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Old 11-15-2001, 09:10 PM
sspitza
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custom???


If I purchase a premade blade, but assemble the rest of the knife myself, is this considered a custom knife?
Just wondering. All responds appreciated.
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Old 11-16-2001, 05:59 AM
Don Cowles
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the short answer is "no". Look around the forums here, and you will find threads on this discussion.
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Old 11-16-2001, 08:16 PM
Bob Warner
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I agree with Don.

After reading a lot of discussion on this topic and interjecting my own feelings, here is how I see it.

Custom = You make a knife to meet the requirements made by your customer. If the customer wants a certain style with a certain type of handle and a certain type of grind, you would be making a "Custom" knife. You could draw it up on a CAD program and have a CNC milling machine make the knife, it would still be custom. A "Custom" knife can be created by just meeting the requirements of the customer but does not necessarily mean it is hand made.

Hand made = You made the knife (blade and all) yourself without jigs or computerized tools. You control every aspect in the creation of the final product. If you make the knife this way AND to the requirements of the customer it is a handmade custom knife.

To me, making the blade IS making the knife. The handle and other parts are "furniture" but the blade is the knife. In your case you are finishing a knife. That is a good way to get started, especially if you don't have the tools (or knowledge) you need to make everything. The problem (to me) comes when people try to make the customer think they made the entire thing.




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Old 11-18-2001, 02:40 PM
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Custom??


<< Custom = You make a knife to meet the requirements made by your customer. If the customer wants a certain style with a certain type of handle and a certain type of grind, you would be making a "Custom" knife. You could draw it up on a CAD program and have a CNC milling machine make the knife, it would still be custom. A "Custom" knife can be created by just meeting the requirements of the customer but does not necessarily mean it is hand made. >>

I don't agree entirely with this definition of custom. At this time, I'm working at getting away from doing *customer orders*, and concentrate more on the artful type *customs*. These will be using exotic materials, and *my* designs, but will be very *custom* nonetheless.
Surely many of the *custom* cars we see weren't neccessarily ordered that way by a customer.

Steve
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Old 11-20-2001, 04:02 PM
Matt Harildstad
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Re: Custom??


Nope, not a custom. It's funny though, the blade is the soul of the knife, but at the same time, grinding and heat treating is the smallest part of the overall task of completing a quality knife. I guess that's why the Japanese traditionally seperated the trades.


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