How to Support Our Nation’s Forests with Wood Handle Pocketknives

This week is National Forest Products Week, a week where we embrace the beauty and strength of our nation’s forests. According to the U.S. Forest Service there are many ways in which supporting our forests helps the whole nation:

Supporting sustainable forest management helps reduce damage from insects, disease, invasive species & uncharacteristic wildfires
Using leftover wood materials expands the wood products markets, creating an alternative to burning or sending remnants to land fills
Places rural America at the forefront
Creates American jobs at every stage of the supply chain

You can help support our nation’s forests by rewarding your customers with wood handle pocketknives this fall. Whether you prefer Case, Buck, or Kutmaster, there are countless styles of wood handle pocketknives and accessories to choose from.

Here are a few favorites:

Kutmaster 5″ Lockback with Brass Bolsters & Stainless Blade 15-17101L

USA-Made Steak Knife Set 15-BX945SKW4L

Case 99815 Large Wooden Box for 6254 Trapper

Buck Squire Lockback Knife 501

The 3 Best Company Logo Knives Made

Price and quality are the 2 main parameters when you are looking to buy company logo knives with your corporate logo laser engraved. This year, the most popular knives are:

The Maxam® Digital Camo Knife RSK11168.

Dave Navoyosky & Vince Deissroth With the $1.99 Camo Knife

The best feature of this Maxam® knife is the price. At $1.99, you can afford to give this knife to visitors of your table at a trade show. It’s in the price range of a good pen, but will last longer than a pen. It’s perceived value is much higher than its cost. Who ever threw away a pocket knife? Who ever threw away a pen? Your corporate logo can be imprinted on the handle in full color, or just white, for free.

Buck Folding Hunter Lockback Knife 110

This Buck® knife has always been popular because of its quality and reputation. Your company logo looks great laser engraved on the blade. You can’t go wrong when you give this knife to your best customers.

Smooth Gray Bone Trapper 92230

This Case® knife came out last year, and is popular because of its quality, it’s made in the USA, and the color coordinates with most color logos. People love to see their logo engraved in color on the gray handle.

My Quest For The Best Pocket Knife

Case Knives, now owned by Zippo, has an interesting knife museum in Bradford

Case Knife Museum in Bradford PA

Pennsylvania. The museum has samples of the early knives and the stories behind them. My nephew, Tim Pike accompanied me since he has been a knife fan for years. His grandfather, Thomas Pike, used to have Fort Tuscarora on Route 172 in Lisbon Ohio. History, guns, and knives runs in the family.

My quest for the best pocket knife was easy at the Zippo/Case Museum, because of the abundance of knives there. This place is open to the public, and I highly recommend it to knife collectors. These pictures were taken in 2006, so things might have changed since then. According to their website, the place is open 7 days a week, and boasts of 100,000 visitors per year, from all over the world.

Zippo Repair Clinic

Historical Case Knives

More Historical Case Knives

Dave Navoyosky

Tim Pike

Case “Wall of Fame” Display

How Your Company Logo Knives Can Make You A Hero

You will be a Hero when you:

How To Be A Hero

Present USA-made Case Knives to the retirees after they gave at least 20 years of service.
Give everyone a Buck knife at the annual banquet because of a perfect safety record.
Hand out inexpensive Maxam knives to the prospects who visit your table at a trade show.
Present your best customers with a Kutmaster steak knife set this Christmas, with your company logo laser engraved on each blade.
Hand out your company logo knives when you are out prospecting for new clients, the type that may have a lifetime value of $10,000 or more.

Amazing 2018 Logo Knives From Case Cutlery

Orange is IN

Case has been known to make “traditional” looking logo knives. They normally don’t wander very far from this practice. However, this year, orange is IN. Why get orange knives?

Orange is great if your corporate logo has orange in it.
It’s also convenient if you don’t want to loose your knife in the leaves when you drop it.

Here are two examples of very popular styles–the Sod Buster and the Trapper. They can be imprinted either on the blades or the handles. And of course, they are made in the USA.

Case Smooth Orange Synthetic Sod Buster Jr. 91502

Case Smooth Orange Synthetic Trapper 98500

New Case Knives For 2017 For Christmas Gifts

Just in Time to Order for Christmas

A Case Knife Gift For You

These new Case knives with your corporate logo will last forever with your customers and employees. This is a cost effective way to make your advertising last forever, or until you retire. Each customer will love to own a USA-made Case knife.

Case has come up with new handle colors and designs. Some are synthetic, bone, and buffalo horn. Some are orange, gray, navy blue, patriotic colors, yellow, black, and white. Most of the blades are high quality stainless steel. One new knife is chrome vanadium (item 031), a material that you can get real sharp, and keep real sharp. Case does the decorating right there in their Pennsylvania factory. They do laser engraving, electro etching, Tech Printing (durable screen printing) up to 2 colors, and engraving with color fill.

