Sorry I missed out on the Chat. I think it is very cool for Dan to stop by from time to time and have a little chat thread. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

My wife's aunt passed away last week.

Friday was the visitation and Saturday was funeral and family gathering. So, I missed out.

Oh well. Some cool ideas.

I am like Jeff. And why I haven't really put forth much effort in the knife design competitions. ... That and the fact that by the time I saw there was a competition here and on the Swamp Forum, the Busse forum had been going strong for a LONG time and already posted a few hundred ideas.

Anyway, I express my ideas WAY better in drawing (photo-shop) than via verbal description. I have mentioned before that a LARGE part of many ideas gets lost in translation.

I have mentioned in the past, but I don't understand why there is such issue with ideas and designs being posted on these forums in picture form. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

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I had previously typed:


I seriously disagree with Jerry's view on this. I can appreciate that some industry's including the knife industry have gotten to where design is everything to their "Branding". But, customers help design products ALL the time.
Customer input has driven production of goods FOREVER!!! And it should!

But, if limited to only being able to provide design input via written or verbal suggestions, there is WAY TOO MUCH left open for interpretation. It is often just way too hard to describe certain details. Knife design is such that "LITTLE" details and nuances of the designs are often a significant part of the design that can be too hard to describe in writing or verbally - unless making a simple obvious change such as No thumb ramp or similarly simple. But, that is not often the case.

I have a significant history in sales and management and an appreciation for ACCURATE and CLEAR communication.

Unfortunately, with something like knife design, I feel actual in hand proto-types are FAR and AWAY the best option. But, that isn't very realistic or practical for most of us. So, Second best is EASILY pictures, drawings and/or photo-shoping.

As long as it takes me to photo-shop a concept, I can often put together a phot-shop picture as fast or faster than typing out a detailed description.

And "pictures" are still much more "CLEAR", more accurate and easier to understand method for conveying ideas.

There is just too much room for mis-interpretation in written or verbal descriptions of many things.

Without such clarity, things like the following can (and "DO" OFTEN) happen:



Same concept, different industry application:




...... anyway... I would think my FULL disclaimer giving FULL rights and entitlements to design would be sufficient... But,.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />


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