Spyderco Design

[Gofannon]

Just for fun, two designs that I made.
Tell me what do you think about it.

[pmbspyder]

Nice! Though now that you've posted these here, there's little to no chance spyderco will ever make them (as per Sal's other thread) .

Excellent designs though!

[Spyderbro]

What other thread? :eek:

[ATV1116]

:spyder: What program did you use for that? AutoCAD? I like the second one. BTW, how did you do that seperate link where it says" My Spyderco"? I never knew that could be done. :spyder:

[Gofannon]

Nice! Though now that you've posted these here, there's little to no chance spyderco will ever make them (as per Sal's other thread) .

Excellent designs though!

I don't understand why Spyderco can't use this design? I don't put a copyright for those designs :D

If Sal want to use a drawing for make a Spyderco, and if they don't have copyright on this, he can.

[Gofannon]

:spyder: What program did you use for that? AutoCAD? I like the second one. BTW, how did you do that seperate link where it says" My Spyderco"? I never knew that could be done. :spyder:

I use a Inkskape for that, like autocad but free and easier. But I don't find the English version and I think it doesn't exist.

For the link in your signature, go to your "user CP", "edit signature" and copy this:
[***url=http://your link]the name of your link(for me "my collection")[/url***]
(without the 3 *)

[ATV1116]

I use a Inkskape for that, like autocad but free and easier. But I don't find the English version and I think it doesn't exist.

For the link in your signature, go to your "user CP", "edit signature" and copy this:
[***url=http://your link]the name of your link(for me "my collection")[/url***]
(without the 3 *)

:spyder: I may have to check out INKSCAPE. I think it would be fun to play around with a program like that. Thanks for the info about the signature. I greatly appreciate it!!! :spyder:

[wongKI]

I like the bottom one :)

[Piet.S]

Visually very pleasing designs.
But the pivots are in the wrong place.
Both of them can not be made as they are now, if ever.
You must also make drawings with the knives closed and the internals in place.
Like the lockbar, spring and backspacer.
Also the grind of the top one is impossible to make as it is drawn.

I'm really not trying to put you down in any way.
As I said, I find them very attractive.
But designing folders can be quite tricky.

[Googz]

The first design is sex. Nice work!

[jabba359]

Nice! Though now that you've posted these here, there's little to no chance spyderco will ever make them (as per Sal's other thread) .

Excellent designs though!

What other thread? :eek:

This thread: http://spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50862

I don't understand why Spyderco can't use this design? I don't put a copyright for those designs :D

If Sal want to use a drawing for make a Spyderco, and if they don't have copyright on this, he can.

and more specifically, Sal's post on the matter (#1 answers your question, Gofannon):

Interesting thread. The concept of submitting ideas for knives is varied. We usually get 2 -3 submissions per week.

I guess there are 4 types of submissions;

#1 is where the person posts drawings of their idea on a public forum. this is the least effective. Once the idea is shown in the public domain, it limits what can be done. Patentability is limited. The design is now public so any "newness" is gone. Our competitors now can see the design. Also copycats can get a good look at the idea. We usually avoid designs in category #1.

#2 is where someone sends an "idea" to us. Usually done with words or a sketch. eg: "Put a tanto blade on an Endura", or a sketch of their idea. Unless the idea is exceptional, or patentable, we usually don't do much with those because we have to do all of the design, model-making prototyping engineering, etc. There are only a few of us in R&D/design and time is limited. If we're going to do all of the work on a design, we might as well work with one of our own.

#3 is where the person has done a lot of work on refining and developing the design., they've made cardboard or plastic models and they know the knife will actually fold and the blade will fit into the handle. They know the ergos are at least close. They've fitted locks so they know it will fit into the model and they submitted farily accurate drawings to size and shape, thickness, sizes, etc. Examples of this type of submission would be from Dialex and Jason Breeden. They obviously put a lot of thought and work into the design before we see it.

#4 is a working knife model that is made by a custom knife maker or the designer has hired a custom knife maker to make the actual model. This is best as we can show the piece at shows and meets and get feedback from customers. This is generally how we determine if there is a market for a collaboration design (or even one of our own). We usually show these at SHOT Show, IWA show, Blade Magazine show, the Eugene knife show, The USN show and the meets tht we do.

Often we will work with the maker to refine some area of the design that we feel needs more attention. the makers will usually cooperate and make those changes. Most of our collaborations designs come from category #4.

Hope that helps.,

sal

[pmbspyder]

Thanks for the assist Jabba!

[Gofannon]

Thanks Jabba, I understand why now.
I don't pretend having the talent for producing some workable design.

Piet.S, Thanks for your commentary, that's why I expect. It's just a quick draw about some design idea that I have. I know nothing about knives designing. The next time, I'll try to do something functional but it's hard.

[Blerv]

Great designs :)

I think they would be worth tweaking and seeing if you can find a custom maker or similar offering a shop. I can only imagine how difficult a folder is to make over a FB but then you would have something designed/made by you.

Who knows? At that point maybe Spyderco would be open for a production piece seeing it in-hand.

[Piet.S]

Piet.S, Thanks for your commentary, that's why I expect. It's just a quick draw about some design idea that I have. I know nothing about knives designing. The next time, I'll try to do something functional but it's hard.

You're welcome.
If I may suggest, think of it this way.

[Gunslinger]

Very cool designs, Did you come up with a name for them?

[Dr. Snubnose]

First design reminds me of an AG Russell Folding Sting and second a squatted down version of a D.H. Russell, Canadian Belt Knife....both appealing designs though....Doc :D

[buddy54ck]

I really like them, great work!
Charlie