Category: Engraving Pocket Knives With Your Company Logo

How do you put my company logo on pocket knives? Laser, screen printing, engraving?

Engraved Gerber Knives With Unusual Parts

Hot-tips For New Gerber Knives
Hot-tips For New Gerber Knives

These two new Gerber knives are a little out of the ordinary.

The Obsidian Fine Edge Knife 1021 isn’t just a knife. It also has a nail file, phillips screw driver, and bottle opener, and flat head screw driver. All these are nicely hidden in the handle until you need them.

01021 Gerber Obsidian Fine Edge Pocket Knife 1021

The other engraved Gerber knives that command attention, are the ones that don’t have a blade. Well, at least the blade isn’t part of the knife. The EAB Knife 41830 uses contractor quality utility knife blades. That assures that you can always have a brand new sharp blade to open boxes. Utility blades are good for a lot of cutting that a carpenter, electrician, and painter does. Need a money clip? There is a pocket clip built into this knife, which you can use to store your paper money, too.

41830 Gerber EAB Knife 41830

The Best Uses for Personalized Pocket Knives

Personalized Pocket Knives
Personalized Pocket Knives

In the promotional knife business, “personalized” means that each item has the name of the recipient. When you give each of your groomsmen in your wedding personalized pocket knives, you want them “personalized” with each name.

Other ways you can use personalized pocket knives are:

  • Safety awards in your shop.
  • Service awards for every 5 years of employment.
  • Special gift knives for your best customers.
  • Christmas gift knives for your employees or relatives.
  • Tokens of gratitude for your volunteers on your committee.
  • Political gifts for those who helped to win an election.
  • Gifts to members of a golf team that had a good season.

Why Is There A Setup Charge For Engraved Buck Knives?

Why the Setup Charge?
Why the Setup Charge?

When a business owner orders engraved Buck knives with his company logo, he generally has to pay a “setup charge”. What is this charge for?

  • The art department prepares the art file so that it will be legible at the size available on the knife. If there is too much small detail in the art file, they will suggest alternatives to the business owner.
  • The laser machine has to be set up with the art file. This takes a little time. It is the same amount of time, whether 10 knives or 1,000 knives will be laser engraved.
  • The knives have to be delivered to the laser machine from the warehouse. This also is the same amount of time, whether 10 or 1,000 knives are needed.

So, the setup charge is independent of the number of knives engraved. The price per knife can’t be adjusted for this finite charge. This is the fairest way to price the engraved Buck knives or any other imprinted item.