Ostap Designs

[ostaphel]

 

[ostaphel]

Gentleman Folder with liner lock Astator

 

[Big Mike]

I've seen these before.

This guy's not a knifemaker, more of a computer graphics guy.


As he has stated himself, he does not have the talent or knowledge to make anything real.


Some of his stuff is just tweaks on existing knives.

Others are more about forum then function.


At least he not posting as much stuff with trademarks on them anymore.


Real knife design is about how knives work, not just how they look on a computer screen.



He calls this a review?, I call it an attempt to make a few bucks selling his half stolen designs.



JMHO, YMMV.




Big Mike

 

[ostaphel]

I've seen these before.

This guy's not a knifemaker, more of a computer graphics guy.


As he has stated himself, he does not have the talent or knowledge to make anything real.


Some of his stuff is just tweaks on existing knives.

Others are more about forum then function.


At least he not posting as much stuff with trademarks on them anymore.


Real knife design is about how knives work, not just how they look on a computer screen.



He calls this a review?, I call it an attempt to make a few bucks selling his half stolen designs.



JMHO, YMMV.




Big Mike

Hi!

Could You tell me which of my stuff are tweaks of existing knife? All of my knives are my ideas. Only few of them are modified version (for example OTF to bali transformation) and I always wrote about which knife I'm going to tansformate. I'm not going to made or sell them. It's just MY for fun doing vision.

I dont know why You tell that I dont have talent to do anything in real stell? If I would be decorator should I have a works where I would be doing wardrobe or chairs? As I said before for now I'm just traingin in my workshop with real steel. I want to get good effects. If they would be good enought to show them to people I would show them.

Stuff with trademakrs I've sended to those companys. And I add trademarks to show them how It would looks in real steel. Some of major cutlery brands are interested in production (now we are making prototypes), some of them not - so I show that designs to people to get comments (for example what in that design is wrong)

If you are interested I coudl show You all technical documentations for my folders. With animation how they works... with locking and opening.

And why do You still think that my designs are stolen and call me a thief? You based it on what? You saw somewhere bowie with toxic and only one maker could made bowie with toxic in the whole world?

Regards

Ostap

PS You should be more carefull with your words, calling someone a thief based on intuition or "maybe i saw something with cf on handle and those type of edge" is very immature (or maybe You are angry teenager?)

PS 2 Of course I have my favourite designers and shapes of knives. Any knife designed by any knifemaker looks more or less like other knife. For example looking on my Astator I see... Hmm maybe Bm 710 handle shape? Blade looks like protech and William Henry mix, 3 small thumbstuds like in Kershaw folding knives? And many many others...

PS 3 About my "status". Yes I AM NOT A KNIFE MAKER (yet) - I've never posted something like this. I think I'm a knife designer (as I know is not You give a permission to called someone knife designer). I think it is a good word to describe what am I doing. Maybe my name isnt famous and I still dont have knives signed by me, but I've done a lot of designs for private peoples and now starting to cooperate with brands and knifemakers. For now are only few real knives based totally or in part on my design. I add them to this thread of course as a proof that my designs arent just "computer screens"... Especially for You

PS 4 I will show You my complete design in 1:1 scale. With working mechanism, locks and other sizes. I didnt do that before, becous some of realt thiefs could stole my design and easy made a knife based on them. So I show only withualisations withot or with not many details.

PS 5 Sorry for my terrible grammar... I want to say much more but my languages skills when I'm angry isnt very good.

 

[seelow123]

Of course someone has to come into a perfectly good thread and make drama:thumbdn:

Those are very nice designs BTW.

 

[Big Mike]

Hi!

Could You tell me which of my stuff are tweaks of existing knife? All of my knives are my ideas. Only few of them are modified version (for example OTF to bali transformation) and I always wrote about which knife I'm going to tansformate. I'm not going to made or sell them. It's just MY for fun doing vision.

I dont know why You tell that I dont have talent to do anything in real stell? If I would be decorator should I have a works where I would be doing wardrobe or chairs? As I said before for now I'm just traingin in my workshop with real steel. I want to get good effects. If they would be good enought to show them to people I would show them.

