Dude, your English is fine - I think I understand it pretty well. I’m having a harder time understanding your idea that you (or we, or anybody else) can control the actions of others, to any meaningful extent.
You don’t have to ask Chinese permission to make a knife, even one that is their cultural icon, or choose the materials, or sell it at a particular price point. Flip side of that is, they don’t need your permission either. You and they are independent entities.
There are a lot of independent entities out there making knives, some similar, some quite diverse. But except for a very few (contractual) cases, nobody is asking permission from anyone to make what they make.
This is a good thing for all of us. I can’t imagine any system of knife making “command and control” that would produce a better result overall.
I have “invented” my own knife shape which works quite well for a particular purpose. I use it myself, and have built a few for family and friends. But if it’s very good, it won’t remain “mine” for long, once I send it out into the world. Others will pay me the most sincere form of flattery by copying it, perhaps marketing it, and someday almost everybody who wants one will have one.
I’ll smirk in my rocking chair, “Y’know sonny, I made the first one back in ‘09, and been cutting stuff with it ever since.” And the young dude will roll his eyes and say, “Sure wish I coulda been there to see it, old timer.” But some time after that, I’ll be gone, and my blade shape will still be here. Just like the “inventors” of the douk douk, the Bowie, the stiletto and the 3 blade stockman.
It doesn’t make sense for me to run around trying to keep others from making “my” knife. That effort is better spent elsewhere.
I fear you are losing opportunities to improve and refine your knowledge and experience of knives by pursuing this “stolen design” idea. If I were you, I’d put it behind you and look forward. BF has so much to offer from people who share it freely, and you don’t want to miss that.
The choice is yours.
Parker
You don’t have to ask Chinese permission to make a knife, even one that is their cultural icon, or choose the materials, or sell it at a particular price point. Flip side of that is, they don’t need your permission either. You and they are independent entities.
There are a lot of independent entities out there making knives, some similar, some quite diverse. But except for a very few (contractual) cases, nobody is asking permission from anyone to make what they make.
This is a good thing for all of us. I can’t imagine any system of knife making “command and control” that would produce a better result overall.
I have “invented” my own knife shape which works quite well for a particular purpose. I use it myself, and have built a few for family and friends. But if it’s very good, it won’t remain “mine” for long, once I send it out into the world. Others will pay me the most sincere form of flattery by copying it, perhaps marketing it, and someday almost everybody who wants one will have one.
I’ll smirk in my rocking chair, “Y’know sonny, I made the first one back in ‘09, and been cutting stuff with it ever since.” And the young dude will roll his eyes and say, “Sure wish I coulda been there to see it, old timer.” But some time after that, I’ll be gone, and my blade shape will still be here. Just like the “inventors” of the douk douk, the Bowie, the stiletto and the 3 blade stockman.
It doesn’t make sense for me to run around trying to keep others from making “my” knife. That effort is better spent elsewhere.
I fear you are losing opportunities to improve and refine your knowledge and experience of knives by pursuing this “stolen design” idea. If I were you, I’d put it behind you and look forward. BF has so much to offer from people who share it freely, and you don’t want to miss that.
The choice is yours.
Parker
