my knife design

[lerman]

I'v been drowing knives for some time and i would relly relly like to hear your honest opinion, so... :)

I also make knives (but i'm notrelly good so whan i will have pics i'll post'em




and my faivorit

thare are alot more but i haven't scaned them yet.
so what do you think?

[Puyallupknifegu]

Lerman,

All I have to say is: AWESOME!!! Seriously...you've got real talent...I really like your use of shading...(something I'm going to have to start doing on my drawings!)

I'm not sure that they are for Spyderco, however, I can definitely see them existing and selling in the current knife market!

Please, scan and post more designs as well as your finished pieces!

What do you use for your art tools and for making the real things?

Thanks!

-Tim :D

[lerman]

tim you'v made my day, relly, i never hed any coments about my knives(not from knife peuple anyway) so it relly givs my confidens thank you :)
i know it's not very much like spyderco knives but thet's beacuse it's not a spyderco :)
i only started making knives a year ago so i don't have the proper mechinery for it so im using some baisic tools 9
relly baisic :) ) +i'm 17 so mony is not so easy for me, so i buy tools (and knives :) ) in a slow rate.
i relly thank you for your coment.

[dedguy]

those are well rendered, i myself have become to reliant on technology and rarely put that much finish into pencil drawings i do these days.

[lerman]

this is a knife im working on now,i't a freind's design so i like it but it's not mi kind of knife.



to make the knives i design i need alot more mony to tool myself.

[Puyallupknifegu]

Lerman,

You have about a 10 year head start on me! LOL! I haven't made any attempt to get materials or tools to make my own knives yet...I'd like to, but have bills to pay! LOL, the downside to being an adult!

Keep up the good work...very nice renderings...looks like you have a great mind for design and technical drawing...a dangerous combo in my book!

I am working on a couple of designs that I will eventually submit to spyderco...I just have to get the "bugs" worked out first. :D

Feel free to PM me anytime about designs, questions, whatever! I will try and get something scanned that I can show you, too.

And always, keep drawing!!!

-Tim :D

[Piet.S]

Really nice designs Lerman, sleek lines but very usable.
I'v seen factory knives that don't look half as good.
Don't be afraid to try to make them.
You don't really need a lot of expensive tools, not even for making folders.
The tight fit of the blade and the guard on your Bowie tells you like to do a good job.
That is the right attitude.

[smcfalls13]

Very nice. I like all of those designs. When you start making them yourself, let me know, I'll buy some :cool:

[Chucula]

I dont like the recurve knives (not a fan of that blade shape) but that last knife looks really nice/elegant--I like it a lot. :)
In the first 3 knife designs I see what looks like a fin on the top of the blade. Whats the purpose of that? If it is design as a thumb ramp, it doesnt look very comfortable. Is it for style? Another cutting edge?

EDIT I forgot to say the most important thing: stay persistant! if for whatever reason these knives dont make it, keep trying. In my opinion you have a lot of potential.

[dialex]

Thanks for sharing your designs.
They seem well thought and are beautifully drawn. I can see getting myself a couple of those should they'll ever be produced. :)
Please do continue and good luck with knifemaking.

[naggalowmo]

Those are some amazing drawings! Maybe you could get a custom knifemaker make one of those for you :D .

[lerman]

[quote="Chucula"]In the first 3 knife designs I see what looks like a fin on the top of the blade. Whats the purpose of that? If it is design as a thumb ramp, it doesnt look very comfortable. Is it for style? Another cutting edge?
QUOTE]
1. it makes the tip stronger.
2.it can sarve as a thum bramp, like on he velop more or lase.
3. it looks good IMO :)

i relly appreciate all of your good words, i can see mysalf taking it further then
a just hoby(anyone can have dreams :) ),
and things like you said make me believe it's possible.
thank you all.

and tim i'll be very happy to see your works :)
i'll post the other knives tomorrow (i have 15 more :) )

[greencobra]

The Sternum is hot. My favorite as well. Very nice.

[CopilotATS-55]

You are a very good designer
if you start making them fulltime im buying one :D

[Axlis]

VERY SWEET!!!

Thanks for sharing your ideas with us, lerman, you have some real talent. :)

[Vincent]

Wow those are some really nice designs, keep it up.

[spydo]

Great designs! And very very good drawing skills as well.

[Stuart Ackerman]

Lerman :)
You have a great talent!
Fresh designs, and good, too!

I, for one, would like to see a completed knife made by YOU!!! :)

[Stuart Ackerman]

Reminds me of Ron Chappell... :)

[lerman]

so i'm a day late :)
hare is somthing thet is more spyderstyle, i'm making it for some time so i'll post pics whan it's done


and hare are some other designs, some are good and some are lase good:


this one is a small FB and the next one is small folder, the pics are not right.