Stuff with trademakrs I've sended to those companys. And I add trademarks to show them how It would looks in real steel. Some of major cutlery brands are interested in production (now we are making prototypes), some of them not - so I show that designs to people to get comments (for example what in that design is wrong)

If you are interested I coudl show You all technical documentations for my folders. With animation how they works... with locking and opening.

And why do You still think that my designs are stolen and call me a thief? You based it on what? You saw somewhere bowie with toxic and only one maker could made bowie with toxic in the whole world?

Regards

Ostap

PS You should be more carefull with your words, calling someone a thief based on intuition or "maybe i saw something with cf on handle and those type of edge" is very immature (or maybe You are angry teenager?)

PS 2 Of course I have my favourite designers and shapes of knives. Any knife designed by any knifemaker looks more or less like other knife. For example looking on my Astator I see... Hmm maybe Bm 710 handle shape? Blade looks like protech and William Henry mix, 3 small thumbstuds like in Kershaw folding knives? And many many others...

PS 3 About my "status". Yes I AM NOT A KNIFE MAKER (yet) - I've never posted something like this. I think I'm a knife designer (as I know is not You give a permission to called someone knife designer). I think it is a good word to describe what am I doing. Maybe my name isnt famous and I still dont have knives signed by me, but I've done a lot of designs for private peoples and now starting to cooperate with brands and knifemakers. For now are only few real knives based totally or in part on my design. I add them to this thread of course as a proof that my designs arent just "computer screens"... Especially for You

PS 4 I will show You my complete design in 1:1 scale. With working mechanism, locks and other sizes. I didnt do that before, becous some of realt thiefs could stole my design and easy made a knife based on them. So I show only withualisations withot or with not many details.

PS 5 Sorry for my terrible grammar... I want to say much more but my languages skills when I'm angry isnt very good.

OK, since you asked.


In this very thread you where asked:

Do you plan on making any knives?

YOU answered:

For now I'm only plan on. Still dont have enough skills to made something. But still trying

When it comes to YOUR designs:

I've seen the "Designs" (as you call them) that are just drawings of production knives with a few tweaks.

These where complete with all the blade and handle markings.

In these same drawing you clearly say that you designed these knives, when they where designed and put into production without this unsolicited help from you.

In fact some of these images have been removed from other web sites once the legality of what you you up to was pointed out; and they where removed at your request.

You have even acknowledged it was wrong and apologized for not understanding what you where doing.


Many of the designs you have posted seem like gimmick knives to me, not something that would work well for dressing game or carving wood.


Now, how about things like Metallurgy, Heat Treatment, or Blade Geometry?

Most REAL knife designers spend many years leaning the things that really make a knife cut.


I could go on, but I will refrain.


Let me just add.

If what you say is true, and you are in deed selling your designs to knife makers; and, based on the recent photos, it does seem that some makers have bought your designs; I submit that makes you a Service Provider, and posting your "work" here is in violation of your membership level.


'Nough said!





Big Mike

 

[ostaphel]

Skill are not talent man. I dont have enough skills in knifemaking, not in knife designing. I'm not a knifemaker as I said before

When it comes to YOUR designs:

I've seen the "Designs" (as you call them) that are just drawings of production knives with a few tweaks.

These where complete with all the blade and handle markings.

Where You see MY "drawings of production knives" with a few tweaks? All designs are based on my ideas. As I understand You talkign about those AXIS lock folder which I've show in knifeforums? Of course lock, place for logos, clips style etc are not my idea. That is BM style but I have designed it for THEM. So I tried to made knife with mixed styles (My and BM), here You have scheme of that knife, without logo and other (only AXIS here). As I said before I showed it to them and now want to show it in public. I've made it from beggining to the end by myself, only put company lock instead liner which I planned before.



Someone still think Its just "drawings of production knives with a few tweaks"? I saw many folding knifes with axis or bowie blade and... yes of course! My bowie blade are similar to other bowie blade! Unbelieveble... And my handlle looks totally like in BM... yy? Which BM did I missed some models? For me it looks like Griptillian Handle + 520 handle + some of my ideas? And for You?

In these same drawing you clearly say that you designed these knives, when they where designed and put into production without this unsolicited help from you.

