No holds barred knife design critique

Some pretty harsh criticism here. Maybe that's good, maybe not.

Here's my take on this...
If you've got this shit in you, and it's got to come out, get it out. Perhaps you're not meant to make 'functional' knives. Perhaps you're meant to design art knives. Knives that fulfill some form of expression for you. Lots of art knives out there. Most of them with poor or no ergonomics, or incapable of actually cutting anything. The guys that made them, perhaps, started out just like you. Here's the good news - you're about six files, a stack of sandpaper, a hack saw, and some serious sweat away from actualizing something like this. The design is the first step, and like Mr. Rhea stated, likely the most skipped step. Anyone can slightly alter an existing design and 'make it their own'. Hell, that's about ALL I do, I'd say. I'd give my left ball to be able to display an ounce of the creativity you have in the two recent threads here in the custom section. Perhaps it's not enough for you to stop there, though. Maybe you need to figure out how to MAKE one.
Granted, your current housing situation seems like it might be offering a bit of an impediment, but given your obvious passion for the subject, I suspect that won't hold you back for too long.

If this is in your dream, hold on to your dream. Just realize that only you can bring it to fruition!
 
HoosierQ said:
It's very creative and artistic. However, the fire starter and sharpening stone inclusion would send this the way of the bushcraft crowd where a tanto blade will never go over. Leaving you with a curiosity. This design is very long on interesting design concepts with little left for practicality. Would Tom Hanks have been happy to find this in one of those packages that washed up on the beach in "Castaway"? Yes. Would you pick this to have with you on a desert island? I think not.
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That is very funny :) I love critiques that make me laugh. The whole Tom Hanks thing is good.
 
Wow Perrin that was very lengthy :) Uhm, I'm certainly not under the influence that I will become rich or anything like that. I would just like to be in the industry in some shape or form. I'm a concept designer so yeah these are concepts.
 
Man Matthew are you a motivational speaker? Seriously though I would love to get into actual knife making. I have learned a lot about it in the past year mostly on youtube. But yeah with my situations going on right now I don't see myself anywhere in the future being able to do so. I guess that's why I'm trying so hard in the way I am. You don't need to give me your left ball either. I'll have the right one :) I'm sure you are creative too. Everyone is. But thanks a lot man I do appreciate kind words.
 
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