These are my new favorites:

Case BoneStag® Trapper 3573

Case Slimline Trapper 80031

Case Orange Synthetic Medium Stockman 80509

Case Kodiak Hunter® (KODIAK SS) 90395

The 4 Best Pocket Knives in 2016

Pocket knives are so popular because they are collector items. Other reasons are: They are useful, portable, made of steel, helpful in self defense, a powerful tool in a small package, and made of interesting handle materials. In our opinion, the best pocket knives in 2016 are these. Our selection is based on popularity with our customers, and our own opinion on the quality put into these beautiful knives. In alphabetical order, they are:

Boker Magnum King Barlow 01MB559DAM

The Boker Magnum King Barlow 01MB559DAM is styled after the antique barlow knives made in the 1600’s in England. This design of a subtle teardrop shape fits well into the hand. Like all barlows, it is 3 3/8″ closed, and has an over-sized bolster. The burl wood scales (handle) add much character. The pinnacle of its beauty is the genuine damascus blade. It also has a lockback mechanism. This is a safety feature not found on the original barlow knives.

Buck Folding Hunter Lockback Knife 110

By far, the pocket knives of all pocket knives is the Buck 110 Folding Hunter Lockback. Its size, weight, composition, extra sharp stainless steel blade, and wooden handle with stainless steel bolsters make it the king of pocket knives. When someone asks for a Buck knife, this is the one they are referring to. USA-Made.

Case Executive Lockback 7200

Case has been making pocket knives by hand since 1889. Located in the woods of Pennsylvania, they take pride in the hand-made tradition. The 7200 Executive Lockback is the top seller. People like it because it is the right size and shape for a man’s pocket. There are no sharp edges on the handle to cut into your pocket. The stainless steel blade comes super sharp, and it is easy to keep sharp your whole life. USA-Made.

Kershaw “Scallion” Knife, Camo 1620

The classy Kershaw Scallion Camo 1620 knife satisfies both the camo lovers and the knife collectors. The patented Speedsafe opening mechanism makes it fun to open with one hand. No worry, there is a tip safety lock to prevent accidental opening. A removable pocket clip makes this knife a real keeper. USA-Made.

The Importance of Company Logo Knives

Your company can thrive if and when you grow big enough to give out pocket knives with your corporate logo.

AT&T Logo

IBM logo

HP-Logo

The first step is to develop a company logo that is simple and reflects the feeling of your company. The simpler the better. Some good examples are IBM, AT&T, and HP. These logos are very simple and easily recognizable. Some business owners try to put too much information, text, and graphics into a logo. At some point it looses its identity as a logo and becomes a picture.
After a successful company is proud of their logo, they usually like to give out promotional products that have their logo imprinted on them.
The best and largest companies give out company logo knives and other high-end business gifts. When you reach this point, you can be proud, because you are successful in creating a company that will carry your tradition of excellence into the future.
Sample of Case color printing

The USA’s 3 Best Pocket Knives

Without a doubt, the best-selling USA-made pocket knives are the Buck Folding Hunter 110, the Case Executive Lockback 7200, and the Kershaw Scallion Knife, Camo 1620. These are the best pocket knives to have laser engraved with your logo and give to your best clients. Your customers will absolutely love these 3 knives because they are American made, and because they are made by companies with a strong US tradition of quality.

Buck Folding Hunter Lockback Knife 110

The Buck 110 was first made 50 years ago, and is still a top seller. It is the perfect size, shape, and material. It’s as American as apple pie.

Case Executive Lockback 7200

Case has been making knives since 1889 deep in the hills of Bradford PA. Each knife is still made by hand by master craftsmen.

Kershaw “Scallion” Knife, Camo 1620

Kershaw, a proud US knife company was founded in 1974. They are a real newcomer, but have established a remarkable reputation with their USA-made knives. They also have some of the models made overseas to their exacting specifications.

What Can Personalized Pocket Knives Do For Your Business?

90419 Case Knives

Everyone likes pocket knives. But what is so special about Personalized pocket knives ?

They carry your logo and message wherever they go.
Your customer (or employee) is reminded of you forever.
Your personalized knives are appreciated by your clients.
You become known as a generous person who gives useful gifts.
Your business grows partly because the pocket knives that you distributed are mobile advertising media.

395CM9 Camo Buck Knife

USA-made knives like Buck, Case, and Kershaw are the most popular ones. These brands carry a high brand recognition value. Some imported knives like Gerber and Dako and Maxam are less expensive. They are good for trade show give-away products.

Maxam Pocket Knives at a trade show