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1. If you want to participate;
- pm me here on Bladeforums, (preferable) or by email to lorien at
bladeworks.ca by April 15, 2011. Late submissions better come with
a good sob story
-in your correspondence, provide your mailing address and your
preference for one of the three designs shown in the accompanying
photo, using the descriptions, 'A, B, or C'. I will then mail you a photo
copy of the design you chose, at my expense. Only one design per
maker
2. Procedure;
-once all the designs have been mailed out, a poll will be run to gauge
which design is most popular. The poll will run until the closing of the
Buildoff, in this thread
-The Buildoff will conclude on September 1, 2011 and the poll will then be
closed
-Within a few weeks of the Buildoff's conclusion, participants can send
me a good photo or two of their knife, which I will host and post. In
that thread, people can vote for their favorite knife in each category,
as well as their favorite knife overall. Perhaps there will be more
categories just for fun. Braggin rights will be reserved for the winners
-Once the Buildoff has concluded, each individual maker will be
responsible for selling their own knife and transferring their funds, or
knife to a benefit
3. Guidelines;
-It is important to ensure that follow through occurs. If you make a
commitment to this Buildoff, it is important that participants see it
through. That's why you have two weeks to decide whether or not you
would like to take part
-Makers have free reign over the design that they receive. Thickness,
material, construction method, shape and size are completely up to
the maker. If someone wants to make a miniature, go ahead. If your
knife ends up looking completely different from the design, that's ok
-This is all about fun, so don't do it if you're going to kvetch!
-This thread is the place where participants and spectators can discuss
the designs, post their own pictures and basically do what they want
and say what they want. In the spirit of this thread, please
be respectful to others
4. The Pay It Forward part;
-The 'benefit' part of this will be left to the participants. They are
completely free to choose what portion of the sale of their knife they
will donate. I would hope that it would be any portion of their time
spent making it and it's totally reasonable to recoup materials and shop
costs
-I do not want to dictate where the funds are allocated, so the
participants who sell their knives, (or give them away) will determine
where and how their funds, (or knife) go. It could be donated to
research, victims of environmental catastrophe, the poor or your local
church or charity
-The underlying concept here is to think globally and act locally. To
put something out there that could help someone, using your
skill and the sweat of your brow. My role in this is to try and provide
inspiration through my designs and maybe kickstart an annual event
which brings about benefit
ps. all three patterns, as drawn, will fit on a 1 3/4" wide by 12" long rectangle
- pm me here on Bladeforums, (preferable) or by email to lorien at
bladeworks.ca by April 15, 2011. Late submissions better come with
a good sob story
-in your correspondence, provide your mailing address and your
preference for one of the three designs shown in the accompanying
photo, using the descriptions, 'A, B, or C'. I will then mail you a photo
copy of the design you chose, at my expense. Only one design per
maker
2. Procedure;
-once all the designs have been mailed out, a poll will be run to gauge
which design is most popular. The poll will run until the closing of the
Buildoff, in this thread
-The Buildoff will conclude on September 1, 2011 and the poll will then be
closed
-Within a few weeks of the Buildoff's conclusion, participants can send
me a good photo or two of their knife, which I will host and post. In
that thread, people can vote for their favorite knife in each category,
as well as their favorite knife overall. Perhaps there will be more
categories just for fun. Braggin rights will be reserved for the winners
-Once the Buildoff has concluded, each individual maker will be
responsible for selling their own knife and transferring their funds, or
knife to a benefit
3. Guidelines;
-It is important to ensure that follow through occurs. If you make a
commitment to this Buildoff, it is important that participants see it
through. That's why you have two weeks to decide whether or not you
would like to take part
-Makers have free reign over the design that they receive. Thickness,
material, construction method, shape and size are completely up to
the maker. If someone wants to make a miniature, go ahead. If your
knife ends up looking completely different from the design, that's ok
-This is all about fun, so don't do it if you're going to kvetch!
-This thread is the place where participants and spectators can discuss
the designs, post their own pictures and basically do what they want
and say what they want. In the spirit of this thread, please
be respectful to others
4. The Pay It Forward part;
-The 'benefit' part of this will be left to the participants. They are
completely free to choose what portion of the sale of their knife they
will donate. I would hope that it would be any portion of their time
spent making it and it's totally reasonable to recoup materials and shop
costs
-I do not want to dictate where the funds are allocated, so the
participants who sell their knives, (or give them away) will determine
where and how their funds, (or knife) go. It could be donated to
research, victims of environmental catastrophe, the poor or your local
church or charity
-The underlying concept here is to think globally and act locally. To
put something out there that could help someone, using your
skill and the sweat of your brow. My role in this is to try and provide
inspiration through my designs and maybe kickstart an annual event
which brings about benefit
ps. all three patterns, as drawn, will fit on a 1 3/4" wide by 12" long rectangle
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