I've made FOR FUN transformation from one model into other. It was HALO III modified to balisong as I wrote uppon that image (of course It look like halo 3, it should look liket that! Becouse I've based on it). I've made it and people said that maybe microtech would be interested on that idea, becouse they like it - so i send it to them. Those models are not into production and I'm not goind to made them by myself or by other knifemaker - halo 3 is not my design and balisong is only small transformation...

In fact some of these images have been removed from other web sites once the legality of what you you up to was pointed out; and they where removed at your request.

You have even acknowledged it was wrong and apologized for not understanding what you where doing.

I removed those design by my request becouse mod asked me did I have a permission and said:

"Being from a former Soviet area, you may not know about such things, but I assure you that they will school you and charge for the lesson. Your use of *their* lock name and t*their* Trademark implies that you had something to do with it's development...clearly that is not true."

So posting with logos on that forum (and in this too I think) was MY MISTAKE and I apoligized about it and asked to remove them becouse they violate forum rules what I totally understand. (now I add schemes of axis without logo, but only to prove that is not stolen design - if its violate any rules please delete it)

Many of the designs you have posted seem like gimmick knives to me, not something that would work well for dressing game or carving wood.

And this is a right comment! Why do You think so? About which knives? Its a topic for discussion about my designs or "pictures" as You said... And as I wrote before I will be very glad for Your opinions - Its forum and I'm not design master I still want to made better knives Opinion from someone like You (as I see you have almost 2,5k posts here and mamy more on other forums) will be very interesting for me.

Bad Boy Bowie and Inquizitor hunter was made for private customers and they are very contented about looking and grip. Maybe soon I add some more photo of working/chopping by Inqiusitor when maker finished it.

Now, how about things like Metallurgy, Heat Treatment, or Blade Geometry?

Most REAL knife designers spend many years leaning the things that really make a knife cut.

So for now I think I'm not REAL knife designer, just simply designer

Seriously now. Metallurgy, Heat Tretment and other mechanical skills like grinding or cutting from steel are sphere of blacksmiths and knifemakers.

Designing and making are two different things for me. One person could design, other one could do it! Those kind of cooperation works great. Designer have ideas but dont have skills for made it in real steel, maker have skills to made but only primitive uncofortable shapes? Why they shouldt help each other and work together?

And I totally agree with You in case, that the best, wonderfull, real designer made knives based on his ideas personally! But noone have skill from beggining and they tried making and designing for years.

Designing gave me much more fun, than making in steel (of course I've still training in my workshop) and maybe someday I will show MY design, created by ME. I've designing knives almost 2 years. Of course first 14 months it was just simple pictures with uncofortable handle and not working locks. But if someone want to made my designs in real steel? Why not to show them in public? I love knives - like You.

If what you say is true, and you are in deed selling your designs to knife makers; and, based on the recent photos, it does seem that some makers have bought your designs; I submit that makes you a Service Provider, and posting your "work" here is in violation of your membership level.

I've receive an email on this case from administrator I hope he wouldnt be angry if I quote him:

Very nice work. I look forward to more!

I want to point out a few Bladeforums rules. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/announcement.php?f=699&a=98
You haven't violated any of them, but as a designer, you could eventually.

Bladeforums has a system of paid memberships. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/payments.php
You don't need them now, unless you start selling your knives or dealing in knives based on your designs.

One other point. You have designs with a Microtech logo on them, suggestions for what Microtech could have done. When you posted them in January, that was all right. Since then, we added a rule against counterfeits, any knives (or other items like watches) that were marked or marketed as a company that did not authorize them. Just so you know not to do that again.

Your work is really good. I want you to keep showing it here!
"

I'm not trading my designs or services on this forum - just show my ideas and I think (looking on that email) I still could do it. Sorry again for that schmem of axis I know that I patented mechanism but just want to show it as a proof.

Have a nice day!

Ostap

 

[Brian Sargent]

Didn't you notice that some of your drawings say Microtech on them and the blade profiles are exact copies?

One has a Bradly handle on it and the drawing of the folder uses an Axis lock.

Several others seem very similar to me also.

Being that you are blatantly copying other designers I have no reason to believe any of these are your designs.

 

[Bastid]

Should you wish to post about your "work" you will need to do the right thing and join this forum at the correct membership level.

All I see here are swiped handled designs and blade designs mixed together. Closing this thread. Do not post this type of thing again without the correct membership level.