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Greetings fellow knifemakers! As someone newer to the game, I’m super curious about this.
I draw all of my designs freehand and blind (I don’t copy, trace, or use pictures for reference), but I’ll be open in admitting that I take inspiration from other makers, manufacturers and artists.
I drew up a design recently and was notified by another maker that it looks very close to an existing model of another maker.
I checked it out and it does look very very close. I follow this other maker, and wouldn’t want to infringe or be accused of trying to copy a design.
I guess my question is, is anything really “original” anymore? If there’s no intent to copy, is it copying? I want to make sure I go about this the right way and don’t offend or overstep here. Thanks for your thoughts!
I draw all of my designs freehand and blind (I don’t copy, trace, or use pictures for reference), but I’ll be open in admitting that I take inspiration from other makers, manufacturers and artists.
I drew up a design recently and was notified by another maker that it looks very close to an existing model of another maker.
I checked it out and it does look very very close. I follow this other maker, and wouldn’t want to infringe or be accused of trying to copy a design.
I guess my question is, is anything really “original” anymore? If there’s no intent to copy, is it copying? I want to make sure I go about this the right way and don’t offend or overstep here. Thanks for your thoughts!