we'll deal. People who've registered can still drop out, and if you want to do a trade and your ideas don't fit wiith mine or the group who's in, fell free to start your own trade with your own criteria! This is hardly my idea, I just organize it, so go for it! Chances are I'll take part in both! :D
 
Ah-ha-ha-ha I get to curse yet another person with one of my knives. Actually this will be the first year that I have some sort of idea what I can sell for what to a stranger. I think that officially it should be something with a blade, but if you say turn custom pens from damascus you could get in contact with whomever your supposed to send a knife to and ask them if it would be ok.
 
If they knew gift giving would get this complicated,the Three Wise men would have stayed back in Persia! Listen to Mark. Make what you are proud of,send it in and see what Santa sends you back.I would have loved to have received one of Ed Fowler's first knives,or Bill Moran,..or....Well,we were all newbies once.
 
I'm in if you'll take me. I missed the other two and have been dropping by trying to catch this one. I dont spend as much time in the forums as I used to since I quit working graveyards and actually sleep at night. I'm happy with a limit up to $250 or so. I wouldn't mind receiving any handmade edged weapon/tool etc. No doillies or flashlights either please. Or maybe a nice hand made Kentucky rifle....................;-)
 
bladsmth said:
If they knew gift giving would get this complicated,the Three Wise men would have stayed back in Persia! Listen to Mark. Make what you are proud of,send it in and see what Santa sends you back.I would have loved to have received one of Ed Fowler's first knives,or Bill Moran,..or....Well,we were all newbies once.
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Well said Stacy,

You and I could just avoid the whole mess and just trade knives without the shipping hassles :).

Whatever you guys decide is fine with me. Lets just have fun.
 
Chiro75 said:
Ummm, I don't know how to say this nicely, but your work recently really hasn't been all that up to snuff. I don't think any of us want one of your throwaway knife pieces, you know? Thanks, though. :D
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I was meaning that it would be nice to see what we all have cluttering the shop up in terms of knives not finished. Not that these would suck but just knives not completed for one reason or another. Sort of like a way to get guys to finish blades that have been hanging around. Anyway.....back to the hat thing ;)....
 
blgoode said:
I was meaning that it would be nice to ....
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:D :D OK you got your foot in it and now you want it back :D you lost it for good you know
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if your in a hole you don't like, stop digging :D :D
 
I love it Dan :D :D You guys are too much sometimes.........
 
Steve
around 1200.00 to 1500.00 is ok with me Oppps :eek:
I meant $150.00 to $200.00 :p

I wouldn't mind a $200.00 Damascus pen set either hint hint :)
 
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