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Doc Shipley

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I made a mockup of an idea, and like it, but I keep thinking it's a knockoff of something I've seen.

If it is, I'll still make one for me. The problem is that everyone who's seen the mockup wants one. If it's too close to an existing design, I don't want to steal it for profit, so if this looks familiar to anyone, I'd like to know.

I do think one of the majors - either Gerber or Kershaw, IIRC - made something similar that used disposable utility blades. That may be what I'm thinking of.


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Brother when it comes down to it, blade have been made for thousands of years. Your not gonna be able to come up with a user friendly knife that has not already been made. All you can do is put your own flair on it and call it good.
Jake
 
I have had the same issue, in thinking I may have been subconsciously copying someone design, but when it comes down to it unless you are tracing it out and making an exact replica any knife you make will resemble something someone else has done.

As long as you are not doing that, it should be all good.
 
Hmmm, handle, blade, yep, definitely seen something similar before.

Seriously, if you aren't looking at one and taking measurements of it, then you aren't copying it. With the possible exception of Greg's Leaf Knife, it's really tough to find a design that is 100% original.
 
I have a blank at home that looks similar, but I like your design much more. The handle on the blank is a little awkward, but yours it nice.
 
Rossi Knives said:
Lots of makers put finger holes in knives.
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The 2-finger grip was tweaking my memory more than the finger hole. But yeah, like several people said, as long as I haven't flat reproduced someone else's knife, I'm not worried.

childzplay said:
I have a blank at home that looks similar, but I like your design much more. The handle on the blank is a little awkward, but yours it nice.
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Thanks! For a handle that's less than 2.5" thumbrest to tail, it's an amazingly secure grip. You're welcome to use it.

Oddly enough, I got the idea from a lipstick case. It looks like a lipstick, but when you twist the base you get an exacto blade instead of lipstick. Don't ask me how I got from there to here.... :p


Doc
 
Frank Niro said:
Yes, I think it's like a spivey, but what is it going to be good for? Frank
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Yes, I can see the similarity to the Spivey's lines, but even if I'd ever seen a Spivey before I think calling mine a copy would be a stretch.

I hope it'll be good for anything any 2" blade is good for. Every-day carry, cutting string, opening bags of peanuts, scaring off violent hamsters, that sort of thing.


Doc
 
drdoc said:
I made a mockup of an idea, and like it, but I keep thinking it's a knockoff of something I've seen.

If it is, I'll still make one for me. The problem is that everyone who's seen the mockup wants one. If it's too close to an existing design, I don't want to steal it for profit, so if this looks familiar to anyone, I'd like to know.

I do think one of the majors - either Gerber or Kershaw, IIRC - made something similar that used disposable utility blades. That may be what I'm thinking of.


Doc
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The knife has been around for over twenty thousand years.
And it's a very simple and straightforward tool.
So, much that can be said about it, it's already been said.
Whatever design you can think of, it's already been thought of in a form or another, or is a combination of two or more previous designs.
And, if nobody ever thought about it, one should seriously balance the chances of him being the discoverer of something nobody in the human race thought about in twenty thousand years, against the chances of the idea being plain silly. :P
Probably somebody already thought about your knife, made it, sold it. So what? You like it? Do it your way.
 
Nice looking knife.

Reminds me of the Busse Scotch dispenser except that yours has handles on it.
 
ColdOne said:
Nice looking knife.

Reminds me of the Busse Scotch dispenser except that yours has handles on it.
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Aaaand, that's the one that was tweaking me.

Ironically, knowing which knife I thought I'd copied makes me feel better. The designs are a very similar shape, but the Busse is a 3-finger grip, where mine is 2-and-a-thumb, which makes the thumb divot on mine necessary for good control.

I'm working off a jewelry backlog the last couple of weeks, but I hope to get back to blades after Independence Day. Maybe I'll do a WIP on this one.
 
Please do, I'd like to see that
(I already wonder how you will cut a perfectly round hole that sice)
 
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