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I dont know the first thing about making knives, drawing them is as far as I go, so what are my options?
Knives are my latest obsessive-compulsive fanatical hobby, set off by real uses for them, hunting, fishing, self defense, camping, hiking, chopping/digging weeds ect. I have a few knives from Buck, Ka Bar, Kershaw, and Spyderco to name my favorite brands, no custom knives yet and nothing over $100 (even if they should have cost more.) I refuse to spend over $100 on a knife that isnt exactly what I want, and the knives I want dont seem to exist yet. (Im very picky about outdoors gear. I spent well over $1000 on my latest airgun for varmint and small game hunting, after much research and deliberation, but I would have designed it differently.)
I started drawing the knives I wanted, and kept searching online for similar custom or factory knives. I found a few that were somewhat similar to a couple of my drawings, and it would let the wind out of my sails a bit because someone else thought of it, then Id think about how it means that my ideas are doable and how much about them are still different even if the general shape is similar. One of my blade shape ideas in particular I have never seen anywhere else and seems very useful for self defense.
I have fixed blade hunting designs as well as the unique fixed and folding self defense concept designs. From what Ive read and know from the knives I own, S30V seems like one steel that is well suited to all the designs, with varying blade thickness and tempered to different Rockwell hardness for different uses. They are not likely suitable for hand forged high carbon, except maybe one. I like exotic wood scales like lignum vitae, amboina burl, ebony, ect. and titanium frames on folders. I have a bad feeling how expensive itll be, not sure Im ready for that, but I want to know what would be involved.
Anyone make prototype models first out of clay or wood? I might carve a couple out of wood when I have the time, to get the feel for them and see if any changes need to be made.
Im tempted to scan some of my drawings and post them here, but how do you share ideas without them being stolen? I know some knives are patented, but what about custom work?
Any advice is appreciated, thanks.
Knives are my latest obsessive-compulsive fanatical hobby, set off by real uses for them, hunting, fishing, self defense, camping, hiking, chopping/digging weeds ect. I have a few knives from Buck, Ka Bar, Kershaw, and Spyderco to name my favorite brands, no custom knives yet and nothing over $100 (even if they should have cost more.) I refuse to spend over $100 on a knife that isnt exactly what I want, and the knives I want dont seem to exist yet. (Im very picky about outdoors gear. I spent well over $1000 on my latest airgun for varmint and small game hunting, after much research and deliberation, but I would have designed it differently.)
I started drawing the knives I wanted, and kept searching online for similar custom or factory knives. I found a few that were somewhat similar to a couple of my drawings, and it would let the wind out of my sails a bit because someone else thought of it, then Id think about how it means that my ideas are doable and how much about them are still different even if the general shape is similar. One of my blade shape ideas in particular I have never seen anywhere else and seems very useful for self defense.
I have fixed blade hunting designs as well as the unique fixed and folding self defense concept designs. From what Ive read and know from the knives I own, S30V seems like one steel that is well suited to all the designs, with varying blade thickness and tempered to different Rockwell hardness for different uses. They are not likely suitable for hand forged high carbon, except maybe one. I like exotic wood scales like lignum vitae, amboina burl, ebony, ect. and titanium frames on folders. I have a bad feeling how expensive itll be, not sure Im ready for that, but I want to know what would be involved.
Anyone make prototype models first out of clay or wood? I might carve a couple out of wood when I have the time, to get the feel for them and see if any changes need to be made.
Im tempted to scan some of my drawings and post them here, but how do you share ideas without them being stolen? I know some knives are patented, but what about custom work?
Any advice is appreciated, thanks.
