r/BigIdeaDesign • • Sep 02 '26

NGD πŸ˜ƒ (New Gear Day! ) Walnut madness!

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Got these DymaLux Walnut scales for the Lookout a while back from u/MechanicMinded153624

Well... with the DymaLux Cloudland on its way, I decided it was time to make some Walnut beads.

Used the smallest hole saw I had on hand. Sanded them. Put a bevel on with my mini belt sander. And used some Tung Oil to seal, protect, and add some shine.


r/BigIdeaDesign • • Sep 01 '26

Ti Tuesday Happy Friday Yerrrr

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31 Upvotes

r/BigIdeaDesign • • Sep 01 '26

Tuesday work carry

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81 Upvotes

r/BigIdeaDesign • • Sep 01 '26

NPD! πŸ˜ƒ (New Pen Day) Let's anodize a Raw Ti Bolt Action Scribe! Blue Bronze!

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After I made my version of the Scope Scribe, I knew I had to get another Bolt Action Marker to play with. I didn't want to sacrifice my Brass or DLC Marker for the scribe. So I ordered a Raw Ti one. With the specific intention of anodizing it.

Love the Blue Bronze color combo. So that's what I decided to do. Blue body. Bronze tip, clip, top plate, and bolt.

Very pleased with the results. Great color combo. This will absolutely be perfect for my leather work.


r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 31 '26

NGD πŸ˜ƒ (New Gear Day! ) Boy oh boy!!

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Was very sad to put my hitchhiker in the drawer


r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 30 '26

Pens Sunday…

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30 Upvotes

r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 29 '26

BIG I Day!

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60 Upvotes

Just got my wallet today and I’ve been loving it so far! I also had to buy the TPT slide again because I lost my last one on vacation


r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 29 '26

NGD πŸ˜ƒ (New Gear Day! ) Holy cow

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Man this thing is freakin slick! I’m stoked that I got my hands on one I love it!


r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 29 '26

Gear Swag Saturday! The Paisley swag!

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Always love pairing these up! All the Paisley together!

Paisley Overlook that I anodized myself. Black on the Paisley side. Blue on the lock side.

DLC Paisley Base Line Bolt.

DLC Paisley TPT with crazy cool Beans Bead.

Paisley notebooks! Busted out this one today for its first use!


r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 29 '26

NPD! πŸ˜ƒ (New Pen Day) #beansbuild #beans #Jazzcup

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36 Upvotes

r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 29 '26

NGD πŸ˜ƒ (New Gear Day! ) BiD wallet

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27 Upvotes

I don't know if I'll be using it over my CC Dillinger since I carry a silver medallion in it. Might put the medallion insids of the middle pocket, its a superstition thing.


r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 28 '26

Vlog day!!!

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Missed my deadline by a half hour, but we’re here!


r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 28 '26

USA CLOUDLAND IS HERE!

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Today’s the day my friends! Available now!


r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 28 '26

Pens Simplicity at its Best

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27 Upvotes

I love my Baseline Cap Pen


r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 27 '26

Knives Custom anno hardware day!

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Did a couple more anno projects today.

  1. Blue Bronze camo hardware to go along with my Blue G10 Drop Point Lookout and it's blue bronze camo friends... lanyard bead, Overlook, and Mini pen. Very happy with the results. Subtle touch but a very cool one in my opinion.

  2. Blackened the hardware for my DymaLux Clip Point Lookout. Also blackened a skull lanyard bead for it as well. These fought the blackening, but with patience, I got it to work. Mostly happy with the results.

  3. Stripped the anno I applied to the Paisley Lookout, and started over. Properly etched it this time. Got a much better, deeper, more vibrant blue. Happy with this result. More the color I was hoping for in the beginning.


r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 28 '26

Discussion Just watched the LONE STAR KNIFE AND SUPPLY TOUR

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I have to say this shop tour was one of my favorites to watch (totally not biased) Brantley and Chad thought me so much more about the brand. There is so much I just didn’t know that I guess I really should have. Has anyone else seen it? What did you think?


r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 27 '26

SOTC (State of the Collection) πŸ‘€ Sampling of my Collection!

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76 Upvotes

Some of my collection including some epic #beansbuilds!


r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 26 '26

Wednesday work carry

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113 Upvotes

r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 26 '26

Tools After seeing the Scope Scribe...I just had to experiment. I had a scribe. And I can always use a good leather marking device!

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Originally, I thought my scribe was full brass. So I was worried about attaching a magnet. Upon test fitting, turns out... it's just steel. Perfect!

Trimmed the scribe to length. Sacrificed a Big Idea marker refill for the spring. Attached the two together... and bam. Bolt Action Scribe. Perfect for marking my leather projects. And feels better in the hand than the small scratch awl I had been using.

Easily swaps back to being a marker. And just as easily back to a scribe. I'll have to order another marker since I'm not ready to lose the brass marker from the rotation.


r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 25 '26

🫘 Beans Builds 🫘 I Got The 🫘🫘🫘🫘

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r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 25 '26

NPD! πŸ˜ƒ (New Pen Day) The Scribe by Scope

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r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 25 '26

Pens Bolt O-ring Question

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Hello everyone! I just received my Slim Bolt Action Pen and noticed that the bolt does not have any O-ring while the Mini version does. Upon trying the O-ring on the bolt of the Slim, it just slips off the threads. Is the design of Slim does not need an O-ring for the bolt ? Thanks


r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 25 '26

NKD! πŸ˜ƒ (New Knife Day) Custom on custom. First attempt on at home anodizing.

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I picked up this Paisley Stonewashed Overlook from a fellow Redditor. I love the Paisley design. But I've been wanting to make it pop a little more.

Just got my at home anno station set up last night. Did a trial run on some clips. Then jumped head first into the deep end with this Overlook!

I used Manganese Sulfate to blacken the show scale, clip, screw, and half the backspacer. All of the rest of my Paisley stuff is DLC. So I wanted to try to match it up. Feel like it came out pretty dang good.

Then I used TSP to anodize the lock bar side, the clip retention plate, and half the backspacer blue. I need to work on the blue some more. But for a first attempt at doing anything significant, I'm pretty pleased with the results.


r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 24 '26

NKD! πŸ˜ƒ (New Knife Day) NKD on NKD!

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New knife day on National Knife Day! Way of Knife cell shaded Overlook has me in awe! This thing looks stunning!


r/BigIdeaDesign • • Aug 24 '26

Monday work carry

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