Knife making competition

[HillBill]

No rush. I cant do them all individually, so will need to do one batch when everyone has sent theirs to me ( presuming more want it doing. )

Shouldn't be an issue with the steel.

hi hillbill can you send the details of where to send the knife blade please
and what happened to the list i started i liked being first lol
and i don't know what the blade steel is.the history is i went to the knife show in 2010 and there was a knife maker showing us all how to make the blade from stock steel i bought the finished blank of him for a tenner regards dave

 

[Stew]

Tempting, time permitting.

 

[Stew]

Out of curiosity, what am I? An amateur or a pro knife maker? It's not my day job but I have sold knives I've made.

Also, any criteria for the knife or just a total free for all on design, apart from the cost limit? What's the judging based on?

 

[mountainm]

Isnt the distinction between amateur and pro whether you profit from it?

 

[Stew]

Isnt the distinction between amateur and pro whether you profit from it?

I'm definitely an amateur then.

 

[HillBill]

Me too if we need to profit to be a pro

 

[Angst]

hi stew...i believe that would pretty much make you semi-pro (from an inland revenue point of view)....especially if you made them to sell. pro is if its your main occupation which (should) provide income to be used to pay for your living. i think in this case you'd be amateur unless youve sold say many dozens of knives.

Out of curiosity, what am I? An amateur or a pro knife maker? It's not my day job but I have sold knives I've made.

Also, any criteria for the knife or just a total free for all on design, apart from the cost limit? What's the judging based on?

 

[HillBill]

I hope its a free for all design wise, i was getting all creative.

Out of curiosity, what am I? An amateur or a pro knife maker? It's not my day job but I have sold knives I've made.

Also, any criteria for the knife or just a total free for all on design, apart from the cost limit? What's the judging based on?

 

[R.Lewis]

I would like to join in on this, but not sure of how I'd do it yet! Guess I could get a blank of O1 and send to Hillbill for heat-treat or use a premade blank. But I like upcycling, so...

Would modifying an old blade into something totally new count? By that I mean say a large blade (say billhook or whatever from a carboot) totally reshaped and rehandled count?

 

[mountainm]

I would like to join in on this, but not sure of how I'd do it yet! Guess I could get a blank of O1 and send to Hillbill for heat-treat or use a premade blank. But I like upcycling, so...

Would modifying an old blade into something totally new count? By that I mean say a large blade (say billhook or whatever from a carboot) totally reshaped and rehandled count?

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

 

[Angst]

ok...hang on....so i could do an axe and handle it with cocobolo then yeah?....or a viking longsword?.....a spear?gotta admit i'd like clarification...is this a knifemaking comp....a tool comp....a weapon comp....?

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

 

[mountainm]

ok...hang on....so i could do an axe and handle it with cocobolo then yeah?....or a viking longsword?.....a spear?

As long as it ends up as a knife...

 

[Angst]

yup ok....but i can see....for example....a billhook ending up as some massive chopper type knife....tom has ''knives'' that have massive 'wow' factor and they are incredible....ive seen one of his competition knives....well its not really a knife....more like a bazooka....this sorta thing will affect peoples vote....in all honesty if i saw toms comp knife in with a load of other 'woodies' i'd only have eyes for the bazooka sized elephant mutilating beast that it is. its fantastic. but a 'knife'....dunno....maybe should be ''woodie'' style thru to clipper boundary....i'm kool either way but the word billhook opens up the imagination a little yeah?....if the word 'file' had been used then i'd be thinking 'knife'

As long as it ends up as a knife...

 

[HillBill]

I think something like that would be better in the "not made own blade" catagory.

 

[Angst]

okies....because when does a knife become a sword?....when does a knife become a chopper or machete?....and so on. my knife would be in the not made own blade cat too yeah?....but if something like a billhook is used to make a 'knife' then my already feeble attempt would probably pale into total insignificance next to it....how about setting a dimension limit?

 

[HillBill]

When its called a sword, chopper or machete

 

[mountainm]

okies....because when does a knife become a sword?....when does a knife become a chopper or machete?....and so on. my knife would be in the not made own blade cat too yeah?....but if something like a billhook is used to make a 'knife' then my already feeble attempt would probably pale into total insignificance next to it....how about setting a dimension limit?

Size aint everything - I'm making a tiny whittler. Don't sweat it.

 

[Angst]

thats very good mark.....lol!

seriously tho...i'm even more confused....theres a 'not made own blade' section? if i bought a billhook....and used it to make a knife blade....then i'd've only really half-made my own blade wouldnt i?....but seeings i bought it....and seeings it was already halfway there anyway....wouldnt it go in the purchased blade section?

1 own made blade
2 purchased blade
3 pro knife maker

maybe i'm too old for this lol...i've just gone back over 3 pages and i cant see a cat. change

When its called a sword, chopper or machete

 

[mountainm]

thats very good mark.....lol!

seriously tho...i'm even more confused....theres a 'not made own blade' section? if i bought a billhook....and used it to make a knife blade....then i'd've only really half-made my own blade wouldnt i?....but seeings i bought it....and seeings it was already halfway there anyway....wouldnt it go in the purchased blade section?

1 own made blade
2 purchased blade
3 pro knife maker

maybe i'm too old for this lol...i've just gone back over 3 pages and i cant see a cat. change

Perhaps:
Purchased/refurbished/Modified
Own blade (Amateur or pro)

Assuming all pro's would use their own blades.

 

[Angst]

do be doo.....dammit i'm on my missus' laptop and i keep posting up wrong bear with me...ok mountain that makes more sense but again i think a size limit might be an idea....a whittlers a knife....a sandviks a knife....the polar sticks are knives....woodies are knives and maybe a little larger but after that it sorta blurs into other things...a 2 foot long bowie is a knife but as i said simply because of its size it has added wow factor and that changes things. as 'bushcrafters' i feel we should be talking bushcraft-ish knives....not monster bowie 'knives'

i guess i'm not helping here though i'm trying to....gonna turn into another embossing plates saga....i'll shut up.

Size aint everything - I'm making a tiny whittler. Don't sweat it.